2018 Rio Open – Doubles

Doubles
2018 Rio Open
Final
Champions	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco
Runners-up	Nikola Mektić Alexander Peya
Score	5–7, 7–5, [10–8]
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Main article: 2018 Rio Open

Pablo Carreño Busta and Pablo Cuevas were the defending champions, but withdrew before the tournament began.

David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco won the title, defeating Nikola Mektić and Alexander Peya in the final, 5–7, 7–5, [10–8]. Marrero and Verdasco were the first lucky loser team to win an ATP World Tour doubles title since 2014.^[1]

Seeds

1. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (quarterfinals)
2. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (semifinals)
3. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (first round)
4. Santiago González / Julio Peralta (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ł Kubot M Melo	6	4	[10]
	Q	N Jarry J Veselý	4	6	[4]			1	Ł Kubot M Melo	6^4	2
		A Molteni H Zeballos	6	6					A Molteni H Zeballos	7^7	6
	WC	T Bellucci A Sá	1	3												A Molteni H Zeballos	4	6	[7]
	3	JS Cabal R Farah	6^5	5												N Mektić A Peya	6	3	[10]
		N Mektić A Peya	7^7	7					N Mektić A Peya	7	6
		G Pella D Schwartzman	6	2	[10]				G Pella D Schwartzman	5	3
		H Podlipnik-Castillo A Vasilevski	3	6	[3]																		N Mektić A Peya	7	5	[8]
		M Demoliner G Monfils	6	1	[5]																	LL	D Marrero F Verdasco	5	7	[10]
	LL	D Marrero F Verdasco	1	6	[10]			LL	D Marrero F Verdasco	7	3	[10]
		F Fognini M López	3	2				4	S González J Peralta	5	6	[2]
	4	S González J Peralta	6	6											LL	D Marrero F Verdasco	6	6
		R Jebavý L Mayer	6	6^5	[10]										2	J Murray B Soares	4	4
		G García López A Ramos Viñolas	2	7^7	[7]				R Jebavý L Mayer	3	4
	WC	F de Paula T Monteiro	3	1				2	J Murray B Soares	6	6
	2	J Murray B Soares	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
2. Nicolás Jarry / Jiří Veselý (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Nicolás Jarry / Jiří Veselý

Lucky losers

1. David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco

Qualifying draw

First round

Qualifying competition

1

David Marrero Fernando Verdasco

6

6^3

[10]

Gerald Melzer Tennys Sandgren

4

7^7

[4]

1

David Marrero Fernando Verdasco

6

3

[5]

2

Nicolás Jarry Jiří Veselý

2

6

[10]

WC

Mateus Alves Fabrício Neis

2

Nicolás Jarry Jiří Veselý

w/o

References

1. ATP Staff (25 February 2018). "Verdasco Pulls Double Duty To Capture Rio Crown With Marrero". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw