2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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

Main article: 2001 Fed Cup

Group I

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
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

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

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
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
Main article: 2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs
  Play-Offs
 First Round
 Second Round
                           
 
      Puerto Rico 2  
      Cuba 1    
  Cuba 2         Puerto Rico 2
  Costa Rica 0       Bahamas 0
    Costa Rica 1
      Bahamas 2  
  Play-Offs
 First Round
 Second Round
                           
 
      Bolivia 3  
      Bermuda 0    
  Bermuda 0         Bolivia 0
  Guatemala 3       Chile 2
    Guatemala 1
      Chile 2  
  Play-Offs
 First Round
 Second Round
                           
 
      Jamaica 2  
      Trinidad and Tobago 0    
  Trinidad and Tobago 2         Jamaica 2
  Panama 0       El Salvador 1
    El Salvador 2
      Panama 0  
1st Round
18 May
   
   Antigua and Barbuda 2
   Barbados 1

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  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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