The 2023 Rio Open, also known as Rio Open presented by Claro for sponsorship reasons, was a professional men's
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
clay court
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s. It was the 9th edition of the
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 ...
, and part of the
ATP Tour 500
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of the
2023 ATP Tour
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. It took place in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil between February 20–26, 2023.
Finals
Singles
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Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie (; born 23 August 1995) is a South African-born British professional tennis player, having previously represented New Zealand. He has reached career-high rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 12 September 2022) and No. 117 in dou ...
def.
Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won six ATP Tour singles titles, including ...
, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5.
Doubles
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Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 22 achieved on 22 Apr ...
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Andrés Molteni
Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. H ...
def.
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Juan Sebastián Cabal Valdés (; born 25 April 1986) is a Colombian professional tennis player who is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 184 in Fe ...
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Marcelo Melo
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* Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...
, 6–1, 7–6
(7–3)
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of 13 February 2023.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Mateus Alves
Mateus de Carvalho Cardoso Alves (born 23 January 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Alves has a career high ATP singles ranking of 395 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 234 achieved on 8 August 2022.
...
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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 in ...
*
João Fonseca
João Francisco Fonseca dos Santos (born 19 February 1948), known as Fonseca, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Honours
Benfica
*Primeira Divisão: 1970–71, 1971–72
*Taça de Portugal: 1969–70, 1971–72
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The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
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Hugo Dellien
Hugo Dellien Jr. (; born 16 June 1993) is a Bolivian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 70 achieved on 25 July 2022. He is the current No. 1 Bolivian tennis player. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ...
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Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. He is the second-highest r ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
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Juan Pablo Varillas
Juan Pablo Varillas Patiño-Samudio (; born 6 October 1995) is a Peruvian tennis player.
Varillas has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 97 achieved on 1 August 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Peruvian tennis player in the singles rankin ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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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 ...
*
Tomás Barrios Vera
Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera (; born 10 December 1997), also known as Tomás Barrios Vera, is a Chilean professional tennis player. Barrios has a career high ATP rankings in singles of World No. 135 achieved on 9 May 2022. He has won one Challe ...
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Hugo Gaston
Hugo Gaston (; born 26 September 2000) is a French tennis player. His career high ATP ranking in singles is world No. 58, which he achieved on 11 July 2022, and in doubles is world No. 220, which he achieved on 16 May 2022. He won the 2018 Aust ...
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Nicolás Jarry
Nicolás Jarry Fillol (; born 11 October 1995) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He has won one tournament in singles and two in doubles on the ATP Tour. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 in July 2019, after ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 15 November 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles title.
Cerúndolo has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranki ...
Withdrawals
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Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 49 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won o ...
→ replaced by
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 15 November 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles title.
Cerúndolo has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranki ...
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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 ...
→ 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 ...
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of 13 February 2023.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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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 in ...
/
Thiago Monteiro
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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 ...
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Felipe Meligeni Alves
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (born 19 February 1998) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 137 achieved on 25 July 2022 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 75 achieved on 20 June 2 ...
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Nikola Ćaćić
Nikola Ćaćić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Ћаћић, ; born 7 December 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of World No. 35 in doubles achieved on 8 November 2021. He has won three doubles titles in the ATP T ...
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Andrea Pellegrino
Andrea Pellegrino (; born 23 March 1997) is an Italian tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 136 achieved on 26 September 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 165 achieved on 13 January 2020. ...
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
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Mateus Alves
Mateus de Carvalho Cardoso Alves (born 23 January 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Alves has a career high ATP singles ranking of 395 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 234 achieved on 8 August 2022.
...
/
João Fonseca
João Francisco Fonseca dos Santos (born 19 February 1948), known as Fonseca, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Honours
Benfica
*Primeira Divisão: 1970–71, 1971–72
*Taça de Portugal: 1969–70, 1971–72
...
Withdrawals
*
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 in ...
/
Thiago Monteiro → replaced by
Mateus Alves
Mateus de Carvalho Cardoso Alves (born 23 January 2001) is a Brazilian tennis player.
Alves has a career high ATP singles ranking of 395 achieved on 18 April 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 234 achieved on 8 August 2022.
...
/
João Fonseca
João Francisco Fonseca dos Santos (born 19 February 1948), known as Fonseca, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Honours
Benfica
*Primeira Divisão: 1970–71, 1971–72
*Taça de Portugal: 1969–70, 1971–72
...
*
Federico Coria
Federico Coria (born 9 March 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 49 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 238, achieved on 22 November 2021. Coria has won o ...
/
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his be ...
→ replaced by
Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Tomás Martín Etcheverry (born 18 July 1999) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 72, achieved on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241, achieved on 28 Febru ...
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Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist, his be ...
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Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...
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Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...
→ replaced by
Francisco Cabral
Francisco Cabral (1529 - 1609) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest and missionary in Japan.
Early life
Cabral was born in the castle of Covilhā, Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda, Portugal, Diocese of Guarda, Po ...
/
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...
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Jamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...
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Michael Venus → replaced by
Sadio Doumbia
Sadio Doumbia (born 12 September 1990) is a French tennis player.
Doumbia has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 7 November 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 13 February 2023. Doumbia has ...
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Fabien Reboul
Fabien Reboul (born 9 September 1995) is a French tennis player who plays mainly doubles. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 328 achieved on 17 December 2018. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 achieved ...
*
Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti (born 3 March 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No. 19 achieved on 9 January 2023 and a doubles ranking of World No. 283 achieved on 2 May 2022. Musetti has won two AT ...
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Andrea Vavassori
Andrea Vavassori (; born 5 May 1995) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 176 achieved on 8 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 51 achieved on 26 September 2022. Vavas ...
→ replaced by
Alexander Erler
Alexander Erler (; born 27 October 1997) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 322, achieved on 4 October 2021. He has a career high doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 8 May 20 ...
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Lucas Miedler
Lucas Miedler (; born 21 June 1996) is an Austrian tennis player.
He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No. 201 achieved on 15 October 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 53 achieved 7 November 2022. He has won two doubles titles on ...
References
External links
Official website
{{2023 ATP Tour
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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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 ...
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 ...
Rio Open