title: 2001 Copa Ericsson Chile
text: # 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, $7–6^{(7–3)}$
  