BH Tennis Open International Cup

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BH Tennis Open International Cup
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameBelo Horizonte
Location Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$35,000+H
Website www.bhopen.com.br
Thiago Alves is one of eight Brazilian players to have won the singles event in seventeen editions Thiago-alves.jpg
Thiago Alves is one of eight Brazilian players to have won the singles event in seventeen editions
Janko Tipsarevic, then representing Serbia and Montenegro took the singles title in 2004 Janko Tipsarevic, Wimbledon 2007.jpg
Janko Tipsarević, then representing Serbia and Montenegro took the singles title in 2004
Eventual World No. 1 in doubles Nenad Zimonjic, competing for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, won the singles event in 2000 Nenad Zimonjic.jpg
Eventual World No. 1 in doubles Nenad Zimonjić, competing for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, won the singles event in 2000

The BH Tennis Open International Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, since 1992.

Contents

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2011 Flag of Brazil.svg Júlio Silva Flag of Portugal.svg Gastão Elias 6–4, 6–4
2010 Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Dutra da Silva Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Argüello 6–4, 6–3
2009 Flag of Brazil.svg Júlio Silva Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Schwank 46, 63, 64
2008 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Massú 64, 63
2007 Flag of Argentina.svg Brian Dabul Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Schwank 67(4), 76(5), 63
2006 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Alves Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá 63, 06, 64
2005 Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Fruttero Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Pless 76(4), 76(6)
2004 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Mello 64, 57, 64
2003 Flag of Chile.svg Julio Peralta Flag of Thailand.svg Danai Udomchoke 76(6), 16, 61
2002 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Mello Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni 63, 63
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Taino Flag of Brazil.svg Flávio Saretta 57, 61, 62
2000 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Nenad Zimonjić Flag of France.svg Jean-François Bachelot 63, 67(6), 75
1999 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo 62, 76
1998 Flag of Brazil.svg Francisco Costa Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1997 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Jabali Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá 26, 75, 63
1996 Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Oncins Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Maurice Ruah 64, 63
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Campbell Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha Silva 62, 63
1994 Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Silberberg Flag of Italy.svg Marco Meneschincheri 76, 63
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Blackman Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg David Adams 67, 64, 76
1992 Flag of Austria.svg Gilbert Schaller Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha Silva 64, 67, 60

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2011 Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi
Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Schwank
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Hocevar
Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Lindell
6–2, 6–4
2010 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Grilli
Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Kirche
Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Lindell
Flag of Brazil.svg João Souza
6–3, 6–3
2009 Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Torres
Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan-Pablo Amado
Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Schwank
w/o
2008 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Silva
Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Zampieri
6–3, 7–6
2007 Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares
Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Torres
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Tourte
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–5]
2006 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jean-Julien Rojer
Flag of Brazil.svg Márcio Torres
61, 64
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Lesley Joseph
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Alex Vlaški
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
Flag of Argentina.svg Máximo González
76(10–8), 64
2004 Flag of Thailand.svg Sanchai Ratiwatana
Flag of Thailand.svg Sonchat Ratiwatana
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Daniel
Flag of Peru.svg Iván Miranda
62, 75
2003 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Daniel
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni
Flag of Japan.svg Kentaro Masuda
Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Terachi
64, 62
2002 Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
Flag of Russia.svg Denis Golovanov
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Joyce
63, 64
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dejan Petrovic
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Cowan
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Taino
63, 64
2000 Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee
64, 64
1999 Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Antonio Prieto
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Lee
62, 36, 75
1998 Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Iwabuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Thomas Shimada
Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee
Flag of South Africa.svg Damien Roberts
67, 75, 75
1997 Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Trifu
Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Weiner
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Aerts
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
16, 63, 64
1996 Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Maurice Ruah
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Herrera
Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Trifu
57, 64, 64
1995 Flag of the United States.svg David DiLucia
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Kronauge
Flag of Brazil.svg Egberto Caldas
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano Testa
67, 63, 63
1994 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Aerts
Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Marcelino
Flag of Brazil.svg Otavio Della
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Saliola
75, 63
1993 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Acioly
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Nicolás Pereira
Flag of Chile.svg Felipe Rivera
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Roese
76, 57, 63
1992 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Aerts
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Hocevar
Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha Silva
Flag of Brazil.svg César Kist
61, 67, 62

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