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1968 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Americas Zone: 4 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Ecuador defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Ecuador and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

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Draw

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Semifinals

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United States vs. Caribbean/West Indies

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United States
5
Byrd Park, Richmond, VA, United States[5]
3–5 May 1968
Hard

Caribbean/West Indies
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Cricket West Indies
Clark Graebner
Richard Russell
6
1
7
5
6
2
     
2 United States
Cricket West Indies
Arthur Ashe
Lance Lumsden
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
3 United States
Cricket West Indies
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Lance Lumsden / Richard Russell
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
4 United States
Cricket West Indies
Arthur Ashe
Richard Russell
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
5 United States
Cricket West Indies
Bob Lutz
Lance Lumsden
6
0
6
2
6
1
     

Mexico vs. Canada

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Mexico
5
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[6]
11–13 May 1968
Clay

Canada
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna
Henry Fauquier
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2 Mexico
Canada
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Mike Belkin
16
14
4
6
6
3
6
3
   
3 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa
Mike Belkin / Keith Carpenter
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
4 Mexico
Canada
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Henry Fauquier
6
3
1
6
1
6
6
0
6
3
 
5 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna
Keith Carpenter
6
2
6
3
6
2
     

Final

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United States vs. Mexico

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United States
5
Berkeley Tennis Club, Berkeley, CA, United States[2]
24–26 May 1968
Hard

Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Mexico
Arthur Ashe
Rafael Osuna
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
2 United States
Mexico
Clark Graebner
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
6
3
8
6
4
6
6
4
   
3 United States
Mexico
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa
4
6
6
3
9
7
10
8
   
4 United States
Mexico
Clark Graebner
Rafael Osuna
10
8
6
3
6
2
     
5 United States
Mexico
Arthur Ashe
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
6
4
8
6
6
2
     

South America Zone

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
27–29 April
Semifinals
29–31 March; 11–13 May
Final
24–27 May
Caracas, Venezuela
 Venezuela3
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Argentina2
 Venezuela0
 Ecuador3
 Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
 Ecuador3
 Chile1
bye
Lima, Peru
 Peru
 Peru0
 Chile5
bye
 Chile

Quarterfinals

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Venezuela vs. Argentina

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Venezuela
3
Caracas, Venezuela[7]
27–29 April 1968

Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose
Tito Vázquez
4
6
6
3
8
6
6
1
   
2 Venezuela
Argentina
Jorge Andrew
Norberto Herrero
13
15
6
4
7
5
6
4
   
3 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose / Julio Moros
Roberto Aubone / Tito Vázquez
1
6
4
6
8
10
     
4 Venezuela
Argentina
Jorge Andrew
Tito Vázquez
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
5 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose
Norberto Herrero
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Semifinals

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Venezuela vs. Ecuador

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Venezuela
0
Caracas, Venezuela[8]
11–13 May 1968
Hard

Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Ecuador
Julio Moros
Miguel Olvera
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
2 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew
Pancho Guzmán
6
2
2
6
3
6
2
6
   
3 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew / Ivon Savy
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew
Miguel Olvera
          not
played
5 Venezuela
Ecuador
Julio Moros
Pancho Guzmán
          not
played

Peru vs. Chile

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Peru
0
Lima, Peru[9]
29–31 March 1968

Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Peru
Chile
Tomás González
Jaime Pinto Bravo
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña
Patricio Cornejo
6
8
3
6
0
6
     
3 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña / Tomás González
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
3
6
3
6
3
6
   
4 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña
Jaime Pinto Bravo
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
5 Peru
Chile
Tomás González
Omar Pabst
8
6
4
6
6
2
4
6
3
6
 

Final

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Ecuador vs. Chile

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Ecuador
3
Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[3]
24–27 May 1968
Clay

Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Chile
Miguel Olvera
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
9
7
4
6
4
6
1
6
 
2 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán
Patricio Cornejo
3
6
5
7
8
6
6
4
6
3
 
3 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo / Patricio Rodríguez
3
6
7
9
6
3
11
9
6
1
 
4 Ecuador
Chile
Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo
5
7
5
7
12
10
6
2
7
5
 
5 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán
Jaime Pinto Bravo
          not
played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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United States vs. Ecuador

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United States
5
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, United States[4]
7–9 June 1968
Carpet (indoor)

Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Ecuador
Arthur Ashe
Pancho Guzmán
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner
Miguel Olvera
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
3 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner / Bob Lutz
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
4 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner
Pancho Guzmán
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
5 United States
Ecuador
Arthur Ashe
Miguel Olvera
6
1
6
3
6
0
     

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Ecuador v Chile". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "United States v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United States v Caribbean/West Indies". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Venezuela v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Venezuela v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Peru v Chile". daviscup.com.
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