1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of three zones of competition in the 1974 Davis Cup. The zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone, with the winners meeting in the Americas Inter-Zonal Final. South Africa won the Zone and advanced to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

  First round
19–21 October 1973		 Quarterfinals
23–25 November 1973
                 
Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard)
  Canada 3  
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Caribbean/West Indies 2  
    Canada 1
    Mexico 4
  Mexico
 bye  
 bye  
Bogotá, Colombia
  Colombia  
    Colombia 3
    Venezuela 2
 bye
  Venezuela  

Main draw

  First Round
7-9 December 1973		     Finals
11-13 January
                 
  Bogotá, Colombia
  Cali, Colombia       United States 1
    Mexico 1       Colombia 4
    Colombia 4  

First Round


Colombia
4		 Cali, Colombia
7 December - 9 December 1973
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Colombia
Mexico		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
2 Colombia
Mexico		 Iván Molina
Raúl Ramírez		 6
1		 6
1		 7
5		      
3 Colombia
Mexico		 Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Raúl Ramírez / Vicente Zarazua		 6
2		 8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		   
4 Colombia
Mexico		 Iván Molina
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo		 7
5		 1
6 		6
3		 6
3		    
5 Colombia
Mexico		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Luis Baraldi		 7
5		 1
6 		6
2		 4
6 		6
2		  

Final


Colombia
4		 Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombia
11 January - 13 January 1974
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Colombia
United States		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Harold Solomon		 6
1		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 7
5		  
2 Colombia
United States		 Iván Molina
Erik van Dillen		 6
4		 7
5		 6
2		      
3 Colombia
United States		 Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Charlie Pasarell / Erik van Dillen		 4
6 		11
13 		4
6 		     
4 Colombia
United States		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Erik van Dillen		 6
0		 6
4		 5
7 		6
3		    
5 Colombia
United States		 Iván Molina
Harold Solomon		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      

South America Zone

Qualifying & Preliminary Rounds

  Qualifying Round
October-December, 1973		 Preliminary Round
4-6 January
                 
  Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
    Ecuador 5  
    Uruguay 0     Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
      Ecuador 0
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)     South Africa 5
    Brazil 0
    South Africa 5  

Main draw

  First Round
     Finals
8-10 March
                 
  Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
        Chile 2
    Argentina       South Africa 3
    South Africa w/o  

Final


South Africa
3		 Bogotá, Colombia
8 March - 10 March 1974
clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Chile		 Cliff Drysdale
Patricio Cornejo		 1
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
3		    
2 South Africa
Chile		 Bob Hewitt
Jaime Fillol		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 South Africa
Chile		 Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol		 7
9 		4
6 		6
2		 6
4		 6
4		  
4 South Africa
Chile		 Bob Hewitt
Patricio Cornejo		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
5 South Africa
Chile		 Cliff Drysdale
Jaime Fillol		 6
4		 4
6 		5
7 		0
6 		   

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


Colombia
2		 Bogotá, Colombia
10 May - 12 May 1974
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Colombia
South Africa		 Iván Molina
Ray Moore		 8
6		 3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
2 Colombia
South Africa		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Bob Hewitt		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
3 Colombia
South Africa		 Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan		 3
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
4 Colombia
South Africa		 Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Ray Moore		 6
2		 4
6 		6
3		 7
9 		6
2		  
5 Colombia
South Africa		 Álvaro Betancur
Byron Bertram		 6
2		 4
6 		8
6		 8
6		    
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