Golden Swing
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
[edit | edit source]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 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 2025
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]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[9] | Clay (2019–2024) | ATP Tour 250 |
| Ecuador Open | Ecuador | Quito (2015–2018) | Club Jacarandá[10] | 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
[edit | edit source]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) |  Jan Vacek |
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (2/3) |
| 2002 |  Fernando González (1/4) |
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 | 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) | Nicolás Massú (2/2) |
 Luis Horna (1/2)
|
| 2007 | Luis Horna (2/2) |
Argentina Juan Mónaco (1/2) | Argentina Guillermo Cañas | Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela |
| 2008 | Fernando González (3/4) |
Argentina David Nalbandian | Spain Nicolás Almagro (1/6) | Spain Nicolás Almagro (2/6) |
| 2009 | 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 |  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 |  Víctor Estrella Burgos (1/3) |
Spain Rafael Nadal (6/6) | Spain David Ferrer (7/7) |  Pablo Cuevas (1/4)
|
| 2016 | Víctor Estrella Burgos (2/3) |
 Dominic Thiem (1/3) |
Pablo Cuevas (2/4) |
Pablo Cuevas (3/4)
|
| 2017 | Víctor Estrella Burgos (3/3) |
 Alexandr Dolgopolov |
Dominic Thiem (2/3) |
Pablo Cuevas (4/4)
|
| 2018 | Spain Roberto Carballés Baena | Dominic Thiem (3/3) |
Argentina Diego Schwartzman (1/2) | Fabio Fognini (2/2)
|
| Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | |
| 2019 | Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero | Marco Cecchinato |
 Laslo Djere |
Argentina Guido Pella |
| Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | Santiago | |
| 2020 | Cristian Garín (1/3) |
 Casper Ruud (1/2) |
Cristian Garín (2/3) |
Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild |
| 2021 | Argentina Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | Argentina Diego Schwartzman (2/2) | Not held | Cristian Garín (3/3)
|
| 2022 | Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas | Casper Ruud (2/2) |
Spain Carlos Alcaraz (1/2) | Spain Pedro Martínez |
| 2023 | Argentina Sebastián Báez (1/3) | Spain Carlos Alcaraz (2/2) |  Cameron Norrie |
Nicolás Jarry
|
| 2024 | Luciano Darderi |
Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta | Argentina Sebastián Báez (2/3) | Argentina Sebastián Báez (3/3) |
| Year | Argentina Buenos Aires | Brazil Rio de Janeiro | Santiago
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Brazil João Fonseca | Argentina Sebastián Báez | Laslo Djere
|
Multiple winners
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