The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Americas Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 1997.^[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Uruguay

5

Guatemala City, Guatemala (hard)

Guatemala

0

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Guatemala

1

Uruguay

3

Puerto Rico

4

Bogotá, Colombia (clay)

Colombia

2

Puerto Rico

0

Colombia

5

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Uruguay

1

Havana, Cuba (hard)

Ecuador

4

Cuba

3

Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

Paraguay

2

Havana, Cuba (hard)

Paraguay

5

Cuba

0

Barbados

0

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Ecuador

3

Barbados

0

Ecuador

5

•  Guatemala and  Barbados relegated to Group III in 1997.
•  Ecuador promoted to Group I in 1997.

First round

Uruguay vs. Guatemala

Uruguay 5	Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay[2] 9–11 February 1996 Clay		Guatemala 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Federico Dondo Fernando Samayoa 6 2 4 6 6 1 6 1     2 Marcelo Filippini Alexander Lehnhoff 6 3 6 2 6 0       3 Marcelo Filippini / Gonzalo Rodríguez Luis Pérez Chete / Fernando Samayoa 6 1 6 1 6 2       4 Marcelo Filippini Fernando Samayoa 6 3 6 2         5 Federico Dondo Alexander Lehnhoff 6 3 6 3

Colombia vs. Puerto Rico

Colombia 5	Los Lagartos Country Club, Bogotá, Colombia[3] 9–11 February 1996 Clay		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Miguel Tobón Jorge González 6 2 6 2 7 5       2 Mauricio Hadad Rafael Jordan 6 0 6 2 6 2       3 Mauricio Hadad / Miguel Tobón Jorge González / Rafael Jordan 6 4 77 63 66 78 65 77 6 3   4 Mauricio Hadad Jorge González 6 0 4 6 6 2       5 Miguel Tobón Rafael Jordan 6 3 6 4

Cuba vs. Paraguay

Cuba 3	Estadio National, Havana, Cuba[4] 9–11 February 1996 Hard		Paraguay 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Armando Pérez Ramón Delgado 65 77 4 6 1 6       2 Juan Pino Ricardo Mena 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Armando Pérez / Juan Pino Ramón Delgado / Ricardo Mena 6 4 7 5 6 2       4 Juan Pino Ramón Delgado 64 77 6 4 2 6 6 4 11 9   5 Armando Pérez Ricardo Mena 6 1 4 6 3 6

Ecuador vs. Barbados

Ecuador 5	Tenis Club Francisco Segura, Guayaquil, Ecuador[5] 9–11 February 1996 Clay		Barbados 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Morejón Martin Blackman 65 77 6 1 6 1 6 2     2 Nicolás Lapentti Richard Ashby 6 2 77 62 6 3       3 Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti Richard Ashby / Martin Blackman 7 5 6 2 6 1       4 Nicolás Lapentti Martin Blackman 6 1 6 2         5 Luis Morejón Richard Ashby 79 67 6 2

Second round

Uruguay vs. Colombia

Uruguay 3	Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay[6] 5–7 April 1996 Clay		Colombia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcelo Filippini Mario Rincón 6 4 6 3 6 1       2 Federico Dondo Mauricio Hadad 0 6 2 6 3 6       3 Marcelo Filippini / Gonzalo Rodríguez Mauricio Hadad / Mario Rincón 3 6 6 3 5 7 3 6     4 Marcelo Filippini Philippe Moggio 6 2 7 5 6 2       5 Federico Dondo Mario Rincón 4 6 6 1 6 2 6 3

Cuba vs. Ecuador

Cuba 0	Estadio National, Havana, Cuba[7] 5–7 April 1996 Hard		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Armando Pérez Nicolás Lapentti 1 6 0 6 2 6       2 Juan Pino Luis Morejón 6 4 64 77 1 6 6 3 6 8   3 Lázaro Navarro-Batles / Juan Pino Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 63 77 4 6 4 6       4 Lázaro Navarro-Batles Andrés Gómez           not played 5 Armando Pérez Luis Morejón           not played

Relegation play-offs

Guatemala vs. Puerto Rico

Guatemala 1	National Centre, Guatemala City, Guatemala[8] 3–5 May 1996 Hard		Puerto Rico 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexander Lehnhoff Jorge González 4 6 2 6 4 6       2 Fernando Samayoa Rafael Jordan 6 3 77 64 4 6 3 6 6 2   3 Fernando Samayoa / Luis Valencia Jorge González / Jean Paul Vissepó 2 6 5 7 7 5 6 3 7 9   4 Fernando Samayoa Jorge González 3 6 65 77 3 6       5 Alexander Lehnhoff Rafael Jordan 2 6 4 6

Paraguay vs. Barbados

Paraguay 5	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Asunción, Paraguay[9] 5–7 April 1996 Clay		Barbados 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ricardo Mena Martin Blackman 6 4 77 63 6 4       2 Ramón Delgado Richard Ashby 77 62 6 2 6 2       3 Ramón Delgado / Ricardo Mena Richard Ashby / Martin Blackman 3 6 6 2 7 5 6 2     4 Ramón Delgado Duane Williams 6 0 6 1         5 Ricardo Mena Richard Ashby 6 4 6 2

Third round

Ecuador vs. Uruguay

Ecuador 4	Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[10] 20–22 September 1996 Clay		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Lapentti Federico Dondo 6 4 7 5 6 1       2 Pablo Campana Marcelo Filippini 2 6 1 6 1 6       3 Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Filippini / Gonzalo Rodríguez 6 4 6 3 77 62       4 Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Filippini 6 3 6 4 2 6 6 2     5 Luis Morejón Federico Dondo 6 4 6 1

References

External links

• Davis Cup official website