1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone
# 1998 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.

## Group I

* Venue: Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil (outdoor clay)
* Date: 14–17 April

The nine teams were first randomly divided into three pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The nine teams were then divided into three new pools based on their placing in their first pools, which would be used to determine each team's overall placing in the zonal group. The team that finished first overall would be promoted to the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished eighth and ninth would be relegated to Group II for 1999.

### Initial Pools

| | Initial Pool A | PAR | CAN | URU |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paraguay (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Canada (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Uruguay (0–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| | Initial Pool B | COL | BRA | CHI |
| 1 | Colombia (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Brazil (1–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Chile (0–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Initial Pool C | VEN | ECU | PER |
| 1 | Venezuela (2–0) | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Ecuador (1–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Peru (0–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

### Placement Pools

| | Placement Pool A | VEN | PAR | COL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Venezuela (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Paraguay (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Colombia (0–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| | Placement Pool B | CAN | BRA | ECU |
| 1 | Canada (2–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Brazil (1–1) | 0–3 | | 2–0 |
| 3 | Ecuador (0–2) | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| | Placement Pool C | CHI | URU | PER |
| 1 | Chile (2–0) | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Uruguay (1–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Peru (0–2) | 0–2 | 1–2 | |

* Venezuela advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
* Uruguay and Peru relegated to Group II in 1999.

## Group II

* Venue: Chipinque Racquet Club, Monterrey, Mexico (outdoor hard)
* Date: 27 April – 3 May

The sixteen teams were divided into two pools of eight. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1999.

### Pools

| | Pool A | MEX | ESA | HAI | GUA | CRC | BAR | BER | ATG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mexico (7–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | El Salvador (6–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Haiti (4–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Guatemala (4–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Costa Rica (4–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 6 | Barbados (2–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 7 | Bermuda (1–6) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda (0–7) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool B | PUR | CUB | DOM | TRI | PAN | BOL | JAM | BAH |
| 1 | Puerto Rico (7–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Cuba (6–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic (5–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (4–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Panama (3–4) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 6 | Bolivia (1–6) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 7 | Jamaica (1–6) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 8 | Bahamas (1–6) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |

* Mexico and Puerto Rico advanced to Group I in 1999.
