1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone
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) | ||||||||
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3 | |||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
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2 | |||||||
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1 | |||||||
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4 | |||||||
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bye | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||
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3 | |||||||
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2 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
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First Round
Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada
![]() Caribbean/West Indies 2 |
Kingston, Jamaica [5] 19–21 October 1973 Hard (indoors) |
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Qualifying Round
Mexico vs. Canada
![]() Mexico 4 |
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico [6] 23–25 November 1973 Clay |
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Colombia vs. Venezuela
![]() Colombia 3 |
Bogotá, Colombia [7] 23–25 November 1973 |
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Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals 7–9 December |
Final 11–13 January | |||||||||
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bye | Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
Cali, Colombia | ![]() |
4 | ||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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4 |
Semifinals
Colombia vs. Mexico
![]() Colombia 4 |
Cali, Colombia [8] 7–9 December 1973 |
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Final
Colombia vs. United States
![]() Colombia 4 |
Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombia [2] 11–13 January 1974 |
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South America Zone
Preliminary Rounds
Draw
First Round |
Qualifying Round | |||||||||
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | ||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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0 | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | ||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | ![]() |
5 | ||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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5 |
First Round
Ecuador vs. Uruguay
![]() Ecuador 5 |
Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador [9] 5–7 October 1973 Clay |
![]() Uruguay 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brazil vs. South Africa
![]() Brazil 0 |
Montevideo, Uruguay [10] 14–16 December 1973 Clay |
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Qualifying Round
Ecuador vs. South Africa
![]() Ecuador 0 |
Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador [11] 4–6 January 1974 Clay |
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Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals |
Final 8–10 March | |||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | ||||||||||
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bye | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
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w/o | |||||||||
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Final
Chile vs. South Africa
![]() Chile 2 |
Bogotá, Colombia [3] 8–10 March 1974 Clay |
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final
Colombia vs. South Africa
![]() Colombia 2 |
Bogotá, Colombia [4] 10–12 May 1974 |
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Notes
References
- Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- "Colombia v United States". daviscup.com.
- "Chile v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "Colombia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "Caribbean/West Indies v Canada". daviscup.com.
- "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
- "Colombia v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
- "Colombia v Mexico". daviscup.com.
- "Ecuador v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
- "Brazil v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "Ecuador v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- "South Africa v Argentina". daviscup.com.
- 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[...]