2006 Brasil Open

The 2006 Brasil Open was an ATP Tour men's tennis tournament held in Costa do Sauipe resort, Mata de São João, Brazil and played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 20 to 27 February 2006. Nicolás Massú won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ARG	Gastón Gaudio	9	1
ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	16	2
ITA	Filippo Volandri	31	3
FRA	Florent Serra	37	4
ARG	Juan Ignacio Chela	44	5
CHI	Nicolás Massú	55	6
ESP	Alberto Martín	68	7
SCG	Boris Pašanski	58	8

¹ Rankings as of 20 February 2006.^[1]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

The following player received entry due to a protected ranking:

Before the tournament

Country	Player	Country	Player	Seed
CZE	František Čermák	CZE	Leoš Friedl	1
ARG	Martín García	ARG	Sebastián Prieto	2
POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	POL	Marcin Matkowski	3
CZE	Lukáš Dlouhý	CZE	Pavel Vízner	4

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Nicolás Massú defeated Alberto Martín 6–3, 6–4^[2]

Lukáš Dlouhý / Pavel Vízner defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 4–6, [10–3]

It was Dlouhý's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Vízner's 1st title of the year and the 10th of his career.

^ "Results Archive - Sao Paulo 2006 - Top Seeds". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "Chileno Massú conquista el título al derrotar al español Martín" [Chilean Massú wins the title after defeating Spaniard Martín]. La Nación (Costa Rica) (in Spanish). Costa do Sauípe. EFE. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2017.