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.

Seeds

 * 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

Seeds

 * 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

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)