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 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]

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.

YearViña del Mar / SantiagoBuenos AiresCosta do Sauípe / São PauloAcapulco
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 AiresRio de JaneiroSão 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
  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. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/64187/atp-cordoba-entry-list-dominic-thiem-and-fabio-fognini-lead-the-field/
  9. http://www.ecuadoropen.com.ec/index.php/informacion-del-torneo/sede
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