2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone
# 2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

## Group I

* Venue: Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil (outdoor clay)
* Date: 25–30 April

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

### Pools

| | Pool A | CAN | VEN | BRA | URU | CHI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada (4–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Venezuela (3–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Brazil (2–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Uruguay (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Chile (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool B | ARG | COL | MEX | PAR | CUB |
| 1 | Argentina (4–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Colombia (3–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Mexico (2–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Paraguay (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 5 | Cuba (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Play-off

| Canada 1 | Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil 18 April 2000 Red clay (outdoors) | Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil 18 April 2000 Red clay (outdoors) | Argentina 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Jana Nejedly Gisela Dulko 6 3 7 5     2 Sonya Jeyaseelan María Emilia Salerni 4 6 5 7     3 Maureen Drake / Sonya Jeyaseelan Laura Montalvo / María Emilia Salerni 1 6 3 6 ||||

* Argentina advanced to 2001 World Group play-offs.
* Chile and Cuba relegated to Group II in 2001.

## Group II

* Venue: Maya C.C., La Libertad, El Salvador (outdoor clay)
* Date: 9–13 May

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into two pools of four and two pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine which teams would be promoted, while the remaining teams played-off to determine the other placings.

### Pools

| | Pool A | DOM | TRI | BAR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dominican Republic (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago (1–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Barbados (0–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool B | ECU | BAH | PAN | ATG |
| 1 | Ecuador (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bahamas (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Panama (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool C | PUR | GUA | BER | JAM |
| 1 | Puerto Rico (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Guatemala (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bermuda (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Jamaica (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool D | BOL | ESA | CRC |
| 1 | Bolivia (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | El Salvador (1–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Costa Rica (0–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Play-offs

| Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 2 | | | |
| | | | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 0 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 3 | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 3 | Bolivia | Bolivia | 0 | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 |
| | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 | | | |
| Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| | | | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 2 | | | |
| | | | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 0 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 3 | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 3 | Bolivia | Bolivia | 0 | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 |
| | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 | | | |
| Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| | | | Barbados | Barbados | 0 | | | |
| | | | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 3 | |
| Barbados | Barbados | 1 | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 3 | Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 3 |
| Panama | Panama | 2 | | | | Bermuda | Bermuda | 0 |
| Panama | Panama | 2 | Bermuda | Bermuda | 2 | Bermuda | Bermuda | 0 |
| | | | Panama | Panama | 1 | | | |
| First round 12 May | First round 12 May | First round 12 May |
| | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 |
| | Jamaica | 2 |

* Ecuador and Dominican Republic advanced to Group I for 2001.
