The Guarujá Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Guarujá, Brazil founded in 1980 that ran till 1992.
History The tournament was originally part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit, it was played on hard until its last year in 1992. The tournament was suspended from the tour from 1984 to 1986 but was part of the ILTF Independent Circuit, the 1984 edition was played on clay courts. 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 YearChampionsRunners-upScore1980 Patrick Proisy Gianni Ocleppo 6–4, 6–2.1981 Carlos Kirmayr Ricardo Cano 6–4, 6–2.1982 Van Winitsky Carlos Kirmayr 6–3, 6–3.1983 José Luis Clerc Mats Wilander 3–6, 7–5, 6–1.1984 Givaldo Barbosa Pedro Rebolledo 6–4, 6–3.1985–86 Not held1987 Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta 6–3, 5–7, 6–2.1988 Luiz Mattar Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–3.1989 Luiz Mattar Jimmy Brown 7–6, 6–4.1990 Martín Jaite Luiz Mattar 3–6, 6–4, 6–3.1991 Patrick Baur Fernando Roese 6–2, 6–3.1992 Carsten Arriens Àlex Corretja 7–6, 6–3.
Doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore1981 David Carter Paul Kronk Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco 6–1, 7–6.1982 Kim Warwick Phil Dent Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6–7, 6–2, 6–4.1983 Tim Gullikson Tomáš Šmíd Shlomo Glickstein Van Winitsky 6–4, 6–7, 6–4.1984–86 Not held1987 Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta Martin Hipp Tore Meinecke 7–6, 6–1.1988 Ricardo Acuña Luke Jensen Javier Frana Diego Pérez 6–1, 6–4.1989 Ricardo Acioly Dácio Campos César Kist Mauro Menezes 7–6, 7–6.1990 Javier Frana Gustavo Luza Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta 7–6, 7–6.1991 Olivier Delaître Rodolphe Gilbert Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh 6–2, 6–4.1992 Christer Allgårdh Carl Limberger Diego Pérez 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.
YearChampionsRunners-upScore1991 Javier Frana Markus Zoecke 2–6, 7–6, 6–31991 Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Bret Garnett Todd Nelson 6–3, 7–5
Challenger tournaments
Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1982 Van Winitsky Carlos Kirmayr 6–3, 6–31992 Nicolás Pereira Roberto Jabali 6–4, 6–4
References
ITF Search (search Guarujá)