# 2003 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2004.

## Participating nations

* Bahamas
* Canada
* Chile
* Ecuador
* Peru
* Venezuela

### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | | S | Venezuela | | | | | |
| | | | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | | bye | | | Salinas, Ecuador (clay) | Salinas, Ecuador (clay) | Salinas, Ecuador (clay) |
| | | | Venezuela | Venezuela | 2 | | | | | S | Venezuela | 2 |
| | | | Chile | Chile | 3 | Quito, Ecuador (clay) | Quito, Ecuador (clay) | Quito, Ecuador (clay) | | | Ecuador | 3 |
| | | | | | | Chile | 2 | | | | |
| Maracaibo, Venezuela (hard) | Maracaibo, Venezuela (hard) | Maracaibo, Venezuela (hard) | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | | | 3 | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bahamas | Bahamas | 0 | | | | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bahamas | Bahamas | | | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | Peru | 5 | | Calgary, Canada (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | | | Peru | 0 |
| | | | Bahamas | Bahamas | | | | | | S | Canada | 5 |
| | | | | | | | bye | | | | | |
| | | | | | | S | Canada | | | | | |
* Bahamas relegated to Group II in 2004.
* Ecuador and Canada advance to World Group Play-off.

## First round
### Ecuador vs. Chile

| Ecuador 3 | Club Buena Vista, Quito, Ecuador 7–9 February 2003 Clay | Club Buena Vista, Quito, Ecuador 7–9 February 2003 Clay | Chile 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Lapentti Hermes Gamonal 6 2 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^1$       2 Giovanni Lapentti Marcelo Ríos 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3       3 Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti Hermes Gamonal / Adrián García 6 2 6 4 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 4 6 3 6   4 Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Ríos 6 3 4 6 6$^0$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$     5 Giovanni Lapentti Hermes Gamonal 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 4 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 3 ||||

### Peru vs. Bahamas

| Peru 5 | Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 7–9 February 2003 Clay | Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 7–9 February 2003 Clay | Bahamas 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Iván Miranda Mark Knowles 6 4 3 6 6 1      retired 2 Luis Horna Mark Merklein 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Luis Horna / Iván Miranda Mark Merklein / Bjorn Munroe 6 4 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^4$       4 Mario Monroy Marvin Rolle 6 4 4 6 7 5       5 William Lock Bjorn Munroe 6 1 6 3 ||||

## Second round
### Ecuador vs. Venezuela

| Ecuador 3 | Periferio Este - Calle 55, Salinas, Ecuador 4–6 April 2003 Clay | Periferio Este - Calle 55, Salinas, Ecuador 4–6 April 2003 Clay | Venezuela 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Giovanni Lapentti José de Armas 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2 6$^4$ 7$^7$     retired  2 Nicolás Lapentti Kepler Orellana 6 4 6 3 4 6 5 5    retired 3 Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Nicolás Lapentti José de Armas 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 3     5 Carlos Avellán Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Canada vs. Peru

| Canada 5 | Stampede Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors) | Stampede Corral, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 4–6 April 2003 Carpet (indoors) | Peru 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Iván Miranda 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Frank Dancevic Diego Acuña 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 3 6 6 3 8 6   3 Simon Larose / Daniel Nestor Diego Acuña / Iván Miranda 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 3 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6 6 3   4 Matt Klinger William Lock 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^9$ 6$^7$         5 Simon Larose Juan-Carlos Rebaza-Lozano 6 0 6 1 ||||

## First round play-offs
### Venezuela vs. Chile

| Venezuela 2 | National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 11–13 July 2003 Hard | National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 11–13 July 2003 Hard | Chile 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kepler Orellana Fernando González 4 6 2 6 5 7       2 José de Armas Marcelo Ríos 7 5 6 2 3 6 3 6 8 6   3 José de Armas / Kepler Orellana Hermes Gamonal / Fernando González 5 7 4 6 4 6       4 José de Armas Fernando González 4 6 4 6 4 6       5 Kepler Orellana Marcelo Ríos 7$^7$ 6$^4$          retired ||||

## Second round play-offs
### Venezuela vs. Bahamas

| Venezuela 4 | Vereda del Lago, Maracaibo, Venezuela 19–21 September 2003 Hard | Vereda del Lago, Maracaibo, Venezuela 19–21 September 2003 Hard | Bahamas 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kepler Orellana Devin Mullings 6 3 6 1 6 1       2 José de Armas Christopher Eldon 6 4 6 4 7 5       3 José de Armas / Kepler Orellana Christopher Eldon / Devin Mullings 6 0 6 4 6 1       4 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Davin Russell 6 1 6 1         5 Kepler Orellana Christopher Eldon           not played ||||