2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

One of three regional zones that competed for the regional Davis Cup 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone The Americas Zone was one of the three regional Davis Cup competition zones in 2000. 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 2001.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/americas.aspx#/2000 2000 Americas Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 The second-round tie between Chile and Argentina was marred by crowd trouble, which resulted in the Argentinian team withdrawing from the tie. Chile was declared the winner of the tie by the Davis Cup Committee. However, subsequent rulings prevented Chile from progressing to the Qualifying Round; additionally, both teams received fines, and Chile was barred from hosting home ties until 2002.Chile and Argentina kicked out of 2000 Davis Cup https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/chile-and-argentina-kicked-out-of-2000-davis-cup-280899.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/chile-and-argentina-kicked-out-of-2000-davis-cup-280899.html 2022-05-01 subscription live 19 May 2020 Associated Press The Independent 16 April 2000 Participating nations 30em ARG BAH CAN CHI COL ECU 1900 PER Draw y 4 175 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 6–8 October 21–23 July 4–6 February 6–8 April ARG bye Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) CAN 1 CHI 4 Lima, Peru (clay) BAH 1 PER 4 Bogotá, Colombia (clay) COL 0 ECU 1900 5 Montreal, Canada (hard) ARG 1 CAN 4 Nassau, Bahamas (hard) BAH 3 COL 2 Santiago, Chile (indoor hard) ARG 0 CHI 2 Lima, Peru (clay) PER 2 ECU 1900 3 Bogotá, Colombia (clay) ARG 4 COL 1 COL relegated to Group II in 2001. CHI and ECU 1900 advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Chile vs. Canada Chile Canada Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chilehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-M-CAN-CHI-01 Chile v Canada daviscup.com 4–6 February 2000 Clay 4 1 Fernando González 2 6 1 6 6 Sébastien Lareau 6 3 6 2 1 Nicolás Massú 6 6.019 3 Simon Larose 0 7 1 3 Fernando González Nicolás Massú 6 6 2 6 Sébastien Lareau Jocelyn Robichaud 4 4 6 2 Adrián García 6 1 6.059 Frédéric Niemeyer 4 6 7 Hermes Gamonal 6 7 Simon Larose 2 5 Peru vs. Bahamas Peru Bahamas Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peruhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-M-BAH-PER-01 Peru v Bahamas daviscup.com 4–6 February 2000 Clay 4 1 Américo Venero 6 6 3 3 Mark Knowles 4 4 6 1 4 Luis Horna 6 6 6 Mark Merklein 4 4 4 Luis Horna Américo Venero 3 2 2 Mark Knowles Mark Merklein 6 6 4 3 Luis Horna 6 2 6 3 Mark Knowles 2 6 4 1 4 Iván Miranda 6 6 Dentry Mortimer 1 0 Colombia vs. Ecuador Colombia Ecuador 1900 Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-M-COL-ECU-01 Colombia v Ecuador daviscup.com 4–6 February 2000 Clay 0 5 Eduardo Rincón 6 5 5 6 0 Luis Morejón 2 7 7 2 6 Pablo González 6 4 6.119 6.029 Nicolás Lapentti 4 6 7 7 Pablo González Rubén Torres 2 4 0 Andrés Gómez Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 6 Rubén Torres 6.019 1 Giovanni Lapentti 7 6 Pablo González 7 4 6.039 Luis Morejón 6.069 6 7 Second round Chile vs. Argentina Chile Argentina Cúpula Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chilehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-M-ARG-CHI-01 Chile v Argentina daviscup.com 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) 2 0 Marcelo Ríos 6 6 4 6 Hernán Gumy 4 3 6 1 Nicolás Massú 5 6 6.009 1 Mariano Zabaleta 7 2 7 3 4 Fernando González Nicolás Massú Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto 1 Marcelo Ríos Mariano Zabaleta 1 Nicolás Massú Hernán Gumy 1 Peru vs. Ecuador Peru Ecuador 1900 Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peruhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-M-PER-ECU-01 Peru v Ecuador daviscup.com 6–8 April 2000 Clay 2 3 Luis Horna 2 6 6 6 Giovanni Lapentti 6 3 4 1 Iván Miranda 1 2 2 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 6 Luis Horna Américo Venero 6 6 2 6.029 7 Andrés Gómez Nicolás Lapentti 2 2 6 7 5 Luis Horna 6 2 5 7 3 Nicolás Lapentti 4 6 7 6.019 6 Américo Venero 3 6 2 1 Luis Morejón 6 3 6 6 First round play-offs Canada vs. Argentina Canada Argentina Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-REL-ARG-CAN-01 Canada v Argentina daviscup.com 21–23 July 2000 Hard 4 1 Daniel Nestor 6 7 6 Juan Ignacio Chela 3 6.029 3 Sébastien Lareau 3 2 3 Agustín Calleri 6 6 6 Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor 6 6 6 Martín García Martín Rodríguez 2 1 3 Sébastien Lareau 6 6 4 2 6 Juan Ignacio Chela 3 4 6 6 4 Daniel Nestor 6 6 Agustín Calleri 3 2 Bahamas vs. Colombia Bahamas Colombia Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamashttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-REL-BAH-COL-01 Bahamas v Colombia daviscup.com 21–23 July 2000 Hard 3 2 Mark Knowles 7 7 2 Carlos Drada 6.049 5 2 3 Mark Merklein 6 6 6 Eduardo Rincón 4 4 4 Mark Knowles Mark Merklein 6 6 6 Carlos Drada Pablo González 1 4 2 Roger Smith 6.009 6 6 1 1 Eduardo Rincón 7 4 1 6 6 Mark Merklein 7 7 6 Pablo González 5 6.039 3 Second round play-offs Colombia vs. Argentina Colombia Argentina Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2000-G1-AMN-REL-ARG-COL-01 Colombia v Argentina daviscup.com 6–8 October 2000 Clay 1 4 Eduardo Rincón 4 2 2 Franco Squillari 6 6 6 Pablo González 0 2 6 0 Mariano Puerta 6 6 3 6 Pablo González Michael Quintero 4 5 2 Martín García Mariano Puerta 6 7 6 Pablo González 3 1 Agustín Calleri 6 6 Michael Quintero 7 2 6 Martín García 5 6 3 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 Category:Tennis controversies