1978 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, with 3 teams entering the North & Central America Zone and 8 teams entering the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone advanced to the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

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

The North & Central America Zone was marked by a number of incidents related to the continued presence of South Africa team. Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and the Caribbean/West Indies teams all withdrew from the competition, and large scale protests accompanied the final between the United States and South Africa at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.[5][6] In an effort to appease its critics, South Africa named Peter Lamb as one of the six members of its team, as its first-ever "coloured" player.[7] However, Lamb did not play, and his inclusion in the squad was derided as tokenism. Crowds of up to 5000 turned out in protest.[8]

North & Central America Zone

Draw

Semifinals
15–17 December 1977
Final
17–19 March
 United States
Nashville, TN, United States (indoor carpet)
bye
 United States4
Johannesburg, South Africa
 South Africa1
 South Africa4
 Colombia1

Semifinals

South Africa vs. Colombia


South Africa
4
Johannesburg, South Africa[9]
15–17 December 1977

Colombia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Colombia
Byron Bertram
Jairo Velasco
0
6
3
6
6
4
12
10
6
1
 
2 South Africa
Colombia
Ray Moore
Iván Molina
5
7
2
6
6
4
2
6
   
3 South Africa
Colombia
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
Álvaro Betancur / Iván Molina
6
0
8
6
6
2
     
4 South Africa
Colombia
Byron Bertram
Iván Molina
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
5 South Africa
Colombia
Ray Moore
Álvaro Betancur
6
3
6
3
6
2
     

Final

United States vs. South Africa


United States
4
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States[2]
17–19 March 1978
Carpet (indoors)

South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
South Africa
Vitas Gerulaitis
Bernard Mitton
2
6
6
2
6
1
7
5
   
2 United States
South Africa
Harold Solomon
Byron Bertram
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
1
   
3 United States
South Africa
Fred McNair / Sherwood Stewart
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
0
6
3
6
4
6
     
4 United States
South Africa
Harold Solomon
Bernard Mitton
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
5 United States
South Africa
Vitas Gerulaitis
Byron Bertram
6
3
6
3
6
0
     

South America Zone

Draw

First Round
1–6 November 1977
Qualifying Round
9–11 December 1977
 Chile
Santiago, Chile
bye
 Chile5
Lima, Peru
 Bolivia0
 Peru0
 Bolivia5
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
 Uruguay3
Montevideo, Uruguay
 Ecuador2
 Uruguay4
 Brazil1
bye
 Brazil

First round

Peru vs. Bolivia


Peru
0
Lima, Peru[10]
4–6 November 1977

Bolivia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Peru
Bolivia
Fernando Maynetto
Mario Martínez
3
6
3
6
6
4
5
7
   
2 Peru
Bolivia
Miguel Maurtúa
Ramiro Benavides
2
6
4
6
6
4
5
7
   
3 Peru
Bolivia
Miguel Maurtúa / Fernando Maynetto
Juan Carlos Alvarado / Ramiro Benavides
6
3
6
8
2
6
7
5
3
6
 
4 Peru
Bolivia
Miguel Maurtúa
Mario Martínez
4
6
6
4
4
6
8
10
   
5 Peru
Bolivia
Luis Alberto Olmedo
Juan Carlos Alvarado
0
6
1
6
3
6
     

Uruguay vs. Ecuador


Uruguay
3
Montevideo, Uruguay[11]
November 1977
Clay

Ecuador
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Uruguay
Ecuador
Hugo Roverano
Ricardo Pazmiño
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
2 Uruguay
Ecuador
José Luis Damiani
Ricardo Ycaza
4
6
5
7
1
6
     
3 Uruguay
Ecuador
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano
Miguel Olvera / Ricardo Ycaza
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Uruguay
Ecuador
José Luis Damiani
Ricardo Pazmiño
6
1
6
0
6
2
     
5 Uruguay
Ecuador
Hugo Roverano
Ricardo Ycaza
5
7
2
6
4
6
     

Qualifying round

Chile vs. Bolivia


Chile
5
Santiago, Chile[12]
9–11 December 1977

Bolivia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
Bolivia
Belus Prajoux
Mario Martínez
6
4
6
1
6
3
     
2 Chile
Bolivia
Hans Gildemeister
Ramiro Benavides
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
3 Chile
Bolivia
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Juan Carlos Alvarado / Ramiro Benavides
3
6
6
2
6
0
8
6
   
4 Chile
Bolivia
Hans Gildemeister
Mario Martínez
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
5 Chile
Bolivia
Belus Prajoux
Ramiro Benavides
6
1
6
1
6
1
     

Uruguay vs. Brazil


Uruguay
4
Montevideo, Uruguay[13]
9–11 December 1977

Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Uruguay
Brazil
José Luis Damiani
Thomaz Koch
7
5
6
4
6
0
     
2 Uruguay
Brazil
Hugo Roverano
Carlos Kirmayr
0
6
6
2
6
3
4
6
7
5
 
3 Uruguay
Brazil
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano
Carlos Kirmayr / Thomaz Koch
9
7
6
3
6
2
     
4 Uruguay
Brazil
José Luis Damiani
Marcos Hocevar
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
5 Uruguay
Brazil
Hugo Roverano
Fernando Gentil
1
6
3
6
7
5
5
7
   

Draw

Semifinals
18–20 December 1977
Final
17–19 March
Santiago, Chile
 Chile5
Santiago, Chile (clay)
 Uruguay0
 Chile3
 Argentina2
bye
 Argentina

Semifinals

Chile vs. Uruguay


Chile
5
Santiago, Chile[14]
18–20 December 1977

Uruguay
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
Uruguay
Jaime Fillol
Hugo Roverano
9
7
6
3
6
0
     
2 Chile
Uruguay
Hans Gildemeister
José Luis Damiani
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3 Chile
Uruguay
Patricio Cornejo / Belus Prajoux
José Luis Damiani / Hugo Roverano
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
4 Chile
Uruguay
Jaime Fillol
José Luis Damiani
8
6
6
0
6
2
     
5 Chile
Uruguay
Hans Gildemeister
Hugo Roverano
6
1
6
4
6
2
     

Final

Chile vs. Argentina


Chile
3
Santiago, Chile[3]
17–19 March 1978
Clay

Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
Argentina
Hans Gildemeister
Guillermo Vilas
9
7
6
3
3
6
6
4
   
2 Chile
Argentina
Jaime Fillol
Ricardo Cano
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3 Chile
Argentina
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Chile
Argentina
Hans Gildemeister
Ricardo Cano
6
4
7
5
6
4
     
5 Chile
Argentina
Jaime Fillol
Guillermo Vilas
3
6
4
6
0
6
     

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Chile vs. United States


Chile
2
Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[4]
15–17 September 1978
Clay[15]

United States
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
United States
Jaime Fillol
Brian Gottfried
4
6
5
7
2
6
     
2 Chile
United States
Hans Gildemeister
Harold Solomon
5
7
6
3
3
6
1
6
   
3 Chile
United States
Jaime Fillol / Belus Prajoux
Brian Gottfried / John McEnroe
6
3
3
6
6
8
3
6
   
4 Chile
United States
Jaime Fillol
Harold Solomon
6
3
6
2
       
5 Chile
United States
Hans Gildemeister
Brian Gottfried
4
6
7
5
12
10
     

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