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1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone

1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

12 teams entered the Americas Zone split across two sub-zones, the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. 9 teams played in the preliminary rounds, competing to advance to the main draw and join the remaining 3 teams which advanced to the main draw directly. The winners of each sub-zone main draw then played against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Colombia defeated the United States in the North & Central America Zone final, and South Africa defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, South Africa defeated Colombia and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First Round
19–21 October 1973
Qualifying Round
23–25 November 1973
Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard)
 Canada3
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Caribbean/West Indies2
 Canada1
 Mexico4
 Mexico
bye
bye
Bogotá, Colombia
 Colombia
 Colombia3
 Venezuela2
bye
 Venezuela

First round

Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada

More information Caribbean/West Indies 2, Canada 3 ...

Qualifying round

Mexico vs. Canada

More information Mexico 4, Canada 1 ...

Colombia vs. Venezuela

More information Colombia 3, Venezuela 2 ...

Main Draw

Draw

Semifinals
7–9 December
Final
11–13 January
 United States
Bogotá, Colombia
bye
 United States1
Cali, Colombia
 Colombia4
 Mexico1
 Colombia4

Semifinals

Colombia vs. Mexico

More information Colombia 4, Mexico 1 ...

Final

Colombia vs. United States

More information Colombia 4, United States 1 ...

South America Zone

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First RoundQualifying Round
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Ecuador5
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Uruguay0
 Ecuador0
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 South Africa5
 Brazil0
 South Africa5

First round

Ecuador vs. Uruguay

More information Ecuador 5, Uruguay 0 ...

Brazil vs. South Africa

More information Brazil 0, South Africa 5 ...

Qualifying round

Ecuador vs. South Africa

More information Ecuador 0, South Africa 5 ...

Main Draw

Draw

SemifinalsFinal
8–10 March
Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
 Chile
Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
bye
 Chile2
 South Africa3
 South Africaw/o
 Argentina[lower-alpha 1]

Final

Chile vs. South Africa

More information Chile 2, South Africa 3 ...

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Colombia vs. South Africa

More information Colombia 2, South Africa 3 ...

Notes

  1. The tie between South Africa and Argentina was scratched and South Africa advanced to the South America Zone Final after Argentina refused to travel to South Africa due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies.[12][13]

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  3. "Colombia v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. "Ecuador v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
  5. Steve, Tignor (19 November 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019. It wasn't the first or last time a country would default to South Africa during that period; Argentina had done the same thing earlier in the same season[...]

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