2011 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo
Encyclopedia
The 2011 Prime Cup Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis
tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
. It took place in São Paulo
, Brazil
between 3 and 9 January 2011.
Christian Lindell
Tiago Lopes Fernando Romboli
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Rafael Camilo Henrique Cunha Gastão Elias
André Ghem
Ricardo Mello
def. Rafael Camilo, 6–2, 6–1
Franco Ferreiro
/ André Sá
def.
Santiago González / 
Horacio Zeballos, 7–5, 7–6(12)
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour
2011 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 15 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and approximately 150 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from...
. It took place in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
between 3 and 9 January 2011.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005... |
76 | 1 |
| Argentina |
Horacio Zeballos | 110 | 2 |
| Brazil |
João Souza João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Souza competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 90 August 7, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171, on September 21, 2009... |
111 | 3 |
| Argentina |
Máximo González Máximo González Máximo González Mereira is a professional tennis player from Argentina. His career high ranking is #58, achieved on July 6, 2009.- Early career through 2006 :... |
141 | 4 |
| Brazil |
Thiago Alves Thiago Alves (tennis) Thiago Alves is a professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ITF Tour. His career high rank was #88, achieved on July 13, 2009.- In Grand Slams :He has made four Grand Slam main draw appearances, qualifying into the... |
150 | 5 |
| Brazil |
Rogério Dutra da Silva Rogerio Dutra da Silva Rogério Dutra Da Silva is a Brazilian professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:... |
158 | 6 |
| Argentina |
Federico del Bonis Federico del Bonis Federico Delbonis is an Argentine professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:... |
160 | 7 |
 Chile |
Paul Capdeville Paul Capdeville Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76.... |
165 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of December 27, 2010.
Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Daniel Dutra da SilvaDaniel Dutra da Silva
Daniel Dutra da Silva is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Daniel Silva is the brother of the Brazilian tennis player Rogerio Dutra da Silva....
Christian Lindell
Christian Lindell
Christian Lindell is a professional tennis player from Sweden.Despite living his whole life in Brazil, Christian Lindell plays for Sweden after a curious event: In 2007, he already was one of the three best tennis player in Brazil for his age...
Tiago Lopes Fernando Romboli
Fernando Romboli
Fernando Romboli is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Romboli competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 244, on February 2, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 247, on October 5, 2010...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Rafael Camilo Henrique Cunha Gastão Elias
Gastao Elias
Gastão Elias is a Portuguese men's professional tennis player that competes in the ATP World Tour. In November 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 163. He has won four futures singles titles...
André Ghem
André Ghem
André Ghem is a professional Brazilian tennis player.- Career :He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 14, 2006, when he became the World No. 181....
Singles
Ricardo MelloRicardo Mello
Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005...
def.
Rafael Camilo, 6–2, 6–1Doubles
Franco FerreiroFranco Ferreiro
Franco Ferreiro is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He qualified for the 2009 French Open, but lost to Feliciano López in five sets in the first round after leading two sets to love.-Doubles: 2 :...
/
André SáAndré Sá
André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...
def.
Santiago González / Horacio Zeballos, 7–5, 7–6(12)