2006 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

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The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the Americas Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating nations

Seeds:

1. Ecuador
2. Canada

Remaining Nations

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Peru
• Venezuela

Draw

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Ecuador
						Lima, Peru (clay)						bye				Cuenca, Ecuador (clay)
						1	Ecuador	1								1	Ecuador	0
							Peru	4			Asia, Peru (clay)						Brazil	4
											Peru		2
	Higuerote, Venezuela (hard)										Brazil		3
	1	Ecuador	0
		Venezuela	5								Maracay, Venezuela (hard)
											Venezuela		1
						Granby, Canada (hard)					Mexico		4			Mexico City (clay)
							Venezuela	1									Mexico	4
						2	Canada	3								2	Canada	1
												bye
											2	Canada

• Ecuador relegated to Group II in 2007.
• Brazil and Mexico advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Peru vs. Brazil

Peru 2	Estadio Asia, Asia District, Peru 10 – 12 February 2006 Clay		Brazil 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Iván Miranda Flávio Saretta 2 6 2 6 3 6       2 Luis Horna Ricardo Mello 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Luis Horna / Iván Miranda Gustavo Kuerten / André Sá 6 4 66 78 4 6 7 5 3 6   4 Luis Horna Flávio Saretta 66 78 6 3 6 2 6 2     5 Iván Miranda Ricardo Mello 64 77 6 3 4 6 2 6

Venezuela vs. Mexico

Venezuela 1	Academia Bianchi Tenis, Maracay, Venezuela 10 – 12 February 2006 Hard		Mexico 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 José de Armas Santiago González 1 6 0 6 7 5 4 6     2 Yohny Romero Miguel Gallardo Valles 4 6 6 4 6 3 3 6 10 12   3 José de Armas / Yohny Romero Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González 6 4 0 6 1 6 4 6     4 Jimy Szymanski Bruno Echagaray 3 6 2 6         5 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Miguel Gallardo Valles 6 1           retired

Second round

Ecuador vs. Brazil

Ecuador 0	Cuenca Tenis y Golf Club, Cuenca, Ecuador 7 – 9 April 2006 Clay		Brazil 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Giovanni Lapentti Flávio Saretta 64 77 4 6       retired   2 Nicolás Lapentti Ricardo Mello 7 5 4 6 4 6 7 5 4 6   3 Carlos Avellán / Nicolás Lapentti Marcos Daniel / André Sá 62 77 2 6 3 6       4 Carlos Avellán Flávio Saretta 4 6 4 6         5 Julio César Campozano Marcos Daniel           not played

Mexico vs. Canada

Mexico 4	Centre Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico 7 – 9 April 2006 Clay		Canada 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Miguel Gallardo Valles Frank Dancevic 77 64 6 2 4 6 6 3     2 Santiago González Rob Steckley 6 3 3 6 6 2 6 2     3 Bruno Echagaray / Santiago González Frank Dancevic / Daniel Nestor 7 5 3 6 64 77 64 77     4 Santiago González Frank Dancevic 6 4 6 4 6 4       5 Bruno Echagaray Philip Bester 6 3 77 64

First round playoffs

Peru vs. Ecuador

Peru 4	Estadio Hermanos Buse - Club Lawn Tenis de la Exposicion, Lima, Peru 21 – 23 July 2006 Clay		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Matías Silva Carlos Avellán 4 6 77 65 710 68 6 2     2 Iván Miranda Julio César Campozano 7 5 6 4 6 3       3 Iván Miranda / Matías Silva Carlos Avellán / Julio César Campozano 6 4 7 5 6 2       4 William Lock Jose Zunino 6 4 6 0         5 Leonardo Ramírez Juan Andrés Gómez 1 6 2 6

Canada vs. Venezuela

Canada 3	Le Club de Tennis de Granby, Granby, Canada 21 – 23 July 2006 Hard		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frank Dancevic Daniel Vallverdu 6 2 6 4 6 2       2 Philip Bester Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 7 5 6 4 2 6 6 4     3 Frank Dancevic / Daniel Nestor Juan de Armas / Orlando Superlano 6 1 6 4 77 62       4 Rob Steckley Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 77 64 4 6 3 3     retired   5 Philip Bester Daniel Vallverdu           not played

Second round playoffs

Venezuela vs. Ecuador

Venezuela 5	Club Aguasal, Higuerote, Venezuela 22 – 24 September 2006 Hard		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yohny Romero Julio César Campozano 6 3 6 1 63 77 6 1     2 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Carlos Avellán 0 6 6 3 1 6 7 5 3 0   retired 3 Piero Luisi / Daniel Vallverdu Carlos Avellán / Julio César Campozano 6 2 6 1 6 4       4 Piero Luisi Jose Zunino 6 3 6 4         5 Daniel Vallverdu Juan Andrés Gómez 6 3 7 5

References

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