The Open Medellín is a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
clay court
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s.
The event was classified as a $10k
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
tournament and an
ATP Challenger event held in
Medellín
Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...
, Colombia, from 2004 to 2017 for ATP and from 2014 to 2015 for ITF. From 2006, the event was part of the
ATP Challenger Tour
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, and prior to that, in 2004–05, part of the
ITF Men's Circuit
The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis tournaments held around the world that are organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The tour represents the lowest rung of the me ...
. Its last edition had been in 2017. Four years later, Medellín got back in the ITF route in 2021, classified as a $25,000 tournament for both men and women.
CON GRAN PRESENCIA INTERNACIONAL SE REACTIVA EL TENIS PROFESIONAL EN MEDELLÍN
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Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
References
External links
Official website of Seguros Bolívar Tennis
(archived)
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ATP Challenger Tour
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
Clay court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Colombia
Recurring sporting events established in 2004