1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I was one of two pools in the Americas Zone Group I of the 1999 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to the Group I play-off, the winner of which would advance to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom team being relegated down to 2000 Group II.

		ARG	COL	PAR	MEX	ECU	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Argentina		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	24–2	148–61	1
	Colombia	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	18–6	129–76	2
	Paraguay	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–2	8–18	99–124	3
	Mexico	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–3	8–17	87–125	4
	Ecuador	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–4	6–21	76–153	5

Colombia 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Mexico 0
1 2 3 1 Catalina Castaño Melissa Torres Sandoval 6 3 6 2     2 Fabiola Zuluaga Erika Valdés 6 2 6 4     3 Mariana Mesa / Fabiola Zuluaga Karin Palme / Graciela Vélez 6 3 6 4

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Paraguay 2	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 1 Laura Bernal María Dolores Campana 4 6 66 78     2 Larissa Schaerer Nuria Niemes 6 3 6 0     3 Laura Bernal / Larissa Schaerer María Dolores Campana / Nuria Niemes 66 78 6 1 6 1

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Argentina 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Mexico 0
1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Graciela Vélez 6 2 6 1     2 Paola Suárez Karin Palme 6 1 6 3     3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Karin Palme / Graciela Vélez 6 1 6 1

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Colombia 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 1 Catalina Castaño Myriam Cuevas 6 4 6 0     2 Fabiola Zuluaga Paola Guerrero 6 2 6 0     3 Catalina Castaño / Fabiola Zuluaga María Dolores Campana / Nuria Niemes 6 1 6 3

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Argentina 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Paraguay 0
1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Laura Bernal 6 0 6 3     2 Paola Suárez Larissa Schaerer 6 2 6 4     3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Laura Bernal / Larissa Schaerer 6 2 6 4

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Mexico 2	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Ecuador 1
1 2 3 1 Erika Valdés María Dolores Campana 7 5 3 6 2 6   2 Karin Palme Nuria Niemes 6 2 6 0     3 Karin Palme / Graciela Vélez María Dolores Campana / Nuria Niemes 77 64 4 6 6 3

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Argentina 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Ecuador 0
1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Myriam Cuevas 6 1 6 0     2 Paola Suárez Paola Guerrero 6 3 6 1     3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Myriam Cuevas / Paola Guerrero 6 1 6 1

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Colombia 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Paraguay 0
1 2 3 1 Catalina Castaño Laura Bernal 6 3 6 2     2 Fabiola Zuluaga Larissa Schaerer 6 2 6 4     3 Catalina Castaño / Mariana Mesa Laura Bernal / Larissa Schaerer 6 3 6 4

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Argentina 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Colombia 0
1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Catalina Castaño 0 6 7 5 7 5   2 Paola Suárez Fabiola Zuluaga 2 6 6 4 6 1   3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Catalina Castaño / Mariana Mesa 6 2 6 1

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Paraguay 2	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Mexico 1
1 2 3 1 Laura Bernal Erika Valdés 6 2 1 6 3 6   2 Larissa Schaerer Karin Palme 6 1 6 4     3 Mónica Acosta / María Alejandra García Karin Palme / Graciela Vélez 6 2 6 0

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•  Ecuador failed to win any ties in the pool, and thus was relegated to Group II in 2000, where they placed first overall, and thus advanced back to Group I for 2001.^[11]

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