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Golden Swing
Tennis tournament series in South America
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Tennis tournament series in South America
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.
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).
Since the series started in 2001, no player has won more than two titles in one year.
Tournaments
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. The Ecuador Open's last event was 2018, after which it ceased due to lack of funding, and moved to Córdoba, Argentina.
In 2012, the Brasil Open was moved from Costa do Sauípe to São Paulo and transitioned from outdoors to indoors.
Starting in 2014, the Mexican Open switched from clay to hard courts, serving as a lead-up to the first ATP Masters 1000 event of the season in Indian Wells, United States. 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.
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.
Tournaments as of 2025
| Tournament | Country | Location | Current Venue | Court surface | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Córdoba Open | Argentina | Córdoba | Polo Deportivo Kempes | Clay (2019–2024) | ATP Tour 250 |
| Ecuador Open | Ecuador | Quito (2015–2018) | Club Jacarandá | Clay (2015–2018) | ATP 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 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
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 | Viña del Mar | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Quito | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | Santiago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ARG Guillermo Coria (1/2) | BRA Gustavo Kuerten (1/3) | CZE Jan Vacek | BRA Gustavo Kuerten (2/3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | CHI Fernando González (1/4) | CHI Nicolás Massú (1/2) | BRA Gustavo Kuerten | ESP Carlos Moyà (1/4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | ESP David Sánchez | ESP Carlos Moyà (2/4) | NED Sjeng Schalken | ARG Agustín Calleri | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | CHI Fernando González (2/4) | ARG Guillermo Coria (2/2) | BRA Gustavo Kuerten (3/3) | ESP Carlos Moyà (3/4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | ARG Gastón Gaudio (1/2) | ARG Gastón Gaudio (2/2) | ESP Rafael Nadal (1/6) | ESP Rafael Nadal (2/6) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | ARG José Acasuso | ESP Carlos Moyà (4/4) | CHI Nicolás Massú (2/2) | PER Luis Horna (1/2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Peru Luis Horna (2/2) | ARG Juan Mónaco (1/2) | ARG Guillermo Cañas | ARG Juan Ignacio Chela | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | CHI Fernando González (3/4) | ARG David Nalbandian | ESP Nicolás Almagro (1/6) | ESP Nicolás Almagro (2/6) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | CHI Fernando González (4/4) | ESP Tommy Robredo (1/3) | ESP Tommy Robredo (2/3) | ESP Nicolás Almagro (3/6) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | BRA Thomaz Bellucci | ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (1/2) | ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (2/2) | ESP David Ferrer (1/7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | ESP Tommy Robredo (3/3) | ESP Nicolás Almagro (4/6) | ESP Nicolás Almagro (5/6) | ESP David Ferrer (2/7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | ARG Juan Mónaco (2/2) | ESP David Ferrer (3/7) | ESP Nicolás Almagro (6/6) | ESP David Ferrer (4/7) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | ARG Horacio Zeballos | ESP David Ferrer (5/7) | ESP Rafael Nadal (3/6) | ESP Rafael Nadal (4/6) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | ITA Fabio Fognini (1/2) | ESP David Ferrer (6/7) | ESP Rafael Nadal (5/6) | ARG Federico Delbonis | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (1/3) | ESP Rafael Nadal (6/6) | ESP David Ferrer (7/7) | URU Pablo Cuevas (1/4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (2/3) | AUT Dominic Thiem (1/3) | URU Pablo Cuevas (2/4) | URU Pablo Cuevas (3/4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos (3/3) | UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov | AUT Dominic Thiem (2/3) | URU Pablo Cuevas (4/4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ESP Roberto Carballés Baena | AUT Dominic Thiem (3/3) | ARG Diego Schwartzman (1/2) | ITA Fabio Fognini (2/2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ARG Juan Ignacio Londero | ITA Marco Cecchinato | SRB Laslo Djere | ARG Guido Pella | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | CHI Cristian Garín (1/3) | NOR Casper Ruud (1/2) | CHI Cristian Garín (2/3) | BRA Thiago Seyboth Wild | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | ARG Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | ARG Diego Schwartzman (2/2) | Not held | CHI Cristian Garín (3/3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas | NOR Casper Ruud (2/2) | ESP Carlos Alcaraz (1/2) | ESP Pedro Martínez | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | ARG Sebastián Báez (1/3) | ESP Carlos Alcaraz (2/2) | GBR Cameron Norrie | CHI Nicolás Jarry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | ITA Luciano Darderi | ARG Facundo Díaz Acosta | ARG Sebastián Báez (2/3) | ARG Sebastián Báez (3/3) |
| Year | ARG Buenos Aires | BRA Rio de Janeiro | CHI Santiago |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BRA João Fonseca | ARG Sebastián Báez | SRB Laslo Djere |
Multiple winners
| Rank | Country | Player | Winning span | Chile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | ||||||||
| Argentina | Argentina | Mexico | ||||||
| Brazil | Brazil | |||||||
| Chile | Total | |||||||
| 1 | Spain | 2010–2015 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | Spain | 2007–2012 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | Spain | 2005–2015 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Spain | 2002–2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Chile | 2002–2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2015–2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2023–2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2015–2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Chile | 2020–2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Brazil | 2001–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Spain | 2009–2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2016–2018 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 2022–2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2001–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Spain | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Italy | 2014–2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2006–2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Chile | 2002–2006 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 2007–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2018–2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2020–2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
References
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- Ignacio Leal. (2019-10-15). "Agendado para febrero de 2020 en Santiago: Chile vuelve a tener un torneo ATP".
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