2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II

Main article: 2008 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2008.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2009.

Participating nations

• Bahamas
• Bolivia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Netherlands Antilles
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

Draw

	Play-offs					First Round					Second Round					Third Round
						Emmastad, Curaçao (hard)
						1	Ecuador	4
	Emmastad, Curaçao (hard)						Netherlands Antilles	1			Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
	Netherlands Antilles		3								1	Ecuador	4
	Bolivia		2			Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (clay)					4	Dominican Republic	1
						4	Dominican Republic	5
							Bolivia	0								Lambaré, Paraguay (indoor hard)
																1	Ecuador	3
						Nassau, Bahamas (hard)										2	Paraguay	2
							Bahamas	4
	San Juan de los Morros, Ven. (hard)					3	Venezuela	1			Nassau, Bahamas (hard)
	3	Venezuela	4									Bahamas	1
		El Salvador	1			Lambaré, Paraguay (clay)					2	Paraguay	4
							El Salvador	2
						2	Paraguay	3

• Bolivia and El Salvador relegated to Group III in 2009.
• Ecuador promoted to Group I in 2009.

First round

Netherlands Antilles vs. Ecuador

Netherlands Antilles 1	S.O.V. Asiento, Emmastad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles 8–10 February 2008 Hard		Ecuador 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Romano Tatuhey Julio César Campozano 6 2 4 6 79 67 77 64     2 Alexander Blom Carlos Avellán 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Alexander Blom / Romano Tatuhey Carlos Avellán / Iván Endara 77 64 64 77 1 6 64 77     4 Nick Van Rosberg Julio César Campozano 2 6 1 6 3 6       5 Jason Engelhardt Iván Endara 2 6 0 6

Bolivia vs. Dominican Republic

Bolivia 0	Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 8–10 February 2008 Clay		Dominican Republic 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mauricio Estívariz Jhonson García 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 4 2 6   2 José Roberto Velasco Víctor Estrella Burgos 2 6 6 4 2 6 4 6     3 Diego Camacho / José Roberto Velasco Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 3 3 6 4 6 0 6     4 Mauricio Doria-Medina Víctor Estrella Burgos 2 6 3 6         5 Diego Camacho Henry Estrella 6 3 4 6 5 7

Bahamas vs. Venezuela

Bahamas 4	National Tennis Center, Nassau, Bahamas 8–10 February 2008 Hard		Venezuela 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timothy Neilly Yohny Romero 4 6 0 6 610 712       2 Devin Mullings José de Armas 6 2 7 5 6 0       3 Mark Knowles / Marvin Rolle José de Armas / Piero Luisi 6 1 6 4 4 6 77 64     4 Devin Mullings Yohny Romero 2 6 6 4 79 67 6 3     5 Timothy Neilly Piero Luisi 6 1 6 4

Paraguay vs. El Salvador

Paraguay 3	Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo, Lambaré, Paraguay 8–10 February 2008 Clay		El Salvador 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramón Delgado Marcelo Arévalo 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Juan Carlos Ramírez Rafael Arévalo 3 6 0 6 0 6       3 Juan-Enrique Crosa / Ramón Delgado Rafael Arévalo / Marcelo Arévalo 63 77 5 7 3 6       4 Ramón Delgado Rafael Arévalo 6 2 4 6 6 1 2 6 6 4   5 Juan Carlos Ramírez Marcelo Arévalo 3 6 6 1 6 1 6 3

Second round

Ecuador vs. Dominican Republic

Ecuador 4	Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador 11–13 April 2008 Clay		Dominican Republic 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Julio César Campozano Víctor Estrella Burgos 711 69 3 6 65 77 6 3 6 4   2 Nicolás Lapentti Jhonson García 6 2 7 5 6 0       3 Carlos Avellán / Nicolás Lapentti Víctor Estrella Burgos / Jhonson García 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 1     4 Carlos Avellán Luis Delgado 6 1 6 0         5 Iván Endara Jhonson García 6 3 3 6 2 6

Bahamas vs. Paraguay

Bahamas 1	National Tennis Center, Nassau, Bahamas 11–13 April 2008 Hard		Paraguay 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timothy Neilly Ramón Delgado 1 6 0 6 2 6       2 Devin Mullings Ricardo Mena 6 3 64 77 4 6 4 6     3 Mark Knowles / Marvin Rolle Juan-Enrique Crosa / Juan Carlos Ramírez 6 4 6 3 6 3       4 Devin Mullings Ramón Delgado 2 6 3 6 4 6       5 Marvin Rolle Juan Carlos Ramírez 6 0 4 6 2 6

Relegation play-offs

Netherlands Antilles vs. Bolivia

Netherlands Antilles 3	S.O.V. Asiento, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles 11–13 April 2008 Hard		Bolivia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Romano Tatuhey Mauricio Doria-Medina 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Alexander Blom José Roberto Velasco 4 6 2 6 6 0 6 0 7 5   3 Romano Tatuhey / Martijn van Haasteren Diego Camacho / Mauricio Estívariz 6 3 68 710 77 65 6 3     4 Alexander Blom Mauricio Doria-Medina 4 6 3 6         5 Nick Van Rosberg Mauricio Estívariz 1 6 62 77

Venezuela vs. El Salvador

Venezuela 4	Ciudad Olímpica de San Juan de Los Morros, San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela 11–13 April 2008 Hard		El Salvador 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Román Recarte Rafael Arévalo 3 6 4 6 3 6       2 Yohny Romero Marcelo Arévalo 4 6 6 2 6 4 2 4     retired 3 Piero Luisi / Roberto Maytín Rafael Arévalo / César Escobar Serrano 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Yohny Romero Rafael Arévalo 6 1 6 4 3 6 6 3     5 Piero Luisi César Escobar Serrano 6 2 6 2

Third round

Paraguay vs. Ecuador

Paraguay 2	Polideportivo de la Cooperativa Lambaré, Lambaré, Paraguay 19–21 September 2008 Hard (indoors)		Ecuador 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Carlos Ramírez Nicolás Lapentti 3 6 1 6 0 6       2 Ramón Delgado Julio César Campozano 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Ramón Delgado / Gustavo Ramírez Carlos Avellán / Nicolás Lapentti 6 1 2 6 1 6 5 7     4 Ramón Delgado Nicolás Lapentti 6 3 6 4 62 77 64 77 4 6   5 Gustavo Ramírez Iván Endara 4 6 6 4 6 3

External links

• Davis Cup official website