WTA Rio de Janeiro

This article deals with the women's tournament in Rio de Janeiro, for the men's tournament see ATP Rio de Janeiro .

Rio Open
WTA tour
venue	Rio de Janeiro Brazil
First run	1984
Last event	2016
category	WTA International
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 226,750
Center Court	7,000 spectators
Website	Official website
As of December 12, 2016

The WTA Rio de Janeiro (officially: Rio Open ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held again in February 2014 in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . In 1984 a WTA tournament was held in Rio de Janeiro under the name Santista Textile Open .

In April 2012, the license for the WTA tournament from Memphis to IMX, a joint venture between the EBX Group and IMG, was sold and the tournament was relocated to Rio de Janeiro since the 2014 season. It was held in the Brazilian Jockey Club . As in Memphis, a tournament of the ATP World Tour and the WTA Tour took place in Rio at the same time.

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1984	Sandra Cecchini	Adriana Villagrán	6: 3, 6: 3
1985 to 2013: no event
↓ Category: International ↓
2014	Kurumi Nara	Klára Zakopalová	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1
2015	Sara Errani	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	7: 6 2 , 6: 1
2016	Francesca Schiavone	Shelby Rogers	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1984	Jill Hetherington Hélène Pelletier	Penny Barg Kylie Copeland	6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 6
1985 to 2013: no event
↓ Category: International ↓
2014	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	Johanna Larsson Chanelle Scheepers	6: 2, 6: 0
2015	Ysaline Bonaventure Rebecca Peterson	Irina-Camelia Begu María Irigoyen	3-0, surrender
2016	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	Tara Moore Conny Perrin	6: 1, 7: 6 5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rio Open Added To 2014 Calendar