Rio Open, Brazil, 2020 - ATP 500

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DATE: February 17 - 23, 2020
SURFACE: Clay
PRIZE MONEY: $1,759,905
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Laslo Djere

Seeds:

1. Dominic Thiem
2. Dusan Lajovic
3. Cristian Garin
4. Guido Pella
5. Borna Coric
6. Laslo Djere
7. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
8. Casper Ruud

The Tournament:

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 Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the only ATP Tour 500 event in South America and the only ATP Tour event in Brazil (since 2020).

About Rio:

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.

Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.

Tourism Guide:



TV Coverage:

Asia
Afghanistan - Sony / MSM
Bangladesh - Sony / MSM
Bhutan - Sony / MSM
China - Iqiyi
Hong Kong - PCCW
India - Sony / MSM
Japan - WOWOW
Japan - Gaora Sports Channel
Japan - TV Asahi
Malaysia - Measat (Astro Supersport)
Maldives - Sony / MSM
Nepal - Sony / MSM
Pakistan - Sony / MSM
Philippines - Elite Sports
Singapore - Starhub (Supersports)
South Korea - Eclat
Sri Lanka - Sony / MSM
Taiwan - Sino Catch (Sportcast)
Thailand - Cineplex (Truevisions)
Vietnam - Canal+ Overseas

Middle East
MENA - BeIn Sport
Israel - Sport5

Americas
Brazil - Bandsport
Canada - TSN
Caribbean - ESPN
United States - Tennis Channel
South America - ESPN

Africa
Africa - Canal+ Overseas
MENA - BeIn Sport

Australasia
Australasia - ESPN International

Europe
Albania - Supersport / Straightforward
Andorra - Sogecable/Telefonica/Canal+/Movistar
Austria - Sky Deutschland
Belgium - BeTV
Belgium - Telenet (Play Sports)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Bulgaria - MTEL/A1
Croatia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Cyprus - CYTA
Czech Republic - Tolano (Digisport)
Denmark - Modern Times Group (TV3)
France - Eurosport
Finland - MTV3
Georgia - Silk Media
Georgia - Adjara
Germany - Sky Deutschland
Greece - Hellenic (OTE)
Hungary - Sport1 (Pragosport)
Italy, San Marino & Vatican City - SuperTennis
Kosovo - Supersport / Straightforward
Liechtenstein - Sky Deutschland
Luxembourg - BeTV
Luxembourg - Sky Deutschland
Montenegro - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Netherlands - Fox Sports
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Poland - Polsat
Portugal - Sport TV
Romania - RCS & RDS (Digisport)
Russia - Eurosport
Serbia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Slovakia - Tolano (Digisport)
Slovenia - United Media (IKO SportKlub)
Spain - Sogecable/Telefonica/Canal+/Movistar
Switzerland - Sky Deutschland
Switzerland - SRG
Turkey - Saran (agent)
United Kingdom & ROI - Amazon Prime Video

Worldwide
Worldwide - Tennis TV

 

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The Draw:

 

[mrzz]

Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began.

Call this a "war" is really an exaggeration. Some provinces did not accept the independence at first, and there were some struggles, but there was very little popular engagement from either side anyway. Brazilian army was mostly made of mercenaries. It is rather more a series of isolated revolts, most of them small. I was actually kind of shocked when I read the expression "war of Brazilian independence". It could be a good idea maybe to start one, even if I would wait for or retarded-in-chief to be ousted first.

 

[tented]

Call this a "war" is really an exaggeration. Some provinces did not accept the independence at first, and there were some struggles, but there was very little popular engagement from either side anyway. Brazilian army was mostly made of mercenaries. It is rather more a series of isolated revolts, most of them small. I was actually kind of shocked when I read the expression "war of Brazilian independence". It could be a good idea maybe to start one, even if I would wait for or retarded-in-chief to be ousted first.

As I do with every city, I got this from the Wikipedia page for the city, in this case Rio, so this wasn’t my interpretation. If you’re interested, you could become a member of Wikipedia, and dispute the wording with them. I imagine they’ll consider your thoughts on this.

 

[Horsa]

As I do with every city, I got this from the Wikipedia page for the city, in this case Rio, so this wasn’t my interpretation. If you’re interested, you could become a member of Wikipedia, and dispute the wording with them. I imagine they’ll consider your thoughts on this.

I've got a better idea. If Mr. Zz isn't happy with the account of the history of his country you gave, I think he should write us his version. I'd be very interested in seeing it.

 

[mrzz]

As I do with every city, I got this from the Wikipedia page for the city, in this case Rio, so this wasn’t my interpretation. If you’re interested, you could become a member of Wikipedia, and dispute the wording with them. I imagine they’ll consider your thoughts on this.

Tented, I missed the opportunity to "like" the post -- as I usually do -- and I really appreciate the effort you (and others) put on it. I figured the original source would be Wikipedia or some other well known (and quick) source. I really could do what you suggested, but I am not sure the general public deserves my words --- I'll leave it just for the very exclusive TennisFrontier audience.

And, yeah, I am a pain in the ass...

 

[mrzz]

I've got a better idea. If Mr. Zz isn't happy with the account of the history of his country you gave, I think he should write us his version. I'd be very interested in seeing it.

Item added to the to do list.

 

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[Horsa]

Item added to the to do list.

I look forward to reading it.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

seyboth wild wins his usual 1 match per season.

2nd career win (age 20 in march) in match lasting near 4hrs,

 

[Moxie]

Ramos-Viñolas upset by 16-year-old Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz, ranked 406. His coach is listed as Juan Carlos Ferrero. Someone to keep an eye on, I guess.

 

[herios]

Balázs upset Cuevas. The Hungarian is knocking on the top 100 door, aiming to join Fucsovics there

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

16yr old won a 3h 30m match ? wow. and at 3am

thiem lost aset to a wc making his atp debut who is 300s rank. hopfully just a bit of rust.

 

[Moxie]

16yr old won a 3h 30m match ? wow. and at 3am

thiem lost aset to a wc making his atp debut who is 300s rank. hopfully just a bit of rust.

I did notice that Thiem had a bit of a time getting his feet back in the dirt.

 

[Moxie]

Balázs upset Cuevas. The Hungarian is knocking on the top 100 door, aiming to join Fucsovics there

That was a bit of a surprise. Ruud lost, not shockingly, but Pella is also out.

 

[herios]

Balázs took Monteiro down as well, he will now definitely get into the top 100.

 

[isabelle]

Coria in quarter

 

[Moxie]

I see that Borna Coric is playing Thiago Seyboth Wild. @JesuslookslikeBorg must be beside himself as to who to root for.

 

[Moxie]

Coric won in 3. Now Thiem and Munar are a set apiece. If I'm not wrong, if Thiem wins this match he passes Federer and goes to #3. Anyway, I'm all but certain he does if he makes the semis.

 

[Fiero425]

Thiem had to work hard to get by Munar! Hopefully he'll be more on his game against qualifier; Mager! Another LL, Balázs makes quarters!