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Finals day in Doha has No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev facing off with young Jack Draper, seeded No. 8 and starting his season after missing the Australian summer and Davis Cup through injury.

It’s a good final, after a couple of really good semifinals on Friday.

In Rio, very much the poor cousin in this dueling ATP 500 competition, there is a mad scramble for a 500 event.

And qualifying begins in Dubai, Acapulco and Santiago.

WTA Tour – Saturday results

(Rio and Santiago are 2 hours behind ET; Doha is 8 hours ahead, Dubai 9 hours and Acapulco an hour behind)

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Rio Open
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 17 – 23, 2025
Prize Money: $2,574,145
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Order of play

Quadra Guga Kuerten (5 p.m. start – 3 p.m. ET)

1. [5] Sebastian Baez (ARG) vs [LL] Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) H2H

2. Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs Francesco Comesana (ARG) H2H

3. Pedro Martinez / Jaume Munar (ESP) vs Rafael Matos / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (not before 8 p.m.)

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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Location: Doha, Qatar
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: 17 – 22, 2025
Prize Money: $3,095,960
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Final results

Singles final

[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [8] Jack Draper (GBR) 75 57 61

 

Doubles final

Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) def Joe Salisbury / Neal Skupski (GBR) 63 62

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Dubai Duty Free Championships
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 24 – March 1, 2025
Prize Money: $3,415,700
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[1] Roman Safiullin (RUS) def. [WC] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 76 (1) 36 63

[2] Quentin Halys (FRA) def Yoshihito Uchiyama (JPN) 63 76 (4)

[3] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def. [WC] Abdulrahman Al Janahi (UAE) 62 60

[4] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def Josef Kovalik (SVK) 60 61

[5] Luca Nardi (ITA) def Lloyd Harris (RSA) 63 75

[6] Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) def [WC] Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 61 63

[7] Otto Virtanen (FIN) def. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 61 75

[8] Pavel Kotov (RUS) def. [PR] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) 63 63

 

Doubles qualifying, first round

Matwe Middelkoop (NED) / Andreas Mies (GER) def. [2] Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) 36 63 [11-9]

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Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Category: ATP 500 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Feb. 24 – March 1, 2025
Prize Money: $2,763,440
Draws: S32 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Order of play
Qualifying, first round

Grandstand (5 p.m. start – 6 p.m. ET)

1. [7] Adam Walton (AUS) vs. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

2. [2] Alexander Kovacevic (USA) vs. [WC] Alan Magadan (MEX)

3. [6] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) vs. [WC] Rafael Alfonso De Alba Valdes (MEX)

4. [1] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) vs. [ALT] Alan Magadan (MEX) / Tomas Pinho (POR)

 

Cancha 1

1. [5] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs. [ALT] Dmitry Popko (KAZ)

2. [8] James Duckworth (AUS) vs. Nishesh Basavareddy (USA)

3. [2] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) / Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) vs. Marcos Giron (USA) / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)

 

Cancha 2

1. [4] Learner Tien (USA) vs. [ALT] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG)

2. [3] Rinky Hijikata (USA) vs. [WC] Stefan Kozlov (USA)

3. [1] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs. Christopher Eubanks (USA)

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Movistar Chile Open
Location: Santiago, Chile
Category: ATP 250 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: Feb. 24 – March 2, 2025
Prize Money: $710,735
Draws: S28 – D16

Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Results
Qualifying, first round

Court Jaime Fillol

1. [8] Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) def. Emilio Nava (USA) 63 64

2. [4] Fernando Meligeni Alves (BRA) def [WC] Bastian Malla (CHI) 75 62

3. [1] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) vs. Matias Soto (CHI)

 

Court 1

1. [6] Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 62 63

2. [2] Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) def. [ALT] Pol Martin Tiffon (ESP) 61 64

3. [5] Gustavo Heide (BRA) vs. [ALT] Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG)

 

Court 2

1. [3] Roman Andres Burruchuga (ARG) def. [WC] Killian Feldbausch (SUI) 62 57 64

2. [7] Facundo Mena (ARG) [ALT] Orlando Luz (BRA) vs. [ALT] Ryan Seggerman (USA)

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ATP Tour – Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 final results

WTA Tour – Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 final results

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