2001 Copa Ericsson Chile
# 2001 Copa Ericsson Chile

The 2001 Copa Ericsson was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. The tournament was part of the 2001 ATP Challenger Series. It took place at the Club de Polo y Equitación San Cristóbal in Santiago, Chile between 29 October and 4 November 2001.

The most notable event in this edition is the participation of former No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in the tournament, after a 5-year absence from the ATP Challenger Series tournaments. Ríos would also try to end his curse of not obtaining a title at his home country, after being runner-up at the Chile Open 3 times in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CHI | Marcelo Ríos | 44 | 1 |
| ARG | David Nalbandian | 52 | 2 |
| ARG | Mariano Zabaleta | 60 | 3 |
| ARG | José Acasuso | 84 | 4 |
| ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | 85 | 5 |
| BRA | Alexandre Simoni | 98 | 6 |
| BRA | André Sá | 100 | 7 |
| ARG | Agustín Calleri | 102 | 8 |
| BRA | Flávio Saretta | 112 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 22 October 2001.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Jorge Aguilar
* Hermes Gamonal
* Adrián García
* Marcelo Ríos

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Diego Moyano
* Sebastián Prieto
* Sergio Roitman
* Dušan Vemić

The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:

* Gastón Etlis
* Didac Pérez

The following players received entry as a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:

* Jan Frode Andersen
* Cristian Kordasz

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ARG | Enzo Artoni | ITA | Andrés Schneiter | 175 | 1 |
| BRA | André Sá | BRA | Alexandre Simoni | 258 | 2 |
| BRA | Daniel Melo | YUG | Dušan Vemić | 276 | 3 |
| ARG | Diego del Río | ARG | Mariano Hood | 293 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of 22 October 2001.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Hermes Gamonal / Fernando González
* Miguel Miranda / Julio Peralta
* Felipe Parada / Juan Felipe Yáñez

The following pair received entry as alternates into the doubles main draw:

* Ricardo Mello / Flávio Saretta

## Champions

### Singles

* Marcelo Ríos defeated Edgardo Massa, 6–4, 6–2.

### Doubles

* André Sá / Alexandre Simoni defeated Daniel Melo / Dušan Vemić, 3–6, 6–3, $7–6^{(7–3)}$
