2010 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2010 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eight teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2010 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I, the top countries of each pool played for first to second, while the bottom two of each pool competed for fifth to eighth. The top team advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Americas Zone Group II for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Canada	Colombia
2	Brazil	Paraguay
3	Puerto Rico	Chile
4	Cuba	Bolivia

Promotional Play-Offs[]

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Canada vs. Colombia[]

Canada 2	, Lambaré, Paraguay 6 February 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 0
1 2 3 1 Sharon Fichman Catalina Castaño 6 2 6 3     2 Aleksandra Wozniak Mariana Duque Mariño 6 2 6 1     3 Sharon Fichman / Marie-Ève Pelletier Karen Castiblanco / Mariana Duque Mariño       not played

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Third to Fourth Play-off[]

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a tie. The winner of the tie was allocated third place in the Group while the loser was allocated fourth.

Brazil vs. Paraguay[]

Brazil 0	, Lambaré, Paraguay 6 February 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Paraguay 2
1 2 3 1 Ana-Clara Duarte 6 0 5 7 0 6   2 Maria Fernanda Alves Verónica Cepede Royg 6 1 4 6 3 6   3 Monique Albuquerque / Roxane Vaisemberg  / Isabella Robbiani       not played

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Relegation Play-Offs[]

The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.

Puerto Rico vs. Bolivia[]

Puerto Rico 1	, Lambaré, Paraguay 6 February 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Bolivia 2
1 2 3 1 Monica Puig 6 2 65 77 6 3   2 Jessica Roland-Rosario María Fernanda Álvarez Terán 2 6 0 6     3 Monica Puig / Jessica Roland-Rosario María Fernanda Álvarez Terán /  4 6 0 6

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Cuba vs. Chile[]

Cuba 0	, Lambaré, Paraguay 6 February 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Chile 3
1 2 3 1 Misleydis Díaz González Cecilia Costa Melgar 3 6 1 6     2 Yamile Fors Guerra Andrea Koch-Benvenuto 1 6 77 65 2 6   3  / Yamile Fors Guerra Daniela Seguel / Camila Silva 3 6 4 6

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Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Canada
Second	Colombia
Third	Paraguay
Fourth	Brazil
Fifth	Bolivia
	Chile
Relegated	Puerto Rico
	Cuba

•  Canada advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, and were drawn against  Argentina, where they won 5–0. The team thus advanced to World Group II for the next year.^[5]
•  Puerto Rico and  Cuba were relegated down to Americas Zone Group II for the next year. The Puerto Ricans placed sixth overall, while the Cubans did not compete.^[6][7]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website