1971 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup.

13 teams entered the Americas Zone: 5 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 8 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play 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]

Mexico defeated New Zealand in the North & Central America Zone final, and Brazil defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, Brazil defeated Mexico and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

Draw

Quarterfinals
8–10 May
Semifinals
7–30 May
Final
4–6 June
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Mexico5
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 South Korea0
 Mexico3
 Canada2
 Canada
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
bye
 Mexico3
 New Zealand2
bye
Kingston, Jamaica
 Caribbean/West Indies
 Caribbean/West Indies1
 New Zealand4
bye
 New Zealand

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. South Korea


Mexico
5
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[5]
8–10 May 1971
Clay

South Korea
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Kim Doo-hwan
6
1
6
1
7
5
     
2
Marcello Lara
Chung Yong-ho
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
3
Raúl Ramírez / Vicente Zarazúa
Chung Yong-ho / Kim Sung-bae
6
2
4
6
6
3
6
1
   
4
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Chung Yong-ho
6
0
6
2
6
2
     
5
Marcello Lara
Kim Sung-bae
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Semifinals

Mexico vs. Canada


Mexico
3
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[6]
28–30 May 1971
Clay

Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcello Lara
John Sharpe
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
2
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Mike Belkin
6
4
4
6
2
6
4
6
   
3
Marcello Lara / Joaquín Loyo Mayo
John Sharpe / Mike Belkin
7
5
3
6
6
1
6
3
   
4
Marcello Lara
Mike Belkin
6
4
4
6
5
7
2
6
   
5
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
John Sharpe
4
6
7
5
6
1
6
1
   

Caribbean/West Indies vs. New Zealand


Caribbean/West Indies
1
Kingston, Jamaica[7]
7–9 May 1971

New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Leo Rolle
Onny Parun
2
6
2
6
0
6
     
2
Richard Russell
Jeff Simpson
6
2
6
4
3
6
8
6
   
3
Compton Russell / Richard Russell
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
1
6
1
6
6
4
4
6
   
4
Leo Rolle
Jeff Simpson
5
7
3
6
0
6
     
5
Richard Russell
Onny Parun
5
7
2
6
2
6
     

Final

Mexico vs. New Zealand


Mexico
3
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[2]
4–6 June 1971
Clay

New Zealand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Onny Parun
9
7
4
6
1
6
5
7
   
2
Marcello Lara
Jeff Simpson
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3
Luis-Augusto García / Marcello Lara
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
3
6
6
2
12
10
6
3
   
4
Marcello Lara
Onny Parun
5
7
3
6
4
6
     
5
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Jeff Simpson
6
3
6
3
6
2
     

South America Zone

Draw

Quarterfinals
19 March–6 April
Semifinals
9–18 April
Final
22–24 April
Porto Alegre, Brazil
 Brazil5
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
 Bolivia0
 Brazil4
Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard)
 Ecuador1
 Ecuador4
Santiago, Chile
 Venezuela1
 Brazil3
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Chile2
 Uruguay0
Santiago, Chile
 Argentina5
 Argentina1
Bogotá, Colombia
 Chile4
 Colombia2
 Chile3

Quarterfinals

Brazil vs. Bolivia


Brazil
5
Porto Alegre, Brazil[8]
4–6 April 1971

Bolivia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Edison Mandarino
Óscar Chiarella
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2
Thomaz Koch
Ramiro Benavides
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3
José Edison Mandarino / Luis Felipe Tavares
Ramiro Benavides / Óscar Chiarella
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
4
José Edison Mandarino
Ramiro Benavides
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
5
Thomaz Koch
Óscar Chiarella
6
1
6
0
6
1
     

Ecuador vs. Venezuela


Ecuador
4
Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[9]
26–28 March 1971
Hard

Venezuela
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Miguel Olvera
Humphrey Hose
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
2
Pancho Guzmán
Jorge Andrew
6
1
6
3
6
0
     
3
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
4
Pancho Guzmán
Humphrey Hose
8
6
4
6
5
7
4
6
   
5
Miguel Olvera
Jorge Andrew
6
2
6
0
6
3
     

Uruguay vs. Argentina


Uruguay
0
Montevideo, Uruguay[10]
20–22 March 1971
Clay

Argentina
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fabian Barriola
Julián Ganzábal
1
6
2
6
0
6
     
2
Gustavo Stapf
Guillermo Vilas
0
6
4
6
0
6
     
3
Fabian Barriola / Enrique Pérez Álvarez
Ricardo Cano / Guillermo Vilas
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
4
Mario Laborde
Jason Van Kerckhoven
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
5
Gustavo Stapf
Ricardo Cano
0
6
2
6
2
6
     

Colombia vs. Chile


Colombia
2
Bogotá, Colombia[11]
19–21 March 1971

Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Iván Molina
Jaime Fillol
4
6
3
6
7
5
3
6
   
2
Jairo Velasco
Patricio Cornejo
6
8
1
6
6
4
8
6
6
1
 
3
Iván Molina / Jairo Velasco
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
5
7
5
7
6
4
3
6
   
4
Jairo Velasco
Jaime Fillol
8
6
6
2
6
3
     
5
Iván Molina
Patricio Cornejo
3
6
4
6
2
6
     

Semifinals

Brazil vs. Ecuador


Brazil
4
Porto Alegre, Brazil[12]
16–18 April 1971
Clay

Ecuador
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thomaz Koch
Miguel Olvera
6
3
3
6
6
4
6
1
   
2
José Edison Mandarino
Pancho Guzmán
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
3
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
4
Thomaz Koch
Pancho Guzmán
6
4
6
4
5
7
6
2
   
5
José Edison Mandarino
Miguel Olvera
1
6
6
2
6
3
3
6
0
6
 

Chile vs. Argentina


Chile
4
Santiago, Chile[13]
9–11 April 1971

Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jaime Fillol
Tomás Miguel Lynch
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
2
Patricio Cornejo
Julián Ganzábal
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Ricardo Cano / Julián Ganzábal
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4
Patricio Cornejo
Tomás Miguel Lynch
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
5
Jaime Fillol
Julián Ganzábal
3
6
6
2
6
8
4
6
   

Final

Chile vs. Brazil


Chile
2
Santiago, Chile[3]
22–24 April 1971

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patricio Cornejo
Thomaz Koch
6
4
2
6
7
5
6
8
2
6
 
2
Jaime Fillol
José Edison Mandarino
6
1
8
6
4
6
10
8
   
3
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
6
3
6
2
2
6
2
6
6
8
 
4
Jaime Fillol
Thomaz Koch
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Patricio Cornejo
José Edison Mandarino
4
6
1
6
6
0
6
3
6
4
 

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Mexico vs. Brazil


Mexico
2
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[4]
17–19 July 1971
Clay

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcello Lara
Thomaz Koch
4
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
José Edison Mandarino
6
4
3
6
4
6
7
5
6
1
 
3
Joaquín Loyo Mayo / Vicente Zarazúa
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
8
6
7
5
6
2
     
4
Marcello Lara
José Edison Mandarino
4
6
3
6
7
9
     
5
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Thomaz Koch
5
7
6
4
9
7
4
6
7
9
 

References

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Mexico v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Chile v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Mexico v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Mexico v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Caribbean/West Indies v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Brazil v Bolivia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ecuador v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Uruguay v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Colombia v Chile". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Brazil v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.