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]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
[edit]| Tournament | Country | Location | Current Venue | Court surface | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Córdoba Open | Argentina | Córdoba | Polo Deportivo Kempes[9] | Clay (2019–2024) | 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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |  Guillermo Coria (1/2) |
 Gustavo Kuerten (1/3) |
 Jan Vacek |
Gustavo Kuerten (2/3)
| |
| 2002 |  Fernando González (1/4) |
Nicolás Massú (1/2) |
Gustavo Kuerten |
 Carlos Moyà (1/4)
| |
| 2003 | David Sánchez |
Carlos Moyà (2/4) |
 Sjeng Schalken |
Agustín Calleri
| |
| 2004 | Fernando González (2/4) |
Guillermo Coria (2/2) |
Gustavo Kuerten (3/3) |
Carlos Moyà (3/4)
| |
| 2005 | Gastón Gaudio (1/2) |
Gastón Gaudio (2/2) |
Rafael Nadal (1/6) |
Rafael Nadal (2/6)
| |
| 2006 | José Acasuso |
Carlos Moyà (4/4) |
Nicolás Massú (2/2) |
 Luis Horna (1/2)
| |
| 2007 | Luis Horna (2/2) |
Juan Mónaco (1/2) |
Guillermo Cañas |
Juan Ignacio Chela
| |
| 2008 | Fernando González (3/4) |
David Nalbandian |
Nicolás Almagro (1/6) |
Nicolás Almagro (2/6)
| |
| 2009 | Fernando González (4/4) |
Tommy Robredo (1/3) |
Tommy Robredo (2/3) |
Nicolás Almagro (3/6)
| |
| 2010 | Thomaz Bellucci |
Juan Carlos Ferrero (1/2) |
Juan Carlos Ferrero (2/2) |
David Ferrer (1/7)
| |
| 2011 | Tommy Robredo (3/3) |
Nicolás Almagro (4/6) |
Nicolás Almagro (5/6) |
David Ferrer (2/7)
| |
| 2012 | Juan Mónaco (2/2) |
David Ferrer (3/7) |
Nicolás Almagro (6/6) |
David Ferrer (4/7)
| |
| 2013 | Horacio Zeballos |
David Ferrer (5/7) |
Rafael Nadal (3/6) |
Rafael Nadal (4/6)
| |
| Viña del Mar | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | ||
| 2014 |  Fabio Fognini (1/2) |
David Ferrer (6/7) |
Rafael Nadal (5/6) |
Federico Delbonis
| |
| Quito | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | ||
| 2015 |  Víctor Estrella Burgos (1/3) |
Rafael Nadal (6/6) |
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 | Roberto Carballés Baena |
Dominic Thiem (3/3) |
Diego Schwartzman (1/2) |
Fabio Fognini (2/2)
| |
| Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | ||
| 2019 | Juan Ignacio Londero |
Marco Cecchinato |
 Laslo Djere |
Guido Pella
| |
| Córdoba | Buenos Aires | Rio de Janeiro | Santiago | ||
| 2020 | Cristian Garín (1/3) |
 Casper Ruud (1/2) |
Cristian Garín (2/3) |
Thiago Seyboth Wild
| |
| 2021 | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo |
Diego Schwartzman (2/2) |
Not held | Cristian Garín (3/3)
| |
| 2022 | Albert Ramos Viñolas |
Casper Ruud (2/2) |
Carlos Alcaraz (1/2) |
Pedro Martínez
| |
| 2023 | Sebastián Báez (1/3) |
Carlos Alcaraz (2/2) |
 Cameron Norrie |
Nicolás Jarry
| |
| 2024 | Luciano Darderi |
Facundo Díaz Acosta |
Sebastián Báez (2/3) |
Sebastián Báez (3/3) |
Multiple winners
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| Rank | Country | Player | Winning span | 
|
|
|
|
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 |
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- ^ "Brasil Open To Move To Sao Paulo". ATP's official site. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
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- ^ "ATP APPROVES EVENT IN RIO DE JANEIRO FROM 2014". ATP's official site. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
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