Rio Open 2018

ATP World Tour
Rio Open presented by Claro 2018

date	February 19, 2018 - February 25, 2018
Edition	7th
navigation	2017 ◄ 2018 ► 2019
venue	Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazil
Tournament number	6932
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD
Prize money	US $ 1,695,825
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,842,475
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Austria Dominic Thiem
Last year's winner (double)	Spain Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas Uruguay

Winner (singles)	Argentina Diego Schwartzman
Winner (doubles)	Spain David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Spain

Tournament director	Luiz Procopio Carvalho
Tournament supervisor	Carlos Sanchez Damian Steiner
Last direct assumption	Spain Pablo Andújar (105, PR)

Status: February 26, 2018

The Rio Open 2018 (officially: Rio Open presented by Claro) was a tennis tournament that took place in Rio de Janeiro from February 20th to 26th, 2018 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2018 and was played outdoors on a clay court. In the same week, the Open 13 was played in Marseille and the Delray Beach Open in Delray Beach . Both belonged to the ATP World Tour 250 category , while the Rio Open belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

Dominic Thiem was the defending champion in singles, Pablo Carreño Busta and Pablo Cuevas won in doubles last year.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 1,695,825; total financial liabilities were $ 1,842,475.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 17th to 18th, 2018. Four qualifying places were played out in singles and a pairing in doubles, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
singles	Double	singles	Double
Spain Roberto Carballés Baena	Chile Nicolás Jarry Jiří Veselý Czech Republic	Portugal Gastão Elias	Spain David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Spain
Italy Marco Cecchinato	Chile Nicolás Jarry Jiří Veselý Czech Republic		Spain David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Spain
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
France Corentin Moutet

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main draw via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition was valid per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 365,560
final	300	$ 179,215
Semifinals	180	$ 90,180
Quarter finals	90	$ 45,860
Round of 16	45	$ 23,820
First round	0	$ 12,560

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	20th
Qualifying round	10	$ 2,780
First round	0	$ 1,420

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 110,070
final	300	$ 53,890
Semifinals	180	$ 27,030
Quarter finals	90	$ 13,870
First round	0	$ 7,170

Qualification doubles
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	45
Qualifying round	25th
First round	0

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Croatia Marin Čilić	Round of 16
02.	Austria Dominic Thiem	Quarter finals
03.	Spain Pablo Carreño Busta	Round of 16
04th	Spain Albert Ramos	Round of 16

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Italy Fabio Fognini	Semifinals
06th	Argentina Diego Schwartzman	victory
07th	Uruguay Pablo Cuevas	Quarter finals
08th.	Spain Fernando Verdasco	final

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

Q

C. Berlocq

3

2

1

M. Čilić

3

6 ⁸

France G. Monfils

7th

3

7th

France G. Monfils

6th

7th

H. Zeballos

5

6th

5

G. Monfils

3

4th

J. Veselý

2

r

6th

Argentina D. Schwartzman

6th

Argentina F. Delbonis

6th

3

F. Delbonis

2

3

WC

C. Ruud

1

r

6th

Argentina D. Schwartzman

6th

6th

Argentina D. Schwartzman

4th

6th

Argentina D. Schwartzman

7th

6th

4th

Spain A. Ramos

6th

3

6th

N. Jarry

5

2

R. Dutra da Silva

3

6th

4th

A. Ramos

5

3

G. García-López

3

6 ³

Chile N. Jarry

7th

6th

Chile N. Jarry

6th

7th

Chile N. Jarry

7th

6th

LL

Portugal G. Elias

6th

5

7th

7th

P. Cuevas

5

3

G. Pella

4th

7th

5

LL

G. Elias

5

1

WC

T. Monteiro

7th

6 ¹⁰

3

7th

Uruguay P. Cuevas

7th

6th

7th

Uruguay P. Cuevas

6 ⁵

7th

6th

6th

Argentina D. Schwartzman

6th

5

Italy F. Fognini

6 ⁵

7th

6th

8th

F. Verdasco

2

3

WC

T. Bellucci

7th

5

2

5

Italy F. Fognini

4th

6th

7th

Q

R. Carballés Baena

6th

1

3r

T. Sandgren

6th

4th

6 ⁶

United States T. Sandgren

4th

6th

4th

5

Italy F. Fognini

6 ³

6th

Slovenia A. Bedene

7th

6th

A. Bedene

7th

3

1

PR

A. Haider-Maurer

5

0

Slovenia A. Bedene

6th

5

6th

Q

M. Cecchinato

4th

1

3

Father Carreño Busta

2

7th

2

3

Spain Father Carreño Busta

6th

5

F. Fognini

1

5

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

3

6th

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

7th

L. Mayer

2

6th

3

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6 ³

6th

V. Estrella

3

N. Kicker

7th

2

0

Argentina N. Kicker

6th

8th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

PR

Spain P. Andújar

7th

6th

2

D. Thiem

4th

0

G. Melzer

5

2

PR

P. Andújar

2

r

D. Lajović

2

5

2

Austria D. Thiem

4th

2

Austria D. Thiem

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Poland Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo Brazil	Quarter finals
02.	United Kingdom Jamie Murray Bruno Soares Brazil	Semifinals
03.	Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah Colombia	1 round
04th	Mexico Santiago González Julio Peralta Chile	Quarter finals