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The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Americas Zone: 4 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 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.[1]

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

North & Central America Zone[edit]

Draw[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

United States vs. Caribbean/West Indies[edit]


United States
5 		Byrd Park, Richmond, VA, United States[5]
3–5 May 1968
Hard
Caribbean/West Indies
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Cricket West Indies 		Clark Graebner
Richard Russell 		6
1 		7
5 		6
2 		     
2 United States
Cricket West Indies 		Arthur Ashe
Lance Lumsden 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3 United States
Cricket West Indies 		Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Lance Lumsden / Richard Russell 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4 United States
Cricket West Indies 		Arthur Ashe
Richard Russell 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5 United States
Cricket West Indies 		Bob Lutz
Lance Lumsden 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Mexico vs. Canada[edit]


Mexico
5 		Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[6]
11–13 May 1968
Clay
Canada
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Canada 		Rafael Osuna
Henry Fauquier 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2 Mexico
Canada 		Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Mike Belkin 		16
14 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 Mexico
Canada 		Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa
Mike Belkin / Keith Carpenter 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 Mexico
Canada 		Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Henry Fauquier 		6
3 		1
6 		1
6 		6
0 		6
3 		 
5 Mexico
Canada 		Rafael Osuna
Keith Carpenter 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Final[edit]

United States vs. Mexico[edit]


United States
5 		Berkeley Tennis Club, Berkeley, CA, United States[2]
24–26 May 1968
Hard
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Mexico 		Arthur Ashe
Rafael Osuna 		6
0 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2 United States
Mexico 		Clark Graebner
Joaquín Loyo Mayo 		6
3 		8
6 		4
6 		6
4 		   
3 United States
Mexico 		Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa 		4
6 		6
3 		9
7 		10
8 		   
4 United States
Mexico 		Clark Graebner
Rafael Osuna 		10
8 		6
3 		6
2 		     
5 United States
Mexico 		Arthur Ashe
Joaquín Loyo Mayo 		6
4 		8
6 		6
2 		     

South America Zone[edit]

Draw[edit]

Quarterfinals
27–29 April		Semifinals
29–31 March; 11–13 May		Final
24–27 May
Caracas, Venezuela
 Venezuela3
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Argentina2
 Venezuela0
 Ecuador3
 Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
 Ecuador3
 Chile1
bye
Lima, Peru
 Peru
 Peru0
 Chile5
bye
 Chile

Quarterfinals[edit]

Venezuela vs. Argentina[edit]


Venezuela
3 		Caracas, Venezuela[7]
27–29 April 1968
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Argentina 		Humphrey Hose
Tito Vázquez 		4
6 		6
3 		8
6 		6
1 		   
2 Venezuela
Argentina 		Jorge Andrew
Norberto Herrero 		13
15 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		   
3 Venezuela
Argentina 		Humphrey Hose / Julio Moros
Roberto Aubone / Tito Vázquez 		1
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     
4 Venezuela
Argentina 		Jorge Andrew
Tito Vázquez 		1
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5 Venezuela
Argentina 		Humphrey Hose
Norberto Herrero 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Semifinals[edit]

Venezuela vs. Ecuador[edit]


Venezuela
0 		Caracas, Venezuela[8]
11–13 May 1968
Hard
Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Ecuador 		Julio Moros
Miguel Olvera 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2 Venezuela
Ecuador 		Jorge Andrew
Pancho Guzmán 		6
2 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3 Venezuela
Ecuador 		Jorge Andrew / Ivon Savy
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Venezuela
Ecuador 		Jorge Andrew
Miguel Olvera 		          not
played
5 Venezuela
Ecuador 		Julio Moros
Pancho Guzmán 		          not
played

Peru vs. Chile[edit]


Peru
0 		Lima, Peru[9]
29–31 March 1968
Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Peru
Chile 		Tomás González
Jaime Pinto Bravo 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Peru
Chile 		Alfredo Acuña
Patricio Cornejo 		6
8 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3 Peru
Chile 		Alfredo Acuña / Tomás González
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo 		6
3 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4 Peru
Chile 		Alfredo Acuña
Jaime Pinto Bravo 		4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5 Peru
Chile 		Tomás González
Omar Pabst 		8
6 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		3
6 		 

Final[edit]

Ecuador vs. Chile[edit]


Ecuador
3 		Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[3]
24–27 May 1968
Clay
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Chile 		Miguel Olvera
Jaime Pinto Bravo 		6
3 		9
7 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		 
2 Ecuador
Chile 		Pancho Guzmán
Patricio Cornejo 		3
6 		5
7 		8
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
3 Ecuador
Chile 		Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo / Patricio Rodríguez 		3
6 		7
9 		6
3 		11
9 		6
1 		 
4 Ecuador
Chile 		Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo 		5
7 		5
7 		12
10 		6
2 		7
5 		 
5 Ecuador
Chile 		Pancho Guzmán
Jaime Pinto Bravo 		          not
played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final[edit]

United States vs. Ecuador[edit]


United States
5 		Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, United States[4]
7–9 June 1968
Carpet (indoor)
Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Ecuador 		Arthur Ashe
Pancho Guzmán 		6
3 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner
Miguel Olvera 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner / Bob Lutz
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner
Pancho Guzmán 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		   
5 United States
Ecuador 		Arthur Ashe
Miguel Olvera 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     

References[edit]

  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 "Ecuador v Chile". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "United States v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United States v Caribbean/West Indies". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Venezuela v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Venezuela v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Peru v Chile". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

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