2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
# 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

## Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Chile | | | | | |
| | | | | | | bye | | | Santiago, Chile (clay) | Santiago, Chile (clay) | Santiago, Chile (clay) |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | 1 | Chile | 3 |
| | | | Mexico | Mexico | Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet) | Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet) | Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet) | | | Canada | 2 |
| | | | | | Mexico | 1 | | | | |
| León, Mexico (indoor carpet) | León, Mexico (indoor carpet) | León, Mexico (indoor carpet) | | | Canada | Canada | | | 4 | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | 3 | | | Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay) | Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay) | Punta del Este, Uruguay (clay) | | | | |
| | | | | | Uruguay | Uruguay | | | 2 | | |
| | | | | | Colombia | 3 | | Sorocaba, Brazil (clay) |
| | | | Uruguay | Uruguay | | | | | Colombia | 1 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | 2 | Brazil | 4 |
| | | | | | | bye | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Brazil | | | | | |

* Mexico relegated to Group II in 2009.
* Chile and Brazil advance to World Group Play-off.

## First round

### Canada vs. Mexico

| Canada 4 | The Corral at Stampede Park, Calgary, Canada 8 – 10 February 2008 Carpet (indoor) | The Corral at Stampede Park, Calgary, Canada 8 – 10 February 2008 Carpet (indoor) | Mexico 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frédéric Niemeyer Santiago González 6 4 6 4 $7^7$ $6^1$       2 Peter Polansky Bruno Echagaray 6 3 7 5 6 2       3 Daniel Nestor / Frédéric Niemeyer Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Vasek Pospisil Bruno Rodríguez 6 2 1 6 5 7       5 Peter Polansky César Ramírez $7^8$ $6^6$ $7^7$ $6^4$ ||||

### Uruguay vs. Colombia

| Uruguay 2 | Cantegril Country Club, Punta del Este, Uruguay 8 – 10 February 2008 Clay | Cantegril Country Club, Punta del Este, Uruguay 8 – 10 February 2008 Clay | Colombia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcel Felder Alejandro Falla 2 6 5 7 2 6       2 Pablo Cuevas Santiago Giraldo 6 4 3 6 5 7 $7^8$ $6^6$ 6 4   3 Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Felder Michael Quintero / Carlos Salamanca 6 4 $6^3$ $7^7$ 6 3 $6^4$ $7^7$ 8 6   4 Pablo Cuevas Alejandro Falla 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 Marcel Felder Santiago Giraldo 2 6 4 6 $6^6$ $7^8$ ||||

## Second round

### Chile vs. Canada

| Chile 3 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile, Chile 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay | Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile, Chile 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay | Canada 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando González Peter Polansky $7^7$ $6^4$ $7^7$ $6^3$ 5 7 6 2     2 Nicolás Massú Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 6 4 6 4 5 7 6 3   3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Daniel Nestor / Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 $6^3$ $7^7$ 6 3 7 5 6 4   4 Paul Capdeville Frédéric Niemeyer 3 6 4 6         5 Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Peter Polansky 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Brazil vs. Colombia

| Brazil 4 | Tenis Clube de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay | Tenis Clube de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil 11 – 13 April 2008 Clay | Colombia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomaz Bellucci Santiago Giraldo $7^8$ $6^6$ 6 4 3 6 4 6 2 6   2 Marcos Daniel Juan Sebastián Cabal 6 1 5 1        retired 3 Marcelo Melo / André Sá Michael Quintero / Carlos Salamanca 6 3 6 3 6 1       4 Marcos Daniel Santiago Giraldo 6 4 $7^7$ $6^1$ $6^8$ $7^{10}$ 6 5    retired 5 Thomaz Bellucci Juan Sebastián Cabal 6 4 7 5 ||||

## Second round playoffs

### Mexico vs. Uruguay

| Mexico 2 | Domo de la Feria de Leon, León, Mexico 19 – 21 September 2008 Carpet (indoor) | Domo de la Feria de Leon, León, Mexico 19 – 21 September 2008 Carpet (indoor) | Uruguay 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Garza Pablo Cuevas $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 4 7 5 $7^{10}$ $6^8$     2 Bruno Rodríguez Marcel Felder 4 6 6 4 6 3 $6^9$ $7^{11}$ 0 6   3 Miguel Gallardo Valles / Víctor Romero Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Felder $7^7$ $6^2$ 5 7 6 2 $7^7$ $6^1$     4 Miguel Gallardo Valles Pablo Cuevas 1 6 $7^7$ $6^4$ 3 6 4 6     5 Daniel Garza Marcel Felder 6 3 0 6 1 6 6 4 3 6 ||||
