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Golden Swing

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The Golden Swing is a series of four tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held every February in Latin America. The four tournaments have been termed the ‘Golden Swing’ in honour of Chilean Olympic gold medalists Nicolas Massú and Fernando González.[1]

The series began in 2001, linking four tournaments in Latin America: Viña del Mar (Chile), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Costa do Sauípe (Brazil) and Acapulco (Mexico).[2]

Since the series started in 2001, no player has won more than two titles in one year.

Tournaments

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In 2010, the Chile Open was moved from Viña del Mar to Santiago. However, the tournament returned to Viña de Mar only two years later. In 2015, the tournament was bought by investors in Colombia, and moved to Quito, Ecuador.[3] The Ecuador Open's last event was 2018, after which it ceased due to lack of funding, and moved to Córdoba, Argentina.[4]

In 2012, the Brasil Open was moved from Costa do Sauípe to São Paulo and transitioned from outdoors to indoors.[5]

Starting in 2014, the Mexican Open switched from clay to hard courts, serving as a lead-up to the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season in Indian Wells, United States.[6] The same year, Brazilian investors purchased the ATP 500 level tournament from Memphis which was played on indoor hard courts. They moved it to Rio de Janeiro as the new anchor tournament of the Golden Swing.[7]

In 2019, the Brasil Open was scrapped, and replaced with the Chile Open, with a new edition in 2020. Six years passed between editions of an ATP tournament in Chile.[8]

Tournaments as of 2020

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Tournament Country Location Current Venue Court surface Category
Córdoba Open Argentina Córdoba Polo Deportivo Kempes[9] Clay (2019–present) ATP Tour 250
Argentina Open Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Clay (1970–1989, 1993–1995, 2001–present) ATP Tour 250
Rio Open Brazil Rio de Janeiro Jockey Club Brasileiro Clay (2014–present) ATP Tour 500
Chile Open Chile Viña del Mar (2001–09, 2012–2014)
Santiago (1993–1998, 2010–11, 2020–present)
Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo Clay (1993–1998, 2000–2014, 2020–present) ATP Tour 250

Former Golden Swing tournaments

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The Ecuador Open and Brasil Open have been disbanded while the Mexican Open has rebranded itself as a hard court lead-up tournament to the Indian Wells and Miami Masters.

Tournament Country Location Last/Current Venue Court surface Category
Ecuador Open Ecuador Quito (2015–2018) Club Jacarandá[10] Clay (2015–2018) ATP World Tour 250
Mexican Open Mexico Acapulco (2001–present)
Mexico City (1993–1998, 2000)
Fairmont Acapulco Princess Clay (1993–1998, 2000–2013)
Hard (2014–present)
ATP World Tour 500
Brasil Open Brazil Costa do Sauípe (2001–11)
São Paulo (2012–2019)
Complexo Desportivo Constâncio Vaz Guimarães Hard (2001–03)
Clay (2004–11)
Indoor clay (2012–2019)
ATP World Tour 250

Champions by year

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Win number out of total wins are shown in parentheses for players with more than one Golden Swing title since the series started in 2001. Purple shading indicates the tournament was played on hard courts.

Year Viña del Mar / Santiago Buenos Aires Costa do Sauípe / São Paulo Acapulco
2001 Argentina Guillermo Coria (1/2) Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (1/3) Czech Republic Jan Vacek Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (2/3)
2002 Chile Fernando González (1/4) Chile Nicolás Massú (1/2) Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Spain Carlos Moyà (1/4)
2003 Spain David Sánchez Spain Carlos Moyà (2/4) Netherlands Sjeng Schalken Argentina Agustín Calleri
2004 Chile Fernando González (2/4) Argentina Guillermo Coria (2/2) Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (3/3) Spain Carlos Moyà (3/4)
2005 Argentina Gastón Gaudio (1/2) Argentina Gastón Gaudio (2/2) Spain Rafael Nadal (1/6) Spain Rafael Nadal (2/6)
2006 Argentina José Acasuso Spain Carlos Moyà (4/4) Chile Nicolás Massú (2/2) Peru Luis Horna (1/2)
2007 Peru Luis Horna (2/2) Argentina Juan Mónaco (1/2) Argentina Guillermo Cañas Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
2008 Chile Fernando González (3/4) Argentina David Nalbandian Spain Nicolás Almagro (1/6) Spain Nicolás Almagro (2/6)
2009 Chile Fernando González (4/4) Spain Tommy Robredo (1/3) Spain Tommy Robredo (2/3) Spain Nicolás Almagro (3/6)
2010 Brazil Thomaz Bellucci Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (1/2) Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (2/2) Spain David Ferrer (1/7)
2011 Spain Tommy Robredo (3/3) Spain Nicolás Almagro (4/6) Spain Nicolás Almagro (5/6) Spain David Ferrer (2/7)
2012 Argentina Juan Mónaco (2/2) Spain David Ferrer (3/7) Spain Nicolás Almagro (6/6) Spain David Ferrer (4/7)
2013 Argentina Horacio Zeballos Spain David Ferrer (5/7) Spain Rafael Nadal (3/6) Spain Rafael Nadal (4/6)
Viña del Mar Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
2014 Italy Fabio Fognini (1/2) Spain David Ferrer (6/7) Spain Rafael Nadal (5/6) Argentina Federico Delbonis
Quito Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
2015 Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (1/3) Spain Rafael Nadal (6/6) Spain David Ferrer (7/7) Uruguay Pablo Cuevas (1/4)
2016 Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (2/3) Austria Dominic Thiem (1/3) Uruguay Pablo Cuevas (2/4) Uruguay Pablo Cuevas (3/4)
2017 Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (3/3) Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov Austria Dominic Thiem (2/3) Uruguay Pablo Cuevas (4/4)
2018 Spain Roberto Carballés Baena Austria Dominic Thiem (3/3) Argentina Diego Schwartzman (1/2) Italy Fabio Fognini (2/2)
Córdoba Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
2019 Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero Italy Marco Cecchinato Serbia Laslo Djere Argentina Guido Pella
Córdoba Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Santiago
2020 Chile Cristian Garín (1/3) Norway Casper Ruud (1/2) Chile Cristian Garín (2/3) Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild
2021 Argentina Juan Manuel Cerúndolo Argentina Diego Schwartzman (2/2) Not held Chile Cristian Garín (3/3)
2022 Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas Norway Casper Ruud (2/2) Spain Carlos Alcaraz (1/2) Spain Pedro Martínez
2023 Argentina Sebastián Báez (1/3) Spain Carlos Alcaraz (2/2) United Kingdom Cameron Norrie Chile Nicolás Jarry
2024 Italy Luciano Darderi Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta Argentina Sebastián Báez (2/3) Argentina Sebastián Báez (3/3)

Multiple winners

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David Ferrer won 7 Golden Swing tournaments, more than any other player.
Rank Country Player Winning span Chile
Ecuador
Argentina
Argentina Mexico
Brazil
Brazil
Chile
Total
1  Spain David Ferrer 2010–2015 0 3 4 0 7
2  Spain Nicolás Almagro 2007–2012 0 1 2 3 6
2  Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–2015 0 1 3 2 6
4  Spain Carlos Moyà 2002–2006 0 2 2 0 4
4  Chile Fernando González 2002–2009 4 0 0 0 4
4  Uruguay Pablo Cuevas 2015–2017 0 0 1 3 4
7  Argentina Sebastián Báez 2023–2024 1 0 1 1 3
7  Dominican Republic Victor Estrella Burgos 2015–2017 3 0 0 0 3
7  Chile Cristian Garín 2020–2021 1 0 1 1 3
7  Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 2001–2004 0 1 1 1 3
7  Spain Tommy Robredo 2009–2011 1 1 0 1 3
7  Austria Dominic Thiem 2016–2018 0 2 1 0 3
12  Spain Carlos Alcaraz 2022–2023 0 1 1 0 2
12  Argentina Guillermo Coria 2001–2004 1 1 0 0 2
12  Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 2010 0 1 0 1 2
12  Italy Fabio Fognini 2014–2018 1 0 0 1 2
12  Argentina Gastón Gaudio 2005 1 1 0 0 2
12  Peru Luis Horna 2006–2007 1 0 1 0 2
12  Chile Nicolas Massú 2002–2006 0 1 0 1 2
12  Argentina Juan Mónaco 2007–2012 1 1 0 0 2
12  Argentina Diego Schwartzman 2018–2021 0 1 1 0 2
12  Norway Casper Ruud 2020–2022 0 2 0 0 2

References

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  1. ^ "Movistar Open". ATP's official site. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  2. ^ "Almagro On Cusp Of Golden History". ATP's official site. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  3. ^ "QUITO TO HOST 250 EVENT FROM 2015". ATP's official site. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  4. ^ "ATP 250 Tournament in Quito is Canceled Due to Lack of Financial Support". Tennis World USA. 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Brasil Open To Move To Sao Paulo". ATP's official site. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  6. ^ "The Crowning Jewel Of The Golden Swing". ATP's official site. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  7. ^ "ATP APPROVES EVENT IN RIO DE JANEIRO FROM 2014". ATP's official site. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  8. ^ Ignacio Leal (2019-10-15). "Agendado para febrero de 2020 en Santiago: Chile vuelve a tener un torneo ATP". La Tercera. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  9. ^ "ATP Córdoba – Entry List: Dominic Thiem and Fabio Fognini lead the field".
  10. ^ "Sede". Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2019-01-13.