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
Chile Nicolás Massú
Doubles
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý / Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
← 2005 · Brasil Open · 2007 →

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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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

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Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Champions

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Singles

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  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

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  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

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  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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