2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating nations

Seeds:  Chile  Brazil

Remaining Nations  Canada  Colombia  Mexico  Uruguay

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Chile

bye

Santiago, Chile (clay)

bye

1

Chile

3

Mexico

Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet)

Canada

2

Mexico

1

León, Mexico (indoor carpet)

Canada

4

Mexico

2

Uruguay

3

Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

2

Colombia

3

Sorocaba, Brazil (clay)

Uruguay

Colombia

1

bye

2

Brazil

4

bye

2

Brazil

• Mexico relegated to Group II in 2009.
• Chile and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Canada vs. Mexico

Canada 4	The Corral at Stampede Park, Calgary, Canada[1] 8 – 10 February 2008 Carpet (indoor)		Mexico 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frédéric Niemeyer Santiago González 6 4 6 4 77 61       2 Peter Polansky Bruno Echagaray 6 3 7 5 6 2       3 Daniel Nestor / Frédéric Niemeyer Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Vasek Pospisil Bruno Rodríguez 6 2 1 6 5 7       5 Peter Polansky César Ramírez 78 66 77 64

Uruguay vs. Colombia

Uruguay 2	Cantegril Country Club, Punta del Este, Uruguay[2] 8 – 10 February 2008 Clay		Colombia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcel Felder Alejandro Falla 2 6 5 7 2 6       2 Pablo Cuevas Santiago Giraldo 6 4 3 6 5 7 78 66 6 4   3 Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Felder Michael Quintero / Carlos Salamanca 6 4 63 77 6 3 64 77 8 6   4 Pablo Cuevas Alejandro Falla 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 Marcel Felder Santiago Giraldo 2 6 4 6 66 78

Second round

Chile vs. Canada

Chile 3	Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile, Chile[3] 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay		Canada 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando González Peter Polansky 77 64 77 63 5 7 6 2     2 Nicolás Massú Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 6 4 6 4 5 7 6 3   3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Daniel Nestor / Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 63 77 6 3 7 5 6 4   4 Paul Capdeville Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 4 6         5 Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Peter Polansky 3 6 2 6

Brazil vs. Colombia

Brazil 4	Tenis Clube de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil[4] 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay		Colombia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomaz Bellucci Santiago Giraldo 78 66 6 4 3 6 4 6 2 6   2 Marcos Daniel Juan Sebastián Cabal 6 1 5 1         retired 3 Marcelo Melo / André Sá Michael Quintero / Carlos Salamanca 6 3 6 3 6 1       4 Marcos Daniel Santiago Giraldo 6 4 77 61 68 710 6 5     retired 5 Thomaz Bellucci Juan Sebastián Cabal 6 4 7 5

Second round playoffs

Mexico vs. Uruguay

Mexico 2	Domo de la Feria de Leon, León, Mexico[5] 19 – 21 September 2008 Carpet (indoor)		Uruguay 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Garza Pablo Cuevas 64 77 6 4 7 5 710 68     2 Bruno Rodríguez Marcel Felder 4 6 6 4 6 3 69 711 0 6   3 Miguel Gallardo Valles / Víctor Romero Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Felder 77 62 5 7 6 2 77 61     4 Miguel Gallardo Valles Pablo Cuevas 1 6 77 64 3 6 4 6     5 Daniel Garza Marcel Felder 6 3 0 6 1 6 6 4 3 6

References

• Draw

1. "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
2. "Uruguay v Colombia". daviscup.com.
3. "Chile v Canada". daviscup.com.
4. "Brazil v Colombia". daviscup.com.
5. "Mexico v Uruguay". daviscup.com.

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