1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

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.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Canada Colombia
2 Brazil Peru
3 Ecuador Chile
4 Mexico Venezuela
5  Puerto Rico
Main article: 1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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
                           
     Canada 3  
   Peru 0  
     Canada 2
       Colombia 1
   Brazil 0
     Colombia 3  

Canada vs. Peru

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

[1]

Brazil vs. Colombia

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

[2]

Canada vs. Colombia

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

[3]

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

See also

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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