The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil (outdoor clay)
• Date: 25–30 April

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five teams. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group play-offs next year. The two nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

	Pool A	CAN	VEN	BRA	URU	CHI
1	Canada (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Venezuela (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Brazil (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0
4	Uruguay (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Chile (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	ARG	COL	MEX	PAR	CUB
1	Argentina (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Colombia (3–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Mexico (2–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Paraguay (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1
5	Cuba (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2

Play-off

Canada 1	Santinho Coast, Florianópolis, Brazil 18 April 2000 Red clay (outdoors)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 1 Jana Nejedly Gisela Dulko 6 3 7 5     2 Sonya Jeyaseelan María Emilia Salerni 4 6 5 7     3 Maureen Drake / Sonya Jeyaseelan Laura Montalvo / María Emilia Salerni 1 6 3 6

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•  Argentina advanced to 2001 World Group play-offs.^[2]
•  Chile and  Cuba relegated to Group II in 2001.^[3][4]

Group II

• Venue: Maya C.C., La Libertad, El Salvador (outdoor clay)
• Date: 9–13 May

The fourteen teams were randomly divided into two pools of four and two pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The play-off stage of the group was used to determine placings. The top two teams from each pool would be drawn in a knockout stage to determine which teams would be promoted, while the remaining teams played-off to determine the other placings.

Pools

	Pool A	DOM	TRI	BAR
1	Dominican Republic (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Trinidad and Tobago (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Barbados (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	ECU	BAH	PAN	ATG
1	Ecuador (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bahamas (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Panama (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Antigua and Barbuda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	PUR	GUA	BER	JAM
1	Puerto Rico (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Guatemala (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Bermuda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Jamaica (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	BOL	ESA	CRC
1	Bolivia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	El Salvador (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Costa Rica (0–2)	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2000 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – Play-offs

	Play-offs					First round					Second round
						Dominican Republic		2
						Puerto Rico		1
	Puerto Rico		0								Dominican Republic		0
	Bolivia		3								Ecuador		3
						Bolivia		0
						Ecuador		3

	Play-offs					First round					Second round
						Dominican Republic		2
						Puerto Rico		1
	Puerto Rico		0								Dominican Republic		0
	Bolivia		3								Ecuador		3
						Bolivia		0
						Ecuador		3

	Play-offs					First round					Second round
						Barbados		0
						Costa Rica		3
	Barbados		1								Costa Rica		3
	Panama		2								Bermuda		0
						Bermuda		2
						Panama		1

	First round 12 May
		Antigua and Barbuda	1
		Jamaica	2

•  Ecuador and  Dominican Republic advanced to Group I for 2001.^[5][6]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website