Rio Open
The Rio Open, also known as the Rio Open presented by Claro for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis event on the ATP Tour and former WTA International Tournaments event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the only ATP Tour 500 event in South America and the only ATP Tour event in Brazil (since 2020).[2]
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| Founded | 2014 | ||||||||
| Location | Av. Mario Ribeiro, 410 – Lagoa Rio de Janeiro Brazil | ||||||||
| Venue | Jockey Club Brasileiro | ||||||||
| Surface | Clay - outdoors | ||||||||
| Website | rioopen.com | ||||||||
| Current champions (2020) | |||||||||
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History
The first edition was headlined by former world number one, Rafael Nadal and fellow Spanish player David Ferrer. Both of them are well known clay court specialists.
The Rio de Janeiro Open with indoor carpet courts from 1989 to 1990 was the first ATP World Series played in Brazil.[3][4]
The women's tournament was discontinued and replaced by Hungarian Ladies Open after 2016 edition.[5]
For the 2019 edition, there was plan to move the tournament from the clay court surface in Jockey Club Brasileiro to the outdoor hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre, which hosted the tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics situated in Barra Olympic Park.[6] The reason behind was to attract more world class players in the tournament such as Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray who consistently declined to play the event. Juan Martin del Potro once mentioned to the Rio Open director Luiz Carvalho that he will play Rio Open when the surface changes.[7]
Past finals
Men's singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | |  | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2015 | |  | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2016 |  | | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 |
| 2017 |  | | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2018 | | | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2019 |  | .svg.png){kind=small} | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 2020 | | | 7–67–3, 7–5 |
Men's doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  |  | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2015 |  | | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
| 2016 | | | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| 2017 | | | 6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
| 2018 | |  | 5–7, 7–5, [10–8] |
| 2019 | | | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–7] |
| 2020 | | | 6–4, 5–7, [10–7] |
Women's singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  |  | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 2015 | | | 7–6(7–2), 6–1 |
| 2016 | |  | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Women's doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  |   | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2015 | .svg.png){kind=small} | | 3–0, ret. |
| 2016 |  |   | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
See also
References
- http://tenisnews.band.uol.com.br/76210/rio-open-exclui-torneio-wta-para-2017
- http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Rio-de-Janeiro.aspx
- "Tennis: Steffi Graf beat Arantxa Sanchez 6-3, 6-2 and..." Chicago Tribune. April 16, 1989. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
"Mattar, Sznajder Reach Rio De Janeiro Tennis Final". Seattle Times. April 8, 1990. Retrieved 2013-09-23. - Rio Open Added To 2014 Calendar - WTA, 26 March 2013
- "Para crescer, Rio Open 'empresta' WTA e terá apenas ATP 500" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- "Parceria avança, e Rio Open deve mudar para Parque Olímpico em 2019". Lance! (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- "Rio Open hoping to move to Olympic Tennis Centre, surface change possible". Ubitennis. Retrieved 2019-01-10.