1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool B

Group B of the 1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1996 Fed Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

		VEN	BRA	PUR	URU	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Venezuela		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–2	121–65	1
	Brazil	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	10–7	91–75	2
	Puerto Rico	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	5–14	66–105	3
	Uruguay	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	5–15	82–115	4

Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico

Venezuela 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta Emilie Viqueira 7 5 6 1     2 María Vento Joanne Bauzà 6 0 6 0     3 María Virgínia Francesca / Ninfa Marra Jenny Sotomayor / Tari Ann Toró 6 2 7 5

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Brazil vs. Uruguay

Brazil 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 24 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 1 Luciana Tella María Eugenia Fernández 6 1 2 6 11 9   2 Miriam D'Agostini Claudia Brause 6 2 6 2     3 Miriam D'Agostini / Vanessa Menga Claudia Brause / Elena Juricich 1 2       retired

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Venezuela vs. Uruguay

Venezuela 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta Claudia Brause 7^10 6^8 6 2     2 María Vento María Eugenia Fernández 3 6 6 2 6 4   3 Melissa Mazzotta / María Vento Claudia Brause / María Eugenia Fernández 6 1 6^3 7^7 6 3

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Brazil vs. Puerto Rico

Brazil 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 25 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 1 Miriam D'Agostini Joanne Bauzà 6 2 6 2     2 Eugênia Maia Emilie Viqueira 7 5 7 5     3 Vanessa Menga / Luciana Tella Jenny Sotomayor / Emilie Viqueira 6 2 6 0

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Venezuela vs. Brazil

Venezuela 3	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Brazil 0
1 2 3 1 Melissa Mazzotta Vanessa Menga 6 3 7^7 6^3     2 María Vento Luciana Tella 6 3 6 2     3 María Virgínia Francesca / Ninfa Marra Miriam D'Agostini / Vanessa Menga 6 3 6 4

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Puerto Rico vs. Uruguay

Puerto Rico 2	Club Palestino, Santiago, Chile 26 April 1996 Red clay (outdoors)		Uruguay 1
1 2 3 1 Joanne Bauzà María Eugenia Fernández 6 3 3 6 3 6   2 Emilie Viqueira Claudia Brause 6 2 6 1     3 Joanne Bauzà / Emilie Viqueira Claudia Brause / María Eugenia Fernández 6 2 1 6 6 3

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•  Uruguay placed last in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 1997, where they placed first in their pool of eight and as such advanced back to Group I for 1998.^[7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Venezuela v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
2. "Brazil v Uruguay". fedcup.com.
3. "Venezuela v Uruguay". fedcup.com.
4. "Brazil v Puerto Rico". fedcup.com.
5. "Venezuela v Brazil". fedcup.com.
6. "Venezuela v Uruguay". fedcup.com.
7. "Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website