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2019 Rio Open
Date	18–24 February
Edition	6th
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$1,471,315
Surface	Clay
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue	Jockey Club Brasileiro
Champions
Singles
Laslo Đere
Doubles
Máximo González / Nicolás Jarry
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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.

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. 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.

Finals

Singles

• Laslo Đere defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

• Máximo González / Nicolás Jarry defeated Thomaz Bellucci / Rogério Dutra Silva, 6–7, 6–3,

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	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

• Rankings as of February 11, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Félix Auger-Aliassime
• Thiago Monteiro
• Thiago Seyboth Wild

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hugo Dellien
• Juan Ignacio Londero
• Casper Ruud
• Elias Ymer

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Carlos Berlocq

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Pablo Andújar → replaced by Carlos Berlocq
• Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Cameron Norrie

Retirements

• Diego Schwartzman
• Aljaž Bedene

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	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

• Rankings as of February 11, 2019.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Thomaz Bellucci / Rogério Dutra Silva
• Thiago Monteiro / Fernando Romboli

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Cameron Norrie / João Sousa

The following pairs received entry as lucky losers:

• Mateus Alves / Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Nicholas Monroe / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Fabio Fognini
• Diego Schwartzman

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.

External links

• Official website

• Rio Open
• 2019 in Brazilian tennis
• 2019 ATP Tour
• February 2019 sports events in South America