The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1998 Fed Cup.
Group I Venue: Tennis Academy, Brasília, Brazil (outdoor clay) Date: 14–17 April
The nine teams were first randomly divided into three pools of three teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The nine teams were then divided into three new pools based on their placing in their first pools, which would be used to determine each team's overall placing in the zonal group. The team that finished first overall would be promoted to the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished eighth and ninth would be relegated to Group II for 1999.
Initial Pools
Placement Pools
advanced to World Group II Play-offs. and relegated to Group II in 1999.
Group II Venue: Chipinque Racquet Club, Monterrey, Mexico (outdoor hard) Date: 27 April – 3 May
The sixteen teams were divided into two pools of eight. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1999.
Pools
and advanced to Group I in 1999.
See also Fed Cup structure
References
Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay Fed Cup Profile, Canada Fed Cup Profile, Colombia Fed Cup Profile, Chile Fed Cup Profile, Peru Fed Cup Profile, Ecuador Fed Cup Profile, Mexico Fed Cup Profile, El Salvador Fed Cup Profile, Haiti Fed Cup Profile, Costa Rica Fed Cup Profile, Guatemala Fed Cup Profile, Barbados Fed Cup Profile, Bermuda Fed Cup Profile, Puerto Rico Fed Cup Profile, Cuba Fed Cup Profile, Dominican Republic Fed Cup Profile, Bolivia Fed Cup Profile, Trinidad and Tobago Fed Cup Profile, Panama Fed Cup Profile, Jamaica
External links Fed Cup website