1998 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

International tennis competition 1998 Davis Cup Americas Zone The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1998. In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1999.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/americas.aspx#/1998 1998 Americas Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em ARG BAH CAN CHI COL ECU 1900 MEX Draw y 4 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 25–27 September 17–19 July 13–15 February 3–5 April CHI bye Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) COL 0 ARG 5 Nassau, Bahamas (hard) ECU 1900 5 BAH 0 Halifax, Canada (indoor hard) CAN 3 MEX 2 Santiago, Chile (indoor carpet) CHI 5 COL 0 Zapopan, Mexico (clay) BAH 3 MEX 2 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) CHI 1 ARG 4 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 3 CAN 2 Cali, Colombia (clay) COL 3 MEX 2 MEX relegated to Group II in 1999. ARG and ECU 1900 advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Argentina vs. Colombia Argentina Colombia Mayling Country Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-M-COL-ARG-01 Argentina v Colombia daviscup.com 13–15 February 1998 Clay 5 0 Lucas Arnold Ker 6 6 6 Mario Rincón 0 2 2 Franco Squillari 6 6 6 Miguel Tobón 2 1 1 Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo 6 7 6 Mario Rincón Miguel Tobón 2 5 1 Franco Squillari 6 6 Philippe Moggio 1 4 Guillermo Cañas 6 7 Eduardo Rincón 2 6.049 Bahamas vs. Ecuador Bahamas Ecuador 1900 Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamashttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-M-ECU-BAH-01 Bahamas v Ecuador daviscup.com 13–15 February 1998 Hard 0 5 Mark Knowles 4 0 0 Luis Morejón 6 6 6 Roger Smith 1 2 2 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 6 John Farrington Roger Smith 4 0 4 Andrés Gómez Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 6 Bjorn Munroe 3 6.019 Giovanni Lapentti 6 7 John Farrington 2 1 Luis Morejón 6 6 Canada vs. Mexico Canada Mexico Air Atlantic Centre, Halifax, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-M-CAN-MEX-01 Canada v Mexico daviscup.com 13–15 February 1998 Hard (indoors) 3 2 Sébastien Lareau 6 6.039 2 1 Alejandro Hernández 4 7 6 6 Daniel Nestor 6 6.049 1 6 6 Luis Herrera 4 7 6 4 3 Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor 6 6 6 Alejandro Hernández David Roditi 1 2 4 Bobby Kokavec 2 0 3 Alejandro Hernández 6 6 6 Sébastien Lareau 6 6 6 Luis Herrera 4 3 3 Second round Argentina vs. Chile Argentina Chile Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-M-CHI-ARG-01 Argentina v Chile daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Clay 4 1 Hernán Gumy 4 6 3 5 Marcelo Ríos 6 3 6 7 Franco Squillari 6 6 6 Hermes Gamonal 2 4 2 Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo 7 6 6 Nicolás Massú Marcelo Ríos 5 3 3 Franco Squillari 6 4 6 6 Fernando González 3 6 2 0 Hernán Gumy 7 6 Hermes Gamonal 5 1 Ecuador vs. Canada Ecuador 1900 Canada Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuadorhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-M-ECU-CAN-01 Ecuador v Canada daviscup.com 3–5 April 1998 Clay 3 2 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 0 6 Sébastien Lareau 2 3 6 3 Luis Morejón 6 3 7 6 Daniel Nestor 2 6 5 2 Andrés Gómez Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 2 3 Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor 4 6 6 6 Nicolás Lapentti 6 7 6 Daniel Nestor 1 5 2 Giovanni Lapentti 3 6.019 Jocelyn Robichaud 6 7 First round relegation play-offs Chile vs. Colombia Chile Colombia San Miguel Gymnasium, Santiago, Chilehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-REL-CHI-COL-01 Chile v Colombia daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Marcelo Ríos 6 6 6 Philippe Moggio 3 0 2 Nicolás Massú 6 6 6 Miguel Tobón 2 4 2 Fernando González Nicolás Massú 6.069 7 7 6 Philippe Moggio Miguel Tobón 7 5 6.059 4 Marcelo Ríos 6 6 Miguel Tobón 2 2 Nicolás Massú 6 2 Jaime Cortés 1 0 2 Mexico vs. Bahamas Mexico Bahamas Puerta de Hierro, Zapopan, Mexicohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-REL-BAH-MEX-01 Mexico v Bahamas daviscup.com 17–19 July 1998 Clay 2 3 Luis Herrera 3 6 2 2 Mark Knowles 6 1 6 6 Alejandro Hernández 6 6 6 Roger Smith 3 1 3 David Roditi Mariano Sánchez 5 6.049 5 Mark Knowles Roger Smith 7 7 7 Alejandro Hernández 6 3 6 2 1 Mark Knowles 4 6 1 6 6 Mariano Sánchez 6 6 Dentry Mortimer 2 0 Second round relegation play-offs Colombia vs. Mexico Colombia Mexico Andes Golf Club, Cali, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1998-G1-AMN-REL-COL-MEX-01 Colombia v Mexico daviscup.com 25–27 September 1998 Clay 3 2 Miguel Tobón 6.039 3 3 Alejandro Hernández 7 6 6 Mauricio Hadad 5 6 6 6 Mariano Sánchez 7 3 3 4 Mauricio Hadad Miguel Tobón 7 6 5 6.049 7 Marco Osorio David Roditi 6.029 4 7 7 5 Mauricio Hadad 6 6 6 Alejandro Hernández 4 3 1 Miguel Tobón 6 1 5 Mariano Sánchez 3 6 7 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 Americas Zone Group I