1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II 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	Pool C	Pool D
1	Uruguay	Cuba	Bolivia	Peru
2	Dominican Republic	Bahamas	Barbados	Jamaica
3	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Trinidad and Tobago	Bermuda
4	Guatemala	Haiti	Panama	Antigua and Barbuda

The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to next year's Americas Zone Group I.

	Semifinals 26 February					Finals 27 February
		Uruguay	3
		Bahamas	0
							Uruguay	2
							Bolivia	1
		Jamaica	0
		Bolivia	3
		Cuba	3
		Barbados	0
							Cuba	2
							Peru	1
		Dominican Republic	0
		Peru	3

Semifinals

Uruguay vs. Bahamas

Uruguay 3	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 26 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Bahamas 0
1 2 3 1 Cecilia Guillenea Nikkita Fountain 6 4 6 1     2 Daniela Olivera Kim Cartwright 7 5 6 0     3 Cecilia Guillenea / Daniela Peyrot Nikkita Fountain / Jodi Saunders 6 2 6 1

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Jamaica vs. Bolivia

Jamaica 0	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 26 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Bolivia 3
1 2 3 1 Alexandra Chong Viviana Rivero 1 6 3 6     2 Amira Samara Mónica Poveda 1 6 2 6     3 Alexandra Chong / Amira Samara Eunice Paravicini / Mónica Poveda 4 6 6 1 2 6

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Cuba vs. Barbados

Cuba 3	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 26 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Barbados 0
1 2 3 1 Yamile Fors Guerra Tricia-Ann Greaves 6 1 6 1     2 Yoannis Montesino Richele Le Saldo 6 1 6 3     3 Yamile Cordova / Yoannis Montesino Tricia-Ann Greaves / Richele Le Saldo 6 1 6 3

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Dominican Republic vs. Peru

Dominican Republic 0	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 26 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Peru 3
1 2 3 1 Carla Prieto Lorena Rodríguez di Laura 3 6 4 6     2 Glenny Cepeda Carla Rodríguez 0 6 7^7 6^4 4 6   3 Kristel Izquierdo / Carla Prieto Lorena Rodríguez di Laura / Ariana Rojas 3 6 2 6

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Finals

Uruguay vs. Bolivia

Uruguay 2	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 27 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Bolivia 1
1 2 3 1 Cecilia Guillenea Daniela Álvarez 6 3 3 6 6 4   2 Daniela Olivera Mónica Poveda 6 2 2 6 1 6   3 Daniela Olivera / Virginia Sadi Daniela Álvarez / Mónica Poveda 6 2 6 2

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•  Uruguay advanced to Group I for 2000, where they placed fourth in their pool of five.^[6]

Cuba vs. Peru

Cuba 2	Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica 27 February 1999 Hard (outdoors)		Peru 1
1 2 3 1 Yamile Fors Guerra Ariana Rojas 6 2 2 6 6 4   2 Yoannis Montesino Carla Rodríguez 6 2 5 7 2 6   3 Yamile Cordova / Yoannis Montesino Carla Rodríguez / Lorena Rodríguez di Laura 3 6 6 3 7 5

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•  Cuba advanced to Group I for 2000, where they placed last in their pool of five and was thus relegated back to Group II for 2001.^[8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Uruguay v Bahamas". fedcup.com.
2. "Jamaica v Bolivia". fedcup.com.
3. "Cuba v Barbados". fedcup.com.
4. "Dominican Republic v Peru". fedcup.com.
5. "Uruguay v Bolivia". fedcup.com.
6. "Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay". fedcup.com.
7. "Cuba v Peru". fedcup.com.
8. "Fed Cup Profile, Cuba". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website