Brasil Open

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Brasil Open
ATP Tour
Location Costa do Sauípe
Flag of Brazil Brazil
Category International Series
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Draw 32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money $456,000
Website uol.com.br

Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP International Series Tournaments, it is currently the main event in the Brazilian tennis calendar. Since 2004 it has been a part of the South American Clay Court Circuit but was held on hard courts prior to 2004.

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[edit] ATP Points and Prize Money

For the 2006 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:

Singles

Round ATP Entry Points ATP Race Points Prize Money
Winner 175 35 US$52,000
Finalist 120 24 US$30,600
Semifinalists 75 15 US$18,000
Quarter-finalists 40 8 US$10,600
Round of 16 15 3 US$6,225
Round of 32 5 1 US$3,650
Qualifying - - US$500

Doubles

Round ATP Entry Points ATP Race Points Prize Money
Winner 175 35 US$16,350
Finalist 120 24 US$9,600
Semifinalists 75 15 US$5,650
Quarter-finalists 40 8 US$3,400
Round of 16 5 1 US$2,000

[edit] Champions

[edit] Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2001 Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Vacek Flag of Brazil Fernando Meligeni 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3
2002 Flag of Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Flag of Argentina Guillermo Coria 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(2)
2003 Flag of the Netherlands Sjeng Schalken Flag of Germany Rainer Schüttler 6-2, 6-4
2004 Flag of Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Flag of Argentina Agustín Calleri 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2005 Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal Flag of Spain Alberto Martín 6-0, 6-7(2), 6-1
2006 Flag of Chile Nicolás Massú Flag of Spain Alberto Martín 6-3, 6-4
2007 Flag of Argentina Guillermo Cañas Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(4), 6-1
2008 Flag of Spain Nicolas Almagro Flag of Spain Carlos Moya 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-5

[edit] Doubles

Year Champion Runner-ups Score
2001 Flag of Italy Enzo Artoni
Flag of Brazil Daniel Melo
Flag of Argentina Gastón Etlis
Flag of South Africa Brent Haygarth
6-3 1-6 7-65
2002 Flag of the United States Scott Humphries
Flag of the Bahamas Mark Merklein
Flag of Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Flag of Brazil André Sá
6-3 7-61
2003 Flag of Australia Todd Perry
Flag of the United States Thomas Shimada
Flag of the United States Scott Humphries
Flag of the Bahamas Mark Merklein
6-2 6-4
2004 Flag of Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Flag of Poland Marcin Matkowski
Flag of Germany Tomas Behrend
Flag of the Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6-2 6-2
2005 Flag of the Czech Republic František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Flag of Argentina José Acasuso
Flag of Argentina Ignacio González King
6-4 6-4
2006 Flag of the Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Flag of Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Flag of Poland Marcin Matkowski
6-1 4-6 [10-3]
2007 Flag of the Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Flag of the Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Flag of Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Flag of Spain Albert Montañés
6-2 7-64
2008 Flag of Brazil Marcelo Melo
Flag of Brazil André Sá
Flag of Spain Albert Montañés
Flag of Spain Santiago Ventura
4-6 6-2 [10-7]

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