2005 Brasil Open

The 2005 Brasil Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament held in Mata de São João, Brazil. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from February 14 to February 21. Rafael Nadal won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	Gastón Gaudio	Withdrew	1
CHI	Fernando González	17	2
ARG	Juan Ignacio Chela	23	3
ITA	Filippo Volandri	41	4
ESP	David Ferrer	47	5
ESP	Rafael Nadal	48	6
ARG	Mariano Zabaleta	51	7
ESP	Albert Costa	54	8
BRA	Ricardo Mello	56	9

¹ Rankings as of 14 February 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Template:Flagicon Àlex Corretja
• Template:Flagicon André Sá
• Template:Flagicon Júlio Silva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Template:Flagicon Peter Luczak
• Template:Flagicon Juan Antonio Marín
• Template:Flagicon Edgardo Massa
• Template:Flagicon Martín Vassallo Argüello

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Template:Flagicon Guillermo García López

The following player received entry as a special exemption:

• Template:Flagicon Mariano Puerta

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Template:Flagicon Gastón Gaudio (Pubalgia)

Retirements

During the tournament

• Template:Flagicon David Ferrer (Flu)
• Template:Flagicon Óscar Hernández (Right ankle sprain)
• Template:Flagicon Filippo Volandri (Flu)
• Template:Flagicon Martín Vassallo Argüello (Heat stress)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Seed
ARG	Gastón Etlis	ARG	Martín Rodríguez	1
ARG	Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	Mariano Hood	2
CZE	František Čermák	CZE	Leoš Friedl	3
ARG	Martín García	ARG	Sebastián Prieto	4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

• Template:Flagicon Marcos Daniel / Template:Flagicon Franco Ferreiro
• Template:Flagicon Henrique Mello / Template:Flagicon Ricardo Mello

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín (lower back pain)

Finals

Singles

Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal defeated Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín 6–0, 6–7^(2–7), 6–1

• It was Nadal's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Doubles

Template:Flagicon František Čermák / Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl defeated Template:Flagicon José Acasuso / Template:Flagicon Ignacio González King 6–4, 6–4

• It was Čermák's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career. It was Friedl's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career.

External links

• ATP Tournament Profile
• Official Results Archive (ATP)
• Official Results Archive (ITF) Template:Webarchive