who can come to Brazil for the Rio Open in 2024

Posted On: September 26, 2023

In 2024, the Rio Open celebrates its tenth anniversary. In one of the most beautiful landscapes in Brazil, clay courts are installed at the Brazilian Jockey Club and countless tennis stars have already passed through, but who will come to the tournament next year?

Created in 2014, the tournament has importance on the ATP circuit, it has become in just a few years a tradition of world tennis. Champion Rafael Nadal, for example, participated in the opening edition of the tournament and was its first champion.

In 2024, the Rio Open celebrates its 10th anniversary. A decade which placed Brazil on the world tennis map and which honored great names in the sport on the most beautiful center court on the planet, here at the Jockey Club Brasileiro. Ten years of creating jobs and moving + pic.twitter.com/e5NvPcoAlc

– Jockey Club Brazileiro (@JockeyClubBR) September 19, 2023

In an interview with the newspaper “O Globo”, Lui Carvalho, director of the Rio Open, revealed that he would confirm, in the coming weeks, an “unprecedented and publicly acclaimed name for the tournament”, which will will be held in February 2024.

Carlos Alcaraz, Andrey Rublev, Novak Djokovic? Who will be the most requested participant by the public at the Rio Open 2024?

Even if we don’t know the answer yet, we can already sketch out some possibilities. Come with us!

Who will be the tennis player popular with the public who will come to the Rio Open in 2024

Although he did not reveal who the tennis player in demand on social networks is and who will participate in the Rio Open 2024, Lui Carvalho gave some advice.

“It will be his debut here, he is a great tennis player and a very acclaimed and in-demand name on social media,” said the director of South America’s biggest tennis event.

With this we have already deduced that it is not Carlos Alcaraz – who has already participated in the tournament – nor Rafael Nadal.

Do you remember this one? The “dogs” succeeded in the Rio Open 2023! 🥰🐶🎾#Tennis #Alcaraz #Puppy #Dog pic.twitter.com/iNcyfeYZoo

– sportv (@sportv) September 13, 2023

“We are still in negotiations with the tennis players, we will have news soon. We are always after the biggest,” he added.

In addition to Rublev, the internet is speculating about Stan Wawrinka or Stefanos Tsitsipas – and the memes have already started!

Rublev in the open river and me collapsing pic.twitter.com/RroQYQwK10

-Giovanna (@spidersmorales) September 19, 2023

Which tennis players played at the Rio Open

In addition to Gustavo Kuerten and Maria Esther Bueno, already honored by the Rio Open, other tennis stars have set foot on Brazil’s most famous clay court.

Today is the day to celebrate one of the biggest names in Brazilian and world tennis, which we are very proud to be part of our history. ❤️ Happy birthday, Guga! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/I7LIjerrRU

– Rio Open (@RioOpenOficial) September 10, 2023

Some examples are the Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Tommy Robredo and Nicolás Almagro, the French Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, as well as the Austrian Dominic Thiem, the Croatians Marin Cilic and Borna Coric.

There are also the North Americans John Isner and Jack Sock, the Italians Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Musetti and Matteo Berrettini, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the current champion Cameron Norrie.

Alcaraz, in fact, has a long-standing relationship with the Rio Open. It was tournament champion in 2022, at 18 years oldthus becoming the youngest in history to win an ATP 500. Previously, he had already participated in the tournament in 2020, when he was 406th in the rankings.

His first career victory in a match on the ATP circuit was won in Rio!