Brasil Open

This article is about the tennis tournament. For the golf tournament, see Brazil Open (golf).

Brasil Open (men) WTA Brasil Open (women)
Location	Men: São Paulo Women: São Paulo Bahia Brazil
Surface	Men: Hard/Outdoors (2001–03) Clay/Outdoors (2004–11) Clay/Indoors (2012–present) Women: Hard/Outdoors
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ATP World Tour
Category	ATP International Series (2001–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	$527,700
WTA Tour
Category	Tier 2
Draw	28S / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$600,000

The Brasil Open is a tennis tournament held annually in Costa do Sauípe, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A part of the ATP World Tour 250 series, 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.

From 2012 the tournament will be held in São Paulo.

The women's WTA tournament began in 1999. The WTA Brasil Open lasted only until 2002.

Champions

Men's singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
São Paulo	2012	Nicolás Almagro	Filippo Volandri	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Costa do Sauípe	2011	Nicolás Almagro	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6–3, 7–6(3)
	2010	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Łukasz Kubot	6–1, 6–0
	2009	Tommy Robredo	Thomaz Bellucci	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
	2008	Nicolás Almagro	Carlos Moyá	7–6(4), 3–6, 7–5
	2007	Guillermo Cañas	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–6(4), 6–2
	2006	Nicolás Massú	Alberto Martín	6–3, 6–4
	2005	Rafael Nadal	Alberto Martín	6–0, 6–7(2), 6–1
	2004	Gustavo Kuerten	Agustín Calleri	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	2003	Sjeng Schalken	Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 6–4
	2002	Gustavo Kuerten	Guillermo Coria	6–7(4), 7–5, 7–6(2)
	2001	Jan Vacek	Fernando Meligeni	2–6, 7–6(2), 6–3

Men's doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
São Paulo	2012	Eric Butorac Bruno Soares	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Costa do Sauípe	2011	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	Pablo Andújar Daniel Gimeno-Traver	7–6(4), 6–3
	2010	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	7–5, 6–4
	2009	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	Lucas Arnold Juan Mónaco	6–4, 7–5
	2008	Marcelo Melo André Sá	Albert Montañés Santiago Ventura	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
	2007	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Albert Montañés	6–2, 7–6(4)
	2006	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 4–6, [10–3]
	2005	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	José Acasuso Ignacio González King	6–4, 6–4
	2004	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	Tomas Behrend Leoš Friedl	6–2, 6–2
	2003	Todd Perry Thomas Shimada	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–2, 6–4
	2002	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	Gustavo Kuerten André Sá	6–3, 7–6(1)
	2001	Enzo Artoni Daniel Melo	Gastón Etlis Brent Haygarth	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(5)

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2002	Anastasia Myskina	Eleni Danilidou	6–3, 0–6, 6–2
2001	Monica Seles	Jelena Dokić	6–2, 6–3
2000	Rita Kuti-Kis	Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1999	Fabiola Zuluaga	Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2002	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos	6–4, 6–1
2001	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	Nicole Arendt Patricia Tarabini	6–7(8), 6–2, 6–4
2000	Lilia Osterloh Tamarine Tanasugarn	Rita Grande Meghann Shaughnessy	7–5, 6–1
1999	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	Janette Husárová Florencia Labat	5-7, 6-4, 6-3

ATP points and prize money

For the 2011 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:

Singles

Round	ATP Points	Prize Money
Winner	250	US$85,700
Finalist	150	US$45,100
Semifinalists	90	US$24,450
Quarter-finalists	45	US$13,930
Round of 16	20	US$8,200
Round of 32	0	US$4,865
Qualifying	12	US$785

Doubles

Round	ATP Points	Prize Money
Winner	250	US$26,000
Finalist	150	US$13,700
Semifinalists	90	US$7,410
Quarterfinalists	45	US$4,240
Round of 16	20	US$2,490

External links

• Brazil Open website (Portuguese) 
• ATP Profile
• Tennis Corner WTA Profile