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.

Contents 1 North & Central America Zone 1.1 Preliminary Rounds 1.2 Main draw 1.2.1 First Round 1.2.2 Final 2 South America Zone 2.1 Qualifying & Preliminary Rounds 2.2 Main draw 2.2.1 Final 3 Americas Inter-Zonal Final

[edit] North & Central America Zone

[edit] 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

• Mexico and Colombia advance to Main draw

[edit] 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

[edit] First Round

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

[edit] Final

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

• Colombia advance to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

[edit] South America Zone

[edit] 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

• South Africa advance to Main Draw

[edit] Main draw

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

[edit] Final

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

• South Africa advance to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

[edit] Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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

• South Africa advance to Inter-Zonal Zone