The 2014

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was a combined men's and women's professional

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the

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. It took place at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in

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, Brazil between 17 February and 23 February 2014.

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...

and

Kurumi Nara is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of worl ...

won the singles title.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early i ...

Guilherme Clezar Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. He played in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challe ...

João Souza João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Facundo Bagnis Facundo Bagnis (; born 27 February 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won 1 ATP doubles event at Stuttgart and 16 Challengers in singles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 55 in November 2016. Tennis care ...

Aljaž Bedene Aljaž Bedene (born 18 July 1989) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. He was British nationality law, a naturalised Briton and played with this nationality from 2015 to 2017, returning to represent Slovenia in 2018. Bedene has won ...

Martin Kližan Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. The winner of the 2006 French Open boys' singles title, Kližan turned pro in 2007 and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2 ...

* Dušan Lajović

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentines, Argentine retired professional List of male tennis players, tennis player nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. His favourite surface was clay and he was last coach ...

;During the tournament *

(stomach pain)

Retirements

Filippo Volandri Filippo Volandri (born 5 September 1981; ) is a former Italian professional male tennis player. Volandri is a right-handed player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and has earn ...

(shoulder injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: *

Marcelo Demoliner Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won his first title at the ATP 250 Antalya Open with Santiago González in June 2018, after having reached six finals at that ...

Juan Mónaco Juan Mónaco (; born 29 March 1984), nicknamed "Pico", is an Argentine former tennis player. He won nine singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2010 Shanghai Masters and the 2012 Miami Masters, and achieved a career-high singles ranking ...

/ André Sá The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: * Federico Delbonis /

Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Paula Cristina Gonçalves *

Beatriz Haddad Maia Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached a career-high in the WTA rankings in singles at No. 15. Haddad Maia has won two singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, on ...

Laura Pigossi Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade (born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing alongside Luisa Stefani. Pigossi has won seven singles titles and 41 doubles titles o ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Irina-Camelia Begu *

Nastassja Burnett Nastassja Burnett (born 20 February 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each play ...

Verónica Cepede Royg Verónica Cepede Royg (; born 21 January 1992) is a professional Paraguayan tennis player. On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 73 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016. Cepede ...

Nicole Gibbs Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993) is an American retired tennis player. She won seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 68. On 19 September 2016, she peaked at ...

Danka Kovinić Danka Kovinić ( cnr, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player. On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in th ...

* Alison Van Uytvanck

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Virginie Razzano Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a former French professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represen ...

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Retirements

Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, de ...

(left hamstring strain)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: *

Maria Fernanda Alves Maria Fernanda Barbato Alves
(; born 17 April 1983), also known as Nanda Alves, is a retired Brazilian

* Paula Cristina Gonçalves /

Withdrawals

;During the tournament *

(left hamstring strain)

Finals

Men's singles

defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

Women's singles

defeated Klára Zakopalová, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1

Men's doubles

Juan Sebastián Cabal Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in February 2011, but has achieved most of his success i ...

/ Robert Farah defeated

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/ Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

* Irina-Camelia Begu /

María Irigoyen María Irigoyen (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine former tennis player. On 13 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 147. On 13 June 2016, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Irigoyen won t ...

defeated

Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. She won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are ...

Chanelle Scheepers Chanelle Scheepers ( ; born 13 March 1984) is a retired South African tennis player. She won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 Octobe ...

, 6–2, 6–0

References

External links

Official website
{{2014 WTA Tour Rio de Janeiro Open Rio de Janeiro Open

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