# 2000 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional Davis Cup competition zones in 2000.
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 2001.
The second-round tie between Chile and Argentina was marred by crowd trouble, which resulted in the Argentinian team withdrawing from the tie. Chile was declared the winner of the tie by the Davis Cup Committee. However, subsequent rulings prevented Chile from progressing to the Qualifying Round; additionally, both teams received fines, and Chile was barred from hosting home ties until 2002.

## Participating nations

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Peru

### 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 |
| | | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | | | | |
| | | | Montreal, Canada (hard) | Montreal, Canada (hard) | Montreal, Canada (hard) | bye | bye | | Santiago, Chile (indoor hard) | Santiago, Chile (indoor hard) | Santiago, Chile (indoor hard) |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 1 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 0 |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 4 | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) | Viña del Mar, Chile (clay) | Chile | Chile | 2 |
| | | | | | | Canada | 1 | | | |
| Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | | | | Chile | Chile | | 4 | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 1 | | | | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | | | |
| | | | | | | Bahamas | Bahamas | | 1 | | |
| | | | Nassau, Bahamas (hard) | Nassau, Bahamas (hard) | Nassau, Bahamas (hard) | Peru | Peru | 4 | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) | Lima, Peru (clay) |
| | | | Bahamas | Bahamas | 3 | | | | Peru | Peru | 2 |
| | | | Colombia | Colombia | 2 | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Ecuador | Ecuador | 3 |
| | | | | | | Colombia | Colombia | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | | | |
* Colombia relegated to Group II in 2001.
* Chile and Ecuador advance to World Group qualifying round.

## First round
### Chile vs. Canada

| Chile 4 | Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Canada 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando González Sébastien Lareau 2 6 6 3 1 6 6 2 6 1   2 Nicolás Massú Simon Larose 6 0 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 3 1      retired 3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Sébastien Lareau / Jocelyn Robichaud 6 4 6 4 2 6 6 2     4 Adrián García Frédéric Niemeyer 6 4 1 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$       5 Hermes Gamonal Simon Larose 6 2 7 5 ||||

### Peru vs. Bahamas

| Peru 4 | Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Bahamas 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Américo Venero Mark Knowles 6 4 6 4 3 6 3 1    retired 2 Luis Horna Mark Merklein 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Luis Horna / Américo Venero Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein 3 6 2 6 2 4     retired  4 Luis Horna Mark Knowles 6 2 2 6 6 4 3 1    retired 5 Iván Miranda Dentry Mortimer 6 1 6 0 ||||

### Colombia vs. Ecuador

| Colombia 0 | Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogotá, Colombia 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Club Campestre El Rancho, Bogotá, Colombia 4–6 February 2000 Clay | Ecuador 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Rincón Luis Morejón 6 2 5 7 5 7 6 2 0 6   2 Pablo González Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 4 6 6$^{12}$ 7$^{14}$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$     3 Pablo González / Rubén Torres Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 2 6 4 6 0 6       4 Rubén Torres Giovanni Lapentti 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 1 6         5 Pablo González Luis Morejón 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$ ||||

## Second round
### Chile vs. Argentina

| Chile 2 | Cúpula Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) | Cúpula Parque O'Higgins, Santiago, Chile 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) | Argentina 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcelo Ríos Hernán Gumy 6 4 6 3 4 6 6 1     2 Nicolás Massú Mariano Zabaleta 5 7 6 2 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 1 3    retired 3 Fernando González / Nicolás Massú Mariano Hood / Sebastián Prieto           w/o  4 Marcelo Ríos Mariano Zabaleta           w/o  5 Nicolás Massú Hernán Gumy           w/o ||||

### Peru vs. Ecuador

| Peru 2 | Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru 6–8 April 2000 Clay | Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru 6–8 April 2000 Clay | Ecuador 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Luis Horna Giovanni Lapentti 2 6 6 3 6 4 6 1     2 Iván Miranda Nicolás Lapentti 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Luis Horna / Américo Venero Andrés Gómez / Nicolás Lapentti 6 2 6 2 2 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 7 5   4 Luis Horna Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 2 6 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 3 6   5 Américo Venero Luis Morejón 3 6 6 3 2 6 1 6 ||||

## First round play-offs
### Canada vs. Argentina

| Canada 4 | Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada 21–23 July 2000 Hard | Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada 21–23 July 2000 Hard | Argentina 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 3       2 Sébastien Lareau Agustín Calleri 3 6 2 6 3 6       3 Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor Martín García / Martín Rodríguez 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 Sébastien Lareau Juan Ignacio Chela 6 3 6 4 4 6 2 6 6 4   5 Daniel Nestor Agustín Calleri 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Bahamas vs. Colombia

| Bahamas 3 | Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas 21–23 July 2000 Hard | Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas 21–23 July 2000 Hard | Colombia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Knowles Carlos Drada 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5 2 2     retired  2 Mark Merklein Eduardo Rincón 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Mark Knowles / Mark Merklein Carlos Drada / Pablo González 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 Roger Smith Eduardo Rincón 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6 1 1 6 1 6   5 Mark Merklein Pablo González 7 5 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3 ||||

## Second round play-offs
### Colombia vs. Argentina

| Colombia 1 | Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Bogotá, Colombia 6–8 October 2000 Clay | Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Bogotá, Colombia 6–8 October 2000 Clay | Argentina 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Rincón Franco Squillari 4 6 2 6 2 6       2 Pablo González Mariano Puerta 0 6 2 6 6 3 0 6     3 Pablo González / Michael Quintero Martín García / Mariano Puerta 4 6 5 7 2 6       4 Pablo González Agustín Calleri 3 6 1 6         5 Michael Quintero Martín García 7 5 2 6 6 3 ||||