1980 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

12 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, split across the North & Central America and the South America Zones. The winner of each sub-zone advanced to the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Brazil in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final Argentina defeated the United States and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

Draw

  First Round
6–8 October 1979
Qualifying Round
27–29 October 1979
                 
  Mexico  
Brantford, Canada (indoor hard)
 bye  
    Mexico 4
Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard)
    Canada 1
  Caribbean/West Indies 0
  Canada 5  
  Venezuela  
Caracas, Venezuela
 bye  
    Venezuela 4
    Colombia 1
 bye
  Colombia  

First Round

Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada


Caribbean/West Indies
0
Kingston, Jamaica [5]
6–8 October 1979
Hard (indoors)

Canada
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Antonas
Josef Brabenec
20
18
6
8
3
6
4
6
   
2
Gewan Maharaj
Dale Power
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
3
John Antonas / Leo Rolle
Robert Bettauer / Dale Power
5
7
2
6
6
4
5
7
   
4
Stuart Sarnia
Josef Brabenec
5
7
3
6
1
6
     
5
Leo Rolle
Robert Bettauer
1
6
3
6
6
4
3
6
   

Qualifying Draw

Canada vs. Mexico


Canada
1
Brantford, Canada [6]
27–29 October 1979
Hard (indoors)

Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dale Power
Emilio Montaño
6
2
3
6
6
1
5
7
6
4
 
2
Robert Bettauer
Marcello Lara
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3
Josef Brabenec / Dale Power
Marcello Lara / Emilio Montaño
5
7
4
6
8
10
     
4
Robert Bettauer
Emilio Montaño
5
7
6
3
3
6
6
2
6
8
 
5
Dale Power
Marcello Lara
2
6
2
6
       

Venezuela vs. Colombia


Venezuela
4
Caracas, Venezuela [7]
27–29 October 1979

Colombia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jorge Andrew
Alejandro Cortes
6
2
6
3
9
7
     
2
Humphrey Hose
Iván Molina
7
5
8
6
5
7
6
2
   
3
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose
Iván Molina / Mauricio Posso
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4
Fabio Mionbet
Alejandro Cortes
6
2
7
5
       
5
Carlos Claverie
Mauricio Posso
3
6
6
3
1
6
     

Draw

  Semifinals
7–9 December 1979
Final
22–24 February
                 
 
    United States  
   bye     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      United States 3
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)     Mexico 2
    Mexico 4
    Venezuela 1  

Semifinals

Mexico vs. Venezuela


Mexico
4
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [8]
7–9 December 1979
Clay

Venezuela
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcello Lara
Humphrey Hose
6
3
3
6
6
3
8
6
   
2
Raúl Ramírez
Jorge Andrew
6
2
8
6
6
2
     
3
Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
4
Marcello Lara
Jorge Andrew
6
4
3
6
6
2
     
5
Javier Ordaz
Humphrey Hose
3
6
2
6
       

Final

Mexico vs. United States


Mexico
2
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [2]
22–24 February 1980
Clay

United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Raúl Ramírez
John McEnroe
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
2
Marcello Lara
Vitas Gerulaitis
1
6
2
6
7
5
2
6
   
3
Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
3
6
3
6
12
10
6
4
2
6
 
4
Raúl Ramírez
Vitas Gerulaitis
8
6
6
4
       
5
Javier Ordaz
Scott Davis
7
9
6
4
6
4
     

South America Zone

Draw

  First Round
6–8 October 1979
Qualifying Round
27–29 October 1979
                 
  Chile  
Montevideo, Uruguay
 bye  
    Chile 4
Lima, Peru
    Uruguay 1
  Uruguay 4
  Peru 0  
  Ecuador  
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 bye  
    Ecuador 2
    Brazil 3
 bye
  Brazil  

First Round

Peru vs. Uruguay


Peru
0
Lima, Peru [9]
6–8 October 1979

Uruguay
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pablo Arraya
Diego Pérez
5
7
4
6
7
9
     
2
Fernando Maynetto
José Luis Damiani
4
6
7
9
0
6
     
3
Fernando Maynetto / Jorge Salkeld
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano
3
6
5
7
6
3
7
5
5
7
 
4
Pablo Arraya
José Luis Damiani
6
3
3
6
6
8
     
5
Fernando Maynetto
Diego Pérez
          not
played

Qualifying Round

Uruguay vs. Chile


Uruguay
1
Montevideo, Uruguay [10]
27–29 October 1979

Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Diego Pérez
Belus Prajoux
6
4
2
6
4
6
4
6
   
2
José Luis Damiani
Hans Gildemeister
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
José Luis Damiani / Diego Pérez
Hans Gildemeister / Belus Prajoux
3
6
6
3
7
5
6
8
1
6
 
4
Diego Pérez
Hans Gildemeister
1
6
1
6
       
5
José Luis Damiani
Belus Prajoux
6
0
6
4
       

Ecuador vs. Brazil


Ecuador
2
Club Nacional de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador [11]
27–29 October 1979
Clay

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ricardo Ycaza
Carlos Kirmayr
1
6
3
6
1
6
     
2
Andrés Gómez
Cássio Motta
11
9
2
6
6
4
3
6
6
3
 
3
Andrés Gómez / Raúl Viver
Carlos Kirmayr / Cássio Motta
6
4
5
7
11
9
4
6
4
6
 
4
Raúl Viver
Cássio Motta
6
4
4
6
6
4
6
4
   
5
Andrés Gómez
Carlos Kirmayr
6
1
8
10
7
9
4
6
   

Draw

  Semifinals
14–16 December 1979
Final
February 1980
                 
  São Paulo, Brazil
    Chile 1  
    Brazil 3     São Paulo, Brazil (clay)
      Brazil 1
      Argentina 4
   bye
    Argentina  

Semifinals

Brazil vs. Chile


Brazil
3
São Paulo, Brazil [12]
14–16 December 1979

Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thomaz Koch
Jaime Fillol
7
5
6
3
1
6
6
3
   
2
Carlos Kirmayr
Hans Gildemeister
4
6
2
6
6
2
1
6
   
3
Carlos Kirmayr / Thomaz Koch
Jaime Fillol / Hans Gildemeister
3
6
6
3
7
5
6
0
   
4
Carlos Kirmayr
Ricardo Acuña
6
3
6
1
5
7
7
5
   
5
Thomaz Koch
Hans Gildemeister
          not
played

Final

Brazil vs. Argentina


Brazil
1
São Paulo, Brazil [3]
February 1980
Clay

Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thomaz Koch
Guillermo Vilas
3
6
6
4
6
4
2
6
1
6
 
2
Carlos Kirmayr
José Luis Clerc
6
4
6
2
6
8
3
6
5
7
 
3
Carlos Kirmayr / Thomaz Koch
José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas
6
2
7
9
12
10
6
3
   
4
Carlos Kirmayr
Guillermo Vilas
6
2
3
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
 
5
Thomaz Koch
José Luis Clerc
2
6
0
6
       

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Argentina vs. United States


Argentina
4
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [4]
7–9 March 1980
Clay

United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Luis Clerc
John McEnroe
6
3
6
2
4
6
13
11
   
2
Guillermo Vilas
Brian Gottfried
7
5
6
4
6
3
     
3
Ricardo Cano / Carlos Gattiker
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
4
Guillermo Vilas
John McEnroe
6
2
4
6
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
5
José Luis Clerc
Brian Gottfried
7
5
6
4
       

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  3. "Brazil v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  4. "Argentina v United States". daviscup.com.
  5. "Caribbean/West Indies v Canada". daviscup.com.
  6. "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  7. "Venezuela v Colombia". daviscup.com.
  8. "Mexico v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  9. "Peru v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
  10. "Uruguay v Chile". daviscup.com.
  11. "Ecuador v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  12. "Brazil v Chile". daviscup.com.
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