1988 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1988.

In the Americas Zone there were two different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I[]

The winner of Group I was promoted to the following year's World Group. Teams who lost their respective first-round ties competed in the relegation play-off, with the winning team remaining in Group I, whereas the losing team was relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1989.^[1]

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

First Round 4–7 February

Second Round 8–10 April

Third Round 22–24 July

Argentina

bye

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Argentina

4

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

1

Ecuador

5

Canada

0

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Argentina

1

Viña del Mar, Chile (clay)

United States

4

Peru

4

Chile

1

Lima, Peru (clay)

Peru

0

United States

3

bye

United States

•  United States are promoted to the World Group in 1989.

	Relegation Play-off 8–10 April
	Vancouver, Canada (indoor carpet)
		Canada	4
		Chile	1

•  Chile are relegated to Group II in 1989.

First round[]

Ecuador vs. Canada[]

Ecuador 5	Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[2] 5–7 February 1988 Clay		Canada 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrés Gómez Chris Pridham 7 5 6 1 6 4       2 Raúl Viver Martin Wostenholme 0 6 8 6 6 2 3 6 6 4   3 Andrés Gómez / Hugo Núñez Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata 6 2 6 4 7 9 14 12     4 Raúl Viver Chris Pridham           w/o   5 Martin Wostenholme 7 5 3 6 6 1

Chile vs. Peru[]

Chile 1	Viña del Mar, Chile[3] 4–6 February 1988 Clay		Peru 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pablo Arraya 4 6 2 6 6 1 1 6     2 Pedro Rebolledo Jaime Yzaga 8 6 1 6 2 6 3 6     3 Ricardo Acuña / Hans Gildemeister Carlos di Laura / Jaime Yzaga 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Pedro Rebolledo Pablo Arraya 5 7 3 6 6 3 2 6     5 Jaime Yzaga 7 9 2 6

Second round[]

Ecuador vs. Argentina[]

Ecuador 1	Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[4] 8–10 April 1988 Clay		Argentina 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrés Gómez Martín Jaite 6 4 2 6 7 5 2 6 4 6   2 Raúl Viver Guillermo Pérez Roldán 3 6 1 6 1 6       3 Andrés Gómez / Hugo Núñez Javier Frana / Christian Miniussi 3 6 6 4 6 3 4 6 3 6   4 Andrés Gómez Guillermo Pérez Roldán 2 6 6 2 6 0       5 Hugo Núñez Javier Frana 3 6 3 6

Peru vs. United States[]

Peru 0	Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru[5] 8–10 April 1988 Clay		United States 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pablo Arraya Jay Berger 5 7 1 6 7 5 6 1 5 7   2 Jaime Yzaga Andre Agassi 8 6 5 7 1 6 2 6     3 Carlos di Laura / Jaime Yzaga Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 2 6 6 4 4 6 3 6     4 Jaime Yzaga Jay Berger           not played 5 Pablo Arraya Andre Agassi           not played

Relegation play-offs[]

Canada vs. Chile[]

Canada 4	Vancouver, Canada[6] 8–10 April 1988 Carpet (indoors)		Chile 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Chris Pridham Ricardo Acuña 6 8 6 1 6 2 6 4     2 Andrew Sznajder 6 2 6 4 6 1       3 Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata Ricardo Acuña / Cristián Araya 6 3 6 3 8 6       4 Andrew Sznajder Ricardo Acuña 5 7 1 6         5 Chris Pridham 6 1 8 6

Third round[]

Argentina vs. United States[]

Argentina 1	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[7] 22–24 July 1988 Clay		United States 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Guillermo Pérez Roldán John McEnroe 2 6 7 5 4 6 6 3 3 6   2 Martín Jaite Andre Agassi 2 6 2 6 1 6       3 Javier Frana / Christian Miniussi Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Guillermo Pérez Roldán Andre Agassi 6 2 2 6 6 8       5 Martín Jaite John McEnroe 6 0 6 8 6 3

Group II[]

The winner in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I in 1989.

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

First Round 5–7 February

Second Round 8–11 April

Third Round 22–24 July

Uruguay

bye

Havana, Cuba (hard)

Uruguay

5

Havana, Cuba (hard)

Cuba

0

Cuba

4

Bolivia

1

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

4

Caracas, Venezuela (hard)

Venezuela

1

Venezuela

4

Colombia

1

Kingston, Jamaica (hard)

Venezuela

3

Kingston, Jamaica (hard)

Jamaica

2

Jamaica

5

Haiti

0

•  Uruguay are promoted to Group I in 1989.

First round[]

Cuba vs. Bolivia[]

Cuba 4	Havana, Cuba[8] 5–7 February 1988 Hard		Bolivia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Pino Mario Martínez 6 4 3 6 4 6 6 2 6 3   2 Mario Tabares 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Juan Pino / Mario Tabares  / Mario Martínez 6 3 10 8 6 4       4 6 3 6 3         5 Mario Tabares Mario Martínez 3 6 6 1 3 6

Venezuela vs. Colombia[]

Venezuela 4	Caracas, Venezuela[9] 5–7 February 1988 Hard		Colombia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Pereira Mario Rincón 6 3 6 1 6 2       2 Carlos Claverie Álvaro Jordan 6 3 5 7 13 15 9 11     3 Iñaki Calvo / Nicolás Pereira  / Álvaro Jordan 6 2 8 6 6 3       4 Carlos Claverie Mario Rincón 9 7 6 2 6 3       5 Nicolás Pereira Álvaro Jordan 6 4 5 1         retired

Jamaica vs. Haiti[]

Jamaica 5	Eric Bell Tennis Centre, Kingston, Jamaica[10] 5–7 February 1988 Hard		Haiti 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Doug Burke 6 2 8 6 6 4       2 4 6 7 5 2 2       retired 3 Doug Burke /   /  6 8 6 4 6 3 6 3     4 6 2 6 4         5 Doug Burke 6 0 6 1

Second round[]

Cuba vs. Uruguay[]

Cuba 0	Havana, Cuba[11] 8–10 April 1988 Hard		Uruguay 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Tabares 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 2 3 6   2 Juan Pino Diego Pérez 3 6 3 6 1 6       3 Juan Pino / Mario Tabares Marcelo Filippini / Diego Pérez 6 2 3 6 1 6 4 6     4 Mario Tabares Diego Pérez 2 6 6 2 4 6       5 Juan Pino 6 3 3 6 4 6

Jamaica vs. Venezuela[]

Jamaica 2	Eric Bell Tennis Centre, Kingston, Jamaica[12] 8–11 April 1988 Hard		Venezuela 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Pereira 4 6 7 5 4 6 4 6     2 Doug Burke Carlos Claverie 6 3 7 5 6 8 6 3     3 Doug Burke /  Alfonso Mora / Nicolás Pereira 6 4 2 6 3 6 2 6     4 Doug Burke Nicolás Pereira 11 9 4 6 6 3 19 17     5 Carlos Claverie 9 7 10 8 5 7 10 12 4 6

Third round[]

Uruguay vs. Venezuela[]

Uruguay 4	Montevideo, Uruguay[13] 22–24 July 1988 Clay		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Diego Pérez Nicolás Pereira 6 2 6 3 6 0       2 Marcelo Filippini Carlos Claverie 6 2 6 2 6 3       3  / Diego Pérez Alfonso Mora / Nicolás Pereira 6 2 8 10 3 6 7 9     4 Marcelo Filippini Nicolás Pereira 6 2 6 2 6 2       5 Diego Pérez Carlos Claverie 6 3 6 0

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website