1991 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1991.

In the Americas Zone there were two different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

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 first-round ties were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1992.

Participating nations

•   Brazil
•   Cuba
•   Paraguay
•   Peru
•   Uruguay

Draw

	First Round 1–4 February					Second Round 29–31 March
	Cuba
						Havana, Cuba (hard)
	bye
						Cuba		5
						Paraguay		0
	bye
	Paraguay
	São Paulo, Brazil (hard)
	Brazil		3
						Brasília, Brazil (indoor carpet)
	Peru		1
						Brazil		4
						Uruguay		1
	bye
	Uruguay

•   Cuba and   Brazil advance to World Group qualifying round.
•   Peru relegated to Group II in 1992.

First round

Brazil vs. Peru

Brazil 3	Hotel Transamerica, São Paulo, Brazil [1] 1–4 February 1991 Hard		Peru 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Luiz Mattar Carlos di Laura 63 77 6 3 6 2 6 1     2 Jaime Oncins José Luis Noriega 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Mauro Menezes  /  Fernando Roese Carlos di Laura  /  José Luis Noriega 5 7 78 66 64 77 7 5 13 15   4 Luiz Mattar José Luis Noriega 6 2 6 1 7 5       5 Jaime Oncins Carlos di Laura           not played

Second round

Cuba vs. Paraguay

Cuba 5	Hotel de Varadero, Havana, Cuba [2] 29–31 March 1991 Hard		Paraguay 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Pino Rubén Alvarenga 6 1 6 1 5 7 4 6 6 1   2 Mario Tabares Ricardo Mena 6 2 6 0 4 6 6 2     3 Juan Pino  /  Mario Tabares Rubén Alvarenga  /  Octavio de la Sobera 6 2 7 5 6 4       4 Mario Tabares Rubén Alvarenga 6 2 6 1         5 Juan Pino Ricardo Mena 6 4 4 6 6 3

Brazil vs. Uruguay

Brazil 4	Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil [3] 29–31 March 1991 Carpet (indoors)		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaime Oncins Marcelo Filippini 6 4 6 4 62 77 6 3     2 Luiz Mattar Diego Pérez 6 2 5 7 4 6 4 6     3 Nelson Aerts  /  Fernando Roese Marcelo Filippini  /  Diego Pérez 6 3 79 67 6 3       4 Luiz Mattar Marcelo Filippini 77 62 6 4 6 3       5 Jaime Oncins Diego Pérez 6 4 6 3

Group II

The winner in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I in 1992.

Participating nations

•   Bahamas
•   Barbados
•   Bolivia
•   Chile
•   Colombia
•   Costa Rica
•   Dominican Republic
•   Eastern Caribbean
•   Ecuador
•   El Salvador
•   Guatemala
•   Jamaica
•   Haiti
•   Trinidad and Tobago
•   Venezuela

Draw

First Round 1–3 February

Second Round 29 March–7 April

Third Round 19–28 July

Third Round 20–22 September

Chile

Santiago, Chile (clay)

bye

Chile

5

San Salvador, El Salvador (clay)

Dominican Republic

0

Dominican Republic

4

Santiago, Chile (clay)

El Salvador

1

Chile

3

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (hard)

Venezuela

2

Ecuador

5

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

Trinidad and Tobago

0

Ecuador

2

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (clay)

Venezuela

3

Haiti

1

Medellín, Colombia (clay)

Venezuela

4

Chile

3

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

Colombia

1

Bahamas

4

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

Costa Rica

1

Bahamas

3

Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay)

Barbados

2

Bolivia

2

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Barbados

3

Bahamas

1

St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (hard)

Colombia

4

Eastern Caribbean

3

St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (hard)

Guatemala

2

Eastern Caribbean

0

Kingston, Jamaica (hard)

Colombia

5

Jamaica

2

Colombia

3

•   Chile promoted to Group I in 1992.

First round

El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic

El Salvador 1	Maya Country Club, San Salvador, El Salvador [4] 1–3 February 1991 Clay		Dominican Republic 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Antonio Tejada Ruiz Rafael Moreno 6 4 7 5 4 6 4 6 4 6   2 Miguel Merz Genaro Deleon 65 77 6 3 77 65 1 6 6 3   3 Miguel Merz  /  José Pineda Genaro Deleon  /  Rafael Moreno 1 6 4 6 4 6       4 Manuel Antonio Tejada Ruiz Genaro Deleon 4 6 3 6 6 3 1 6     5 Miguel Merz Rafael Moreno 4 6 5 7

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Ecuador

Trinidad and Tobago 0	Jean Pierre Sports Complex, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [5] 1–3 February 1991 Hard		Ecuador 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Orville Adams Luis Morejón 2 6 2 6 1 6       2 Mark Webster Pablo Campana 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 Orville Adams  /  Christopher Mark Pablo Campana  /  Luis Morejón 6 3 7 5 62 77 2 6 4 6   4 Orville Adams Pablo Campana 4 6 67 79         5 Mark Webster Luis Morejón 4 6 2 6

Haiti vs. Venezuela

Haiti 1	Cercle Bellevue, Port-au-Prince, Haiti [6] 1–3 February 1991 Clay		Venezuela 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bertrand Lacombe Maurice Ruah 2 6 6 4 3 6 1 6     2 Bertrand Madsen Salvador Colvee 6 2 1 6 6 3 60 77 6 3   3 Bertrand Lacombe  /  Ruben Lamothe Harold Castillo  /  Alfonso Mora 6 3 5 7 3 6 2 6     4 Bertrand Madsen Maurice Ruah 6 4 4 6 68 710 3 6     5 Bertrand Lacombe Salvador Colvee 64 77 3 6

Bahamas vs. Costa Rica

Bahamas 4	Carnival Crystal Palace, Nassau, Bahamas [7] 1–3 February 1991 Hard		Costa Rica 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Farrington Rafael Ávalos Brenes 77 64 4 6 6 3 5 7 5 7   2 Roger Smith Carlos Roberto Páez 6 0 6 2 6 2       3 John Farrington  /  Roger Smith Rafael Ávalos Brenes  /  Mario Delgado 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 Roger Smith Mario Delgado 6 0 6 4 6 1       5 John Farrington Carlos Roberto Páez 6 4 6 4

Bolivia vs. Barbados

Bolivia 2	Club de Tenis Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia [8] 1–3 February 1991 Clay		Barbados 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Medrano Richard Ashby 6 4 64 77 3 6 7 5 18 20   2 Rodrigo Navarro Lionel Eli 77 61 6 4 61 77 3 6 6 3   3 Ricardo Aguirre  /  Rodrigo Navarro Richard Ashby  /  Bernard Frost 4 6 5 7 4 6       4 Rodrigo Navarro Richard Ashby 64 77 3 6 4 6       5 José Medrano Lionel Eli 7 5 64 77 8 6

Eastern Caribbean vs. Guatemala

Eastern Caribbean 3	Royal Antiguan Hotel, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda [9] 1–3 February 1991 Hard		Guatemala 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vernon Lewis Daniel Chávez Morales 6 1 61 77 6 3 77 65     2 John Maginley Carlos Chávez 4 6 3 6 7 5 6 4 9 7   3 Vernon Lewis  /  John Maginley Daniel Chávez Morales  /  Fabio Sical 2 6 4 6 63 77       4 Vernon Lewis Fabio Sical 6 1 6 3 6 0       5 John Maginley Daniel Chávez Morales 6 4 1 6 4 6

Jamaica vs. Colombia

Jamaica 2	Eric Bell Tennis Centre, Kingston, Jamaica [10] 1–3 February 1991 Hard		Colombia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Doug Burke Mario Rincón 5 7 77 62 6 3 6 2     2 Noel Rutherford Álvaro Jordan 7 5 66 78 5 7 2 6     3 Doug Burke  /  Karl Hale Mauricio Hadad  /  Álvaro Jordan 77 64 79 67 3 6 6 3     4 Noel Rutherford Mario Rincón 4 6 79 67 5 7 6 4 1 6   5 Doug Burke Álvaro Jordan 3 6 2 6 4 6

Second round

Chile vs. Dominican Republic

Chile 5	Stade Francais, Santiago, Chile [11] 29–31 March 1991 Clay		Dominican Republic 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Antonio Fernández Genaro Deleon 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Pedro Rebolledo Rafael Moreno 6 2 6 1 6 1       3 Hans Gildemeister  /  Felipe Rivera Genaro Deleon  /  Rafael Moreno 6 4 6 4 7 5       4 Pedro Rebolledo Genaro Deleon 6 3 6 1         5 José Antonio Fernández Rafael Moreno 6 4 6 3

Venezuela vs. Ecuador

Venezuela 3	Altamira Tennis Club, Caracas, Venezuela [12] 29–31 March 1991 Hard		Ecuador 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Salvador Colvee Hugo Núñez 66 78 6 0 65 77 5 7     2 Maurice Ruah Luis Morejón 5 7 6 2 6 4 6 2     3 Juan Carlos Bianchi  /  Alfonso Mora Pablo Campana  /  Hugo Núñez 6 4 3 6 65 77 4 6     4 Maurice Ruah Hugo Núñez 6 4 6 4 6 3       5 Salvador Colvee Luis Morejón 77 61 3 6 7 5 6 3

Bahamas vs. Barbados

Bahamas 3	Carnival Crystal Palace, Nassau, Bahamas [13] 29–31 March 1991 Hard		Barbados 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Smith Lionel Eli 6 1 6 3 6 1       2 John Farrington Richard Ashby 65 77 6 3 3 6 65 77     3 John Farrington  /  Roger Smith Richard Ashby  /  Bernard Frost 6 3 4 6 6 3 65 77 12 14   4 Roger Smith Richard Ashby 7 5 7 5 5 7 6 4     5 John Farrington Lionel Eli 6 2 5 7 64 77 6 4 6 4

Eastern Caribbean vs. Colombia

Eastern Caribbean 0	Royal Antiguan Hotel, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda [14] 5–7 April 1991 Hard		Colombia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vernon Lewis Jaime Cortés 4 6 1 6 77 64 4 6     2 John Maginley Álvaro Jordan 77 65 0 6 5 7 2 6     3 Richard Hughes  /  Jerry Williams Mauricio Hadad  /  Álvaro Jordan 2 6 6 3 5 7 3 6     4 Vernon Lewis Álvaro Jordan 2 6 4 6         5 Jerry Williams Jaime Cortés 3 6 2 6

Third round

Chile vs. Venezuela

Chile 3	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile [15] 26–28 July 1991 Clay		Venezuela 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Antonio Fernández Maurice Ruah 3 6 6 2 3 6 6 1 6 3   2 Pedro Rebolledo Nicolás Pereira 6 3 6 1 2 6 6 4     3 Hans Gildemeister  /  Gerardo Vacarezza Alfonso Mora  /  Nicolás Pereira 4 6 6 1 65 77 3 6     4 Pedro Rebolledo Maurice Ruah 5 7 6 3 6 2 6 4     5 José Antonio Fernández Nicolás Pereira 6 4 0 6 3 6

Colombia vs. Bahamas

Colombia 4	Clube Desportivo de Canas Gordas, Cali, Colombia [16] 19–21 July 1991 Clay		Bahamas 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mauricio Hadad Roger Smith 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 1     2 Álvaro Jordan John Farrington 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Jaime Cortés  /  Mario Rincón John Farrington  /  Roger Smith 3 6 5 7 4 6       4 Álvaro Jordan Roger Smith 6 3 65 77 64 77 6 0 6 3   5 Mauricio Hadad John Farrington 6 4 6 2

Fourth round

Colombia vs. Chile

Colombia 1	Club Campestre el Rodeo, Medellín, Colombia [17] 20–22 September 1991 Clay		Chile 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaime Cortés Pedro Rebolledo 3 6 0 6 1 6       2 Álvaro Jordan José Antonio Fernández 4 6 5 7 3 6       3 Mauricio Hadad  /  Álvaro Jordan Hans Gildemeister  /  Gerardo Vacarezza 6 4 4 6 64 77 3 6     4 Álvaro Jordan Pedro Rebolledo 2 6 6 3 7 5       5 Jaime Cortés José Antonio Fernández 1 6 7 5 2 3     not completed

References

1. "Brazil v Peru". daviscup.com.
2. "Cuba v Paraguay". daviscup.com.
3. "Brazil v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
4. "El Salvador v Dominican Republic". daviscup.com.
5. "Trinidad and Tobago v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
6. "Haiti v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
7. "Bahamas v Costa Rica". daviscup.com.
8. "Bolivia v Barbados". daviscup.com.
9. "Eastern Caribbean v Guatemala". daviscup.com.
10. "Jamaica v Colombia". daviscup.com.
11. "Chile v Dominican Republic". daviscup.com.
12. "Venezuela v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
13. "Bahamas v Barbados". daviscup.com.
14. "Eastern Caribbean v Colombia". daviscup.com.
15. "Chile v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
16. "Colombia v Bahamas". daviscup.com.
17. "Colombia v Chile". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website