ATP São Paulo
The International Tennis Tournament Brasil Open is an annual in São Paulo material discharged ATP tournament. The first tournament was held in Costa do Sauipe 2001, in the 2012 season wandered the event to São Paulo. It is played indoors on sand, a combination that is unique on the ATP Tour. It is part of the ATP World Tour 250 and the so-called Golden Swing, a series of clay court tournaments in Latin America, which are held at the beginning of the season (next to São Paulo or Buenos Aires, Viña del Mar and Rio de Janeiro until 2013 Acapulco). Already in the 1990s, a tennis tournament was held in São Paulo, the Banespa Open. It was the successor tournament of the competition in Itaparica and was held in 1991-1993. The first two sweeps were played on Hard Court, the last host on clay court.
Been a German player could not enter in the list of winners is. Last -time tournament champion Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil was 2004 Kuerten won in 2002 and is equipped with Nicolás Almagro and Rafael Nadal is the only player to win the tournament at least twice.; Almagro is the record winner with three titles. In double Bruno Soares holds the record with three titles.
The tournament will be held today in February and lasts a week. It is played on sand at least 470 200 U.S. $ prize money, of which the winner will receive U.S. $ 85,700. Tournament director is Fernando from Oertzen.
- 2.1 Single
- 2.2 double