2006 Brasil Open

The 2006 Brasil Open was an ATP Tour men's tennis tournament held in Costa do Sauipe resort, Mata de São João, Brazil and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 20 to 27 February 2006. Nicolás Massú won the singles title.

2006 Brasil Open
Date20 – 27 February
Edition6th
Draw32S/16D
Prize money$355,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationMata de São João, Brazil
Champions
Singles
Nicolás Massú
Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ARG Gastón Gaudio 9 1
 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 16 2
 ITA Filippo Volandri 31 3
 FRA Florent Serra 37 4
 ARG Juan Ignacio Chela 44 5
 CHI Nicolás Massú 55 6
 ESP Alberto Martín 68 7
 SCG Boris Pašanski 58 8

1 Rankings as of 20 February 2006.[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

The following player received entry due to a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Seed
 CZE František Čermák  CZE Leoš Friedl 1
 ARG Martín García  ARG Sebastián Prieto 2
 POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg  POL Marcin Matkowski 3
 CZE Lukáš Dlouhý  CZE Pavel Vízner 4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2006 Brasil Open – Singles

Nicolás Massú defeated Alberto Martín 6–3, 6–4[2]

  • It was Massú's only title of the year and the 7th of his career.

Doubles
Main article: 2006 Brasil Open – Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 4–6, [10–3]

  • It was Dlouhý's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Vízner's 1st title of the year and the 10th of his career.

References
  1. "Results Archive - Sao Paulo 2006 - Top Seeds". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. "Chileno Massú conquista el título al derrotar al español Martín" [Chilean Massú wins the title after defeating Spaniard Martín]. La Nación (Costa Rica) (in Spanish). Costa do Sauípe. EFE. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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