The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the

1976 Davis Cup The 1976 Davis Cup was the 65th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 58 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 14 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. This ...

. This year's tournament saw all teams in the Americas Zone competing in one single bracket, with the previous North & Central America and South America sub-zones, and subsequently the Americas Inter-Zonal final, being eliminated. This brought the Americas Zone in line with the outline of the other zones, with the previous year's Americas sub-zone champions progressing to the new Americas main draw semifinals. 14 teams entered the Americas Zone in total, with 12 teams competing in the preliminary rounds to advance to the main draw and join the previous year's finalists South Africa and Chile. The winner of the main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the

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and Europe Zone. Chile defeated South Africa in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First round

Mexico vs. Caribbean/West Indies Canada vs. Colombia Peru vs. Uruguay

Qualifying round

United States vs. Venezuela Mexico vs. Canada Brazil vs. Peru Ecuador vs. Argentina

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. United States Argentina vs. Brazil

Semifinals

South Africa vs. Mexico For the second year in succession, due to their opposition to the apartheid policies of the South African government, Mexico withdrew from their tie against South Africa. As a result Mexico defaulted the tie and South Africa were declared the winners by default. Chile vs. Argentina

Final

Chile vs. South Africa

References

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External links

Davis Cup official website
Davis Cup Americas Zone

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