The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Group I

The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.

Pools

Pool A ARG COL PAR MEX ECU
1  Argentina (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Colombia (3–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Paraguay (2–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1
4  Mexico (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Ecuador (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool B VEN CAN BRA CHI PUR
1  Venezuela (4–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Canada (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Brazil (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Chile (1–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0
5  Puerto Rico (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-off


Argentina
3		 Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 April 1999
Clay (outdoors)
Venezuela
0
1 2 3
1 Argentina
Venezuela		 Mariana Díaz Oliva
Milagros Sequera		 6
0		 6
3		    
2 Argentina
Venezuela		 Paola Suárez
María Vento		 7
5		 3
6 		6
2		  
3 Argentina
Venezuela		 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini
Milagros Sequera / María Vento		 77
65		 6
1		    

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Group II

The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.

Pools

Pool A URU DOM CRC GUA
1  Uruguay (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Dominican Republic (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
3  Costa Rica (1–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2
4  Guatemala (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool B CUB BAH ESA HAI
1  Cuba (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Bahamas (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  El Salvador (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Haiti (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool C BOL BAR TRI PAN
1  Bolivia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Barbados (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Trinidad and Tobago (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Panama (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D PER JAM BER ATG
1  Peru (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Jamaica (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Bermuda (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout stage

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Argentina v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Australia v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  3. ↑ "Ecuador v Bahamas". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Puerto v Rico v Bermuda". fedcup.com.
  5. ↑ "Uruguay v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  6. ↑ "Paraguay v Cuba". fedcup.com.
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