The 2017 Brasil Open was a
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
clay court
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s. It was the 17th edition of the
Brasil Open
The Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament also known as the ATP Brasil Open. It was held annually in São Paulo, Brazil from 2001 until 2019 and was the successor event to the earlier Brazilian International Championships (1932–1969).
It ...
, and part of the
ATP World Tour 250 series
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of the
2017 ATP World Tour
The 2017 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (super ...
. It took place from February 27 through March 6, 2017, at the
Esporte Clube Pinheiros
The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club Germânia (Sport Club Germany), is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo. The full name of the cl ...
in
São Paulo
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, Brazil, with the final completed on a Monday due to rain.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 20, 2017.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
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Orlando Luz
Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 54 achieved on 9 June 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021.
Juniors
Luz along with compatriot ...
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Akira Santillan
is an Australian tennis player. He represents Australia in competitions, though he played for Japan from 2015 to 2017.
Early life
Santillan was born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and a South African father. He lived the first 8 years of his li ...
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João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
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Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud (; born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in September 2022, making him t ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hunga ...
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Guilherme Clezar
Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events.
He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open
...
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Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is an Italian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013.
Career
Giannessi ...
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Jozef Kovalík
Jozef Kovalík (; born 4 November 1992) is a Slovak professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 80 and a doubles ranking of No. 245 reached in 2018. He is currently t ...
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of February 20, 2017.
Other entrants
The following pairs received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Dušan Lajović
Dušan Lajović ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2019, he reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubl ...
/ Eduardo Russi Assumpção
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Fabrício Neis
Fabrício Neis (born 15 June 1990, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian former tennis
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/
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
The following pair received entry as alternates:
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Íñigo Cervantes
Íñigo Cervantes Huegun García (; born 30 November 1989 in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San S ...
/
Taro Daniel
is an American-Japanese professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58 on 15 January 2024. He has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, as well as nine ATP Challenger Tour singles ti ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Thomaz Bellucci
Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê, São Paulo, Tietê) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010.
Bellucci used a string of ATP Challeng ...
Champions
Singles
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Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...
def.
Albert Ramos Viñolas
Albert Ramos Viñolas (; born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved in May 2017 after reaching the final of the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters.
Career
Juniors
R ...
, 6–7
(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
Doubles
*
Rogério Dutra Silva
Rogério Dutra da Silva (; born February 3, 1984) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player.
Dutra Silva had a career high ATP singles ranking of 63 achieved on July 24, 2017 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 84 achieved on Febru ...
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André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player.
In singles, he was a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP ...
def.
Marcus Daniell
Marcus Daniell (born 9 November 1989) is a New Zealand former professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 34 on 29 January 2018 after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He won a bronz ...
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Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in November 2017. Demoliner has won five doubles titles.
He won hi ...
, 7–6
(7–5), 5–7,
0–7
External links
Official website
{{2017 ATP World Tour
Brasil Open
The Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament also known as the ATP Brasil Open. It was held annually in São Paulo, Brazil from 2001 until 2019 and was the successor event to the earlier Brazilian International Championships (1932–1969).
It ...
Events at the Esporte Clube Pinheiros