The 2021 season has been fantastic in many respects for Argentine tennis, and in particular, due to the success of its players on the ATP Challenger circuit, which can lead to an all-time record. In these final weeks of competition, that mark could be achieved.
This year had great results for the Albiceleste players on the circuit ATP Challenger, with many players fighting hand-to-hand for titles, week after week. This remarkable internal competition has led Argentina to add 20 titles within that level throughout the season. That mark equals what the same country achieved in 2007 and 2016, together with France but in 2005. In the event that an Albiceleste manages to win another title in the last two weeks of action, that record would reach the historic number of 21 conquests.
In addition to the 20 trophies raised in singles, there are eight conquests in doubles. Following the South Americans in number of individual conquests, it appears United States with 19, Spain with 11, and both France and Germany with 10.
The 20 Argentine titles in ATP Challenger
Sebastian Baez It has been the one that contributed the most to the sum, with the brilliant mark of 6 titles. The Argentine managed to win trophies in Concepción, Santiago (twice), Buenos Aires, Zagreb and Campinas, also ensuring his first historic entry into the Top 100 of the ranking. Same position for Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, which won 3 titles, in Rome, Como and Banja Luka. The platense Thomas Etcheverry managed to be crowned in Trieste and Perugia, while Federico Coria added in Prostejov and Brasilia. Those four players have been the ones who won multiple victories in finals.
In addition, seven other Argentine tennis players managed to lift a title on the ATP Challenger circuit in 2021: Thiago Tirante (Ambato), Facundo Bagnis (Salzburg), Facundo Mena (Quito), Pedro Cachín (Oeiras), Francisco Cerúndolo (Cordenons), Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Warsaw) and the most recent, Juan Pablo Ficovich (Saint Paul). It should be noted that the 20 titles won by Argentines have been in tournaments on brick dust in their entirety.
