1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

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 1998.[1]

Participating nations

•  Argentina
•  Bahamas
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Ecuador
•  Venezuela

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Venezuela

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

bye

Montreal, Canada (indoor hard)

Venezuela

2

Venezuela

0

Bahamas

3

Montreal, Canada (indoor hard)

Canada

5

Bahamas

1

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Canada

4

Venezuela

1

Argentina

4

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Chile

4

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Ecuador

1

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Ecuador

3

Chile

3

Argentina

1

Argentina

2

bye

Argentina

•  Venezuela relegated to Group II in 1998.
•  Canada and  Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Canada vs. Bahamas

Canada 4	Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada[2] 7–9 February 1997 Hard (indoors)		Bahamas 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Roger Smith 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 Sébastien Lareau Mark Knowles 4 6 6 3 2 6 7 5 1 6   3 Grant Connell / Sébastien Lareau Mark Knowles / Roger Smith 6 2 6^1 7^7 6 4 6 4     4 Daniel Nestor Mark Knowles 3 6 7 5 6 4 6 2     5 Sébastien Lareau Roger Smith 6 2 4 6 6 2

Chile vs. Ecuador

Chile 4	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[3] 7–9 February 1997 Clay		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gabriel Silberstein Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 3   2 Marcelo Ríos Luis Morejón 6 1 6 3 3 6 6 2     3 Óscar Bustos / Marcelo Ríos Pablo Campana / Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 4 6 0 6 3 6     4 Marcelo Ríos Nicolás Lapentti 7 5 6^6 7^8 6 3 6^6 7^8 8 6   5 Gabriel Silberstein Luis Morejón 7^7 6^4 6 2

Second round

Canada vs. Venezuela

Canada 5	Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada[4] 4–6 April 1997 Hard (indoors)		Venezuela 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sébastien Lareau José de Armas 6 1 6 3 6 2       2 Daniel Nestor Jimy Szymanski 6 2 7^7 6^5 6 1       3 Grant Connell / Sébastien Lareau Shuon Madden / Jimy Szymanski 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 Sébastien Lareau Jimy Szymanski 6 3 7 5         5 Sébastien Leblanc José de Armas 2 6 7^7 6^2 6 0

Chile vs. Argentina

Chile 3	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[5] 4–6 April 1997 Clay		Argentina 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcelo Ríos Javier Frana 6 1 6 4 7^7 6^2       2 Gabriel Silberstein Hernán Gumy 0 6 4 6 4 6       3 Marcelo Ríos / Gabriel Silberstein Javier Frana / Luis Lobo 3 6 7^10 6^8 4 6 6 3 6 2   4 Marcelo Ríos Hernán Gumy 6 4 7 5 6 4       5 Gabriel Silberstein Javier Frana 4 6 4 6

First round relegation play-offs

Bahamas vs. Venezuela

Bahamas 3	Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas[6] 11–13 July 1997 Hard		Venezuela 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Smith Nicolás Pereira 7^7 6^4 6 3 6 4       2 Mark Knowles Jimy Szymanski 3 6 6^4 7^7 2 6       3 Mark Knowles / Roger Smith Nicolás Pereira / Jimy Szymanski 6 3 6^4 7^7 7^7 6^5 7 5     4 Mark Knowles Nicolás Pereira 7 5 5 7 1 6 5 7     5 Roger Smith Jimy Szymanski 3 6 1 6 7^7 6^4 6 4 6 4

Argentina vs. Ecuador

Argentina 1	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[7] 11–14 July 1997 Clay		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hernán Gumy Luis Morejón 1 6 4 6 7 5 5 7     2 Marcelo Charpentier Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo Giorgio Carneade / Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 1 7^7 6^4       4 Hernán Gumy Nicolás Lapentti 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 0 3 6   5 Marcelo Charpentier Luis Morejón           not played

Second round relegation play-offs

Argentina vs. Venezuela

Argentina 4	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8] 19–21 September 1997 Clay		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hernán Gumy José de Armas 6 0 6 2 6 1       2 Lucas Arnold Ker Jimy Szymanski 6 4 6 3 7 5       3 Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6 0 6 3       4 Luis Lobo Jimy Szymanski 2 6 2 6         5 Lucas Arnold Ker José de Armas 6 1 6 2

References

1. "1997 Americas Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "Canada v Bahamas". daviscup.com.
3. "Chile v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
4. "Canada v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
5. "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
6. "Bahamas v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
7. "Argentina v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
8. "Argentina v Venezuela". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website