2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2000.

In the Americas Zone there are four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advance to the World Group Play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lose their respective ties will compete in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lose their play-offs will be relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2001.

Participating nations

In 2000, there were 7 nations competing in Group I

Draw

2nd round play-offs 6–8 October

1st round play-offs 21–23 July

1st round 4–6 February

2nd round 6–8 April

Argentina

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (hard)

bye

Santiago, Chile (indoor hard)

Argentina

1

Argentina

0

Canada

4

Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)

Chile

2

Canada

1

Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Chile

4

Argentina

4

Colombia

1

Lima, Peru (clay)

Bahamas

1

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

Peru

4

Lima, Peru (clay)

Bahamas

3

Peru

2

Colombia

2

Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Ecuador

3

Colombia

0

Ecuador

5

Colombia relegated to Group II in 2001.

Chile and  Ecuador advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

 Argentina received a bye into the second round.

Chile vs. Canada

Chile 4	Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile[1] 4 – 6 February 2000 Clay		Canada 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando González Sébastien Lareau 2 6 6 3 1 6 6 2 6 1   2 Nicolás Massú Simon Larose 6 0 62 77 3 1       retired 3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Sébastien Lareau / Jocelyn Robichaud 6 4 6 4 2 6 6 2     4 Adrián García Frédéric Niemeyer 6 4 1 6 66 78       5 Hermes Gamonal Simon Larose 6 2 7 5

Peru vs. Bahamas

Peru 4	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru[2] 4 – 6 February 2000 Clay		Bahamas 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Américo Venero Mark Knowles 6 4 6 4 3 6 3 1     retired 2 Luis Horna Mark Merklein 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Luis Horna / Américo Venero Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein 3 6 2 6 2 4     retired   4 Luis Horna Mark Knowles 6 2 2 6 6 4 3 1     retired 5 Iván Miranda Dentry Mortimer 6 1 6 0

Colombia vs. Ecuador

Colombia 0	Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogotá, Colombia[3] 4 – 6 February 2000 Clay		Ecuador 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Rincón Luis Morejón 6 2 5 7 5 7 6 2 0 6   2 Pablo González Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 4 6 612 714 63 77     3 Pablo González / Rubén Tolles Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 2 6 4 6 0 6       4 Rubén Tolles Giovanni Lapentti 62 77 1 6         5 Pablo González Luis Morejón 79 67 4 6 64 77

Second round

Chile vs. Argentina

Chile 2	Cúpula Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile[4] 7 April 2000 Hard (i)		Argentina 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcelo Ríos Hernán Gumy 6 4 6 3 4 6 6 1     2 Nicolás Massú Mariano Zabaleta 5 7 6 2 61 77 1 3     retired 3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Mariano Hood / Sebastián Prieto           w/o   4 Marcelo Ríos Mariano Zabaleta           w/o   5 Nicolás Massú Hernán Gumy           w/o

Peru vs. Ecuador

Peru 2	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru[5] 6 – 8 April 2000 Clay		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Horna Giovanni Lapentti 2 6 6 3 6 4 6 1     2 Iván Miranda Nicolás Lapentti 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Luis Horna / Américo Venero Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 2 2 6 63 77 7 5   4 Luis Horna Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 2 6 5 7 77 62 3 6   5 Américo Venero Luis Morejón 3 6 6 3 2 6 1 6

First round play-offs

Canada vs. Argentina

Canada 4	Jarry Park Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada[6] 21 – 23 July 2000 Hard		Argentina 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 77 63 6 3       2 Sébastien Lareau Agustín Calleri 3 6 2 6 3 6       3 Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor Martín García / Martín Rodríguez 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 Sébastien Lareau Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 6 4 4 6 2 6 6 4   5 Daniel Nestor Agustín Calleri 6 3 6 2

Bahamas vs. Colombia

Bahamas 3	Queen Elizabeth Sports Center, Nassau, Bahamas[7] 21 – 23 July 2000 Hard		Colombia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Knowles Carlos Drada 77 65 7 5 2 2     retired   2 Mark Merklein Eduardo Rincón 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein Carlos Drada / Pablo González 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 Roger Smith Eduardo Rincón 61 77 6 4 6 1 1 6 1 6   5 Mark Merklein Pablo González 7 5 77 64 6 3

Second round play-offs

Colombia vs. Argentina

Colombia 1	Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Bogotá, Colombia[8] 6 – 8 October 2000 Clay		Argentina 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Rincón Franco Squillari 4 6 2 6 2 6       2 Pablo González Mariano Puerta 0 6 2 6 6 3 0 6     3 Pablo González / Michael Quintero Martín García / Mariano Puerta 4 6 5 7 2 6       4 Pablo González Agustín Calleri 3 6 1 6         5 Michael Quintero Martín García 7 5 2 6 6 3

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