Chile Open (tennis) explained

Chile Open
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Event Name:	Chile International Championships (1930-69, 78) Chile International Open Championships (1970-73) Chile International Open (1974-75) Chilean International Open (1976-81)
City:	Santiago de Chile (1976–1981; 1993–2000; 2011; 2020–current) Viña del Mar (1981–1983; 2001–2009; 2012–2014) Colina (2010)^[1]
Country:	Chile
Category:	ILTF South America Circuit (1930–1972) ILTF Independent Tour (1973–1975) Grand Prix (1976–1983) ATP World Series (1993–1998) ATP International Series (2000–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–2014) ATP Tour 250 (2020–current)
Venue:	Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (2020–current)
Surface:	Clay / outdoor
Draw:	28S/32Q/16D
Prize Money:	(2023)
Website:	chileopen.cl
Completed Event:	2024
Singles:	Sebastián Báez
Doubles:	Alejandro Tabilo Tomás Barrios Vera

The Chile Open (also known as the Chile Dove Men+Care Open for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts in Santiago, Chile. The tournament was originally founded as the Chile International Championships ^[2] in 1930 as a combined men's and women's tennis event.^[3] In its history it was held alternately in Viña del Mar city and in 2010, Colina. It is part of the ATP Tour 250 of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour and part of the four-tournament Golden Swing.

History

From 1976 until 1981 this event was known as the Chilean International Open and was an ILTF Grand Prix Circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament.^[3] In 1992, Brazil suspended its three ATP tournaments. When the ATP resolved to keep these tournaments in Latin America, brothers Jaime and Álvaro Fillol decided to buy the organizing rights to hold one of these events in Chile. The first edition was held in Santiago in November 1993. In 1999, it was not held, due to the ATP's decision to reschedule the event to February 2000. In 2001, the tournament was moved to Viña del Mar. The event moved back to Santiago in 2010, eventually returning to Viña del Mar in 2012.

For the 2007 edition, the tournament switched to a 24-player round robin format. After problems with this format were discovered in other tournaments, the ATP decided to revert all round-robin events to the old play-off format. Thus, from the year 2008, the tournament was back to its old 32-player draw scheme.

After many sponsorship renewing attempts, the tournament was folded mid-year after the 2014 edition and the tournament moved to Ecuador.^[4]

Many top-ten players participated in this tournament, including Mats Wilander, Jim Courier, Jiří Novák, Marcelo Ríos, Carlos Moyá, Gustavo Kuerten, Àlex Corretja, Tommy Haas, Magnus Norman, Sergi Bruguera, Guillermo Coria, David Nalbandian, Gastón Gaudio, Fernando González, Tommy Robredo, Nicolás Lapentti, Álbert Costa, Alberto Berasategui, Emilio Sánchez, Guillermo Cañas, Mariano Puerta, Nicolás Massú, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Mónaco, Rafael Nadal, and Félix Mantilla.

On 15 October 2019, Brasil Open organisers announced the date the tournament will return to Santiago for Chile Open comeback in 2020.^{[5] [6]} On 19 November 2019, despite Chilean protests, ATP confirmed the event once again.^[7]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Santiago (1930–1981)
1935	Adriano Zappa^[8]	Lucilo del Castillo^[9]	2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 6–1.
1939		Heraldo Weiss	8–6, 6–3, 6–1.
1940	Pancho Segura	Salvador Deik^[10]	4–6, 6–4, 6–0.
1950	Ricardo Balbiers	Tony Vincent	7–5, 6–3.
1951	Budge Patty	Jorge Morales^[11]	6–1, 6–4, 6–2.
1952	Jaroslav Drobný	Bernard Bartzen	4–6, 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1958	Luis Ayala	Billy Knight	6–1, 6–3, 6–4.
1959	Luis Ayala	Manuel Santana	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4.
1960	Luis Ayala		6–3, 7–5, 6–1.
1961	Pierre Darmon	Whitney Reed	6–2, 6–1, 6–4.
1962	Dieter Ecklebe	Isaías Pimentel	7–5, 6–0, 6–4.
1963	Alan Lane	Nicola Pietrangeli	4–6, 6–4, 6–4.
1966	Patricio Rodríguez	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4.
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Jan Kodeš	Milan Holeček	4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–1.
1970	Manuel Orantes	Frank Froehling III	6–3, 6–2, 6–4.
1971	Jaime Pinto Bravo	Jaime Fillol Sr.	6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4.
1973	Dick Stockton	Patricio Cornejo	6–2, 7–5.
1976	José Higueras	Carlos Kirmayr	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Jaime Fillol	6–0, 2–6, 6–4
1978	José Luis Clerc	Víctor Pecci	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1979	Hans Gildemeister	José Higueras	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
1980	Víctor Pecci	Christophe Freyss	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1981	Hans Gildemeister	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–5
Viña del Mar (1981–1983)
1981	Víctor Pecci		6–4, 6–0
1982	Pedro Rebolledo	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
1983	Víctor Pecci		2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Santiago (1993–2000)
1993	Javier Frana	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1994	Alberto Berasategui		6–3, 6–4
1995	Sláva Doseděl	Marcelo Ríos	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
1996	Hernán Gumy		6–4, 7–5
1997	Julián Alonso	Marcelo Ríos	6–2, 6–1
1998	Francisco Clavet		6–2, 6–4
2000	Gustavo Kuerten		7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Viña del Mar (2001–2009)
2001	Guillermo Coria		4–6, 6–2, 7–5
2002	Fernando González		6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–4)
2003	David Sánchez Muñoz		1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2004	Fernando González	Gustavo Kuerten	6–4, 6–4
2005	Gastón Gaudio	Fernando González	6–3, 6–4
2006	José Acasuso		6–4, 6–3
2007	Luis Horna		7–5, 6–3
2008	Fernando González		w/o
2009	Fernando González		6–1, 6–3
Santiago (2010–2011)
2010	Thomaz Bellucci		6–2, 0–6, 6–4
2011	Tommy Robredo	Santiago Giraldo	6–2, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Viña del Mar (2012–2014)
2012	Juan Mónaco	Carlos Berlocq	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
2013	Horacio Zeballos	Rafael Nadal	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2014	Fabio Fognini	Leonardo Mayer	6–2, 6–4
Santiago (2020–2023)
2020	Thiago Seyboth Wild	Casper Ruud	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2021	Cristian Garín	Facundo Bagnis	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 7–5
2022	Pedro Martínez	Sebastián Báez	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2023	Nicolás Jarry	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
2024	Sebastián Báez	Alejandro Tabilo	3–6, 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Santiago (1976–1981)
1976	Patricio Cornejo Hans Gildemeister	Lito Álvarez Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
1977	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	Henry Bunis Paul McNamee	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1978	Hans Gildemeister Víctor Pecci	Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol	6–4, 6–3
1979	José Higueras / Jairo Velasco vs. Álvaro Fillol / Jaime Fillol		Suspended
1980	Belus Prajoux Ricardo Ycaza	Carlos Kirmayr João Soares	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
1981	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6–2, 7–6
Viña del Mar (1981–1983)
1981	David Carter Paul Kronk	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux	6–1, 6–2
1982	Manuel Orantes Raúl Ramírez	Guillermo Aubone Ángel Giménez	Default
1983	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	Júlio Góes Ney Keller	6–3, 6–1
Santiago (1993–2000)
1993	Mike Bauer David Rikl	Christer Allgardh Brian Devening	7–6, 6–4
1994	Karel Nováček Mats Wilander	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Shelby Cannon Francisco Montana	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1996	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	Albert Portas Dinu Pescariu	6–4, 6–2
1997	Jan Hendrik Davids Andrew Kratzmann		7–6, 5–7, 6–4
1998	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
2000	Gustavo Kuerten Antônio Prieto	Lan Bale Piet Norval	6–2, 6–4
Viña del Mar (2001–2009)
2001	Lucas Arnold Tomás Carbonell	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2002	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	Lucas Arnold Luis Lobo	6–3, 6–4
2003	Agustín Calleri Mariano Hood		6–3, 1–6, 6–4
2004	Juan Ignacio Chela Gastón Gaudio	Nicolás Lapentti Martín Rodríguez	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3)
2005	David Ferrer Santiago Ventura	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 6–4
2006	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto		7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2007	Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández		4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2008	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto		6–1, 3–0, ret.
2009	Pablo Cuevas Brian Dabul	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 6–3
Santiago (2010–2011)
2010	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	Potito Starace Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–0
2011	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Viña del Mar (2012–2014)
2012	Frederico Gil Daniel Gimeno	Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq	1–6, 7–5, [12–10]
2013	Paolo Lorenzi Potito Starace	Rafael Nadal Juan Mónaco	6–2, 6–4
2014	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–3, 6–4
Santiago (2020–2023)
2020	Roberto Carballés Alejandro Davidovich	Marcelo Arévalo Jonny O'Mara	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2021	Simone Bolelli Máximo González	Federico Delbonis Jaume Munar	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2022	Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves	André Göransson Nathaniel Lammons	7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–3)
2023	Andrea Pellegrino Andrea Vavassori	Thiago Seyboth Wild Matías Soto	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
2024	Alejandro Tabilo Tomás Barrios Vera	Matías Soto Orlando Luz	6–2, 6–4

See also

• Chilean Open
• Golden Swing
• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• • ATP tournament profile

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Notes and References

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2. News: Sports Shorts . 21 November 2023 . . newspapers.com . 21 Nov 1960 . Albuquerque, New Mexico . 26 . en.
3. Web site: Tournaments:Chile International - Chile Open. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SAL . Madrid, Spain . 21 November 2023. subscription.
4. Web site: Chile pierde la sede del ATP de Viña del Mar después de 21 años en el circuito . emol . es . 10 July 2014.
5. Web site: Agendado para febrero de 2020 en Santiago: Chile vuelve a tener un torneo ATP. Ignacio Leal. La Tercera. 15 October 2019. 18 October 2019.
6. Web site: Brasil Open perderá torneio para Santiago, no Chile. Tênis News. Lance!. 16 October 2019. 22 October 2019.
7. Web site: ATP ratificó que Santiago albergará un torneo 250 en febrero de 2020 | la Nación . 1 December 2019 . 20 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191120095508/http://lanacion.cl/2019/11/19/atp-ratifico-que-santiago-albergara-un-torneo-250-en-febrero-de-2020/ . dead .
8. Web site: Adriano Zappa: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP Official . 21 November 2023.
9. Web site: Lucilo Del Castillo: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP Official . 21 November 2023.
10. Web site: Player Profile: Salvador Deik (CHI) . www.itftennis.com . ITF . 21 November 2023.
11. Web site: Jorge Morales: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP Official . 21 November 2023.