1973 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.
12 teams entered the Americas Zone split across two sub-zones, the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. 5 teams played in each of the sub-zone's preliminary rounds, with two teams progressing to each sub-zone's main draw to join the previous year's finalists the United States and Chile. 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]
The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Chile defeated Argentina in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Chile and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]
North & Central America Zone
Preliminary Rounds
Draw
First Round 23–25 February |
Qualifying Round 9–11 March | |||||||
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | ||||||||
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4 | |||||||
Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||
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1 | |||||||
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3 | |||||||
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2 | |||||||
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Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
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4 | |||||||
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1 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
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First Round
Colombia vs. Canada
Colombia 4 |
Bogotá, Colombia [5] 23–25 February 1973 Clay |
Canada 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qualifying Round
Colombia vs. Caribbean/West Indies
Colombia 3 |
Bogotá, Colombia [6] 9–11 March 1973 |
Caribbean/West Indies 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mexico vs. Venezuela
Mexico 4 |
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [7] 9–11 March 1973 Clay |
Venezuela 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals 23–25 March |
Final 11–13 May | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
bye | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |
1 | ||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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0 |
Semifinals
Mexico vs. Colombia
Mexico 5 |
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [8] 23–25 March 1973 Clay |
Colombia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
Mexico vs. United States
Mexico 1 |
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [2] 11–13 May 1973 Clay |
United States 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South America Zone
Preliminary Rounds
Draw
First Round 23–25 February |
Qualifying Round 2–4 March; 23–25 March | |||||||
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | ||||||||
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5 | |||||||
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | ||||||||
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0 | |||||||
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4 | |||||||
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1 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
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Punta del Este, Uruguay | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
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0 | |||||||
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5 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
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First Round
Argentina vs. Ecuador
Argentina 5 |
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [9] 23–25 February 1973 Clay |
Ecuador 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qualifying Round
Argentina vs. Brazil
Argentina 4 |
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [10] 23–25 March 1973 Clay |
Brazil 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uruguay vs. South Africa
Uruguay 0 |
Punta del Este, Uruguay [11] 2–4 March 1973 |
South Africa 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals 13–15 April |
Final 4–6 May | |||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
bye | 2 | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | ||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | |
2 | ||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
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1 |
Semifinals
Argentina vs. South Africa
Argentina 4 |
Montevideo, Uruguay [12] 13–15 April 1973 Clay |
South Africa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
Argentina vs. Chile
Argentina 2 |
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [3] 4–6 May 1973 Clay |
Chile 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final
United States vs. Chile
United States 4 |
Burns Park Tennis Club, North Little Rock, AR, United States [4] 3–5 August 1973 Hard |
Chile 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The doubles match between Smith/van Dillen and Cornejo/Fillol set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a doubles rubber (122). The second set, which went to 37-39, set the record for the most games played in a set (76).[13]
References
- Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
- "Argentina v Chile". daviscup.com.
- "United States v Chile". daviscup.com.
- "Colombia v Canada". daviscup.com.
- "Colombia v Caribbean/West Indies". daviscup.com.
- "Mexico v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
- "Mexico v Colombia". daviscup.com.
- "Argentina v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
- "Argentina v Brazil". daviscup.com.
- "Uruguay v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "Argentina v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "Davis Cup - General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.