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The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1963 Davis Cup.

7 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone. The United States defeated Venezuela in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Draw

Quarterfinals
13–17 June; 26–28 July
Semifinals
28–30 July; 16–18 August
Final
13–15 September
 Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
bye
 Venezuela3
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
 Ecuador1
 Ecuador3
Denver, CO, United States (hard)
 Caribbean/West Indies2
 Venezuela0
Tehran, Iran
 United States5
 Iran0
Los Angeles, CA, United States (hard)
 United States5
 United States4
Vancouver, Canada (hard)
 Mexico1
 Canada1
 Mexico4

Quarterfinals

Ecuador vs. Caribbean/West Indies


Ecuador
3
Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador
15–17 June 1963
Clay

Caribbean/West Indies
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ecuador
Cricket West Indies
Pancho Guzmán
Lance Lumsden
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2 Ecuador
Cricket West Indies
Eduardo Zuleta
Peter Valdez
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
3 Ecuador
Cricket West Indies
Pancho Guzmán / Eduardo Zuleta
Lance Lumsden / Peter Valdez
4
6
6
3
4
6
5
7
   
4 Ecuador
Cricket West Indies
Eduardo Zuleta
Lance Lumsden
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
5 Ecuador
Cricket West Indies
Pancho Guzmán
Peter Valdez
4
6
5
7
7
9
     

Iran vs. United States


Iran
0
Imperial Tennis Club, Tehran, Iran
13–16 June 1963

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Iran
United States
Reza Akbari
Gene Scott
4
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Iran
United States
Taghi Akbari
Allen Fox
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Iran
United States
Reza Akbari / Taghi Akbari
Donald Dell / Gene Scott
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
4 Iran
United States
Reza Akbari
Allen Fox
1
6
0
6
1
6
     
5 Iran
United States
Taghi Akbari
Donald Dell
3
6
4
6
4
6
     

Canada vs. Mexico


Canada
1
Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club, Vancouver, Canada
26–28 July 1963
Hard

Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Mexico
François Godbout
Rafael Osuna
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Canada
Mexico
Henry Fauquier
Antonio Palafox
7
9
4
6
1
6
     
3 Canada
Mexico
Keith Carpenter / Henry Fauquier
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
3
6
5
7
4
6
     
4 Canada
Mexico
François Godbout
Antonio Palafox
3
6
3
6
1
6
     
5 Canada
Mexico
Keith Carpenter
Juan Arredondo
6
2
6
3
3
6
1
6
6
3
 

Semifinals

Venezuela vs. Ecuador


Venezuela
3
Altamira Tennis Club, Caracas, Venezuela
28–30 July 1963
Hard

Ecuador
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Venezuela
Ecuador
Juan Notz
Eduardo Zuleta
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
2 Venezuela
Ecuador
Isaías Pimentel
Pancho Guzmán
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
3 Venezuela
Ecuador
Juan Notz / Isaías Pimentel
Pancho Guzmán / Eduardo Zuleta
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
4 Venezuela
Ecuador
Isaías Pimentel
Eduardo Zuleta
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5 Venezuela
Ecuador
Juan Notz
Pancho Guzmán
6
0
3
6
3
6
7
5
  not
completed

United States vs. Mexico


United States
4
Los Angeles Tennis Club, Los Angeles, CA, United States
16–18 August 1963
Hard

Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Mexico
Chuck McKinley
Rafael Osuna
2
6
6
3
2
6
6
2
3
6
 
2 United States
Mexico
Dennis Ralston
Antonio Palafox
6
1
6
4
3
6
6
3
   
3 United States
Mexico
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
6
1
6
3
8
6
     
4 United States
Mexico
Dennis Ralston
Rafael Osuna
6
1
6
3
7
5
     
5 United States
Mexico
Chuck McKinley
Antonio Palafox
6
4
6
4
4
6
6
3
   

Final

United States vs. Venezuela


United States
5
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, CO, United States
13–15 September 1963
Hard

Venezuela
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Venezuela
Dennis Ralston
Orlando Bracamonte
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2 United States
Venezuela
Marty Riessen
Isaías Pimentel
8
6
6
4
6
4
     
3 United States
Venezuela
Dennis Ralston / Marty Riessen
Orlando Bracamonte / Isaías Pimentel
7
5
8
6
6
3
     
4 United States
Venezuela
Arthur Ashe
Orlando Bracamonte
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
5 United States
Venezuela
Dennis Ralston
Isaías Pimentel
18
16
9
7
6
4
     

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "United States v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ecuador v Caribbean/West Indies". daviscup.com.
  4. "Iran v United States". daviscup.com.
  5. "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  6. "Venezuela v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  7. "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.

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