2001 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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

Group I

• Venue: Montevideo, Uruguay (outdoor clay)
• Date: 23–28 April

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

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•  Venezuela advanced to 2001 World Group Play-offs.^[2]
•  Ecuador and  Dominican Republic relegated to Group II in 2002.^[3][4]

Group II

• Venue: St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (outdoor hard)
• Date: 15–19 May

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-offs 19 May					1st Round 18 May					2nd Round 19 May
							Puerto Rico	2
							Cuba	1
		Cuba	2									Puerto Rico	2
		Costa Rica	0									Bahamas	0
							Costa Rica	1
							Bahamas	2

	Play-offs 19 May					1st Round 18 May					2nd Round 19 May
							Bolivia	3
							Bermuda	0
		Bermuda	0									Bolivia	0
		Guatemala	3									Chile	2
							Guatemala	1
							Chile	2

	Play-offs 19 May					1st Round 18 May					2nd Round 19 May
							Jamaica	2
							Trinidad and Tobago	0
		Trinidad and Tobago	2									Jamaica	2
		Panama	0									El Salvador	1
							El Salvador	2
							Panama	0

	1st Round 18 May
		Antigua and Barbuda	2
		Barbados	1

•  Puerto Rico and  Bahamas advanced to Group I in 2002.^[5]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

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.

Fed Cup Profile, Canada Fed Cup Profile, Venezuela Fed Cup Profile, Brazil Fed Cup Profile, Colombia Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay

Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay Fed Cup Profile, Mexico Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica

Fed Cup Profile, Chile Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago Fed Cup Profile, Panama Fed Cup Profile, Antigua and Barbuda Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica

Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador Fed Cup Profile, Barbados

External links

• Fed Cup website