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{{TennisEventInfo|2006|Brasil Open|
| date=20 – 27 February
| edition=6th
| prize_money= $355,000
| draw=32S/16D
| surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / Outdoor
| location=[[Mata de São João]], [[Brazil]]
| champs={{flagicon|CHI}} [[Nicolás Massú]]
| champd={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lukáš Dlouhý]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Vízner]]
}}

The '''2006 [[Brasil Open]]''' was an [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP Tour]] men's [[tennis]] tournament held in [[Costa do Sauipe]] resort, [[Mata de São João]], [[Brazil]] and played on outdoor [[clay court]]s. 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===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank<sup>1</sup> 
! Seed
|-
|{{flag|ARG}}
|[[Gastón Gaudio]]
|9
|1
|-
|{{flag|ESP}}
|[[Juan Carlos Ferrero]]
|16
|2
|-
|{{flag|ITA|2003}}
|[[Filippo Volandri]]
|31
|3
|-
|{{flag|FRA}}
|[[Florent Serra]]
|37
|4
|-
|{{flag|ARG}}
|[[Juan Ignacio Chela]]
|44
|5
|-style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|CHI}}
|[[Nicolás Massú]]
|55
|6
|-style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|ESP}}
|[[Alberto Martín]]
|68
|7
|-
|{{flag|SCG}}
|[[Boris Pašanski]]
|58
|8
|}
<sup>1</sup> Rankings as of 20 February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results Archive - Sao Paulo 2006 - Top Seeds|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/sao-paulo/533/2006/top-seeds|website=ATP World Tour|accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref>

===Other entrants===
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Ghem]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Mello]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Sá]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nicolás Almagro]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Martín del Potro]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olivier Patience]]

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iván Navarro (tennis)|Iván Navarro Pastor]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albert Portas]]

The following player received entry due to a protected ranking:
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gustavo Kuerten]]

===Withdrawals===
'''Before the tournament'''
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustín Calleri]] (replaced by Portas)
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mariano Zabaleta]] (replaced by Navarro Pastor)

==Doubles main draw entrants==

===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Seed
|-
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[František Čermák]]
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[Leoš Friedl]]
|1
|-
|{{flag|ARG}}
|[[Martín García (tennis)|Martín García]]
|{{flag|ARG}}
|[[Sebastián Prieto (tennis)|Sebastián Prieto]]
|2
|-style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|POL}}
|[[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]]
|{{flag|POL}}
|[[Marcin Matkowski]]
|3
|-style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[Lukáš Dlouhý]]
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[Pavel Vízner]]
|4
|}

===Other entrants===
The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gustavo Kuerten]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Sá]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ricardo Mello]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Flávio Saretta]]

The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Francesco Aldi]] / {{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Alessio di Mauro]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nicolás Almagro]] / {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Sergio Roitman]]

==Champions==

===Singles===
{{main|2006 Brasil Open – Singles}}
{{flagicon|CHI}} '''[[Nicolás Massú]]''' defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Martín]] 6–3, 6–4<ref>{{cite news|title=Chileno Massú conquista el título al derrotar al español Martín|trans-title=Chilean Massú wins the title after defeating Spaniard Martín|url=http://www.nacion.com/deportes/Chileno-Massu-conquista-derrotar-Martin_0_814518898.html|accessdate=23 July 2017|work=[[La Nación (San José)|La Nación (Costa Rica)]]|agency=[[EFE]]|date=25 February 2006|location=Costa do Sauípe|language=Spanish}}</ref>
* It was Massú's only title of the year and the 7th of his career.

===Doubles===
{{main|2006 Brasil Open – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Lukáš Dlouhý]]''' / {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Pavel Vízner]]''' defeated {{flagicon|POL}} [[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/sao-paulo/533/2006/results Official Results Archive (ATP)]
* [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100013332 Official Results Archive (ITF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129025200/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100013332 |date=2016-11-29 }}
* [http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2006/533/mds.pdf Singles Draw (ATP)]
* [http://www.protennislive.com/posting/2006/533/mdd.pdf Doubles Draw (ATP)]

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