2019 Rio Open
| 2018 Rio Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 – 24 February |
| Edition | 6th |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $1,471,315 (ATP) |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Venue | Jockey Club Brasileiro |
The 2019 Rio Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP World Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between February 18th-24th, 2019.
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.[1]
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.[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 | $314,880 | $154,370 | $77,680 | $39,500 | $20,515 | $10,820 | $2,395 | $1,220 |
| Doubles * | $94,800 | $46,410 | $23,280 | $11,950 | $6,180 | — | — | — |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 CRO
|
Marin Čilić | 3 | 1 |
 AUT
|
Dominic Thiem | 6 | 2 |
 ESP
|
Pablo Carreño Busta | 10 | 3 |
| ESP
|
Albert Ramos Viñolas | 20 | 4 |
 ITA
|
Fabio Fognini | 22 | 5 |
 ARG
|
Diego Schwartzman | 24 | 6 |
 URU
|
Pablo Cuevas | 32 | 7 |
| ESP
|
Fernando Verdasco | 40 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by 
Tennys Sandgren
Kyle Edmund → replaced by Pablo Andújar- Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Gerald Melzer
Corentin Moutet → replaced by 
Gastão Elias
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe → replaced by Nicolás Kicker
Retirements
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 POL
|
Łukasz Kubot |  BRA
|
Marcelo Melo | 2 | 1 |
| GBR
|
Jamie Murray | BRA
|
Bruno Soares | 19 | 2 |
 COL
|
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL
|
Robert Farah | 35 | 3 |
 MEX
|
Santiago González |  CHI
|
Julio Peralta | 57 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 12, 2018.
Other entrants
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Champions
Singles
Doubles
References
- ^ "Parceria avança, e Rio Open deve mudar para Parque Olímpico em 2019". Lance! (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Rio Open hoping to move to Olympic Tennis Centre, surface change possible". Ubitennis. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Dominic Thiem é o primeiro nome confirmado no Rio Open". 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Gael Monfils e Marin Cilic estão confirmados no Rio Open". 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Thomaz Bellucci recebe o segundo convite para a chave principal". 1 February 2018.