1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone

International tennis competition 1974 Davis Cup July 2023 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Colombia defeated the United States in the North & Central America Zone final, and South Africa defeated Chile in the South America Zone final. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, South Africa defeated Colombia and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. North & Central America Zone Preliminary rounds Draw 2 19–21 October 1973 23–25 November 1973 First Round Qualifying Round 14 Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard) CAN 3 Caribbean/West Indies 2 MEX bye bye COL bye VEN 1930 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) CAN 1 MEX 4 Bogotá, Colombia COL 3 VEN 1930 2 First round Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada Caribbean/West Indies Canada Kingston, Jamaicahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-NAM-PR-CAR-CAN-01 Caribbean/West Indies v Canada daviscup.com 19–21 October 1973 Hard (indoors) 2 3 Leo Rolle 1 4 5 Tony Bardsley 6 6 7 Richard Russell 8 11 4 6 Donald McCormick 6 9 6 0 David Pratt Richard Russell 4 2 5 Tony Bardsley Donald McCormick 6 6 7 Leo Rolle 3 3 4 Donald McCormick 6 6 6 Richard Russell 6 6 6 Tony Bardsley 1 4 4 Qualifying round Mexico vs. Canada Mexico Canada Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexicohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-NAM-PR-MEX-CAN-01 Mexico v Canada daviscup.com 23–25 November 1973 Clay 4 1 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 6 10 3 6 Réjean Genois 4 8 6 2 Raúl Ramírez 6 6 6 Tony Bardsley 1 3 2 Luis Baraldi Raúl Ramírez 6 6 4 5 7 Tony Bardsley Donald McCormick 1 3 6 7 5 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 6 6 6 Donald McCormick 1 2 1 Luis Baraldi 7 4 4 Réjean Genois 9 6 6 Colombia vs. Venezuela Colombia Venezuela 1930 Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-NAM-PR-COL-VEN-01 Colombia v Venezuela daviscup.com 23–25 November 1973 3 2 Jairo Velasco 9 7 7 Humphrey Hose 7 5 5 Orlando Agudelo 6 6 4 8 Jorge Andrew 4 2 6 6 Jairo Velasco Nunil Velasco 7 6 2 4 5 Jorge Andrew Humphrey Hose 5 4 6 6 7 Orlando Agudelo 1 5 2 Humphrey Hose 6 7 6 Jairo Velasco 6 6 6 Jorge Andrew 3 1 2 Main Draw Draw 7–9 December 11–13 January USA bye Cali, Colombia MEX 1 COL 4 Bogotá, Colombia USA 1 COL 4 Semifinals Colombia vs. Mexico Colombia Mexico Cali, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-NAM-M-COL-MEX-01 Colombia v Mexico daviscup.com 7–9 December 1973 4 1 Jairo Velasco 6 6 6 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 3 4 3 Iván Molina 6 6 7 Raúl Ramírez 1 1 5 Iván Molina Jairo Velasco 6 8 3 4 Raúl Ramírez Vicente Zarazúa 2 10 6 6 Iván Molina 7 1 6 6 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 5 6 3 3 Jairo Velasco 7 1 6 4 6 Luis Baraldi 5 6 2 6 2 Final Colombia vs. United States Colombia United States Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-NAM-M-COL-USA-01 Colombia v United States daviscup.com 11–13 January 1974 4 1 Jairo Velasco 6 3 4 6 7 Harold Solomon 1 6 6 3 5 Iván Molina 6 7 6 Erik van Dillen 4 5 2 Iván Molina Jairo Velasco 4 11 4 Charlie Pasarell Erik van Dillen 6 13 6 Jairo Velasco 6 6 5 6 Erik van Dillen 0 4 7 3 Iván Molina 6 6 6 Harold Solomon 2 1 0 South America Zone Preliminary rounds Draw 5–7 October; 14–16 December 4–6 January First Round Qualifying Round Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 5 URU 0 Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) BRA 1968 0 RSA 1928 5 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 0 RSA 1928 5 First round Ecuador vs. Uruguay Ecuador 1900 Uruguay Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuadorhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-SAM-PQ-ECU-URU-01 Ecuador v Uruguay daviscup.com 5–7 October 1973 Clay 5 0 Ricardo Ycaza 7 11 6 4 7 Gustavo Stapf 9 9 1 6 5 Miguel Olvera 6 6 6 José Luis Damiani 2 3 0 Miguel Olvera Ricardo Ycaza 6 6 6 José Luis Damiani Gustavo Stapf 4 4 1 Miguel Olvera 6 6 6 Gustavo Stapf 0 1 1 Ricardo Ycaza 10 6 7 José Luis Damiani 8 3 5 Brazil vs. South Africa Brazil 1968 South Africa 1928 Montevideo, Uruguayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-SAM-PQ-BRA-RSA-01 Brazil v South Africa daviscup.com 14–16 December 1973 Clay 0 5 José Edison Mandarino 3 0 0 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 6 Thomaz Koch 2 1 6 3 Bob Hewitt 6 6 3 6 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 0 0 1 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6 6 6 Carlos Kirmayr 6 4 6 4 3 Cliff Drysdale 2 6 2 6 6 Roberto Vaz-Carvalhães 0 3 3 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Qualifying round Ecuador vs. South Africa Ecuador 1900 South Africa 1928 Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuadorhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-SAM-PR-ECU-RSA-01 Ecuador v South Africa daviscup.com 4–6 January 1974 Clay 0 5 Miguel Olvera 4 2 4 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Enrique Andrade 2 2 1 Ray Moore 6 6 6 Pancho Guzmán Miguel Olvera 3 3 2 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6 6 6 Miguel Olvera 3 2 3 Ray Moore 6 6 6 Enrique Andrade 0 0 0 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Main Draw Draw 8–10 March Bogotá, Colombia (clay) CHI bye RSA 1928 w/o ARGrsa The tie was scratched and South Africa advanced to the South America Zone Final after Argentina refused to travel to South Africa due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-SAM-M-RSA-ARG-01 South Africa v Argentina daviscup.comSteve Tignor The Shots Not Heard Around the World https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/11/shots-not-heard-around-world/53301/ tennis.com 29 September 2019 19 November 2014 "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[...]" Bogotá, Colombia (clay) CHI 2 RSA 1928 3 Final Chile vs. South Africa Chile South Africa 1928 Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-SAM-M-CHI-RSA-01 Chile v South Africa daviscup.com 8–10 March 1974 Clay 2 3 Patricio Cornejo 6 2 2 3 Cliff Drysdale 1 6 6 6 Jaime Fillol 2 4 4 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 9 6 2 4 4 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 7 4 6 6 6 Patricio Cornejo 6 6 3 6 Bob Hewitt 2 3 6 3 Jaime Fillol 4 6 7 6 Cliff Drysdale 6 4 5 0 Americas Inter-Zonal Final Colombia vs. South Africa Colombia South Africa 1928 Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-AMI-M-COL-RSA-01 Colombia v South Africa daviscup.com 10–12 May 1974 2 3 Iván Molina 8 3 5 4 Ray Moore 6 6 7 6 Jairo Velasco 1 3 2 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Iván Molina Jairo Velasco 3 0 3 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6 6 6 Jairo Velasco 6 4 6 7 6 Ray Moore 2 6 3 9 2 Álvaro Betancur 6 4 8 8 Byron Bertram 2 6 6 6 Notes References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 18 October 2010 Category:Davis Cup Americas Zone Americas Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup