The tournament was held for the fourth time by the ATP and was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour . It was the season-end tournament for the players on the ATP Challenger Tour. The best seven players of 2014 and one player who was nominated by the organizer with a wildcard were qualified. The game was played in two groups of four in the so-called round robin procedure, where each player competed once against all other players in the same group. The best two players in each group qualified for the final round, which was played in the knockout system, with the group winner playing against the runners-up in the other group.
The seven best placed men on the ATP Challenger Tour qualified for this competition. There was also a reservist. The ATP Challenger annual ranking as of November 10, 2014 was decisive for the qualification.
The players, whose names are highlighted in orange, ended their season prematurely or did not exercise their right to start in São Paulo
The seven players whose names are highlighted in green qualified for São Paulo
In addition, the Brazilian Guilherme Clézar received eighth place on the grid due to a wildcard . With 331 world ranking, he was also the worst placed player in the world ranking on the starting field.
Filippo Volandri
Diego Schwartzman
Victor Estrella
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Blaž Rola