The practice of sports in Argentina is varied due to the population's diverse European origins and the mostly mild climate. Association football is the most popular discipline and other sports played both professionally and recreatively athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, handball, mountaineering, mountain biking, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, rugby union, sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Argentine achievements can be found in team sports such as association football, basketball, field hockey and rugby union, and individual sports such as boxing, golf, tennis and rowing. Pato, the national sport, is not very popular.
The ATP Challenger Tour is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit as the second tier of tennis.
The Argentina Open or Abierto Argentino is an annual tennis event for male tennis players held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament was established in 1927 as the Argentina International Championships and was a combined men's and women's event from 1928 until 1987 when the women's tournament was discontinued. The men's tournament is an ATP Tour 250 event on the ATP Tour, and is played on outdoor clay courts at the 5,500 capacity Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, in the Palermo barrio (neighbourhood). Usually held in February, it includes both a men's singles and a men's doubles tournament. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and a Grand Prix Super Series event (1970–71).
The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club is a private tennis club in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It hosts the ATP Buenos Aires, an ATP Tour tournament played on clay. The club is a founding member of the Argentine Tennis Association, established 2 September 1921, along with Quilmes, Ferrocarril del Sud, GEBA, Lomas, Belgrano, Ferro Carril Oeste, and Estudiantes BA and 12 other institutions.
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Agustín Calleri.
The WTA Argentine Open is a WTA-affiliated tennis tournament originally founded as a combined men's and women's tournament called the Argentina International Championships. It was initially played from 1928 to 1987 and restarted in 2021. It is held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in November and played on outdoor clay courts.
María José Gaidano is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
Thiago Moura Monteiro is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is a Brazilian tennis player. She has career-high rankings of 165 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and world No. 110 in doubles, achieved on 18 July 2022. Alves has won eight singles and 24 doubles titles at ITF Circuit tournaments.
Guillermo Rivas is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Leonardo Olguín is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
The Punta del Este Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It has been held annually in Punta del Este, Uruguay from 1993 until 1999 and was reinstalled as Punta Open in 2018 until 2020. After a break of three years it came back in 2024.
María Vanina García Sokol is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Emiliano Massa is a former professional tennis player from Argentina who won two junior grand slam boys' doubles titles at the French Open.
The Challenger de Tigre is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina since 2022.
The Challenger del Biobío is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held in Concepción, Chile. It is promoted by the regional government with a provision of $30 mln to make it a long-running tournament, the second edition being already planned. The 2022 edition will be played with no restriction due to covid-19 pandemic, that is with attending people.
Francisco Comesaña is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 84, achieved on 25 November 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 257, achieved on 8 May 2023.
This was the first edition of the tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Villa Allende but was relocated to Buenos Aires due to operational issues at the venue in Villa Allende.
This was the first edition of the tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Villa Allende but was relocated to Buenos Aires due to operational issues at the venue in Villa Allende.
The Challenger de Villa María is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It has been held in Villa María, Argentina since 2022.
Facundo Bagnis 
Gonzalo Bueno 
Dmitry Popko 
Thiago Seyboth Wild 
Luciano Darderi 
Jakob Schnaitter 
Max Houkes 
Lukas Neumayer 
