2018 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

The Americas Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2018. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Escazú, Costa Rica, from 28 May to 2 June 2018. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Americas Zone, for 2019.

Participating nations

Inactive nations

Draw

Date: 28 May–2 June

Location: Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. The winner of Pool A will play-off against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play-off against the runner-up of Pool A to determine which two nations will advance to Americas Zone Group II in 2019.

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Paraguay	81	1
	Honduras	84	2
2	Costa Rica	94	3
	Jamaica	95	4
3	Bahamas	99	5
	Cuba	104	6
4	Panama	110	7
	Bermuda	113	8
	Antigua and Barbuda	130	9

• ¹Davis Cup Rankings as of 9 April 2018

Round Robin

Pool A

		PAR	CRC	CUB	PAN	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Paraguay		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	16–4 (80%)	111–74 (60%)	1
3	Costa Rica	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	15–5 (75%)	108–76 (59%)	2
6	Cuba	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	7–13 (35%)	82–102 (45%)	3
7	Panama	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	2–18 (10%)	65–116 (36%)	4

Pool B

		BAH	HON	JAM	ANT	BER	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
5	Bahamas		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	22–3 (88%)	142–83 (63%)	1
2	Honduras	1–2		1–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	14–10 (58%)	110–86 (56%)	2
4	Jamaica	0–3	2–1		1–2	3–0	2–2	14–13 (52%)	130–121 (52%)	3
9	Antigua and Barbuda	0–3	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–2	10–16 (38%)	107–127 (46%)	4
8	Bermuda	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–4	4–22 (15%)	77–149 (34%)	5

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Paraguay	0–2	Honduras
Promotional	Costa Rica	1–2	Bahamas
5th–6th	Cuba	2–0	Jamaica
7th–8th	Panama	2–1	Antigua and Barbuda
9th	—		Bermuda

 Bahamas and  Honduras were promoted to Group II in 2019.

Round Robin

Pool A

Paraguay vs. Panama

Paraguay 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[1] 30 May Hard		Panama 0
1 2 3 1 Juan Borba Marcelo Rodríguez 6 4 6 1     2 Ayed Zatar Walner Espinoza 6 2 3 6 6 3   3 Diego Galeano / Ayed Zatar Jorge Daniel Chévez / Luis Alejandro Espinoza Bares 6 3 77 64

Costa Rica vs. Cuba

Costa Rica 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[2] 30 May Hard		Cuba 0
1 2 3 1 Sebastián Quirós Omar Hernández Moreno 0 6 6 2 6 4   2 Jesse Flores Osmel Rivera Granja 6 3 7 5     3 Pablo Núñez / Julián Saborío Omar Hernández Moreno / Osmel Rivera Granja 6 3 7 5

Paraguay vs. Cuba

Paraguay 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[3] 31 May Hard		Cuba 0
1 2 3 1 Juan Borba Omar Hernández Moreno 77 62 6 1     2 Ayed Zatar Osmel Rivera Granja 6 1 6 3     3 Diego Galeano / Ayed Zatar Denilson Martínez / Osmel Rivera Granja 6 1 6 2

Costa Rica vs. Panama

Costa Rica 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[4] 31 May Hard		Panama 0
1 2 3 1 Sebastián Quirós Marcelo Rodríguez 6 2 6 2     2 Jesse Flores Walner Espinoza 6 2 6 2     3 Pablo Núñez / Julián Saborío Walner Espinoza / Luis Alejandro Espinoza Bares 6 3 6 2

Paraguay vs. Costa Rica

Paraguay 2	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[5] 1 June Hard		Costa Rica 1
1 2 3 1 Diego Galeano Sebastián Quirós 6 3 5 7 7 5   2 Ayed Zatar Jesse Flores 6 4 6 4     3 Juan Borba / Juan Pablo Vallejo Álvarez Pablo Núñez / Julián Saborío 1 6 3 6

Cuba vs. Panama

Cuba 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[6] 1 June Hard		Panama 0
1 2 3 1 Omar Hernández Moreno Marcelo Rodríguez 6 4 6 1     2 Osmel Rivera Granja Walner Espinoza 6 2 6 4     3 Denilson Martínez / David Rodríguez Walner Espinoza / Luis Alejandro Espinoza Bares 7 5 2 6 7 5

Pool B

Honduras vs. Bahamas

Honduras 1	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[7] 28 May Hard		Bahamas 2
1 2 3 1 Keny Turcios Philip Wilbert Major 4 6 2 6     2 Jaime Bendeck Baker Newman 2 6 1 6     3 Jaime Bendeck / Alejandro Obando Marvin Rolle / Jody Turnquest 6 2 6 2

Bermuda vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Bermuda 1	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[8] 28 May Hard		Antigua and Barbuda 2
1 2 3 1 Richard Mallory Kevin Gardner 77 65 6 2     2 David Thomas Jody Maginley 1 6 3 6     3 Jenson Bascome / Gavin Manders Carlton Bedminster / Jody Maginley 77 62 4 6 3 6

Jamaica vs. Bermuda

Jamaica 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[9] 29 May Hard		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitri Bird Richard Mallory 6 3 6 4     2 Rowland Phillips Gavin Manders 6 3 6 4     3 Marcus Malcolm / Rowland Phillips Jenson Bacsome / David Thomas 6 1 3 6 6 3

Bahamas vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[10] 29 May Hard		Antigua and Barbuda 0
1 2 3 1 Philip Wilbert Major Shakir Elvin 6 4 6 3     2 Baker Newman Jody Maginley 7 5 7 5     3 Philip Wilbert Major / Marvin Rolle Carlton Bedminster / Kevin Gardner 6 2 6 0

Honduras vs. Bermuda

Honduras 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[11] 30 May Hard		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Keny Turcios Richard Mallory 6 1 6 1     2 Jaime Bendeck David Thomas 6 2 6 1     3 Jaime Bendeck / Alejandro Obando Jenson Bacsome / Richard Mallory 6 1 6 2

Jamaica vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Jamaica 1	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[12] 30 May Hard		Antigua and Barbuda 2
1 2 3 1 Dimitri Bird Shakir Elvin 6 1 6 1     2 Rowland Phillips Jody Maginley 5 7 2 6     3 Marcus Malcolm / Rowland Phillips Carlton Bedminster / Jody Maginley 4 6 6 2 4 6

Honduras vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Honduras 2	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[13] 31 May Hard		Antigua and Barbuda 1
1 2 3 1 Keny Turcios Shakir Elvin 6 1 6 2     2 Jaime Bendeck Jody Maginley 0 6 1 6     3 Jaime Bendeck / Alejandro Obando Carlton Bedminster / Jody Maginley 6 2 6 4

Jamaica vs. Bahamas

Jamaica 0	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[14] 31 May Hard		Bahamas 3
1 2 3 1 Dimitri Bird Philip Wilbert Major 1 6 3 6     2 Rowland Phillips Baker Newman 6 1 5 7 5 7   3 Dimitri Bird / Marcus Malcolm Marvin Rolle / Jody Turnquest 3 6 63 77

Honduras vs. Jamaica

Honduras 1	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[15] 1 June Hard		Jamaica 2
1 2 3 1 Alejandro Obando Dimitri Bird 6 2 6 1     2 Jaime Bendeck Rowland Phillips 2 6 65 77     3 Alejandro Obando / Keny Turcios Dimitri Bird / Rowland Phillips 66 78 2 6

Bahamas vs. Bermuda

Bahamas 3	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[16] 1 June Hard		Bermuda 0
1 2 3 1 Jody Turnquest Richard Mallory 6 2 6 2     2 Baker Newman David Thomas 6 4 6 1     3 Philip Wilbert Major / Marvin Rolle Jenson Bacsome / Richard Mallory 6 1 6 4

Playoffs

Promotional Playoffs

Paraguay vs. Honduras

Paraguay 0	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[17] 2 June Hard		Honduras 2
1 2 3 1 Juan Borba Alejandro Obando 2 6 63 77     2 Ayed Zatar Jaime Bendeck 4 6 3 6     3 Diego Galeano / Ayed Zatar Jaime Bendeck / Keny Turcios       not played

Bahamas vs. Costa Rica

Bahamas 2	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[18] 2 June Hard		Costa Rica 1
1 2 3 1 Philip Wilbert Major Sebastián Quirós 6 2 6 2     2 Baker Newman Jesse Flores 63 77 4 6     3 Philip Wilbert Major / Marvin Rolle Jesse Flores / Julián Saborío 4 6 6 4 6 3

5th to 6th Playoff

Cuba vs. Jamaica

Cuba 2	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[19] 2 June Hard		Jamaica 0
1 2 3 1 Omar Hernández Moreno Marcus Malcolm 7 5 6 4     2 Osmel Rivera Granja Rowland Phillips 6 4 3 6 7 5   3 Omar Hernández Moreno / Osmel Rivera Granja Dimitri Bird / Rowland Phillips       not played

7th to 8th Playoff

Panama vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Panama 2	Costa Rica Country Club, Escazú, Costa Rica[20] 2 June Hard		Antigua and Barbuda 1
1 2 3 1 Walner Espinoza Carlton Bedminster 6 3 6 2     2 Jorge Daniel Chévez Jody Maginley 3 6 4 6     3 Walner Espinoza / Marcelo Rodríguez Shakir Elvin / Jody Maginley 4 6 6 4 6 3

References

External links

World GroupAmericas ZoneAsia/Oceania ZoneEurope/Africa Zone