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2006 Brasil Open
Date	20 – 27 February
Edition	6th
Draw	32S/16D
Prize money	$355,000
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Mata de São João, Brazil
Champions
Singles
Nicolás Massú
Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner
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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.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	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

Rankings as of 20 February 2006.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• André Ghem
• Ricardo Mello
• André Sá

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nicolás Almagro
• Juan Martín del Potro
• Daniel Gimeno Traver
• Olivier Patience

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Iván Navarro Pastor
• Albert Portas

The following player received entry due to a protected ranking:

• Gustavo Kuerten

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Agustín Calleri (replaced by Portas)
• Mariano Zabaleta (replaced by Navarro Pastor)

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:

• Gustavo Kuerten / André Sá
• Ricardo Mello / Flávio Saretta

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

• Francesco Aldi / Alessio di Mauro
• Nicolás Almagro / Sergio Roitman

Champions

Singles

Nicolás Massú defeated Alberto Martín 6–3, 6–4

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

Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 4–6,

• 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.

External links

• Official Results Archive (ATP)
• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2016-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Singles Draw (ATP)
• Doubles Draw (ATP)

• 2006 Brasil Open
• 2006 ATP Tour
• 2006 in Brazilian tennis