1996 Fed Cup Americas Zone
Subsection of tennis competition
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The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1996 Fed Cup.
Group I
The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. Nations finishing in the bottom place in each pool were relegated to Americas Zone Group II for 1997.
Pools
| Pool A | CHI | COL | MEX | PAR | |
| 1 |  Chile (3–0) |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Colombia (2–1) |
1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3 |  Mexico (1–2) |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 4 |  Paraguay (0–3) |
1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Pool B | VEN | BRA | PUR | URU | |
| 1 |  Venezuela (3–0) |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Brazil (2–1) |
0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  Puerto Rico (1–2) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| 4 |  Uruguay (0–3) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Knockout stage
| Semifinals 27 April | Final 28 April | ||||||||
| Chile
| 2 | ||||||||
| Brazil
| 1 | ||||||||
| Chile
| 2 | ||||||||
| Colombia
| 1 | ||||||||
| Colombia
| 2 | ||||||||
| Venezuela
| 1 | ||||||||
Group II
- Venue: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor clay)
- Date: 6–12 May
The thirteen teams were divided into two pools of six and seven. The top team from each pool then moved would advance to Group I for 1997.
Pools
| Pool A | ECU | BOL | ESA | GUA | BAH | BAR | |
| 1 |  Ecuador (5–0) |
3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Bolivia (4–1) |
0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  El Salvador (3–2) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 |  Guatemala (2–3) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 5 |  Bahamas (1–4) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| 6 |  Barbados (0–5) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Pool B | PER | CUB | DOM | CRC | TRI | JAM | BER | |
| 1 |  Peru (5–1) |
1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Cuba (5–1) |
2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 |  Dominican Republic (5–1) |
0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 4 |  Costa Rica (3–3) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago (2–4) |
1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 6 |  Jamaica (1–5) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| 7 |  Bermuda (0–6) |
0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 |