2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2000.

Main article: 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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 2001.[1]

The second round tie between Chile and Argentina was marred by crowd trouble which resulted in the Argentinian team withdrawing from the tie. Chile were declared the winners of the tie by the Davis Cup Committee, however subsequent rulings resulted in Chile being prevented progressing to the Qualifying Round; additionally both teams received fines and Chile were barred from hosting home ties until 2002.[2]

Participating nations

Draw
  Second Round Play-offs
6–8 October		 First Round Play-offs
21–23 July		 First Round
4–6 February		 Second Round
6–8 April
                                     
 
      Argentina  
  Montreal, Canada (hard)    bye     Santiago, Chile (indoor hard)
    Argentina 1         Argentina 0
    Canada 4   Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)     Chile 2
    Canada 1
  Bogotá, Colombia (clay)       Chile 4  
    Argentina 4  
    Colombia 1     Lima, Peru (clay)
      Bahamas 1  
  Nassau, Bahamas (hard)     Peru 4     Lima, Peru (clay)
  Bahamas 3         Peru 2
    Colombia 2   Bogotá, Colombia (clay)     Ecuador 3
    Colombia 0
      Ecuador 5  
 Colombia relegated to
Group II in 2001.		  Chile and  Ecuador
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

First round

Chile vs. Canada

Chile
4		 Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile [3]
4–6 February 2000
Clay
Canada
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fernando González
Sébastien Lareau		 2
6 		6
3		 1
6 		6
2		 6
1		  
2
Nicolás Massú
Simon Larose		 6
0		 62
77		 3
1		      
retired
3
Fernando González / Nicolás Massú
Sébastien Lareau / Jocelyn Robichaud		 6
4		 6
4		 2
6 		6
2		    
4
Adrián García
Frédéric Niemeyer		 6
4		 1
6 		66
78		      
5
Hermes Gamonal
Simon Larose		 6
2		 7
5		        

Peru vs. Bahamas

Peru
4		 Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru [4]
4–6 February 2000
Clay
Bahamas
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Américo Venero
Mark Knowles		 6
4		 6
4		 3
6 		3
1		    
retired
2
Luis Horna
Mark Merklein		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Luis Horna / Américo Venero
Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein		 3
6 		2
6 		2
4		     retired
 
4
Luis Horna
Mark Knowles		 6
2		 2
6 		6
4		 3
1		    
retired
5
Iván Miranda
Dentry Mortimer		 6
1		 6
0		        

Colombia vs. Ecuador

Colombia
0		 Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogotá, Colombia [5]
4–6 February 2000
Clay
Ecuador
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eduardo Rincón
Luis Morejón		 6
2		 5
7 		5
7 		6
2		 0
6 		 
2
Pablo González
Nicolás Lapentti		 6
4		 4
6 		612
714		 63
77		    
3
Pablo González / Rubén Tolles
Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti		 2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
4
Rubén Tolles
Giovanni Lapentti		 62
77		 1
6 		       
5
Pablo González
Luis Morejón		 79
67		 4
6 		64
77		      

Second round

Chile vs. Argentina

Chile
2		 Cúpula Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile [6]
7–9 April 2000
Hard (indoors)
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcelo Ríos
Hernán Gumy		 6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		6
1		    
2
Nicolás Massú
Mariano Zabaleta		 5
7 		6
2		 61
77		 1
3		    
retired
3
Fernando González / Nicolás Massú
Mariano Hood / Sebastián Prieto		           w/o
 
4
Marcelo Ríos
Mariano Zabaleta		           w/o
 
5
Nicolás Massú
Hernán Gumy		           w/o
 

Peru vs. Ecuador

Peru
2		 Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru [7]
6–8 April 2000
Clay
Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Luis Horna
Giovanni Lapentti		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
1		    
2
Iván Miranda
Nicolás Lapentti		 1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Luis Horna / Américo Venero
Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti		 6
2		 6
2		 2
6 		63
77		 7
5		  
4
Luis Horna
Nicolás Lapentti		 6
4		 2
6 		5
7 		77
62		 3
6 		 
5
Américo Venero
Luis Morejón		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		1
6 		   

First round play-offs

Canada vs. Argentina

Canada
4		 Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada [8]
21–23 July 2000
Hard
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Daniel Nestor
Juan Ignacio Chela		 6
3		 77
63		 6
3		      
2
Sébastien Lareau
Agustín Calleri		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3
Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor
Martín García / Martín Rodríguez		 6
2		 6
1		 6
3		      
4
Sébastien Lareau
Juan Ignacio Chela		 6
3		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		  
5
Daniel Nestor
Agustín Calleri		 6
3		 6
2		        

Bahamas vs. Colombia

Bahamas
3		 Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas [9]
21–23 July 2000
Hard
Colombia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mark Knowles
Carlos Drada		 77
65		 7
5		 2
2		     retired
 
2
Mark Merklein
Eduardo Rincón		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein
Carlos Drada / Pablo González		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
4
Roger Smith
Eduardo Rincón		 61
77		 6
4		 6
1		 1
6 		1
6 		 
5
Mark Merklein
Pablo González		 7
5		 77
64		 6
3		      

Second round play-offs

Colombia vs. Argentina

Colombia
1		 Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Bogotá, Colombia [10]
6–8 October 2000
Clay
Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eduardo Rincón
Franco Squillari		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2
Pablo González
Mariano Puerta		 0
6 		2
6 		6
3		 0
6 		   
3
Pablo González / Michael Quintero
Martín García / Mariano Puerta		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4
Pablo González
Agustín Calleri		 3
6 		1
6 		       
5
Michael Quintero
Martín García		 7
5		 2
6 		6
3		      

References
  1. "2000 Americas Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Chile and Argentina kicked out of 2000 Davis Cup". The Independent. Associated Press. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. "Chile v Canada". daviscup.com.
  4. "Peru v Bahamas". daviscup.com.
  5. "Colombia v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  6. "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  7. "Peru v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
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  9. "Bahamas v Colombia". daviscup.com.
  10. "Colombia v Argentina". daviscup.com.
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