2019 Rio Open

The 2019 Rio Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the Rio Open, and formed part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between February 18 and 24, 2019.

2019 Rio Open
Date18–24 February
Edition6th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$1,471,315
SurfaceClay
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
VenueJockey Club Brasileiro
Champions
Singles
Serbia Laslo Đere
Doubles
Argentina Máximo González / Chile Nicolás Jarry

There was a 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.[1] The intention 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 Martín del Potro once said to the Rio Open director Luiz Carvalho that he would play Rio Open when the surface changes.[2]

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 500 300 180 90 45 0 20 10 0
Doubles 0 — 45 25

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Singles $369,000 $185,325 $93,500 $49,140 $24,560 $13,590 $5,225 $2,610
Doubles * $115,940 $56,750 $28,460 $14,600 $7,550 — — —

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUT Dominic Thiem 8 1
 ITA Fabio Fognini 15 2
 ITA Marco Cecchinato 18 3
 ARG Diego Schwartzman 19 4
 POR João Sousa 41 5
 SRB Dušan Lajović 43 6
 TUN Malek Jaziri 44 7
 CHI Nicolás Jarry 47 8
  • 1 Rankings as of February 11, 2018.[3]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 BRA Marcelo Melo  BRA Bruno Soares 17 1
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 20 2
 CRO Nikola Mektić  ARG Horacio Zeballos 37 3
 URU Pablo Cuevas  ESP Marc López 79 4
  • 1 Rankings as of February 11, 2019.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2019 Rio Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2019 Rio Open – Doubles

References
  1. "Parceria avança, e Rio Open deve mudar para Parque Olímpico em 2019". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  2. "Rio Open hoping to move to Olympic Tennis Centre, surface change possible". Ubitennis. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  3. "Thiem, Fognini, Cecchinato and Schwartzman lead Rio Open entry list". 10 January 2019.
  4. "Thiem, Fognini, Cecchinato and Schwartzman lead Rio Open entry list". 10 January 2019.
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