Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, Dominic Thiem, Matteo Berrettini and Juan Martin Del Potro will be among the top names who are going to compete in the main draw of the prestigious ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro.
The tournament will take place from the 14th of February in Rio and it will be played on clay. The event was not played in 2021. The 2020 champion is Cristian Garin who defeated Gianluca Mager in the final.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in 2021
Now ranked no.32 (career-high), Carlos played his last match on the 13th of November when he overcame world no.41 Sebastian Korda 4-3(5) 4-2 4-2 in the final.
Until now, during this year Alcaraz Garfia owns a compiled 48-19 win-loss record. Alcaraz Garfia clinched 2 titles in 2021 in the Oeiras 3 Challenger and in Umag.
Dominic Thiem in 2021
Now the world no.15, Dominic played his last match on the 22nd of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.71 Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 2-5 .
This season the Austrian achieved a composed 9-9 record. Dominic Thiem’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Madrid.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Dominic Thiem have never squared off.
Matteo Berrettini in 2021
At the moment ranked no.7 (career-high), Matteo played his last match on the 14th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.3 Alexander Zverev in the round robin and the scoreline was 7-6(7) 1-0 .
At the moment, during this season the Italian has a 41-12 record. Matteo has won 2 titles in 2021 in Belgrade and in London. Matteo was the finalist in Madrid and in Wimbledon.
Juan Martin Del Potro in 2021
Now ranked no.758, the Argentine played his last match on the 19th of June 2019 when he beat world no.14 Denis Shapovalov 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Fever-Tree Championships (draw).
This year Juan Martin has a 0-0 match record.
Matteo Berrettini and Juan Martin Del Potro have never played each other until now in top tournaments.