1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B

Group B of the 1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

		VEN	BRA	PUR	URU	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Venezuela		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–2	121–65	1
	Brazil	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	10–7	91–75	2
	Puerto Rico	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	5–14	66–105	3
	Uruguay	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	5–15	82–115	4

Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico[]

Venezuela 3	, Santiago, Chile 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta Emilie Viqueira 7 5 6 1     2 María Vento 6 0 6 0     3 María Virginia Francesa / Ninfa Marra  /  6 2 7 5

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Brazil vs. Uruguay[]

Brazil 3	, Santiago, Chile 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 1 Luciana Tella 6 1 2 6 11 9   2 Miriam D'Agostini 6 2 6 2     3 Miriam D'Agostini / Vanessa Menga  / Elena Juricich 1 2       retired

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Venezuela vs. Uruguay[]

Venezuela 3	, Santiago, Chile 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta 710 68 6 2     2 María Vento 3 6 6 2 6 4   3 Melissa Mazzotta / María Vento  /  6 1 63 77 6 3

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Brazil vs. Puerto Rico[]

Brazil 3	, Santiago, Chile 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 1 Miriam D'Agostini 6 2 6 2     2 Eugenia Maia Emilie Viqueira 7 5 7 5     3 Vanessa Menga / Luciana Tella  / Emilie Viqueira 6 2 6 0

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Venezuela vs. Brazil[]

Venezuela 3	, Santiago, Chile 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta Vanessa Menga 6 3 77 63     2 María Vento Luciana Tella 6 3 6 2     3 María Virginia Francesa / Ninfa Marra Miriam D'Agostini / Vanessa Menga 6 3 6 4

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Puerto Rico vs. Uruguay[]

Puerto Rico 2	, Santiago, Chile 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 3 6 3 6   2 Emilie Viqueira 6 2 6 1     3  / Emilie Viqueira  /  6 2 1 6 6 3

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•  Uruguay placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of eight and as such advanced back to Group I for 1998.^[7]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website