The 2001 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Costa do Sauipe resort, Mata de São João, in Brazil that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour.

The tournament ran from 10 September 16 September 2001.

Jan Vacek defeated Fernando Meligeni 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 Monica Seles defeated Jelena Dokić 6–3, 6–3 Enzo Artoni / Daniel Melo defeated Gastón Etlis / Brent Haygarth 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil defeated Nicole Arendt / Patricia Tarabini 6–7(8–10), 6–2, 6–4