Gran Copa Ericsson
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December 13-19, 2000
32 Draw - $200,000
Surface - Hard
(short sets)

Group 1
1. Franco Squillari    
3. Karim Alami
6. Fernando Meligeni
8. Alexandre Simoni
9. Daniel Melo*  
*[Melo replaces Meligeni after first match]

Group 2
2. Gaston Gaudio
4. Nicolas Massu
5. Guillermo Coria
7. Andre Sa

Day One
(2)Gaston Gaudio d. (5)Guillermo Coria 3-5 5-4(1) 4-1 4-1
(3)Karim Alami d. (6)Fernando Meligeni 1-4 5-4(4) 5-4(2) 1-0 ret.
(7)Andre Sa d. (4)Nicolas Massu 5-3 4-5(4) 5-3 4-1

Day Two
(4)Nicolas Massu d. (5)Guillermo Coria 4-2 5-3 5-3
(2)Gaston Gaudio d. (7)Andre Sa 4-2 4-2 1-4 4-1
(8)Alexandre Simoni d. (1)Franco Squillari 4-1 2-4 5-3 4-2

Day Three
(9)Daniel Melo d. (1)Franco Squillari 4-2 1-4 4-0 5-3
(7)Andre Sa d. (5)Guillermo Coria 1-4 4-2 5-3 2-4 4-0
(8)Alexandre Simoni d. (3)Karim Alami 2-4 5-3 2-4 5-4(6) 4-2

Day Four
(3)Karim Alami d. (1)Franco Squillari 4-1 4-1 5-4(3)
(2)Gaston Gaudio d. (4)Nicolas Massu 5-4(5) 4-0 5-3
(9)Daniel Melo d. (8)Alexandre Simoni 3-5 4-2 4-0 ret.

Round Robin Standings
Group 1            Matches  Sets
Alexandre Simoni     2-1    7-5
Karim Alami          2-1    8-4
Franco Squillari     0-3    2-9
Daniel Melo          2-0    5-2
Fernando Meligeni    0-1    1-3

Group 2
Gaston Gaudio        3-0    9-2
Andre Sa             2-1    7-6
Nicolas Massu        1-2    4-6
Guillermo Coria      0-3    3-9

Semifinals
(3)Karim Alami d. (2)Gaston Gaudio 5-4(4) 5-3 4-1
(8)Alexandre Simoni d. (7)Andre Sa 3-5 4-2 2-4 5-4(5) 5-3

Finals
(8)Alexandre Simoni d. (3)Karim Alami 6-3 7-5