1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.

Main article: 1998 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 14–17 April

The nine teams were first randomly divided into three pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The nine teams were then divided into three new pools based on their placing in their first pools, which would be used to determine each team's overall placing in the zonal group. The team that finished first overall would be promoted to the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished eighth and ninth would be relegated to Group II for 1999.

Initial Pools
Initial Pool A PAR CAN URU
1  Paraguay (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Canada (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Uruguay (0–2) 1–2 0–3
Initial Pool B COL BRA CHI
1  Colombia (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Brazil (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Chile (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Initial Pool C VEN ECU PER
1  Venezuela (2–0) 3–0 2–1
2  Ecuador (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3  Peru (0–2) 1–2 1–2

Placement Pools
Placement Pool A VEN PAR COL
1  Venezuela (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Paraguay (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Colombia (0–2) 1–2 0–3
Placement Pool B CAN BRA ECU
1  Canada (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Brazil (1–1) 0–3 2–0
3  Ecuador (0–2) 0–3 0–2
Placement Pool C CHI URU PER
1  Chile (2–0) 3–0 2–0
2  Uruguay (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3  Peru (0–2) 0–2 1–2

Group II
  • Venue: Chipinque Racquet Club, Monterrey, Mexico (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 27 April – 3 May

The sixteen teams were divided into two pools of eight. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1999.

Pools
Pool A MEX ESA HAI GUA CRC BAR BER ATG
1  Mexico (7–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  El Salvador (6–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Haiti (4–3) 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Guatemala (4–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
5  Costa Rica (4–3) 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
6  Barbados (2–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
7  Bermuda (1–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1
8  Antigua and Barbuda (0–7) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B PUR CUB DOM TRI PAN BOL JAM BAH
1  Puerto Rico (7–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Cuba (6–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Dominican Republic (5–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
4  Trinidad and Tobago (4–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
5  Panama (3–4) 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1
6  Bolivia (1–6) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2
7  Jamaica (1–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0
8  Bahamas (1–6) 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3
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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Belarus v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. "Uruguay v Dominican Republic". fedcup.com.
  3. "Peru v Antigua and Barbuda". fedcup.com.
  4. "Colombia v Mexico". fedcup.com.
  5. "Venezuela v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
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