WTA Brasil Open

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The WTA Brasil Open was founded in 1977 as the successor event to the earlier Brazilian International Championships (1932–1969).

Although the WTA itself currently does not acknowledge many of these tournaments to be new editions of one larger tournament, a part of historians, the press, and the media, see them as only one tournament despite changes in names, cities, surfaces, and various hiatus.[1][2][3][4]

Finals

Singles

Location Year Champion[5] Runner-up Score Ref
World Tour event
São Paulo 1977United States Billie Jean KingNetherlands Betty Stöve6–1, 6–4[6]
1978–83Not held
Rio de Janeiro 1984Italy Sandra CecchiniArgentina Adriana Villagrán-Reami6–3, 6–3[7]
São Paulo 1985Argentina Mercedes PazPeru Laura Arraya5–7, 6–1, 6–4[8]
1986United States Vicki Nelson-DunbarUnited States Jenny Klitch6–2, 7–6(7–1)[8]
Guarujá 1987Brazil Niege DiasBrazil Patricia Medrado6–0, 6–7, 6–4[8]
1988Argentina Mercedes Paz (2)Canada Rene Simpson7–5, 6–2[8]
1989Argentina Federica HaumüllerArgentina Patricia Tarabini7–6(9–7), 6–4[9]
São Paulo 1990Germany Veronika MartinekUnited States Donna Faber6–2, 6–4[10]
1991Germany Sabine HackGermany Veronika Martinek6–3, 7–5[11]
1992Not held
Curitiba 1993Germany Sabine Hack (2)Argentina Florencia Labat6–2, 6–0[12]
1994–98Not held
São Paulo 1999Colombia Fabiola ZuluagaAustria Patricia Wartusch7–5, 4–6, 7–5[13]
Tier IV event
São Paulo 2000Hungary Rita Kuti-KisArgentina Paola Suárez4–6, 6–4, 7–5[14]
Tier II event
Mata de São João 2001United States Monica SelesSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić6–3, 6–3[15]
2002Russia Anastasia MyskinaGreece Eleni Daniilidou6–3, 0–6, 6–2[16]

Doubles

Location Year Champions[17] Runners-up Score Ref
World Tour event
São Paulo 1977Australia Kerry Reid
Australia Wendy Turnbull
South Africa Linky Boshoff
South Africa Ilana Kloss
6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1978–83Not held
Rio de Janeiro 1984Canada Jill Hetherington
Canada Hélène Pelletier
United States Penny Barg-Mager
United States Kyle Copeland
6–3, 2–6, 7–6
São Paulo 1985Argentina Mercedes Paz
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
Brazil Niege Dias
Hungary Csilla Bartos
7–5, 6–4[8]
1986Brazil Neige Dias
Brazil Patricia Medrado
Peru Laura Arraya
Austria Petra Huber
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)[8]
Guarujá 1987United States Katrina Adams
United States Cheryl Jones
Canada Jill Hetherington
Argentina Mercedes Paz
6–3, 6–4[8]
1988Argentina Bettina Fulco
Argentina Mercedes Paz (2)
Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Simone Schilder
7–5, 6–2[8]
1989Argentina Mercedes Paz (3)
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Brazil Cláudia Chabalgoity
Brazil Luciana Corsato
6–2, 6–2[8]
São Paulo 1990Argentina Bettina Fulco
Czechoslovakia Eva Švíglerová
France Mary Pierce
United States Luanne Spadea
7–5, 6–4[8]
1991Argentina Inés Gorrochategui
Argentina Mercedes Paz (4)
United States Renata Baranski
United States Laura Glitz
6–2, 6–2[8]
1992Not held
Curitiba 1993Germany Sabine Hack
Germany Veronika Martinek
Brazil Cláudia Chabalgoity
Brazil Andrea Vieira
6–2, 7–6(7–4)[8]
1994–98Not held
São Paulo 1999Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Florencia Labat
6–7(7–9), 7–5, 7–5
Tier IV event
São Paulo 2000Argentina Laura Montalvo (2)
Argentina Paola Suárez (2)
Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Florencia Labat
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Tier II event
Mata de São João 2001South Africa Amanda Coetzer
United States Lori McNeil
United States Nicole Arendt
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–7(8–10), 6–2, 6–4
2002Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez (3)
France Émilie Loit
Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos
6–4, 6–1

References

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  15. "Brasil Open - Bahia 2001 live score / Tennis WTA | 10.09.2001 | TennisLive.co.uk". www.tennislive.co.uk. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
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