# 2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
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 2005.

## Participating nations

* Brazil
* Chile
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* 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 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Brazil | | | | |
| | | | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | | bye | | Bahia, Brazil (clay) | Bahia, Brazil (clay) | Bahia, Brazil (clay) |
| | | | 1 | Brazil | 2 | | | | 1 | Brazil | 2 |
| | | | | Venezuela | 3 | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | | Paraguay | 3 |
| | | | | | | Venezuela | 1 | | | |
| Brasília, Brazil (clay) | Brasília, Brazil (clay) | Brasília, Brazil (clay) | | | | Paraguay | Paraguay | | 4 | | |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peru | 4 | | | | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | | | |
| | | | | | | Chile | Chile | | 5 | | |
| | | | Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor hard) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor hard) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor hard) | Peru | Peru | 0 | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) |
| | | | | Peru | 1 | | | | | Chile | 5 |
| | | | 2 | Ecuador | 4 | | | | 2 | Ecuador | 0 |
| | | | | | | | bye | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Ecuador | | | | |
* Brazil relegated to Group II in 2005.
* Chile and Paraguay advance to World Group Play-off.

## First round
### Venezuela vs. Paraguay

| Venezuela 1 | National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 6–8 February 2004 Hard | National Tennis Centre, Caracas, Venezuela 6–8 February 2004 Hard | Paraguay 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jimy Szymanski Ramón Delgado 4 6 1 6         2 José de Armas Francisco Rodríguez 2 6 6 2 4 6 6 2 6 1   3 José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski Paulo Carvallo / Ramón Delgado 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 2 4 6 3 6   4 José de Armas Ramón Delgado 6 4 6 1 3 6 1 6 4 6   5 Daniel Vallverdú Francisco Rodríguez 5 7 3 6 ||||

### Peru vs. Chile

| Peru 0 | Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 6–8 February 2004 Clay | Estadio Asia, Lima, Peru 6–8 February 2004 Clay | Chile 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Horna Fernando González 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 Iván Miranda Nicolás Massú 2 6 4 6 3 6       3 Luis Horna / Iván Miranda Adrián García / Fernando González 2 6 4 6 4 6       4 Diego Acuña Hermes Gamonal 5 7 3 6         5 Piero Demichelli Adrián García 2 6 2 6 ||||

## Second round
### Brazil vs. Paraguay

| Brazil 2 | Costa do Sauípe, Bahia, Brazil 9–11 April 2004 Clay | Costa do Sauípe, Bahia, Brazil 9–11 April 2004 Clay | Paraguay 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcos Daniel Francisco Rodríguez 4 6 6 1 6 2 4 6 9 11   2 Júlio Silva Ramón Delgado 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 4 6 1 6       3 Josh Goffi / Alexandre Simoni Paulo Carvallo / Ramón Delgado 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 4     4 Alexandre Simoni Ramón Delgado 1 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 3 6       5 Júlio Silva Daniel Alejandro López 6 1 3 0        retired ||||

### Chile vs. Ecuador

| Chile 5 | Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas, Viña del Mar, Chile 9–11 April 2004 Clay | Club Naval de Campo Las Salinas, Viña del Mar, Chile 9–11 April 2004 Clay | Ecuador 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolás Massú Giovanni Lapentti 6 3 6 2 6 2       2 Fernando González Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Giovanni Lapentti / Nicolás Lapentti 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Adrián García Carlos Avellán 6 1 6 3         5 Paul Capdeville Jhony de Leon 6 3 6 3 ||||

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

| Venezuela 3 | Federación Venezolana de Tenis, Caracas, Venezuela 16–18 July 2004 Hard | Federación Venezolana de Tenis, Caracas, Venezuela 16–18 July 2004 Hard | Brazil 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jimy Szymanski Diego Cubas 4 6 6 0 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 3     2 Kepler Orellana Bruno Rosa 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Kepler Orellana / Jimy Szymanski Raony Carvalho / Caio Zampieri 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez Diego Cubas 5 7 6$^4$ 7$^7$         5 Yohny Romero Caio Zampieri 3 6 4 6 ||||

### Ecuador vs. Peru

| Ecuador 4 | Guayaquil, Ecuador 16–18 July 2004 Hard (indoors) | Guayaquil, Ecuador 16–18 July 2004 Hard (indoors) | Peru 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Carlos Avellán Matías Silva 6 2 6 4 6 2       2 Giovanni Lapentti Mario-Alberto Cayo 6 2 6 0 6 0       3 Jhony de Leon / Giovanni Lapentti Luis-Felipe Bellido / Matías Silva 6 2 6 3 6 1       4 Jhony de Leon Matías Silva 3 6 6 3 1 6       5 Carlos Avellán Juan-Carlos Rebaza-Lozano 6 2 6 0 ||||

## Second round play-offs
### Brazil vs. Peru

| Brazil 1 | Academia de Tenis Resort, Brazil 24–26 September 2004 Clay | Academia de Tenis Resort, Brazil 24–26 September 2004 Clay | Peru 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gabriel Pitta Luis Horna 3 6 4 6 4 6       2 Ronaldo Carvalho Iván Miranda 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 3 6 1 6   3 Ronaldo Carvalho / Gabriel Pitta Luis Horna / Iván Miranda 2 6 2 6 3 6       4 Alessandro Camarço Matías Silva 4 6 6 3 4 6       5 Leonardo Kirche Mauricio Echazú 6 2 6 1 ||||