The ATP Itaparica Open is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1981 to 1989 and the ATP Tour in 1990. The event was held in Itaparica , Brazil and was played on outdoor hard courts at Club Med Itaparica.
4-538: One Brazilian reached the final, Luiz Mattar in 1987, when he was beaten by Andre Agassi . It was Agassi's first win on the main ATP Tour. In 1990, Mats Wilander won his final career tournament here. In 1991 the tournament was replaced by the ATP São Paulo . This tennis -related competition article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Luiz Mattar Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963)
8-399: Is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He played on the professional tour from 1985 to 1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-high rankings were World No. 29 in singles (in 1989) and World No. 55 in doubles (in 1991). His career prize money totalled $ 1,493,136. With seven ATP singles titles in tournaments of
12-646: The Association of Professional Tennis Players, he is the second Brazilian tennis player, after Gustavo Kuerten , with more ATP titles in his career. He also led the Brazilian Davis Cup team to their best result in history back in 1992 defeating Germany and Italy and reaching the semi-final of the World Group in the 1992 Davis Cup . This feat has only been matched by Gustavo Kuerten who led the Brazilian team again to
16-463: The semi-final in 2000. He started his professional career only at the age of 22, unlike most tennis players who started their careers at 18 or earlier, after dropping out in his last year of engineering at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo. He was trained by Paulo Cleto from the beginning to the end of his career. He even said that he couldn't see himself training with another coach. He
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