title: 2005 Brasil Open
text: # 2005 Brasil Open
  
  The 2005 Brasil Open was an ATP men's tennis tournament held in Mata de São João, Brazil. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from February 14 to February 21. Rafael Nadal won the singles title.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ARG | Gastón Gaudio | Withdrew | 1 |
  | CHI | Fernando González | 17 | 2 |
  | ARG | Juan Ignacio Chela | 23 | 3 |
  | ITA | Filippo Volandri | 41 | 4 |
  | ESP | David Ferrer | 47 | 5 |
  | ESP | Rafael Nadal | 48 | 6 |
  | ARG | Mariano Zabaleta | 51 | 7 |
  | ESP | Albert Costa | 54 | 8 |
  | BRA | Ricardo Mello | 56 | 9 |
  
  $^1$ Rankings as of 14 February 2005.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Àlex Corretja
  * André Sá
  * Júlio Silva
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Peter Luczak
  * Juan Antonio Marín
  * Edgardo Massa
  * Martín Vassallo Argüello
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Guillermo García López
  
  The following player received entry as a special exemption:
  
  * Mariano Puerta
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Gastón Gaudio (Pubalgia)
  
  ### Retirements
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * David Ferrer (Flu)
  * Óscar Hernández (Right ankle sprain)
  * Filippo Volandri (Flu)
  * Martín Vassallo Argüello (Heat stress)
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ARG | Gastón Etlis | ARG | Martín Rodríguez | 1 |
  | ARG | Lucas Arnold Ker | ARG | Mariano Hood | 2 |
  | CZE | František Čermák | CZE | Leoš Friedl | 3 |
  | ARG | Martín García | ARG | Sebastián Prieto | 4 |
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Marcos Daniel / Franco Ferreiro
  * Henrique Mello / Ricardo Mello
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Alberto Martín (lower back pain)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Rafael Nadal defeated Alberto Martín 6–0, $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–1
  
  * It was Nadal's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  František Čermák / Leoš Friedl defeated José Acasuso / Ignacio González King 6–4, 6–4
  
  * It was Čermák's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career. It was Friedl's 2nd title of the year and the 7th of his career.
  