The 2016

Rio Open The Rio Open, also known as the ''Rio Open presented by Claro'' for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis event on the ATP Tour and former WTA International Tournaments event. The tournament is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileir ...

was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the

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and the

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. It took in

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, Brazil between 15 February and 21 February 2016.

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 8, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Nicolás Jarry * Thiago Monteiro *

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 * Taro Daniel *

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

Daniel Gimeno Traver Daniel Gimeno Traver (; born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career- ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Fernando Verdasco→replaced by Daniel Muñoz de la Nava * Andreas Haider-Maurer→replaced by

Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles rank ...

;During the tournament *

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

(right shoulder injury)

Retirements

Fabio Fognini Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

(abdominal strain) *

(left foot injury) * Juan Mónaco (right shoulder injury)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: *

Fabiano de Paula Fabiano Batista de Paula (; born 28 November 1988 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional tennis player competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a ...

Orlando Luz Orlando Moraes Luz (born 8 February 1998 in Carazinho) is a Brazilian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 272 achieved on 16 August 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 90 achieved on 27 September 202 ...

* Rogério Dutra Silva /

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Pablo Carreño Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Brene ...

David Marrero David Marrero Santana (; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in November 2013. Professional career 2000–2007 Marrero earned h ...

The following pair received entry as lucky losers: *

Guillermo Durán Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis ...

/ Philipp Oswald

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

(abdominal strain)

Retirements

* Jack Sock (lower back injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 8, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Gabriela Cé * Sorana Cîrstea * Beatriz Haddad Maia The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Jennifer Brady Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of world No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brad ...

* Cindy Burger *

Mariana Duque Mariño Mariana Duque Mariño (; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian retired tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015. Duque debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2004. ...

Paula Cristina Gonçalves Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is an inactive Brazilian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 August 2016, Go ...

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 ...

Elitsa Kostova Elitsa Kostova ( bg, Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Eugenie Bouchard (change in schedule) → replaced by

Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...

Karin Knapp Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, sh ...

(left knee injury) → replaced by

Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she ...

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of February 8, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: * Carolina Alves /

Heidi El Tabakh Heidi El Tabakh (born September 25, 1986) is an Egyptian-born Canadian former professional tennis player. Her highest singles ranking by the WTA is 146, which she reached in October 2012. Her career-high of 173 in doubles, she set in February 20 ...

* Alizé Lim / Francesca Schiavone

Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Alizé Lim (neck injury)

Champions

Men's singles

* Pablo Cuevas def.

Guido Pella Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an inactive Argentine professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles. Personal life His father, Carlos, taught ...

6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4

Women's singles

* Francesca Schiavone def. Shelby Rogers 2–6, 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

* Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. Pablo Carreño Busta /

7–6^(7–5), 6–1

Women's doubles

* Verónica Cepede Royg /

def. Tara Moore /

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...

6–1, 7–6^(7–5)

References

External links

Official website
{{2016 WTA Tour

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