# 2018 Rio Open

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Tennis tournament

2018 Rio Open Date 19–25 February Edition 5th Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $1,471,315 (ATP) Surface Clay Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Venue Jockey Club Brasileiro Champions Singles Diego Schwartzman Doubles David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco ← 2017 · Rio Open · 2019 →

The **2018 [Rio Open](/source/Rio_Open)** was a professional men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court). It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the [ATP World Tour 500 series](/source/ATP_World_Tour_500_series) of the [2018 ATP World Tour](/source/2018_ATP_World_Tour). It took place in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil between February 19–25, 2018.

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [2018 Rio Open – Singles](/source/2018_Rio_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)

- [Diego Schwartzman](/source/Diego_Schwartzman) defeated [Fernando Verdasco](/source/Fernando_Verdasco), 6–2, 6–3

### Doubles

Main article: [2018 Rio Open – Doubles](/source/2018_Rio_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

- [David Marrero](/source/David_Marrero) / [Fernando Verdasco](/source/Fernando_Verdasco) defeated [Nikola Mektić](/source/Nikola_Mekti%C4%87) / [Alexander Peya](/source/Alexander_Peya), 5–7, 7–5, [10–8]

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1 Singles 500 300 180 90 45 0 20 10 0 Doubles 0 —N/a 45 25

### Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1 Singles $314,880 $154,370 $77,680 $39,500 $20,515 $10,820 $2,395 $1,220 Doubles $94,800 $46,410 $23,280 $11,950 $6,180 —N/a —N/a —N/a Doubles prize money per team

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed CRO Marin Čilić 3 1 AUT Dominic Thiem 6 2 ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 10 3 ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas 20 4 ITA Fabio Fognini 22 5 ARG Diego Schwartzman 24 6 URU Pablo Cuevas 32 7 ESP Fernando Verdasco 40 8

- 1 Rankings as of February 12, 2018.[1][2]

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

- [Thomaz Bellucci](/source/Thomaz_Bellucci)[3]

- [Thiago Monteiro](/source/Thiago_Monteiro_(tennis))

- [Casper Ruud](/source/Casper_Ruud)

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

- [Pablo Andújar](/source/Pablo_And%C3%BAjar)

- [Andreas Haider-Maurer](/source/Andreas_Haider-Maurer)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Carlos Berlocq](/source/Carlos_Berlocq)

- [Roberto Carballés Baena](/source/Roberto_Carball%C3%A9s_Baena)

- [Marco Cecchinato](/source/Marco_Cecchinato)

- [Corentin Moutet](/source/Corentin_Moutet)

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

- [Gastão Elias](/source/Gast%C3%A3o_Elias)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Alexandr Dolgopolov](/source/Alexandr_Dolgopolov) → replaced by [Tennys Sandgren](/source/Tennys_Sandgren)

- [Kyle Edmund](/source/Kyle_Edmund) → replaced by [Pablo Andújar](/source/Pablo_And%C3%BAjar)

- [Paolo Lorenzi](/source/Paolo_Lorenzi) → replaced by [Gerald Melzer](/source/Gerald_Melzer)

- [Corentin Moutet](/source/Corentin_Moutet) → replaced by [Gastão Elias](/source/Gast%C3%A3o_Elias)

- [Cedrik-Marcel Stebe](/source/Cedrik-Marcel_Stebe) → replaced by [Nicolás Kicker](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Kicker)

### Retirements

- [Pablo Andújar](/source/Pablo_And%C3%BAjar)

- [Roberto Carballés Baena](/source/Roberto_Carball%C3%A9s_Baena)

- [Casper Ruud](/source/Casper_Ruud)

- [Jiří Veselý](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Vesel%C3%BD)

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed POL Łukasz Kubot BRA Marcelo Melo 2 1 GBR Jamie Murray BRA Bruno Soares 19 2 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal COL Robert Farah 35 3 MEX Santiago González CHI Julio Peralta 57 4

- 1 Rankings as of February 12, 2018.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

- [Thomaz Bellucci](/source/Thomaz_Bellucci) / [André Sá](/source/Andr%C3%A9_S%C3%A1)

- [Fabiano de Paula](/source/Fabiano_de_Paula) / [Thiago Monteiro](/source/Thiago_Monteiro_(tennis))

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

- [Nicolás Jarry](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Jarry) / [Jiří Veselý](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Vesel%C3%BD)

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

- [David Marrero](/source/David_Marrero) / [Fernando Verdasco](/source/Fernando_Verdasco)

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

- [Pablo Carreño Busta](/source/Pablo_Carre%C3%B1o_Busta)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dominic Thiem é o primeiro nome confirmado no Rio Open"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202636/http://tennisinfo.com.br/dominic-thiem-e-o-primeiro-nome-confirmado-no-rio-open/). 10 October 2017. Archived from [the original](http://tennisinfo.com.br/dominic-thiem-e-o-primeiro-nome-confirmado-no-rio-open/) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gael Monfils e Marin Cilic estão confirmados no Rio Open"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202633/http://tennisinfo.com.br/gael-monfils-e-marin-cilic-estao-confirmados-no-rio-open/). 17 October 2017. Archived from [the original](http://tennisinfo.com.br/gael-monfils-e-marin-cilic-estao-confirmados-no-rio-open/) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Thomaz Bellucci recebe o segundo convite para a chave principal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180206145002/http://rioopen.com/detalhe-noticia?id=7365). 1 February 2018. Archived from [the original](http://rioopen.com/detalhe-noticia?id=7365) on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.rioopen.com/)

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