Ecuador Open (tennis)

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Ecuador Open Quito
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded2015
Abolished2018
Editions4
Location Quito
Ecuador
VenueClub Jacarandá
Category ATP World Tour 250 series
SurfaceClay / outdoors
Draw28S /16D / 32Q
Prize money$494,310
Website ecuadoropen.com.ec

The Ecuador Open Quito was a men's tennis event on the ATP Tour held in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito. Begun in 2015, it was part of the ATP 250 Series. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. The event replaced the Chile Open. [1]

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The city was previously home to the Quito Open, a Grand Prix-affiliated tournament played from 1979 to 1982.

Quito is located at 2800 metres above sea level, more than twice as high than the Alps tournaments. Players must adapt to thinner air, which causes breathing difficulties and makes the ball faster.

Victor Estrella Burgos won the title in 2015, successfully defended it in 2016 and did so again in 2017. However, he lost in the second round of the 2018 edition to Gerald Melzer.

On 24 August 2018, tournament organisers announced that the tournament had folded due to lack of financial support. [2]

Results

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Víctor Estrella Burgos Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
2016 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Víctor Estrella Burgos (2) Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
2017 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Víctor Estrella Burgos (3) Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2018 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2019replaced by Córdoba Open [3]

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Gero Kretschmer
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Satschko
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Victor Estrella Burgos
Flag of Brazil.svg João Souza
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2016 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Carreño Busta
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Bellucci
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner
7–5, 6–4
2017 Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Oswald
Flag of Chile.svg Julio Peralta
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
6–3, 2–1, ret.
2018 Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Jarry
Flag of Chile.svg Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow
7–6(8–6), 6–3
2019replaced by Córdoba Open [3]

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