Corcovado Tennis Open brings Rio back to the ATP Challenger calendar after four years
The tournament returns to Rio after four years, from 6 to 13 December, on the Rio Tennis Academy clay, with US$ 63,000 in prize money and free entry.
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O Rio de Janeiro volta a ter um torneio da série ATP Challenger depois de quatro anos. O Corcovado Tennis Open foi confirmado para 6 a 13 de dezembro, no saibro da Rio Tennis Academy, no sopé do Corcovado, bairro das Laranjeiras, zona sul carioca.
A competição distribui 50 pontos no ranking mundial da ATP aos campeões de simples e de duplas, oferece premiação total de US$ 63 mil e terá entrada gratuita ao público. Será o segundo evento mais importante do tênis profissional masculino da capital e uma chance a mais para os brasileiros somarem pontos no fim da temporada 2026 e já de olho em 2027.
Eduardo Frick, diretor do evento, destacou:
Muito contente que depois de quatro anos o Rio de Janeiro volta a ter um torneio ATP Challenger. O Corcovado Tennis Open será na Rio Tennis, uma academia que merece eventos desse porte por sua grandeza e expressão no cenário internacional. E também ajudar e contribuir com o desenvolvimento dos tenistas brasileiros podendo jogar em casa e subir no ranking.
Em seguida, o dirigente ressaltou a parceria com a CazéTV, que vai transmitir as semifinais de simples no sábado e a grande final de simples no domingo, e mencionou o apoio da TênisRJ, da Confederação Brasileira de Tênis (CBT), da Confederação Sul-Americana de Tênis (Cosat) e da ATP.
O qualifying ocupa o domingo e a segunda-feira, dias 6 e 7. A chave principal começa em 7 de dezembro e termina em 13, domingo, com a decisão de simples.
O torneio tem patrocínio de ENGIE, Revista Tênis, Adega Online, Fila e Wilson. Já os apoios vêm da CBT, da Cosat, da TênisTJ e da Rio Tennis Academy.
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