André Agassi and Pete Sampras, two of the world's best tennis players of all times, will offer an exhibition event in Argentina, on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011, in the suburb of Tigre, province of Buenos Aires.

Sampras, who has never come to Argentina, and Agassi, who played in Buenos Aires for the Davis Cup in 1988, will play in a stadium that has been specially built for the occasion, with capacity for 8500 spectators, with an outdoor hardcourt surface.

This event, called "The Agassi Sampras Tour en Argentina" is part of the farewell tour both tennis players have already offered in six countries in Latin America.

The program will consist of two matches, starting at 7pm, when Agassi will play Jim Courrier, former number 1 player in 1992, followed by Sampras against the American player Mardy Fish.

Tickets are on sale through www.tuentrada.com

Argentina will be hosting Romania for the First Round of the Davis Cup 2011 on clay at the Estadio Parque Roca in Buenos Aires on March 4, 5, and 6, 2011.
Argentina won the only previous meeting between the two nations, a 3-2 away victory in the World Group quarterfinals in 1981.

The dates and times of the matches are: Friday 4th, 11 am; Saturday 5th, 11 am; and Sunday 6th, 11 am.

Team nominations:
Argentina: David Nalbandian, Juan Monaco, Juan Ignacio Chela, Eduardo Schwank
Romania: Victor Hanescu, Victor Crivoi, Adrian Ungur, Horia Tecau

Location: Estadio Parque Roca. Av. Roca y Escalada, Buenos Aires.
Tickets are on sale at Ticketek Argentina website.
More information: Davis Cup official website.

After 10 years of being known as Telmex Cup, the ATP Buenos Aires tournament changes its name to be presented as Copa Claro, which will kick off on Monday, February 12th, with the qualifying rounds. The traditional tournament will receive some of the greatest world wide tennis players from February 14th to February 20th, 2011 at the courts of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis club.

The Argentina Tennis Cup, sponsored by Peugeot (Copa Argentina de Tenis Peugeot 2010), will be  played this year from December 16th to December 19th, 2010. The matches will take place on the central court of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the traditional venue for Argentine Tennis.

This eight edition of the Peugeot Argentina Tennis Cup will have the presence of some of the best national and international tennis players:

David Nalandian (Argentina)

Juan Mónaco (Argentina)

Marat Safin (Russia)

Carlos Moyá (Spain)

Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)

Gael Monfils (France)

Richard Gasquet (France)

On the last day of the tournament, Carlos Moya will play a farewell match against Gaston Gaudio.

The Super Six format will be implemented again in this tournament:

Dates: December 16-19, 2010

Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Av. Olleros 1510, Palermo.

Tickets: On sale through Ticketek Argentina www.ticketek.com.ar

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Created in 2004, Copa Petrobras (Petrobras Tennis Cup) has become the most important Challenger Circuit in Latin America. The aim of this competition is to provide young players with the opportunity of competing in top level tournaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add points for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 6 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from October 2 through October  10, 2010.

The confirmed players in the main keys are:

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (ESP) - 82
Pablo Cuevas (URU) - 87
Brian Dabul (ARG) - 92
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) - 111
Nicolás Massú (CHI) - 123
Rui Machado (POR) - 124
Santiago Ventura (ESP) - 135
Ramón Delgado (PAR) - 136
Federico Delbonis (ARG) - 147
Diego Junqueira (ARG) - 185
Gastón Gaudio (ARG) - 188
Diego Hartfiedl (ARG) - 192
Jorge Aguilar (CHI) - 197
Guillermo Alcande (ESP) - 207
Máximo González (ARG) - 210
Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) - 225
Leonardo Tavares (POR) - 236
José Acasuso (ARG) - 250
Nikola Ciric (SRB) - 260
Pavol Cervenak (SVK) - 264
Martín Alund (ARG) - 268
Facundo Bagnis (ARG) - 275
Substitutes:
1. Goran Tosic (MNE) - 292
2. Martín Vassallo Argüello (ARG) - 308
3. Juan Pablo Amado (ARG) - 315
4. Pablo Galdón (ARG) - 317
5. Ivo Klec (SVK) 318

Dates: October 2 - 10, 2010
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

On Monday, February 15th, the tenth edition of Telmex Cup - ATP Buenos Aires will kick off with the qualifying rounds. The traditional tournament will receive some of the greatest world wide tennis players from February 15th to February 21st, 2010 at the courts of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis club.

The list of participating players includes:

Direct: 23
Wild cards: 2
Qualification: 4
Special Exempts: 2

1-David Ferrer-ESP-17
2-Juan Carlos Ferrero-ESP-23
3-Nicolás Almagro-ESP-26
4-Juan Mónaco-ARG-30
5-David Nalbandian-ARG-31
6-Albert Montañés-ESP-31
7-Paul-Henri Mathieu-FRA-33
8-Igor Andreev-RUS-35
9-Thomaz Bellucci-BRA-36
10-Horacio Zeballos-ARG-45
11-Victor Hanescu-ROU-48
12-Pablo Cuevas-URU-50
13-José Acasuso-ARG-51
14-Richard Gasquet-FRA-52
15-Fabio Fognini-ITA-54
16-Simon Greul-ALE-59
17-Potito Starace-ITA-62
18-Frederico Gil-POR-69
19-Oscar Hernández-ESP-70
20-Daniel Koellerer-AUT-71
21-Daniel Gimeno-Traver-ESP-72
22-Juan Ignacio Chela-ARG-73
23-Peter Luczak-AUS-77
24-Carlos Moyá-ESP (WC)-446
25-WC 26-WC
27-SE
28-SE
29-Q
30-Q
31-Q
32-Q


Dates: February 15-21, 2010

Monday and Tuesday: day matches from 11:30 AM.
Wednesday to Friday day matches from 1:45 PM.
Evening matches, Monday 15 to Friday 19: 7:30 PM.
Semifinals: Saturday 20, 6 PM
Final: Sunday 21, 6 PM

Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. Olleros 1510.

Tickets:

More information: Telmex Cup official website.

The Argentina Tennis Cup, sponsored by Peugeot (Copa Argentina de Tenis Peugeot 2009), will be  played this year from December 17th to December 20th, 2009. The matches will take place on the central court of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the traditional venue for Argentine Tennis.
This seventh edition of the Peugeot Argentina Tennis Cup will have the presence of some of the best national and international tennis players:

David Nalandian (Argentina)
Juan Mónaco (Argentina)
Marat Safin (Russia)
Carlos Moyá (Spain)
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
Fernando González (Chile)

The Super Six format will be implemented for the first time in this tournament:

• Six participants
• Two zones of 3
• Double elimination

Schedule:
Thursday and Friday: 2 matches, starting 7.00 pm
Saturday (Semifinals): 2 matches, starting 7.00
Sunday (Final): 6.00 pm

Dates: December 17-20, 2009
Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Av. Olleros 1510, Palermo.
Tickets: On sale through Ticketek Argentina www.ticketek.com.ar

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Created in 2004, Petrobras Tennis Cup has become the most important Challenger Circuit in Latin America. The aim of this competition is to provide young players with the opportunity of competing in top level torunaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add poits for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 6 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from September 26 through October 4, 2009.

The tennis players in the main keys are:
Gaston Gaudio (Arg) Wild card
Cuevas, Pablo (Uru) 67
Zeballos, Horacio (Arg) 76
González, Máximo (Arg) 79
Massú, Nicolás (Chi) 89
Ramírez Hidalgo, Rubén (Sp) 115
Ventura, Santiago (Sp) 118
Junqueira, Diego (Arg) 122
Roitman, Sergio (Arg) 125
Dabul, Brian (Arg) 131
Bogomolov, Jr. Alex (USA) 133
Chela, Juan Ignacio (Arg) 137
Recouderc, Laurent (Fra) 150
Kavcic, Blaz (Slo) 152
Lapentti, Nicolás (Ecu) 163
Schwank, Eduardo (Arg) 164
Hocevar, Ricardo (Bra) 191
Brzezicki, Juan Pablo (Arg) 188
Souza, Joao (Bra) 191
Muñoz de la Nava, Daniel (Sp) 194
Silva, Julio (Bra) 197
Marrero, David (Sp) 205
Ferreiro, Franco (Bra) 208

Dates: September 26 to October 4, 2009
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

The great tennis players Gabriela Sabatini, the best all time Argentine female tennis player, and Martina Navratilova, former world Number 1, will offer an exhibition match at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club (Olleros 1510, Palermo), in benefit of the Miastenia Gravis Foundation, on Saturday, March 14th, 2009.
The event will start at 12.30 PM. Sabatini and Navratilova will hit the courts at 2 PM with a singles exhibition set, and then a doubles set along with Paola Suarez and Patricia Taravini, bronze medal winners in the 2004 Athens Olympic games.
Other great present and former Argentine tennis players will be participating in this event to collaborate with the Miastenia Gravis Foundation, inlcuding: José Luis Clerc, Martín Jaite, Ricardo Cano, Christian Miniussi, Emilse Raponi de Longo, Mercedes Paz, Bettina Fulco, Mariana Díaz Oliva, María Emilia Salerni, Mariana Pérez Roldán, Raquel Giscafré, Norma Baylon, Claudia Casabianca, Gustavo Luza, Ivanna Madruga, Beatriz Araujo, Adriana Villagrán, Inés Gorrochategui, Mariano Hood, Fernando Dalla Fontana, Alberto Mancini and Florencia Labat, among others.

Tickets range from $ 15 to $ 50 Argentine Pesos, and can be purchased at:
Halcry Tenis: Lavalle 553
Halcry Tenis: Av. Del Libertador 8196
Hard Rock Café Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires Design Center. Av. Pueyrredon & Libertador
Lee Chi: Av. Santa Fe 1670, local 42
Or through TuEntrada.com

On Saturday, February 14, the ninth edition of Telmex Cup - ATP Buenos Aires will kick off with the qualifying rounds. The traditional tournament will receive some of the greatest world wide tennis players from February 14 to February 22, 2009 at the courts of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis club.

The list of participating players includes:

Direct: 23
Wild cards: 3
Qualification: 4
Special Exempts: 2

1-David Nalbandian (ARG) - 11º
2-Nicolás Almagro (ESP) - 18º
3-Tommy Robredo (ESP) - 21º
4-Carlos Moyá (ESP) - 42º
5-Albert Montañés (ESP) - 43º
6-Juan Mónaco (ARG) - 44º
7-José Acasuso (ARG) - 46º
8-Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - 52º
9-Marcel Granollers (ESP) - 55º
10-Eduardo Schwank (ARG) - 57º
11-Agustín Calleri (ARG) - 62º
12-Oscar Hernández (ESP) - 67º
13-Martín Vassallo Argüello (ARG) - 69º
14-Potito Starace (ITA) - 71º
15-Nicolas Devilder (FRA) - 72º
16-Iván Navarro (ESP) - 73º
17-Nicolás Massú (CHI) - 76º
18-Diego Junqueira (ARG) - 77º
19-Nicolás Lapentti (ECU) - 84º
20-Fabio Fognini (ITA) - 86º
21-Thomas Bellucci (BRA) - 87º
22-Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - 88º
23-Pablo Andujar (ESP) - 98º

Wild cards:
1 - Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
2 - Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
3 - Brian Dabul

Alternative:
1-Alberto Martín (ESP) - 99º
2-Brian Dabul (ARG) - 100º
3-Marcos Daniel (BRA) - 102º
4-Luis Horna (PER) - 103º
5-Filippo Volandri (ITA) - 110º
6-Leonardo Mayer (ARG) - 113º
7-Kevin Kim (USA) - 114º
8-Sergio Roitman (ARG) - 116º
9-Wayne Odesnik (USA) - 117º
10-Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (ESP) - 199º


Dates: February 14-22, 2009
Qualifying rounds: Saturday 14 and 15, from 12 noon.
Monday and Tuesday: day matches from 11:30 AM.
Wednesday to Friday day matches from 1:45 PM.
Evening matches: 7:30 PM.
Saturday 21: Semifinals, 12 noon
Sunday 22: Final, 2 PM

Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. Olleros 1510.

Tickets:

More information: Telmex Cup official website.

The Argentina Tennis Cup, sponsored by Peugeot (Copa Argentina de Tenis Peugeot 2008), will be disputed again this year from December 11th to December 14th, 2008.
This sixth edition of the Peugeot Argentina Tennis Cup will have the presence of some of the best national and international tennis players:

David Nalbandian
Juan Mónaco
Agustín Calleri
José Acasuso
Guillermo Cañas
Juan Ignacio Chela
Carlos Moyá (Spain)
Feliciano López (Spain)

The matches will take place on the central court of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the traditional venue for Argentine Tennis. They will be played from 8 PM, on carpet surface, with 2 matches per day (Thursday 11 and Friday 12), semifinals (Saturday 13) and final (Sunday 14).

Dates: December 11-14, 2008. 8 PM
Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Av. Olleros 1510, Palermo.
Tickets: At the stadium, or TopShow

Created in 2004, Petrobras Tennis Cup has become the most important Challenger Circuit in Latin America. The aim of this competition is to provide young players with the opportunity of competing in top level torunaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add poits for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 5 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.

The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from October 18, 2008.

Schedule:

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19: Classifying matches. Free entrance.
Monday 20 to Wednesday 22: from 11 AM
Thursday 23 and Friday 24: from 12 Noon
Saturday 25: from 10 AM
Sunday 26: from 11 AM

Dates: October 18 to October 26, 2008
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina, 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

Argentina will be hosting Russia for the Semifinals of the Davis Cup on clay at the Estadio Parque Roca in Buenos Aires on September 19th, 20th and 21st, 2008. The two nations last faced each other in the 2006 final, when the victory was for Russia 3-2 in Moscow.

The dates and times of the matches are: Friday 19th, 11 am; Saturday 20th, 12 pm; and Sunday 21st, 11 am.
A unique opportunity to attend to the single and double matches between two of the nations with some of the best ranked tennis players, like Argentine players David Nalbandian, Juan Martin del Potro, and Guillermo Cañas, and Russian players Marat Safin and Nicolay Davydenko.

Location: Estadio Parque Roca. Av. Roca y Escalada, Buenos Aires.
Tickets are on sale at Ticketek Argentina website.
More information: Davis Cup official website.