2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2001 Fed Cup.

Group I

The nine teams were divided into two pools of four and five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2002.

Pools

Pool A CAN BRA PAR ECU
1  Canada (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Brazil (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Paraguay (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Ecuador (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B VEN MEX COL URU DOM
1  Venezuela (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Mexico (3–1) 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Colombia (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
4  Uruguay (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Dominican Republic (0–4) 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2

Play-off


Canada
1
Montevideo, Uruguay
28 April 2001
Red clay (outdoors)

Venezuela
2
1 2 3
1 Canada
Venezuela
Sonya Jeyaseelan
Milagros Sequera
5
7
2
6
   
2 Canada
Venezuela
Jana Nejedly
María Vento
6
2
6
0
   
3 Canada
Venezuela
Renata Kolbovic / Jana Nejedly
Milagros Sequera / María Vento
6
2
3
6
1
6
 

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Group II

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of three and four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams then competed in knockout tournaments with teams that had taken equal placements in their pools to determine overall placings for the group. Teams finishing first and second advanced to Group I for 2002.

Pools

Pool A PUR BOL JAM
1  Puerto Rico (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Bolivia (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3  Jamaica (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool B BAH CHI TRI
1  Bahamas (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Chile (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Trinidad and Tobago (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C CRC BER PAN ATG
1  Costa Rica (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Bermuda (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Panama (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D CUB GUA ESA BAR
1  Cuba (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Guatemala (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  El Salvador (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Barbados (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
 Puerto Rico2
 Cuba1
 Cuba2 Puerto Rico2
 Costa Rica0 Bahamas0
 Costa Rica1
 Bahamas2
Play-offsFirst roundSecond round
 Bolivia3
 Bermuda0
 Bermuda0 Bolivia0
 Guatemala3 Chile2
 Guatemala1
 Chile2
First round
18 May
   
 Antigua and Barbuda 2
 Barbados 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Canada v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Croatia v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Ecuador v Costa Rica". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Dominican Republic v Bolivia". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Bahamas v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.