Guarujá Open

The Guarujá Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Guarujá, Brazil.

Guaruja Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameGuarujá Open
TourATP Tour (1990–92)
Grand Prix circuit (1981–83/1987–89)
Founded1981
Abolished1992
Editions9
VenueCasa Grande Hotel
Hotel Jequitimar
SurfaceHard

History

The tournament was originally part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, it was played on hard until its last year in 1992. The tournament was suspended from the tour from 1984 to 1986. Brazilian tennis players enjoyed great success at the tournament, with all but two of the nine finals featuring a Brazilian and the home representatives winning four times (and Luiz Mattar three times consecutively).

Finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1981Brazil Carlos KirmayrArgentina Ricardo Cano6–4, 6–2
1982United States Van WinitskyBrazil Carlos Kirmayr6–3, 6–3
1983Argentina José Luis ClercSweden Mats Wilander3–6, 7–5, 6–1
1984–86Not held
1987Brazil Luiz MattarBrazil Cássio Motta6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1988Brazil Luiz MattarUnited States Eliot Teltscher6–3, 6–3
1989Brazil Luiz MattarUnited States Jimmy Brown7–6, 6–4
1990Argentina Martín JaiteBrazil Luiz Mattar3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1991Germany Patrick BaurBrazil Fernando Roese6–2, 6–3
1992Germany Carsten ArriensSpain Àlex Corretja7–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1981Australia David Carter
Australia Paul Kronk
Spain Ángel Giménez
Colombia Jairo Velasco
6–1, 7–6
1982Australia Kim Warwick
Australia Phil Dent
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cássio Motta
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1983United States Tim Gullikson
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Israel Shlomo Glickstein
United States Van Winitsky
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1984–86Not held
1987Brazil Luiz Mattar
Brazil Cássio Motta
West Germany Martin Hipp
West Germany Tore Meinecke
7–6, 6–1
1988Chile Ricardo Acuña
United States Luke Jensen
Argentina Javier Frana
Uruguay Diego Pérez
6–1, 6–4
1989Brazil Ricardo Acioly
Brazil Dácio Campos
Brazil César Kist
Brazil Mauro Menezes
7–6, 7–6
1990Argentina Javier Frana
Argentina Gustavo Luza
Brazil Luiz Mattar
Brazil Cássio Motta
7–6, 7–6
1991France Olivier Delaître
France Rodolphe Gilbert
United States Shelby Cannon
United States Greg Van Emburgh
6–2, 6–4
1992Sweden Christer Allgårdh
Australia Carl Limberger
Uruguay Diego Pérez
Spain Francisco Roig
6–4, 6–3

During 1991, two tournaments were played at Guarujá, both part of the ATP World Series. The second event, held in October, was played for the first and only time and referred to as the Bliss Cup. It was held on the hardcourts at Casa Grande Hotel, the same venue for the 1992 Guarujá event.

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1991Argentina Javier FranaGermany Markus Zoecke2–6, 7–6, 6–3
1991Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Bret Garnett
United States Todd Nelson
6–3, 7–5

Challenger tournaments

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1982United States Van WinitskyBrazil Carlos Kirmayr63, 63
1992Venezuela Nicolás PereiraBrazil Roberto Jabali64, 64

References

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