2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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

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 2001.^[1]

The second-round tie between Chile and Argentina was marred by crowd trouble, which resulted in the Argentinian team withdrawing from the tie. Chile was declared the winner of the tie by the Davis Cup Committee. However, subsequent rulings prevented Chile from progressing to the Qualifying Round; additionally, both teams received fines, and Chile was barred from hosting home ties until 2002.^[2]

Participating nations

•  Argentina
•  Bahamas
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Peru

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Argentina

Montreal, 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 qualifying round.

First round

Chile vs. Canada

Chile 4	Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile[3] 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[4] 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[5] 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 Torres Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 2 6 4 6 0 6       4 Rubén Torres 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[6] 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors)		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[7] 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 Stadium, Montreal, Canada[8] 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 Centre, Nassau, Bahamas[9] 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[10] 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