# 2021 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

The Americas Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2021. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Panama City, Panama, from 30 June to 3 July 2021.

## Participating nations

* Bahamas
* Bermuda
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* U.S. Virgin Islands

### Inactive nations

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Aruba
* Haiti
* Saint Lucia

## Draw

Date: 30 June–3 July 2021
Location: Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams and one pool of three teams. Nations finishing top of their group, as well as the best second-placed nation, will play-off for promotion to the World Group II Play-offs in 2022.

### Seeding

| Pot | Nation | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| 1 | Guatemala | 72 | 1 |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 73 | 2 |
| 1 | Jamaica | 75 | 3 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 76 | 4 |
| 2 | Honduras | 79 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 86 | 6 |
| 3 | Panama | 87 | 7 |
| 3 | Bahamas | 89 | 8 |
| 3 | Bermuda | 95 | 9 |
| 3 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 100 | 10 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | 11 |
* $^1$Davis Cup Rankings as of 8 March 2021

### Round Robin
#### Pool A

| | | BAH | GUA | CUB | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 8 | Bahamas | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 9–6 (60%) | 73–64 (53%) | 1 |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 9–5 (64%) | 73–64 (53%) | 2 |
| 6 | Cuba | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 1–5 | 4–11 (27%) | 68–86 (44%) | 3 |

#### Pool B

| | | CRC | BER | HON | TTO | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 2 | Costa Rica | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 17–4 (81%) | 119–62 (66%) | 1 |
| 9 | Bermuda | 1-2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 12–7 (63%) | 97–80 (55%) | 2 |
| 5 | Honduras | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–6 | 7–12 (37%) | 70–86 (45%) | 3 |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–8 | 3–16 (16%) | 51–109 (32%) | 4 |

#### Pool C

| | | JAM | PUR | PAN | ISV | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 3 | Jamaica | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 16–2 (89%) | 100–51 (66%) | 1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 13–7 (65%) | 100–72 (58%) | 2 |
| 7 | Panama | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 4–5 | 9–12 (43%) | 89–100 (47%) | 3 |
| 10 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–9 | 1–18 (5%) | 46–112 (29%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

#### Second-placed nation standings

The best second placed nation will be determined the following way (in the order set out below):
* The nation with the greatest number of points
* The nation with the highest percentage of matches won to total matches played.
* The nation with the highest percentage of sets won to total sets played.
* The nation with the highest percentage of games won to total games played.
For the two nations competing in the groups of four (Groups B & C), the results of the ties against the team that finishes in fourth place in those groups will not be included in the above calculations.
| Pool | Nation | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| A | Guatemala | 4–2 | 9–5 (64%) | 73–64 (53%) | 1 |
| C | Puerto Rico | 3–3 | 7–7 (50%) | 64–59 (52%) | 2 |
| B | Bermuda | 3–3 | 6–7 (46%) | 58–63 (48%) | 3 |

### Playoffs

| Placing | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Promotional | Costa Rica | 0–2 | Guatemala |
| Promotional | Bahamas | 0–2 | Jamaica |
| 5th–6th | Bermuda | 0–2 | Puerto Rico |
| 7th–8th | Cuba | 2–0 | Honduras |
| 9th–10th | Panama | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 11th | — | — | U.S. Virgin Islands |
* Guatemala and Jamaica qualify for the 2022 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs

## Round Robin
### Pool A
#### Cuba vs. Bahamas

| Cuba 1 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Bahamas 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lázaro Navarro Kevin Major 6 4 2 6 2 6   2 Maikiel Ponte Suárez Justin Roberts 4 6 4 6     3 Joan Pérez Bernal / Osmel Rivera Granja Baker Newman / Marvin Rolle 4 6 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6 2 ||||

#### Guatemala vs. Cuba

| Guatemala 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Cuba 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christopher Díaz Figueroa Lázaro Navarro 5 7 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$   2 Wilfredo González Osmel Rivera Granja 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Sebastián Domínguez / Wilfredo González Lázaro Navarro / Joan Pérez Bernal 6 2 7 5 ||||

#### Guatemala vs. Bahamas

| Guatemala 1 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Bahamas 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christopher Díaz Figueroa Kevin Major 6 3 2 6 4 6   2 Wilfredo González Justin Roberts 2 6 3 6     3 Christopher Díaz Figueroa / Wilfredo González Baker Newman / Marvin Rolle 6 4 6 0 ||||

### Pool B
#### Costa Rica vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Costa Rica 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Trinidad and Tobago 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastián Quirós Kamran Curtis McIntosh-Ross 6 2 5 7 6 2   2 Jesse Flores Nkrumah Patrick 6 1 6 1     3 Jesse Flores / Pablo Núñez Nkrumah Patrick / David Rodriguez 6 1 6 3 ||||

#### Honduras vs. Bermuda

| Honduras 1 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Bermuda 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Keny Turcios Richard Mallory 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6     2 Alejandro Obando Tariq Simons 6 1 6 3     3 Ricardo Lau Cooper / Alejandro Obando James Finnigan / Gavin Manders 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### Costa Rica vs. Honduras

| Costa Rica 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Honduras 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pablo Núñez Ricardo Lau Cooper 6 3 6 0     2 Jesse Flores Alejandro Obando 6 4 4 6 6 0   3 Rodrigo Crespo Piedra / Pablo Núñez Ricardo Lau Cooper / Alejandro Obando 6 3 6 0 ||||

#### Bermuda vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Bermuda 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Trinidad and Tobago 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Richard Mallory Ebolum Pastor Nwokolo 6 0 7 5     2 Tariq Simons Nkrumah Patrick 6 0 6 0     3 James Finnigan / Gavin Manders Kamran Curtis McIntosh-Ross / Nkrumah Patrick 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

#### Costa Rica vs. Bermuda

| Costa Rica 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Bermuda 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastián Quirós Richard Mallory 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 2 6   2 Jesse Flores Tariq Simons 6 2 6 1     3 Jesse Flores / Pablo Núñez James Finnigan / Gavin Manders 6 4 6 3 ||||

#### Honduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Honduras 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Trinidad and Tobago 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ricardo Lau Cooper Kamran Curtis McIntosh-Ross 3 6 2 6     2 Alejandro Obando Ebolum Pastor Nwokolo 6 1 6 1     3 Alejandro Obando / Keny Turcios Kamran Curtis McIntosh-Ross / Nkrumah Patrick 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Pool C
#### Jamaica vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Jamaica 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rowland Phillips Russell Armstrong 6 1 6 0     2 Blaise Bicknell Tomas del Olmo 6 2 6 3     3 Jacob Bicknell / Rowland Phillips Luca del Olmo / Tomas del Olmo 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

#### Puerto Rico vs. Panama

| Puerto Rico 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 30 June 2021 Clay | Panama 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastián Arcila Marcelo Rodríguez 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 4 0    retired 2 Ignacio García Jorge Daniel Chévez 6 3 3 6 2 1  retired 3 Alex Llompart / Quinton Vega José Gilbert Gómez / Luis Gómez 6 3 5 7 5 7 ||||

#### Jamaica vs. Panama

| Jamaica 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Panama 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rowland Phillips Marcelo Rodríguez 6 2 6 3     2 Blaise Bicknell José Gilbert Gómez 6 3 6 4     3 Blaise Bicknell / Rowland Phillips José Gilbert Gómez / Luis Gómez 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Puerto Rico vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Puerto Rico 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 1 July 2021 Clay | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sebastián Arcila Russell Armstrong 6 1 6 1     2 Ignacio García Tomas del Olmo 6 4 6 2     3 Sebastián Arcila / Ignacio García Russell Armstrong / Luca del Olmo 6 2 6 2 ||||

#### Jamaica vs. Puerto Rico

| Jamaica 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Puerto Rico 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rowland Phillips Sebastián Arcila 6 3 6 0     2 Blaise Bicknell Quinton Vega 6 4 6 1     3 Blaise Bicknell / Dimitri Bird Sebastián Arcila / Ignacio García 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### Panama vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Panama 3 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 2 July 2021 Clay | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Luis Gómez Russell Armstrong 6 1 6 3     2 Marcelo Rodríguez Tomas del Olmo 6 3 3 6 6 4   3 Jorge Daniel Chévez / José Gilbert Gómez Luca del Olmo / Kevin Motta 6 1 6 2 ||||

## Play-offs
### Promotional play-offs
#### Costa Rica vs. Guatemala

| Costa Rica 0 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Guatemala 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pablo Núñez Christopher Díaz Figueroa 3 6 3 6     2 Jesse Flores Wilfredo González 3 6 2 6     3 Jesse Flores / Pablo Núñez Christopher Díaz Figueroa / Wilfredo González       not played ||||

#### Bahamas vs. Jamaica

| Bahamas 0 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Jamaica 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kevin Major Rowland Phillips 3 6 2 6     2 Justin Roberts Blaise Bicknell 6 2 3 6 4 6   3 Justin Roberts / Marvin Rolle Blaise Bicknell / Rowland Phillips       not played ||||

### 5th to 6th play-offs
#### Bermuda vs. Puerto Rico

| Bermuda 0 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Puerto Rico 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Richard Mallory Ignacio García 4 6 4 6     2 Tariq Simons Quinton Vega 4 6 0 6     3 James Finnigan / Gavin Manders Sebastián Arcila / Quinton Vega       not played ||||

### 7th to 8th play-offs
#### Cuba vs. Honduras

| Cuba 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Honduras 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lázaro Navarro Diego José Sosa Rodríguez 6 0 6 0     2 Maikiel Ponte Suárez Alejandro Obando 4 6 6 3 6 2   3 Joan Pérez Bernal / Osmel Rivera Granja Ricardo Lau Cooper / Alejandro Obando       not played ||||

### 9th to 10th play-offs
#### Panama vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Panama 2 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento Fred Maduro, Panama City, Panama 3 July 2021 Clay | Trinidad and Tobago 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Luis Gómez David Rodriguez 6 3 6 0     2 Marcelo Rodríguez Kamran Curtis McIntosh-Ross 6 0 6 4     3 Jorge Daniel Chévez / Marcelo Rodríguez Ebolum Pastor Nwokolo / Nkrumah Patrick       not played ||||