2003 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 2003 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2004.

Participating nations

• Bahamas
• Canada
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

bye

Salinas, Ecuador (clay)

Venezuela

2

S

Venezuela

2

Chile

3

Quito, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

3

Chile

2

Maracaibo, Venezuela (hard)

Ecuador

3

Venezuela

4

Bahamas

0

Lima, Peru (clay)

Bahamas

0

Peru

5

Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet)

bye

Peru

0

Bahamas

S

Canada

5

bye

S

Canada

• Bahamas relegated to Group II in 2004.
• Ecuador and Canada advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Ecuador vs. Chile

Ecuador 3	Club Buena Vista, Quito, Ecuador 7–9 February 2003 Clay		Chile 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Lapentti Hermes Gamonal 6 2 6 1 77 61       2 Giovanni Lapentti Marcelo Ríos 6 3 77 65 6 3       3 Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti Hermes Gamonal / Adrián García 6 2 6 4 63 77 4 6 3 6   4 Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Ríos 6 3 4 6 60 77 65 77     5 Giovanni Lapentti Hermes Gamonal 77 64 6 4 64 77 6 3

Peru vs. Bahamas

Peru 5	Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 7–9 February 2003 Clay		Bahamas 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Iván Miranda Mark Knowles 6 4 3 6 6 1       retired 2 Luis Horna Mark Merklein 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Luis Horna / Iván Miranda Mark Merklein / Bjorn Munroe 6 4 6 4 77 64       4 Mario Monroy Marvin Rolle 6 4 4 6 7 5       5 William Lock Bjorn Munroe 6 1 6 3

Second round

Ecuador vs. Venezuela

Ecuador 3	Periferio Este - Calle 55, Salinas, Ecuador 4–6 April 2003 Clay		Venezuela 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Giovanni Lapentti José de Armas 77 64 6 2 64 77     retired   2 Nicolás Lapentti Kepler Orellana 6 4 6 3 4 6 5 5     retired 3 Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Nicolás Lapentti José de Armas 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 3     5 Carlos Avellán Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 3 6 2 6

Canada vs. Peru

Canada 5	Stampede Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors)		Peru 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Iván Miranda 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Frank Dancevic Diego Acuña 4 6 77 63 3 6 6 3 8 6   3 Simon Larose / Daniel Nestor Diego Acuña / Iván Miranda 78 66 6 3 65 77 4 6 6 3   4 Matt Klinger William Lock 77 64 79 67         5 Simon Larose Juan-Carlos Rebaza-Lozano 6 0 6 1

First round play-offs

Venezuela vs. Chile

Venezuela 2	National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 11–13 July 2003 Hard		Chile 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kepler Orellana Fernando González 4 6 2 6 5 7       2 José de Armas Marcelo Ríos 7 5 6 2 3 6 3 6 8 6   3 José de Armas / Kepler Orellana Hermes Gamonal / Fernando González 5 7 4 6 4 6       4 José de Armas Fernando González 4 6 4 6 4 6       5 Kepler Orellana Marcelo Ríos 77 64           retired

Second round play-offs

Venezuela vs. Bahamas

Venezuela 4	Vereda del Lago, Maracaibo, Venezuela 19–21 September 2003 Hard		Bahamas 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kepler Orellana Devin Mullings 6 3 6 1 6 1       2 José de Armas Christopher Eldon 6 4 6 4 7 5       3 José de Armas / Kepler Orellana Christopher Eldon / Devin Mullings 6 0 6 4 6 1       4 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Davin Russell 6 1 6 1         5 Kepler Orellana Christopher Eldon           not played

External links

• Davis Cup official website