1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of competition in the 1974 Davis Cup. The zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone, with the winners meeting in the Americas Inter-Zonal Final. South Africa won the Zone and advanced to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

8Team-2Round-Compact
RD1-date=19-21 October, 1973
RD2-date=23-25 November, 1973

teamwidth=14

RD1T1-loc=Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|CAN | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|MEX | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|COL | RD1-score6=

RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score8=

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|CAN | RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX | RD2-score2=4

RD2T2-loc=Bogotá, Colombia
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|COL | RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|VEN|1930 | RD2-score4=2
*Mexico and Colombia advance to Main draw

Main draw

3TeamBracket-info
RD1-date=7-9 December, 1973
RD2-date=11-13 January

RD1T1-loc=Cali, Colombia
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MEX | RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|COL | RD1-score2=4

RD2T1-loc=Bogotá, Colombia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|COL | RD2-score2=4

First Round

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team1=Colombia
team2=Mexico
venue=Cali, Colombia
date=7 December - 9 December 1973
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score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |3 |4 |3 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Raúl Ramírez |1 |1 |5 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |T1P2=Jairo Velasco |6 |8 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Raúl Ramírez |T2P2=Vicente Zarazua |2 |10 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |7 |1 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |5 |6 |3 |3 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |7 |1 |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Luis Baraldi |5 |6 |2 |6 |2

Final

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team1=Colombia
team2=United States
venue=Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombia
date=11 January - 13 January 1974
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |6 |3 |4 |6 |7 |T2P1=Harold Solomon |1 |6 |6 |3 |5
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Erik van Dillen |4 |5 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |T1P2=Jairo Velasco |4 |11 |4 | | |T2P1=Charlie Pasarell |T2P2=Erik van Dillen |6 |13 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |6 |6 |5 |6 | |T2P1=Erik van Dillen |0 |4 |7 |3 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Harold Solomon |2 |1 |0 | |
*Colombia advance to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

outh America Zone

Qualifying & Preliminary Rounds

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=October-December, 1973
RD1-name=Qualifying Round
RD2date=4-6 January
RD2-name=Preliminary Round

RD1T1-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ECU | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|URU | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|BRA | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ECU | RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score2=5
*South Africa advance to Main Draw

Main draw

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RD1-date=
RD2-date=8-10 March

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ARG | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score2=w/o

RD2T1-loc=Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|CHI | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score2=3

Final

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team1=South Africa |team1-var=1928
team2=Chile
venue=Bogotá, Colombia
date=8 March - 10 March 1974
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |1 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |6 |2 |2 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol |2 |4 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |T1P2=Frew McMillan |7 |4 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |T2P2=Jaime Fillol |9 |6 |2 |4 |4
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |2 |3 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |6 |6 |3 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |4 |5 |0 | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol |4 |6 |7 |6 |
*South Africa advance to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Colombia
team2=South Africa |team2-var=1928
venue=Bogotá, Colombia
date=10 May - 12 May 1974
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |8 |3 |5 |4 | |T2P1=Ray Moore |6 |6 |7 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |1 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Iván Molina |T1P2=Jairo Velasco |3 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |T2P2=Frew McMillan |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jairo Velasco |6 |4 |6 |7 |6 |T2P1=Ray Moore |2 |6 |3 |9 |2
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Álvaro Betancur |6 |4 |8 |8 | |T2P1=Byron Bertram |2 |6 |6 |6 |
*South Africa advance to Inter-Zonal Zone