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and former

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event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in

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. It is the only

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event in

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and the only

event in Brazil (since 2020).

History

The first edition in 2014 was headlined by former world number one,

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and fellow Spanish player

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. 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. The women's tournament was discontinued and replaced by Hungarian Ladies Open after 2016 edition. 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

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. The reason behind was to attract more world class players in the tournament such as

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, 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.

Past finals

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Women's doubles

References

External links

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Tournament info at ATP
{{WTA International tournaments Tennis tournaments in Brazil Clay court tennis tournaments ATP Tour 500 WTA Tour Recurring sporting events established in 2014 2014 establishments in Brazil Sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city)