Argentinian tennis player Francisco Cerúndolo defeated Italian Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-2 to become the seventh local champion of the Argentina Open since 2001. He played at an exceptionally high level throughout the final. It had been 13 years since an Argentine last won the tournament on home soil. The first Argentine to win in front of his home crowd was Guillermo Coria in 2004, who defeated Carlos Moyá 6-4, 6-1. The following year, Gastón Gaudio defeated his compatriot Mariano Puerta 6-4, 6-4 in the final. The next Argentine champion was Juan Mónaco in 2007, who beat Alessio di Mauro. In 2021, Diego Schwartzman ended this streak by defeating Francisco Cerúndolo in the final. The most recent Argentine to win the title on home soil was Facundo Díaz Acosta, who won the 2024 final against Nicolás Jarry, having previously beaten Carlos Alcaraz. As for the list of runners-up, it began with the defeats of José Acasuso, Agustín Calleri, and Guillermo Coria in 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively. In 2009, Juan Mónaco lost in the final, followed by Juan Ignacio Chela in 2011, and Mónaco again in 2015. The list is completed by Diego Schwartzman, who lost in 2019 and 2022, and Cerúndolo, who fell to Schwartzman in 2021 and to Brazilian João Fonseca last year.
