1959 Davis Cup America Zone

International tennis competition 1959 Davis Cup The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup. 7 teams entered the America Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 4 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Australia defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Cuba received a walkover in the South America Zone final after Argentina withdrew. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, Australia defeated Cuba and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. North & Central America Zone Draw 18–20 July 24–26 July CAN 1957 bye Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 1934 1 AUS 4 Montreal, Canada (grass) CAN 1957 0 AUS 5 Semifinals Mexico vs. Australia Mexico 1934 Australia Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexicohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-NAM-M-MEX-AUS-01 Mexico v Australia daviscup.com 18–20 July 1959 Clay 1 4 Antonio Palafox 6 0 6 6 3 Neale Fraser 8 6 2 4 6 Mario Llamas 6 6 6 Rod Laver 4 4 3 Mario Llamas Antonio Palafox 3 2 5 Roy Emerson Neale Fraser 6 6 7 Antonio Palafox 3 8 6 5 3 Rod Laver 6 6 4 7 6 Mario Llamas 4 2 6 6 0 Roy Emerson 6 6 4 4 6 Final Canada vs. Australia Canada 1957 Australia Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-NAM-M-CAN-AUS-01 Canada v Australia daviscup.com 24–26 July 1959 Grass 0 5 Don Fontana 2 2 4 Roy Emerson 6 6 6 Robert Bédard 6 3 4 Rod Laver 8 6 6 Robert Bédard Don Fontana 3 3 1 Roy Emerson Neale Fraser 6 6 6 Robert Bédard 6 4 5 4 Roy Emerson 4 6 7 6 François Godbout 9 4 2 1 Rod Laver 7 6 6 6 South America Zone Draw 2–4 May Bridgetown, Barbados Caribbean/West Indies 0 CUB 4 ARG w/o VEN 1930 CUB w/o ARG Semifinals Caribbean/West Indies vs. Cuba Caribbean/West Indies Cuba Bridgetown, Barbadoshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-SAM-M-CAR-CUB-01 Caribbean/West Indies v Cuba daviscup.com 2–4 May 1959 Grass 0 4 Ian McDonald 4 5 6 3 Reynaldo Garrido 6 7 3 6 Peter Philips 1 2 7 Orlando Garrido 6 6 9 Alan Price Peter Valdez 2 2 6 2 Orlando Garrido Reynaldo Garrido 6 6 2 6 Ian McDonald 6 6 3 3 2 Orlando Garrido 0 4 6 6 6 Peter Philips 6 4 7 1 Reynaldo Garrido 4 6 5 3 4 Final Cuba vs. Argentina Cuba defeated Argentina by walkover.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-SAM-M-CUB-ARG-01 Cuba v Argentina daviscup.com Americas Inter-Zonal Final Australia vs. Cuba Australia Cuba Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-AMI-M-AUS-CUB-01 Australia v Cuba daviscup.com 31 July–2 August 1959 Grass 5 0 Roy Emerson 6 6 6 Reynaldo Garrido 0 4 4 Neale Fraser 6 7 6 Orlando Garrido 1 5 3 Roy Emerson Rod Laver 6 6 6 Orlando Garrido Reynaldo Garrido 4 4 4 Bob Mark 6 6 6 Orlando Garrido 4 4 2 Neale Fraser 6 6 6 Reynaldo Garrido 3 2 4 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Americas Zone America Zone