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:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as Lucky Losers into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry as a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
| Enzo Artoni | | Andrés Schneiter | 175 | 1 |
| André Sá | | Alexandre Simoni | 258 | 2 |
| Daniel Melo |  YUG | Dušan Vemić | 276 | 3 |
| Diego del Río | | Mariano Hood | 293 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as Alternates into the doubles main draw:
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
