1980 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

12 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, split across the North & Central America and the South America Zones. The winner of each sub-zone advanced to the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Brazil in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final Argentina defeated the United States and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

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Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First Round
6–8 October 1979
Qualifying Round
27–29 October 1979
  Mexico
Brantford, Canada (indoor hard)
bye
  Mexico4
Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard)
  Canada1
  Caribbean/West Indies0
  Canada5
  Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
bye
  Venezuela4
  Colombia1
bye
  Colombia

First round

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Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada

 
Caribbean/West Indies
0
Kingston, Jamaica[5]
6–8 October 1979
Hard (indoors)
 
Canada
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
John Antonas
Josef Brabenec
20
18
6
8
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Gewan Maharaj
Dale Power
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
John Antonas / Leo Rolle
Robert Bettauer / Dale Power
5
7
2
6
6
4
5
7
   
4  
 
Stuart Sarnia
Josef Brabenec
5
7
3
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Leo Rolle
Robert Bettauer
1
6
3
6
6
4
3
6
   

Qualifying Draw

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Canada vs. Mexico

 
Canada
1
Brantford, Canada[6]
27–29 October 1979
Hard (indoors)
 
Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dale Power
Emilio Montaño
6
2
3
6
6
1
5
7
6
4
 
2  
 
Robert Bettauer
Marcello Lara
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Josef Brabenec / Dale Power
Marcello Lara / Emilio Montaño
5
7
4
6
8
10
     
4  
 
Robert Bettauer
Emilio Montaño
5
7
6
3
3
6
6
2
6
8
 
5  
 
Dale Power
Marcello Lara
2
6
2
6
       

Venezuela vs. Colombia

 
Venezuela
4
Caracas, Venezuela[7]
27–29 October 1979
 
Colombia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jorge Andrew
Alejandro Cortes
6
2
6
3
9
7
     
2  
 
Humphrey Hose
Iván Molina
7
5
8
6
5
7
6
2
   
3  
 
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose
Iván Molina / Mauricio Posso
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Fabio Mionbet
Alejandro Cortes
6
2
7
5
       
5  
 
Carlos Claverie
Mauricio Posso
3
6
6
3
1
6
     

Main draw

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Draw

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Semifinals
7–9 December 1979
Final
22–24 February
  United States
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
bye
  United States3
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Mexico2
  Mexico4
  Venezuela1

Semifinals

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Mexico vs. Venezuela

 
Mexico
4
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[8]
7–9 December 1979
Clay
 
Venezuela
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Marcello Lara
Humphrey Hose
6
3
3
6
6
3
8
6
   
2  
 
Raúl Ramírez
Jorge Andrew
6
2
8
6
6
2
     
3  
 
Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Jorge Andrew / Humphrey Hose
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
Marcello Lara
Jorge Andrew
6
4
3
6
6
2
     
5  
 
Javier Ordaz
Humphrey Hose
3
6
2
6
       

Final

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Mexico vs. United States

 
Mexico
2
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[2]
22–24 February 1980
Clay
 
United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Raúl Ramírez
John McEnroe
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Marcello Lara
Vitas Gerulaitis
1
6
2
6
7
5
2
6
   
3  
 
Marcello Lara / Raúl Ramírez
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
3
6
3
6
12
10
6
4
2
6
 
4  
 
Raúl Ramírez
Vitas Gerulaitis
8
6
6
4
       
5  
 
Javier Ordaz
Scott Davis
7
9
6
4
6
4
     

South America Zone

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Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First Round
6–8 October 1979
Qualifying Round
27–29 October 1979
  Chile
Montevideo, Uruguay
bye
  Chile4
Lima, Peru
  Uruguay1
  Uruguay4
  Peru0
  Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
  Ecuador2
  Brazil3
bye
  Brazil

First round

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Peru vs. Uruguay

 
Peru
0
Lima, Peru[9]
6–8 October 1979
 
Uruguay
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pablo Arraya
Diego Pérez
5
7
4
6
7
9
     
2  
 
Fernando Maynetto
José Luis Damiani
4
6
7
9
0
6
     
3  
 
Fernando Maynetto / Jorge Salkeld
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano
3
6
5
7
6
3
7
5
5
7
 
4  
 
Pablo Arraya
José Luis Damiani
6
3
3
6
6
8
     
5  
 
Fernando Maynetto
Diego Pérez
          not
played

Qualifying round

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Uruguay vs. Chile

 
Uruguay
1
Montevideo, Uruguay[10]
27–29 October 1979
 
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Diego Pérez
Belus Prajoux
6
4
2
6
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
José Luis Damiani
Hans Gildemeister
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
José Luis Damiani / Diego Pérez
Hans Gildemeister / Belus Prajoux
3
6
6
3
7
5
6
8
1
6
 
4  
 
Diego Pérez
Hans Gildemeister
1
6
1
6
       
5  
 
José Luis Damiani
Belus Prajoux
6
0
6
4
       

Ecuador vs. Brazil

 
Ecuador
2
Club Nacional de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador[11]
27–29 October 1979
Clay
 
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ricardo Ycaza
Carlos Kirmayr
1
6
3
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Andrés Gómez
Cássio Motta
11
9
2
6
6
4
3
6
6
3
 
3  
 
Andrés Gómez / Raúl Viver
Carlos Kirmayr / Cássio Motta
6
4
5
7
11
9
4
6
4
6
 
4  
 
Raúl Viver
Cássio Motta
6
4
4
6
6
4
6
4
   
5  
 
Andrés Gómez
Carlos Kirmayr
6
1
8
10
7
9
4
6
   

Main draw

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Draw

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Semifinals
14–16 December 1979
Final
February 1980
São Paulo, Brazil
  Chile1
São Paulo, Brazil (clay)
  Brazil3
  Brazil1
  Argentina4
bye
  Argentina

Semifinals

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Brazil vs. Chile

 
Brazil
3
São Paulo, Brazil[12]
14–16 December 1979
 
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thomaz Koch
Jaime Fillol
7
5
6
3
1
6
6
3
   
2  
 
Carlos Kirmayr
Hans Gildemeister
4
6
2
6
6
2
1
6
   
3  
 
Carlos Kirmayr / Thomaz Koch
Jaime Fillol / Hans Gildemeister
3
6
6
3
7
5
6
0
   
4  
 
Carlos Kirmayr
Ricardo Acuña
6
3
6
1
5
7
7
5
   
5  
 
Thomaz Koch
Hans Gildemeister
          not
played

Final

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Brazil vs. Argentina

 
Brazil
1
São Paulo, Brazil[3]
February 1980
Clay
 
Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thomaz Koch
Guillermo Vilas
3
6
6
4
6
4
2
6
1
6
 
2  
 
Carlos Kirmayr
José Luis Clerc
6
4
6
2
6
8
3
6
5
7
 
3  
 
Carlos Kirmayr / Thomaz Koch
José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas
6
2
7
9
12
10
6
3
   
4  
 
Carlos Kirmayr
Guillermo Vilas
6
2
3
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
 
5  
 
Thomaz Koch
José Luis Clerc
2
6
0
6
       

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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Argentina vs. United States

 
Argentina
4
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[4]
7–9 March 1980
Clay
 
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
José Luis Clerc
John McEnroe
6
3
6
2
4
6
13
11
   
2  
 
Guillermo Vilas
Brian Gottfried
7
5
6
4
6
3
     
3  
 
Ricardo Cano / Carlos Gattiker
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Guillermo Vilas
John McEnroe
6
2
4
6
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
5  
 
José Luis Clerc
Brian Gottfried
7
5
6
4
       

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Brazil v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Argentina v United States". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Caribbean/West Indies v Canada". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Venezuela v Colombia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Mexico v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Peru v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Uruguay v Chile". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Ecuador v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Brazil v Chile". daviscup.com.
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