1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone

Regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue: Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina (outdoor clay)
Date: 13–18 April

The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	ARG	COL	PAR	MEX	ECU
1	Argentina (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Colombia (3–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Paraguay (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1
4	Mexico (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1
5	Ecuador (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	VEN	CAN	BRA	CHI	PUR
1	Venezuela (4–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Canada (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Brazil (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0
4	Chile (1–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Puerto Rico (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-off

Argentina
3

Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 April 1999
Clay (outdoors)

Venezuela
0

		1	2	3
1	Mariana Díaz Oliva Milagros Sequera	6 0	6 3
2	Paola Suárez María Vento	7 5	3 6	6 2
3	Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Milagros Sequera / María Vento	7⁷ 6⁵	6 1

^[1]

Argentina advanced to World Group II Play-offs.^[2]
Ecuador and Puerto Rico relegated to Group II in 2000.^[3]^[4]

Group II

Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
Date: 23–27 February

The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	URU	DOM	CRC	GUA
1	Uruguay (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Dominican Republic (1–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1
3	Costa Rica (1–2)	0–3	2–1		1–2
4	Guatemala (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

	Pool B	CUB	BAH	ESA	HAI
1	Cuba (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bahamas (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	El Salvador (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Haiti (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool C	BOL	BAR	TRI	PAN
1	Bolivia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Barbados (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Panama (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	PER	JAM	BER	ATG
1	Peru (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Jamaica (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Bermuda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Antigua and Barbuda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2