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The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup.

13 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, with 6 teams entering the North & Central America Zone and 7 teams entering the South America Zone. 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 Colombia in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final the United States defeated Argentina and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Draw[edit]

First Round
6–8 October 1978		Qualifying Round
27–29 October 1978
 Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
bye
 Mexico3
 Canada2
bye
 Canada
 Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
bye
 Colombia4
Nassau, Bahamas
 Venezuela1
 Caribbean/West Indies2
 Venezuela3

First round[edit]

Caribbean/West Indies vs. Venezuela


Caribbean/West Indies
2 		Nassau, Bahamas[5]
6–8 October 1978
Venezuela
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cricket West Indies
Venezuela 		Leo Rolle
Humphrey Hose 		3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
2 Cricket West Indies
Venezuela 		John Antonas
Jorge Andrew 		6
3 		0
6 		4
6 		5
0 		   
retired
3 Cricket West Indies
Venezuela 		John Antonas / Leo Rolle
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose 		2
6 		6
3 		2
6 		1
6 		   
4 Cricket West Indies
Venezuela 		Leo Rolle
Jorge Andrew 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5 Cricket West Indies
Venezuela 		John Antonas
Abraham Sojo 		6
3 		3
6 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Qualifying round[edit]

Mexico vs. Canada


Mexico
3 		Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[6]
27–29 October 1978
Clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Canada 		Marcello Lara
Réjean Genois 		7
5 		3
6 		9
11 		6
2 		6
4 		 
2 Mexico
Canada 		Emilio Montaño
Greg Halder 		5
7 		7
5 		6
4 		10
8 		   
3 Mexico
Canada 		Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Réjean Genois / Richard Legendre 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Mexico
Canada 		Enrique Haro
John Picken 		1
6 		4
6 		8
6 		4
6 		   
5 Mexico
Canada 		Emilio Montaño
Réjean Genois 		6
2 		6
8 		3
6 		     

Colombia vs. Venezuela


Colombia
4 		Bogotá, Colombia[7]
27–29 October 1978
Venezuela
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Colombia
Venezuela 		Jairo Velasco
Humphrey Hose 		6
3 		5
7 		5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		 
2 Colombia
Venezuela 		Iván Molina
Jorge Andrew 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		   
3 Colombia
Venezuela 		Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose 		6
4 		8
6 		6
8 		6
4 		   
4 Colombia
Venezuela 		Álvaro Betancur
Humphrey Hose 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		     
5 Colombia
Venezuela 		Orlando Agudelo
Abraham Sojo 		6
3 		6
3 		       

Main draw[edit]

Draw[edit]

Semifinals
8–10 December 1978		Final
16–18 March
 United States
Cleveland, OH, United States (indoor hard)
bye
 United States5
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Colombia0
 Mexico2
 Colombia3

Semifinals[edit]

Mexico vs. Colombia


Mexico
2 		Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[8]
8–10 December 1978
Clay
Colombia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Colombia 		Roberto Chávez
Jairo Velasco 		2
6 		2
6 		6
3 		8
6 		6
8 		 
2 Mexico
Colombia 		Raúl Ramírez
Iván Molina 		6
8 		6
8 		7
5 		3
6 		   
3 Mexico
Colombia 		Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
2 		   
4 Mexico
Colombia 		Raúl Ramírez
Jairo Velasco 		6
1 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5 Mexico
Colombia 		Roberto Chávez
Iván Molina 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Final[edit]

United States vs. Colombia


United States
5 		Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States[2]
16–18 March 1979
Hard (indoors)
Colombia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Colombia 		John McEnroe
Álvaro Betancur 		6
2 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2 United States
Colombia 		Dick Stockton
Iván Molina 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 United States
Colombia 		Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
Orlando Agudelo / Iván Molina 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		     
4 United States
Colombia 		Dick Stockton
Álvaro Betancur 		6
1 		6
2 		7
5 		     
5 United States
Colombia 		John McEnroe
Iván Molina 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     

South America Zone[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Draw[edit]

First Round
22 September–8 October 1978		Qualifying Round
27 October–1 November 1978
 Argentina
Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor carpet)
bye
 Argentina4
Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor carpet)
 Ecuador1
 Ecuador4
 Peru1
Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay)
 Bolivia0
Itu, Brazil
 Brazil5
 Brazil4
 Uruguay0
bye
 Uruguay

First round[edit]

Ecuador vs. Peru


Ecuador
4 		Coliseo Voltaire Paladines Polo, Guayaquil, Ecuador[9]
22–24 September 1978
Carpet (indoors)
Peru
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Peru 		Andrés Gómez
Alberto Franco 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
2 Ecuador
Peru 		Ricardo Ycaza
Fernando Maynetto 		6
4 		4
6 		0
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3 Ecuador
Peru 		Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza
Alberto Franco / Fernando Maynetto 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
4 Ecuador
Peru 		Raúl Viver
Alberto Franco 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		   
5 Ecuador
Peru 		Andrés Gómez
Fernando Maynetto 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Bolivia vs. Brazil


Bolivia
0 		Club de Tenis Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia[10]
6–8 October 1978
Clay
Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Bolivia
Brazil 		Juan Carlos Alvarado
Carlos Kirmayr 		2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2 Bolivia
Brazil 		Mario Martínez
Cássio Motta 		4
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
3 Bolivia
Brazil 		Juan Carlos Alvarado / Mario Martínez
Ney Keller / Carlos Kirmayr 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Bolivia
Brazil 		Juan Carlos Alvarado
Cássio Motta 		4
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
5 Bolivia
Brazil 		Mario Martínez
João Soares 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		4
6 		 

Qualifying round[edit]

Ecuador vs. Argentina


Ecuador
1 		Coliseo Voltaire Paladines Polo, Guayaquil, Ecuador[11]
27–29 October 1978
Carpet (indoors)
Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Argentina 		Ricardo Ycaza
Ricardo Cano 		6
3 		7
9 		6
4 		4
6 		5
7 		 
2 Ecuador
Argentina 		Andrés Gómez
José Luis Clerc 		1
6 		6
3 		6
8 		2
6 		   
3 Ecuador
Argentina 		Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza
Lito Álvarez / José Luis Clerc 		5
7 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		   
4 Ecuador
Argentina 		Ricardo Ycaza
José Luis Clerc 		6
2 		6
3 		       
5 Ecuador
Argentina 		Raúl Viver
Fernando Dalla Fontana 		4
6 		10
12 		       

Brazil vs. Uruguay


Brazil
4 		Itu, Brazil[12]
November 1978
Uruguay
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
Uruguay 		Carlos Kirmayr
Hugo Roverano 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2 Brazil
Uruguay 		Cássio Motta
José Luis Damiani 		3
6 		6
4 		0
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3 Brazil
Uruguay 		Ney Keller / Carlos Kirmayr
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano 		6
2 		11
9 		6
3 		     
4 Brazil
Uruguay 		Cássio Motta
Alberto Laborde 		6
2 		7
5 		6
1 		     
5 Brazil
Uruguay 		Carlos Kirmayr
José Luis Damiani 		          not
played

Main draw[edit]

Draw[edit]

Semifinals
8–10 December 1978		Final
16–18 March
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Argentina5
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Brazil0
 Argentina3
 Chile2
bye
 Chile

Semifinals[edit]

Argentina vs. Brazil


Argentina
5 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[13]
8–10 December 1978
Clay
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Brazil 		Ricardo Cano
Carlos Kirmayr 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		   
2 Argentina
Brazil 		José Luis Clerc
Cássio Motta 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3 Argentina
Brazil 		Lito Álvarez / José Luis Clerc
Ney Keller / Cássio Motta 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
4 Argentina
Brazil 		José Luis Clerc
João Soares 		6
4 		6
4 		6
0 		     
5 Argentina
Brazil 		Ricardo Cano
Cássio Motta 		6
4 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Final[edit]

Argentina vs. Chile


Argentina
3 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]
16–18 March 1979
Clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Chile 		Guillermo Vilas
Jaime Fillol 		9
7 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2 Argentina
Chile 		José Luis Clerc
Hans Gildemeister 		1
6 		6
2 		3
6 		5
7 		   
3 Argentina
Chile 		José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas
Patricio Cornejo / Belus Prajoux 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
4 Argentina
Chile 		José Luis Clerc
Jaime Fillol 		6
2 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5 Argentina
Chile 		Guillermo Vilas
Hans Gildemeister 		6
2 		1
6 		6
1 		5
7 		2
1 		retired
 

Americas Inter-Zonal Final[edit]

United States vs. Argentina


United States
4 		Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States[4]
14–16 September 1979
Carpet (indoors)
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Argentina 		Vitas Gerulaitis
José Luis Clerc 		6
1 		7
5 		6
1 		     
2 United States
Argentina 		John McEnroe
Guillermo Vilas 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3 United States
Argentina 		Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas 		2
6 		4
6 		11
9 		6
4 		6
1 		 
4 United States
Argentina 		John McEnroe
José Luis Clerc 		6
2 		6
3 		       
5 United States
Argentina 		Vitas Gerulaitis
Guillermo Vilas 		7
9 		3
0 		      retired
 

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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