1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1997 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Canada	Colombia
2	Brazil	Peru
3	Ecuador	Chile
4	Mexico	Venezuela
5		Puerto Rico

The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

Draw

	Semifinals 3 May					Final 4 May
		Canada	3
		Peru	0
							Canada	2
							Colombia	1
		Brazil	0
		Colombia	3

Semifinals

Canada vs. Peru

Canada 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 3 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Peru 0
1 2 3 1 Rene Simpson Carla Rodríguez 6 0 6 2     2 Patricia Hy Nanely Vallejo 6 1 6 1     3 Sonya Jeyaseelan / Rene Simpson Carla Rodríguez / Nanely Vallejo 6 0 6 4

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Brazil vs. Colombia

Brazil 0	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 3 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 3
1 2 3 1 Eugênia Maia Carmina Giraldo 5 7 6 4 5 7   2 Vanessa Menga Fabiola Zuluaga 1 6 3 6     3 Joana Cortez / Luciana Tella Carmina Giraldo / Fabiola Zuluaga 2 6 1 6

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Final

Canada vs. Colombia

Canada 2	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 4 May 1997 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 1
1 2 3 1 Rene Simpson Carmina Giraldo 6 2 7 5     2 Patricia Hy Fabiola Zuluaga 3 6 1 6     3 Sonya Jeyaseelan / Rene Simpson Carmina Giraldo / Fabiola Zuluaga 6 1 7 5

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•  Canada advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Slovakia. However, they lost 0–5, and thus returned to the Americas Zone Group I in 1997.^[4]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Canada v Peru". fedcup.com.
2. "Brazil v Colombia". fedcup.com.
3. "Canada v Colombia". fedcup.com.
4. "Slovakia v Canada". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website