2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2001 Fed Cup.

Group I

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The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2002.

Pools

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Pool A CAN BRA PAR ECU
1   Canada (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Brazil (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Paraguay (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Ecuador (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B VEN MEX COL URU DOM
1   Venezuela (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Mexico (3–1) 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1
3   Colombia (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
4   Uruguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
5   Dominican Republic (0–4) 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2

Play-off

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Canada
1
Montevideo, Uruguay
28 April 2001
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Venezuela
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Sonya Jeyaseelan
Milagros Sequera
5
7
2
6
   
2  
 
Jana Nejedly
María Vento
6
2
6
0
   
3  
 
Renata Kolbovic / Jana Nejedly
Milagros Sequera / María Vento
6
2
3
6
1
6
 

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Group II

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The fourteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of three and four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams then competed in knockout tournaments with teams that had taken equal placements in their pools to determine overall placings for the group. Teams finishing first and second advanced to Group I for 2002.

Pools

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Pool A PUR BOL JAM
1   Puerto Rico (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2   Bolivia (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3   Jamaica (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool B BAH CHI TRI
1   Bahamas (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   Chile (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3   Trinidad and Tobago (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C CRC BER PAN ATG
1   Costa Rica (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Bermuda (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Panama (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D CUB GUA ESA BAR
1   Cuba (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Guatemala (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   El Salvador (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Barbados (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

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Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Puerto Rico2
  Cuba1
  Cuba2  Puerto Rico2
  Costa Rica0  Bahamas0
  Costa Rica1
  Bahamas2
Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Bolivia3
  Bermuda0
  Bermuda0  Bolivia0
  Guatemala3  Chile2
  Guatemala1
  Chile2
Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
  Jamaica2
  Trinidad and Tobago0
  Trinidad and Tobago2  Jamaica2
  Panama0  El Salvador1
  El Salvador2
  Panama0
First round
18 May
   
  Antigua and Barbuda 2
  Barbados 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Canada v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Croatia v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Ecuador v Costa Rica". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Dominican Republic v Bolivia". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Bahamas v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
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