The Brasil Open was a men's
tennis
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tournament also known as the ATP Brasil Open. It was held annually in
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
,
Brazil
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from 2001 until 2019 and was the successor event to the earlier
Brazilian International Championships (1932–1969).
It was part of the
ATP Tour 250
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series, and was one of the main events in the Brazilian tennis calendar alongside
ATP Tour 500
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam (tenni ...
Rio Open
The Rio Open, also known as the ''Rio Open presented by Claro'' for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis event on the ATP Tour and former WTA International Tournaments event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasile ...
. Since 2004, it was a part of the South American clay court circuit but was held on hard courts prior to 2004.
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
and
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 ...
hold the record for most singles titles with three each, while in doubles the record is held by
Bruno Soares
Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 27 February 1982) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
A doubles specialist, Soares won six Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles, the 2016 Australian Open – Men's d ...
with three consecutive titles from 2011 to 2013. On 15 October 2019, tournament organisers announced that the tournament was being scrapped in favour of a return to the
Chile Open.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
See also
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Brazil International Championships
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ATP São Paulo
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São Paulo WCT
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São Paulo Challenger de Tênis
References
External links
Sao Paulo Overview ATP Tour Tennis*
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
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Defunct tennis tournaments in Brazil
Recurring sporting events established in 2001
Events at the Esporte Clube Pinheiros