1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

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The Knockout Stage of the 1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

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Placing Pool A Pool B
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela
5 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico

The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw

Semifinals
3 May		Final
4 May
      
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
 Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0
 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0
 Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3

Semifinals

Canada vs. Peru

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
3		 Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
3 May 1997
Red clay (outdoors)		Flag of Peru.svg
Peru
0
123
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Peru.svg 		Rene Simpson
Carla Rodríguez 		6
0		6
2		  
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Peru.svg 		Patricia Hy
Nanely Vallejo 		6
1		6
1		  
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Peru.svg 		Sonya Jeyaseelan  /  Rene Simpson
Carla Rodríguez  /  Nanely Vallejo 		6
0		6
4		  

[1]

Brazil vs. Colombia

Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
0		 Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
3 May 1997
Red clay (outdoors)		Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
3
123
1 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Eugenia Maia
Carmiña Giraldo 		5
7 		6
4		5
7 		 
2 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Vanessa Menga
Fabiola Zuluaga 		1
6 		3
6 		  
3 Flag of Brazil.svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Joana Cortez  /  Luciana Tella
Carmiña Giraldo  /  Fabiola Zuluaga 		2
6 		1
6 		  

[2]

Final

Canada vs. Colombia

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2		 Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile
4 May 1997
Red clay (outdoors)		Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
1
123
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Rene Simpson
Carmiña Giraldo 		6
2		7
5		  
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Patricia Hy
Fabiola Zuluaga 		3
6 		1
6 		  
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Flag of Colombia.svg 		Sonya Jeyaseelan  /  Rene Simpson
Carmiña Giraldo  /  Fabiola Zuluaga 		6
1		7
5		  

[3]

  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia. However, they lost 0–5, and thus returned to the Americas Zone Group I in 1997. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Canada v Peru". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Brazil v Colombia". fedcup.com.
  3. ↑ "Canada v Colombia". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Slovakia v Canada". fedcup.com.
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