# 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

## Group I

* Venue: Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina (outdoor clay)
* Date: 13–18 April
The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.

### Pools

| | Pool A | ARG | COL | PAR | MEX | ECU |
| 1 | Argentina (4–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Colombia (3–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Paraguay (2–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Mexico (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 5 | Ecuador (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool B | VEN | CAN | BRA | CHI | PUR |
| 1 | Venezuela (4–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Canada (3–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Brazil (2–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Chile (1–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |

### Play-off

| Argentina 3 | Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 18 April 1999 Clay (outdoors) | Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 18 April 1999 Clay (outdoors) | Venezuela 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Milagros Sequera 6 0 6 3     2 Paola Suárez María Vento 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Milagros Sequera / María Vento 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 1 ||||
* Argentina advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
* Ecuador and Puerto Rico relegated to Group II in 2000.

## Group II

* Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
* Date: 23–27 February
The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.

### Pools

| | Pool A | URU | DOM | CRC | GUA |
| 1 | Uruguay (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic (1–2) | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Costa Rica (1–2) | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | Guatemala (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| | Pool B | CUB | BAH | ESA | HAI |
| 1 | Cuba (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bahamas (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | El Salvador (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Haiti (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool C | BOL | BAR | TRI | PAN |
| 1 | Bolivia (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Barbados (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Panama (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool D | PER | JAM | BER | ATG |
| 1 | Peru (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamaica (2–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Bermuda (1–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | 3 | | | |
| Bahamas | Bahamas | 0 | | | |
| Bahamas | Bahamas | 0 | Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 |
| | | | Bolivia | Bolivia | 1 |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | 0 | Bolivia | Bolivia | 1 |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 3 | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 3 | | | |
| Barbados | Barbados | 0 | | | |
| Barbados | Barbados | 0 | Cuba | Cuba | 2 |
| | | | Peru | Peru | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic | 0 | Peru | Peru | 1 |
| Peru | Peru | 3 | | | |
* Uruguay and Cuba advanced to Group I for 2000.