The 2001 Brasil Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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 in Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, Bahia

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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 that was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

 of the 2001 ATP Tour

2001 ATP Tour

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 and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour

2001 WTA Tour

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. The tournament ran from September 10 through September 16, 2001.

Men's Singles

  Jan Vacek

Jan Vacek

Jan Vacek is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic.Vacek turned professional in 1999 and won a single title at the Brazil Open in 2001. He reached the fourth round at the 2002 Wimbledon....

defeated   Fernando Meligeni

Fernando Meligeni

Fernando Ariel Meligeni , nicknamed Fininho is a former professional tennis player from Brazil....

 2–6, 7–6 (7–2), 6–3

• It was Vacek's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Women's Singles

  Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...

defeated Jelena Dokić

Jelena Dokic

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 6–3, 6–3

• It was Seles' 2nd title of the year and the 55th of her career.

Men's Doubles

  Enzo Artoni

Enzo Artoni

Enzo Artoni , is a professional tennis player who represented Italy.During his career Artoni won 2 doubles titles. He enjoyed most of his pro tour tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 69 in 2005.-Wins :-Runner-up :-External links:...

/   Daniel Melo

Daniel Melo

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defeated   Gastón Etlis

Gastón Etlis

Gastón Etlis is a former tennis player from Argentina. He is Jewish.In January 2005 Etlis was ranked No.17 in doubles....

 /   Brent Haygarth

Brent Haygarth

Brent Haygarth , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 6 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 (7–5)

• It was Artoni's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Melo's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Amanda Coetzer

Amanda Coetzer

Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...

/   Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil

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defeated   Nicole Arendt

Nicole Arendt

Nicole J. Arendt is an American professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked forty-ninth in the world...

 /   Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini was an Argentine tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the Bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Tarabini reached...

6–7 (8–10), 6–2, 6–4

• It was Coetzer's 3rd title of the year and the 17th of her career. It was McNeil's 2nd title of the year and the 43rd of her career.

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