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

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 switches 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]

Tournaments as of 2020

Tournament	Country	Location	Current Venue	Court surface	Category
Córdoba Open	Argentina	Córdoba	Córdoba Lawn Tenis Club[8]	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

The Ecuador Open and Brasil Open have been disbanded while the Mexican Open has rebranded itself as a 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[9]	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

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 Quito Córdoba	Buenos Aires	Rio de Janeiro	São Paulo Santiago
2014	Fabio Fognini (1/2)	David Ferrer (6/7)	Rafael Nadal (5/6)	Federico Delbonis
2015	Victor Estrella Burgos (1/3)	Rafael Nadal (6/6)	David Ferrer (7/7)	Pablo Cuevas (1/4)
2016	Victor Estrella Burgos (2/3)	Dominic Thiem (1/3)	Pablo Cuevas (2/4)	Pablo Cuevas (3/4)
2017	Victor Estrella Burgos (3/3)	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Dominic Thiem (2/3)	Pablo Cuevas (4/4)
2018	Roberto Carballés Baena	Dominic Thiem (3/3)	Diego Schwartzman	Fabio Fognini (2/2)
2019	Juan Ignacio Londero	Marco Cecchinato	Laslo Đere	Guido Pella
2020	Cristian Garín (1/2)	Casper Ruud	Cristian Garín (2/2)	Thiago Seyboth Wild

Multiple winners

David Ferrer has won 7 Golden Swing tournaments, more than any other player.

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	Dominican Republic	Victor Estrella Burgos	2015–2017	3	0	0	0	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
11	Peru	Luis Horna	2006–2007	1	0	1	0	2
11	Spain	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2010	0	1	0	1	2
11	Argentina	Guillermo Coria	2001–2004	1	1	0	0	2
11	Argentina	Gastón Gaudio	2005	1	1	0	0	2
11	Argentina	Juan Mónaco	2007–2012	1	1	0	0	2
11	Chile	Nicolas Massú	2002–2006	0	1	0	1	2
11	Italy	Fabio Fognini	2014–2018	1	0	0	1	2
11	Chile	Cristian Garín	2020	1	0	1	0	2

References

"Movistar Open". ATP's official site. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
"Almagro On Cusp Of Golden History". ATP's official site. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
"QUITO TO HOST 250 EVENT FROM 2015". ATP's official site. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
"ATP 250 Tournament in Quito is Canceled Due to Lack of Financial Support". Tennis World USA. 26 August 2018.
"Brasil Open To Move To Sao Paulo". ATP's official site. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
"The Crowning Jewel Of The Golden Swing". ATP's official site. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
"ATP APPROVES EVENT IN RIO DE JANEIRO FROM 2014". ATP's official site. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/64187/atp-cordoba-entry-list-dominic-thiem-and-fabio-fognini-lead-the-field/
http://www.ecuadoropen.com.ec/index.php/informacion-del-torneo/sede

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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] ttps://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/64187/atp-cordoba-entry-list-dominic-thiem-and-fabio-fognini-lead-the-field/

[9] ttp://www.ecuadoropen.com.ec/index.php/informacion-del-torneo/sede