1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone The Knockout Stage of the 1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools. PlacingPool APool B1 CAN COL 2 BRA PER 3 ECU CHI 4 MEX VEN 1930 5   PUR The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. Draw 1 Semifinals3 May Final4 May   CAN 3   PER 0   BRA 0   COL 3   CAN 2   COL 1 Semifinals Canada vs. Peru Canada Peru Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 3 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 3 0 Rene Simpson 6 6 Carla Rodríguez 0 2 Patricia Hy 6 6 Nanely Vallejo 1 1 Sonya Jeyaseelan Rene Simpson 6 6 Carla Rodríguez Nanely Vallejo 0 4 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003685 Canada v Peru fedcup.com Brazil vs. Colombia Brazil Colombia Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 3 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 0 3 Eugenia Maia 5 6 5 Carmiña Giraldo 7 4 7 Vanessa Menga 1 3 Fabiola Zuluaga 6 6 Joana Cortez Luciana Tella 2 1 Carmiña Giraldo Fabiola Zuluaga 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20004814 Brazil v Colombia fedcup.com Final Canada vs. Colombia Canada Colombia Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 4 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Rene Simpson 6 7 Carmiña Giraldo 2 5 Patricia Hy 3 1 Fabiola Zuluaga 6 6 Sonya Jeyaseelan Rene Simpson 6 7 Carmiña Giraldo Fabiola Zuluaga 1 5 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003410 Canada v Colombia fedcup.com CAN advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against SVK. However, they lost 0–5, and thus returned to the Americas Zone Group I in 1997.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=20003775 Slovakia v Canada fedcup.comAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone