1968 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Americas Zone: 4 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Ecuador defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Ecuador and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

North & Central America Zone

Draw

United States vs. Caribbean/West Indies


United States
5
Byrd Park, Richmond, VA, United States[5]
3–5 May 1968
Hard

Caribbean/West Indies
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Cricket West Indies
Clark Graebner
Richard Russell
6
1
7
5
6
2
     
2 United States
Cricket West Indies
Arthur Ashe
Lance Lumsden
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
3 United States
Cricket West Indies
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Lance Lumsden / Richard Russell
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
4 United States
Cricket West Indies
Arthur Ashe
Richard Russell
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
5 United States
Cricket West Indies
Bob Lutz
Lance Lumsden
6
0
6
2
6
1
     

Mexico vs. Canada


Mexico
5
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[6]
11–13 May 1968
Clay

Canada
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna
Henry Fauquier
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2 Mexico
Canada
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Mike Belkin
16
14
4
6
6
3
6
3
   
3 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa
Mike Belkin / Keith Carpenter
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
4 Mexico
Canada
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Henry Fauquier
6
3
1
6
1
6
6
0
6
3
 
5 Mexico
Canada
Rafael Osuna
Keith Carpenter
6
2
6
3
6
2
     

United States vs. Mexico


United States
5
Berkeley Tennis Club, Berkeley, CA, United States[2]
24–26 May 1968
Hard

Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Mexico
Arthur Ashe
Rafael Osuna
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
2 United States
Mexico
Clark Graebner
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
6
3
8
6
4
6
6
4
   
3 United States
Mexico
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazúa
4
6
6
3
9
7
10
8
   
4 United States
Mexico
Clark Graebner
Rafael Osuna
10
8
6
3
6
2
     
5 United States
Mexico
Arthur Ashe
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
6
4
8
6
6
2
     

South America Zone

Draw

Quarterfinals
27–29 April
Semifinals
29–31 March; 11–13 May
Final
24–27 May
Caracas, Venezuela
 Venezuela3
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Argentina2
 Venezuela0
 Ecuador3
 Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
 Ecuador3
 Chile1
bye
Lima, Peru
 Peru
 Peru0
 Chile5
bye
 Chile

Venezuela vs. Argentina


Venezuela
3
Caracas, Venezuela[7]
27–29 April 1968

Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose
Tito Vázquez
4
6
6
3
8
6
6
1
   
2 Venezuela
Argentina
Jorge Andrew
Norberto Herrero
13
15
6
4
7
5
6
4
   
3 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose / Julio Moros
Roberto Aubone / Tito Vázquez
1
6
4
6
8
10
     
4 Venezuela
Argentina
Jorge Andrew
Tito Vázquez
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
5 Venezuela
Argentina
Humphrey Hose
Norberto Herrero
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Venezuela vs. Ecuador


Venezuela
0
Caracas, Venezuela[8]
11–13 May 1968
Hard

Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Ecuador
Julio Moros
Miguel Olvera
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
2 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew
Pancho Guzmán
6
2
2
6
3
6
2
6
   
3 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew / Ivon Savy
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Venezuela
Ecuador
Jorge Andrew
Miguel Olvera
          not
played
5 Venezuela
Ecuador
Julio Moros
Pancho Guzmán
          not
played

Peru vs. Chile


Peru
0
Lima, Peru[9]
29–31 March 1968

Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Peru
Chile
Tomás González
Jaime Pinto Bravo
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña
Patricio Cornejo
6
8
3
6
0
6
     
3 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña / Tomás González
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
3
6
3
6
3
6
   
4 Peru
Chile
Alfredo Acuña
Jaime Pinto Bravo
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
5 Peru
Chile
Tomás González
Omar Pabst
8
6
4
6
6
2
4
6
3
6
 

Ecuador vs. Chile


Ecuador
3
Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador[3]
24–27 May 1968
Clay

Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Chile
Miguel Olvera
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
9
7
4
6
4
6
1
6
 
2 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán
Patricio Cornejo
3
6
5
7
8
6
6
4
6
3
 
3 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo / Patricio Rodríguez
3
6
7
9
6
3
11
9
6
1
 
4 Ecuador
Chile
Miguel Olvera
Patricio Cornejo
5
7
5
7
12
10
6
2
7
5
 
5 Ecuador
Chile
Pancho Guzmán
Jaime Pinto Bravo
          not
played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Ecuador


United States
5
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, United States[4]
7–9 June 1968
Carpet (indoor)

Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Ecuador
Arthur Ashe
Pancho Guzmán
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner
Miguel Olvera
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
3 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner / Bob Lutz
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
4 United States
Ecuador
Clark Graebner
Pancho Guzmán
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
5 United States
Ecuador
Arthur Ashe
Miguel Olvera
6
1
6
3
6
0
     

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ecuador v Chile". daviscup.com.
  4. "United States v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  5. "United States v Caribbean/West Indies". daviscup.com.
  6. "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
  7. "Venezuela v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. "Venezuela v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  9. "Peru v Chile". daviscup.com.
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