The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.
12 teams entered the Americas Zone split across two sub-zones, the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. 5 teams played in each of the sub-zone's preliminary rounds, with two teams progressing to each sub-zone's main draw to join the previous year's finalists the United States and Chile. The winners of each sub-zone main draw then played against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Zone to compete against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.
The United States defeated Mexico in the North & Central America Zone final, and Chile defeated Argentina in the South America Zone final. In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Chile and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
North & Central America Zone
Preliminary rounds
Draw
First round Colombia vs. Canada
Qualifying round Colombia vs. Caribbean/West Indies
Mexico vs. Venezuela
Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals Mexico vs. Colombia
Final Mexico vs. United States
South America Zone
Preliminary rounds
Draw
First round Argentina vs. Ecuador
Qualifying round Argentina vs. Brazil
Uruguay vs. South Africa
Main Draw
Draw
Semifinals Argentina vs. South Africa
Final Argentina vs. Chile
Americas Inter-Zonal Final United States vs. Chile
The doubles match between Smith/van Dillen and Cornejo/Fillol set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a doubles rubber (122). The second set, which went to 37-39, set the record for the most games played in a set (76).
References
External links Davis Cup official website