The 2015 Rio Open was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
clay court
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s. It was the 2nd edition of the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
, and part of the
2015 ATP World Tour and the
2015 WTA Tour
The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis ...
. It took place in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil between 16 February and 22 February 2015.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Guilherme Clezar
Guilherme Sarti Clezar (pronounced ''Clézar''; born 31 December 1992), is a professional tennis player from Brazil. Clezar plays mainly in ATP Challenger Tour events.
He played also in several ATP 250 events, including the 2011 Brasil Open
...
*
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 ...
*
Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, ac ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Facundo Argüello
*
Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato (; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hunga ...
*
Thiemo de Bakker
Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (; born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He has an ATP career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010.
Career
Considered a top prospect of hi ...
*
Daniel Gimeno Traver
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the second Spanish man to achieve the feat (after Emilio Sánchez Vicari ...
→ replaced by
Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca (, ; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubl ...
Retirements
*
Thiemo de Bakker
Thiemo Carsten Jannick de Bakker (; born 19 September 1988) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He has an ATP career-high ranking in singles of World No. 40 achieved on 19 July 2010.
Career
Considered a top prospect of hi ...
(stomach pain)
*
Santiago Giraldo
Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia Davis Cup team, Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reachi ...
(dehydration)
*
Leonardo Mayer (dehydration)
*
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
(cramping)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Fabiano de Paula /
Marcelo Demoliner
Marcelo Fedrizzi Demoliner (born 18 January 1989) is a Brazilian professional tennis player, who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 34 in November 2017. Demoliner has won five doubles titles.
He won hi ...
*
André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player.
In singles, he was a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP ...
/
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 ...
Withdrawals
;During the tournament
*
David Marrero (illness)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 9, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Gabriela Cé
*
Paula Cristina Gonçalves
*
Beatriz Haddad Maia
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Ana Bogdan
Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023.
Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...
*
Estrella Cabeza Candela
*
Verónica Cepede Royg
Verónica Cepede Royg (; born 21 January 1992) is a Paraguayan former tennis player.
On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 73. Her best doubles ranking is No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016. Cepede Royg has wo ...
*
Montserrat González
*
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 rankings, WTA doubles rankings.
In her career, I ...
*
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Jana Čepelová
Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is a Slovak former professional tennis player.
Čepelová won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 Ma ...
→ replaced by
Andreea Mitu
*
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...
→ replaced by
Olivia Rogowska
*
Nicole Gibbs
Nicole Gibbs (born March 3, 1993) is an American former professional tennis player.
She won seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 68. On 19 September ...
→ replaced by
Paula Ormaechea
*
Christina McHale → replaced by
Teliana Pereira
*
Sílvia Soler Espinosa → replaced by
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She w ...
Retirements
*
Ana Bogdan
Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023.
Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...
(heat illness)
*
Beatriz Haddad Maia (cramping)
*
María Teresa Torró Flor (left thigh injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of February 9, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pair received entry as alternates:
*
Estrella Cabeza Candela /
Gaia Sanesi
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
María Teresa Torró Flor (left thigh injury)
;During the tournament
*
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Retirements
*
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...
(right rib injury)
Finals
Men's singles
*
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
defeated
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, ...
, 6–2, 6–3
Women's singles
*
Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former ...
defeated
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 7–6
(7–2), 6–1
Men's doubles
*
Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...
/
Philipp Oswald defeated
Pablo Andújar /
Oliver Marach
Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is a former Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialised in doubles.
He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he ...
, 7–6
(7–3), 6–4
Women's doubles
*
Ysaline Bonaventure /
Rebecca Peterson defeated
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...
/
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 rankings, WTA doubles rankings.
In her career, I ...
, 3–0, retired.
References
External links
Official website
{{2015 WTA Tour
Rio de Janeiro Open
The Rio de Janeiro Open (known as the Banespa Rio de Janeiro Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament from 1989 to 1990 on indoor carpet courts.Rio de Janeiro Open
The Rio de Janeiro Open (known as the Banespa Rio de Janeiro Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament from 1989 to 1990 on indoor carpet courts.2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
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