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

1 Rankings are as of 22 October 2001.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:Diego Moyano
The following players received entry as lucky losers into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry as a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Argentina

Other entrants

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

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