# 1982 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1982 Davis Cup.
10 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, split across the North & Central America and the South America Zones. The winner of each sub-zone advanced to the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group.
Paraguay defeated Canada in the Americas Inter-Zonal Final and qualified for the 1983 World Group.

## North & Central America Zone
### Draw

| Semifinals 15–24 January | Semifinals 15–24 January | Semifinals 15–24 January | Final 5–7 March | Final 5–7 March | Final 5–7 March |
| Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 5 | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 5 | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) | Montreal, Canada (indoor hard) |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | Colombia | Colombia | 1 |
| Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Colombia | Colombia | 1 |
| Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Caracas, Venezuela (hard) | Canada | Canada | 3 |
| Canada | Canada | 4 | Canada | Canada | 3 |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 1 | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Colombia vs. Caribbean/West Indies

| Colombia 5 | Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombia 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Club Los Lagartos, Bogotá, Colombia 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Caribbean/West Indies 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alejandro Cortes Leo Rolle 6 4 6 4 6 3       2 Jairo Velasco John Antonas 9 7 6 0 6 4       3 Alejandro Cortes / Jairo Velasco John Antonas / Leo Rolle 6 3 6 1 3 6 6 4     4 Alejandro Cortes Adrian Clarke 6 1 6 4         5 Luis Arturo González Leo Rolle 7 5 4 6 6 2 6 4 ||||

#### Venezuela vs. Canada

| Venezuela 1 | Caracas, Venezuela 15–17 January 1982 Hard | Caracas, Venezuela 15–17 January 1982 Hard | Canada 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jorge Andrew Harry Fritz 14 16 9 11 11 9 6 4 9 11   2 Randolf Scheller Réjean Genois 2 6 1 6 3 6       3 Jorge Andrew / Iñaki Calvo William Cowan / John Picken 4 6 4 6 7 5 6 4 7 5   4 Randolf Scheller John Picken 3 6 3 6 4 6       5 Abraham Sojo William Cowan 5 7 2 6 ||||
The singles match between Andrew and Fritz set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a singles rubber (100).

### Final
#### Canada vs. Colombia

| Canada 3 | Montreal, Canada 5–7 March 1982 Hard (indoors) | Montreal, Canada 5–7 March 1982 Hard (indoors) | Colombia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Réjean Genois Jairo Velasco 6 2 8 6 6 3       2 Glenn Michibata Alejandro Cortes 3 6 4 6 9 11       3 Josef Brabenec / Harry Fritz Alejandro Cortes / Jairo Velasco 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Réjean Genois Alejandro Cortes 9 7 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 3   5 Glenn Michibata Jairo Velasco           not played ||||

## South America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 8–10 January | Quarterfinals 8–10 January | Quarterfinals 8–10 January | Semifinals 22–24 January | Semifinals 22–24 January | Semifinals 22–24 January | Final 5–7 March | Final 5–7 March | Final 5–7 March |
| Brazil | Brazil | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | Fortaleza, Brazil (clay) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Brazil | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | Brazil | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | | | |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | | | |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | | | | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 0 | | | | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) | Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet) |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | 0 | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 2 |
| Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | | | | Ecuador | Ecuador | 2 |
| Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | Asunción, Paraguay (clay) | | | | Paraguay | Paraguay | 3 |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 3 | | | | Paraguay | Paraguay | 3 |
| Paraguay | Paraguay | 3 | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | | | |
| Peru | Peru | 2 | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | | | |
| Peru | Peru | 2 | Paraguay | Paraguay | 3 | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 | | | |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Bolivia vs. Ecuador

| Bolivia 0 | La Paz, Bolivia 8–10 January 1982 Clay | La Paz, Bolivia 8–10 January 1982 Clay | Ecuador 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Carlos Alvarado Ricardo Ycaza 2 6 1 6 6 3 4 6     2 Ramiro Benavides Andrés Gómez 10 8 3 6 4 6 6 3 1 6   3 Juan Carlos Alvarado / Ramiro Benavides Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza 6 4 4 6 2 6 1 6     4 Alexander Zalesky Andrés Gómez 1 6 3 6         5 Ramiro Benavides Raúl Viver 3 6 2 6 ||||

#### Paraguay vs. Peru

| Paraguay 3 | Asunción, Paraguay 8–10 January 1982 Clay | Asunción, Paraguay 8–10 January 1982 Clay | Peru 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco González Pablo Arraya 6 2 8 6 6 4       2 Víctor Pecci Fernando Maynetto 6 4 7 5 6 2       3 Francisco González / Víctor Pecci Pablo Arraya / Fernando Maynetto 4 6 7 5 6 4 6 3     4 Oscar Napout Carlos di Laura 2 6 2 6         5 Francisco Arréllaga Luciano Cuneo 6 4 4 6 0 6 ||||

### Semifinals
#### Brazil vs. Ecuador

| Brazil 0 | Fortaleza, Brazil 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Fortaleza, Brazil 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Ecuador 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Edvaldo Oliveira Ricardo Ycaza 1 6 1 6 2 6       2 Marcos Braga Andrés Gómez 2 6 6 4 3 6 4 6     3 Eduardo Oncins / Fernando Roese Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Fernando Roese Raúl Viver 7 9 2 6 2 6       5 Eduardo Oncins Ricardo Ycaza 5 7 3 6 ||||

#### Uruguay vs. Paraguay

| Uruguay 2 | Montevideo, Uruguay 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Montevideo, Uruguay 22–24 January 1982 Clay | Paraguay 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Diego Pérez Francisco González 1 6 6 4 1 6 8 6 6 3   2 José Luis Damiani Víctor Pecci 8 6 6 3 8 6       3 José Luis Damiani / Diego Pérez Francisco González / Víctor Pecci 3 6 6 3 7 9 9 7 6 8   4 José Luis Damiani Francisco González 4 6 4 6 3 6       5 Diego Pérez Víctor Pecci 1 6 7 5 6 8 4 6 ||||

### Final
#### Paraguay vs. Ecuador

| Paraguay 3 | Asunción, Paraguay 5–7 March 1982 Carpet (indoors) | Asunción, Paraguay 5–7 March 1982 Carpet (indoors) | Ecuador 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Víctor Pecci Ricardo Ycaza 6 1 10 8 6 1       2 Francisco González Andrés Gómez 6 3 14 12 6 3       3 Francisco González / Víctor Pecci Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza 8 6 3 6 2 6 4 6     4 Víctor Pecci Andrés Gómez 7 5 5 7 6 2 6 4     5 Francisco González Ricardo Ycaza 6 1 5 7 3 6 ||||

## Americas Inter-Zonal Final
### Canada vs. Paraguay

| Canada 1 | Laval, Canada 7–9 May 1982 Hard (indoors) | Laval, Canada 7–9 May 1982 Hard (indoors) | Paraguay 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Glenn Michibata Francisco González 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 4 3 6   2 Réjean Genois Víctor Pecci 2 6 6 8 3 6       3 William Cowan / Harry Fritz Francisco González / Víctor Pecci 4 6 4 6 0 6       4 Réjean Genois Francisco González 3 6 5 7         5 Glenn Michibata Francisco Arréllaga 6 1 6 0 ||||