1998 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 1998 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998.

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 1999. ^[1]

Participating nations

•   Argentina
•   Bahamas
•   Canada
•   Chile
•   Colombia
•   Ecuador
•   Mexico

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Chile

Santiago, Chile (indoor carpet)

bye

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Chile

5

Chile

1

Colombia

0

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Argentina

4

Colombia

0

Cali, Colombia (clay)

Argentina

5

Colombia

3

Mexico

2

Nassau, Bahamas (hard)

Ecuador

5

Zapopan, Mexico (clay)

Bahamas

0

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Bahamas

3

Ecuador

3

Mexico

2

Halifax, Canada (indoor hard)

Canada

2

Canada

3

Mexico

2

•   Mexico relegated to Group II in 1999.
•   Argentina and   Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Argentina vs. Colombia

Argentina 5	Mayling Country Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [2] 13–15 February 1998 Clay		Colombia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lucas Arnold Ker Mario Rincón 6 0 6 2 6 2       2 Franco Squillari Miguel Tobón 6 2 6 1 6 1       3 Lucas Arnold Ker  /  Luis Lobo Mario Rincón  /  Miguel Tobón 6 2 7 5 6 1       4 Franco Squillari Philippe Moggio 6 1 6 4         5 Guillermo Cañas Eduardo Rincón 6 2 77 65

Bahamas vs. Ecuador

Bahamas 0	Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas [3] 13–15 February 1998 Hard		Ecuador 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Knowles Luis Morejón 4 6 0 6 0 6       2 Roger Smith Nicolás Lapentti 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 John Farrington  /  Roger Smith Andrés Gómez  /  Nicolás Lapentti 4 6 0 6 4 6       4 Bjorn Munroe Giovanni Lapentti 3 6 62 77         5 John Farrington Luis Morejón 2 6 1 6

Canada vs. Mexico

Canada 3	Air Atlantic Centre, Halifax, Canada [4] 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors)		Mexico 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sébastien Lareau Alejandro Hernández 6 4 64 77 2 6 1 6     2 Daniel Nestor Luis Herrera 6 4 65 77 1 6 6 4 6 3   3 Sébastien Lareau  /  Daniel Nestor Alejandro Hernández  /  David Roditi 6 1 6 2 6 4       4 Bobby Kokavec Alejandro Hernández 2 6 0 6 3 6       5 Sébastien Lareau Luis Herrera 6 4 6 3 6 3

Second round

Argentina vs. Chile

Argentina 4	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [5] 3–5 April 1998 Clay		Chile 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hernán Gumy Marcelo Ríos 4 6 6 3 3 6 5 7     2 Franco Squillari Hermes Gamonal 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Lucas Arnold Ker  /  Luis Lobo Nicolás Massú  /  Marcelo Ríos 7 5 6 3 6 3       4 Franco Squillari Fernando González 6 3 4 6 6 2 6 0     5 Hernán Gumy Hermes Gamonal 7 5 6 1

Ecuador vs. Canada

Ecuador 3	Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador [6] 3–5 April 1998 Clay		Canada 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Lapentti Sébastien Lareau 6 2 6 3 0 6 6 3     2 Luis Morejón Daniel Nestor 6 2 3 6 7 5 6 2     3 Andrés Gómez  /  Nicolás Lapentti Sébastien Lareau  /  Daniel Nestor 6 4 4 6 2 6 3 6     4 Nicolás Lapentti Daniel Nestor 6 1 7 5 6 2       5 Giovanni Lapentti Jocelyn Robichaud 3 6 62 77

First round relegation play-offs

Chile vs. Colombia

Chile 5	San Miguel Gymnasium, Santiago, Chile [7] 17–19 July 1998 Carpet (indoors)		Colombia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcelo Ríos Philippe Moggio 6 3 6 0 6 2       2 Nicolás Massú Miguel Tobón 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Fernando González  /  Nicolás Massú Philippe Moggio  /  Miguel Tobón 67 79 7 5 78 66 6 4     4 Marcelo Ríos Miguel Tobón 6 2 6 2         5 Nicolás Massú Jaime Cortés 6 1 2 0         retired

Mexico vs. Bahamas

Mexico 2	Puerta de Hierro, Zapopan, Mexico [8] 17–19 July 1998 Clay		Bahamas 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Herrera Mark Knowles 3 6 6 1 2 6 2 6     2 Alejandro Hernández Roger Smith 6 3 6 1 6 3       3 David Roditi  /  Mariano Sánchez Mark Knowles  /  Roger Smith 5 7 65 77 5 7       4 Alejandro Hernández Mark Knowles 6 4 3 6 6 1 2 6 1 6   5 Mariano Sánchez Dentry Mortimer 6 2 6 0

Second round relegation play-offs

Colombia vs. Mexico

Colombia 3	Andes Golf Club, Cali, Colombia [9] 25–27 September 1998 Clay		Mexico 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Miguel Tobón Alejandro Hernández 64 77 3 6 3 6       2 Mauricio Hadad Mariano Sánchez 5 7 6 3 6 3 6 4     3 Mauricio Hadad  /  Miguel Tobón Marco Osorio  /  David Roditi 77 63 6 4 5 7 65 77 7 5   4 Mauricio Hadad Alejandro Hernández 6 4 6 3 6 1       5 Miguel Tobón Mariano Sánchez 6 3 1 6 5 7

References

1. "1998 Americas Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "Argentina v Colombia". daviscup.com.
3. "Bahamas v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
4. "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
5. "Argentina v Chile". daviscup.com.
6. "Ecuador v Canada". daviscup.com.
7. "Chile v Colombia". daviscup.com.
8. "Mexico v Bahamas". daviscup.com.
9. "Colombia v Mexico". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website