2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.

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 2005.

Participating nations

• Brazil
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Draw

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Brazil
						Caracas, Venezuela (hard)						bye				Bahia, Brazil (clay)
						1	Brazil	2								1	Brazil	2
							Venezuela	3			Caracas, Venezuela (hard)						Paraguay	3
											Venezuela		1
	Brasília, Brazil (clay)										Paraguay		4
	1	Brazil	1
		Peru	4								Lima, Peru (clay)
											Chile		5
						Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor hard)					Peru		0			Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)
							Peru	1									Chile	5
						2	Ecuador	4								2	Ecuador	0
												bye
											2	Ecuador

• Brazil relegated to Group II in 2005.
• Chile and Paraguay advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Venezuela vs. Paraguay

Venezuela 1	National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 6–8 February 2004 Hard		Paraguay 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jimy Szymanski Ramón Delgado 4 6 1 6         2 José de Armas Francisco Rodríguez 2 6 6 2 4 6 6 2 6 1   3 José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski Paulo Carvallo / Ramón Delgado 6 3 64 77 6 2 4 6 3 6   4 José de Armas Ramón Delgado 6 4 6 1 3 6 1 6 4 6   5 Daniel Vallverdú Francisco Rodríguez 5 7 3 6

Peru vs. Chile

Peru 0	Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 6–8 February 2004 Clay		Chile 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Horna Fernando González 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 Iván Miranda Nicolás Massú 2 6 4 6 3 6       3 Luis Horna / Iván Miranda Adrián García / Fernando González 2 6 4 6 4 6       4 Diego Acuña Hermes Gamonal 5 7 3 6         5 Piero Demichelli Adrián García 2 6 2 6

Second round

Brazil vs. Paraguay

Brazil 2	Costa do Sauípe, Bahia, Brazil 9–11 April 2004 Clay		Paraguay 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcos Daniel Francisco Rodríguez 4 6 6 1 6 2 4 6 9 11   2 Júlio Silva Ramón Delgado 63 77 4 6 1 6       3 Josh Goffi / Alexandre Simoni Paulo Carvallo / Ramón Delgado 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 4     4 Alexandre Simoni Ramón Delgado 1 6 66 78 3 6       5 Júlio Silva Daniel Alejandro López 6 1 3 0         retired

Chile vs. Ecuador

Chile 5	Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas, Viña del Mar, Chile 9–11 April 2004 Clay		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Massú Giovanni Lapentti 6 3 6 2 6 2       2 Fernando González Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Adrián García Carlos Avellán 6 1 6 3         5 Paul Capdeville Jhony de Leon 6 3 6 3

First round play-offs

Venezuela vs. Brazil

Venezuela 3	Federación Venezolana de Tenis, Caracas, Venezuela 16–18 July 2004 Hard		Brazil 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jimy Szymanski Diego Cubas 4 6 6 0 77 65 6 3     2 Kepler Orellana Bruno Rosa 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Kepler Orellana / Jimy Szymanski Raony Carvalho / Caio Zampieri 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Diego Cubas 5 7 64 77         5 Yohny Romero Caio Zampieri 3 6 4 6

Ecuador vs. Peru

Ecuador 4	Guayaquil, Ecuador 16–18 July 2004 Hard (indoors)		Peru 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Carlos Avellán Matías Silva 6 2 6 4 6 2       2 Giovanni Lapentti Mario-Alberto Cayo 6 2 6 0 6 0       3 Jhony de Leon / Giovanni Lapentti Luis-Felipe Bellido / Matías Silva 6 2 6 3 6 1       4 Jhony de Leon Matías Silva 3 6 6 3 1 6       5 Carlos Avellán Juan-Carlos Rebaza-Lozano 6 2 6 0

Second round play-offs

Brazil vs. Peru

Brazil 1	Academia de Tenis Resort, Brazil 24–26 September 2004 Clay		Peru 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gabriel Pitta Luis Horna 3 6 4 6 4 6       2 Ronaldo Carvalho Iván Miranda 66 78 78 66 6 4 3 6 1 6   3 Ronaldo Carvalho / Gabriel Pitta Luis Horna / Iván Miranda 2 6 2 6 3 6       4 Alessandro Camarço Matías Silva 4 6 6 3 4 6       5 Leonardo Kirche Mauricio Echazú 6 2 6 1

External links

• Davis Cup official website