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1958 Davis Cup America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1958 Davis Cup.

7 teams entered the America Zone, 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 Argentina in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw

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Quarterfinals
16–18 May; 4–12 July
Semifinals
11–21 July
Final
15–18 August
 Israel
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
bye
 Israel0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Argentina5
 Argentina5
Rye, NY, United States (grass)
 Caribbean/West Indies0
 Argentina0
Toronto, Canada (clay)
 United States5
 Canada5
Toronto, Canada (clay)
 Cuba0
 Canada0
Caracas, Venezuela
 United States5
 Venezuela0
 United States5

Quarterfinals

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Argentina vs. Caribbean/West Indies

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Argentina
5
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]
10–12 July 1958
Clay

Caribbean/West Indies
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Cricket West Indies
Enrique Morea
Peter Philips
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
2 Argentina
Cricket West Indies
Eduardo Soriano
Peter Valdez
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3 Argentina
Cricket West Indies
Alejo Russell / Eduardo Soriano
Peter Philips / Peter Valdez
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
4 Argentina
Cricket West Indies
Enrique Morea
Peter Valdez
10
8
6
3
6
3
     
5 Argentina
Cricket West Indies
Ernesto Rios
Peter Philips
6
3
6
4
6
3
     

Canada vs. Cuba

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Canada
5
Toronto CS&C Club, Toronto, Canada[4]
4–6 July 1958
Clay

Cuba
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Cuba
Don Fontana
Raúl Karman
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2 Canada
Cuba
Robert Bédard
Adolfo Miñoso
6
1
6
0
6
0
     
3 Canada
Cuba
Robert Bédard / Don Fontana
Raúl Karman / Adolfo Miñoso
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
4 Canada
Cuba
Robert Bédard
Raúl Karman
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
5 Canada
Cuba
Paul Willey
Adolfo Miñoso
6
2
6
1
6
3
     

Venezuela vs. United States

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Venezuela
0
Altamira Tennis Club, Caracas, Venezuela[5]
16–18 May 1958

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
United States
Isaías Pimentel
Ham Richardson
2
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Venezuela
United States
Marcos Gambus
Barry MacKay
4
6
1
6
2
6
     
3 Venezuela
United States
Marcos Gambus / Isaías Pimentel
Barry MacKay / William Quillian
1
6
4
6
5
7
     
4 Venezuela
United States
Isaías Pimentel
Barry MacKay
3
6
4
6
7
5
6
1
1
6
 
5 Venezuela
United States
Manuel Suárez
William Quillian
0
6
0
6
1
6
     

Semifinals

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Argentina vs. Israel

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Argentina
5
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[6]
19–21 July 1958
Clay

Israel
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Israel
Eduardo Soriano
Eleazar Davidman
6
3
2
6
6
1
6
0
   
2 Argentina
Israel
Enrique Morea
Arie Avidan-Weiss
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
3 Argentina
Israel
Enrique Morea / Eduardo Soriano
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Eleazar Davidman
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
4 Argentina
Israel
Eduardo Soriano
Arie Avidan-Weiss
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
5 Argentina
Israel
Enrique Morea
Eleazar Davidman
7
5
3
6
6
4
7
5
   

Canada vs. United States

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Canada
0
Toronto CS&C Club, Toronto, Canada[7]
11–13 July 1958
Clay

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
United States
Don Fontana
Barry MacKay
1
6
2
6
5
7
     
2 Canada
United States
Robert Bédard
Whitney Reed
7
9
2
6
4
6
     
3 Canada
United States
Robert Bédard / Don Fontana
Sam Giammalva / Barry MacKay
1
6
11
13
4
6
     
4 Canada
United States
Paul Willey
Barry MacKay
8
6
2
6
10
12
5
7
   
5 Canada
United States
Don Fontana
Jon Douglas
6
4
3
6
3
6
1
6
   

Final

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United States vs. Argentina

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United States
5
Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United States[2]
15–18 August 1958
Grass

Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Argentina
Barry MacKay
Eduardo Soriano
6
2
6
2
3
6
6
3
   
2 United States
Argentina
Ham Richardson
Enrique Morea
6
1
6
2
7
9
6
2
   
3 United States
Argentina
Sam Giammalva / Barry MacKay
Enrique Morea / Eduardo Soriano
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 United States
Argentina
Ham Richardson
Eduardo Soriano
6
4
6
2
7
5
     
5 United States
Argentina
Barry MacKay
Enrique Morea
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

References

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