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Rado has sponsored tennis for more than three decades and is proud to support the brightest names in the sport who inspire audiences every time they step on court.
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A SPORTY NEW RADO CAPTAIN COOK DAZZLES WITH THREE DIFFERENT SUMMER LOOKS
When Rado relaunched its celebrated Captain Cook in 2017, it immediately captured the hearts – and found its way to the wrists – of watch aficionados around the world. That classic timepiece took its inspiration from the 37mm original, which was introduced in 1962, and the line has continued to evolve ever since. And now, just in time for summer in the northern hemisphere, the brand has launched a sporty new interpretation of the Captain Cook Automatic with a stunning blue-to-white gradient dial. It features an EasyClip system and is delivered with three different straps so wearers can adapt their watches’ look to their moods.
Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie has been thrilling tennis fans in the United Kingdom and around the world with his competitive, aggressive style of play and with his perseverance, determination, and self-belief. He joined the Rado YoungStars team in 2021, but quickly eclipsed that status, breaking into the top ten in the ATP rankings in 2022. He consistently numbers among the world’s 15 best.
Official Timekeeper
Rado has an enviable heritage as a sponsor of international tennis tournaments. For more than 30 years Rado corner clocks have kept track of every moment. Rado is at the centre of the action in a sport where timing is everything.
Mubadala Citi DC Open
Co-founded by Arthur Ashe, Donald Dell, and John A. Harris, the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, DC, is one of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments in tennis and is the only combined ATP & WTA 500 tournament in the world. Held annually in Rock Creek Park since its founding, the Mubadala Citi DC Open is also the longest-running pro tennis event to be held in an equal-access public park. American Andre Agassi holds the record for most titles in the US capital, winning five (1990-91, 1995, 1998-99.) Past champions also include Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Ivan Lendl, Yannick Noah, Monica Selles, Martina Hingis, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Venus and Serena Williams, and many more.
Swiss Indoors Basel
Switzerland’s best-loved sports event has a glorious history going back decades. It boasts an impressive list of former champions, including Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Boris Becker and Pete Sampras. Local hero Roger Federer, who was once a ball boy in the tournament, has won the 10 titles, making him the tournament’s most successful player.
Erste Bank Open Wien
Held in front of packed crowds at Vienna's Stadthalle, the Erste Bank Open is one of the highlights in Austria's sporting calendar. Since its inception in 1974, legends of the sport such as André Agassi, Thomas Muster, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev have competed in epic battles for the coveted winner's trophy.
Abierto Mexicano Acapulco
The Mexican Open is Latin America’s most storied tournament and has been graced by some of the sport’s greatest players over the past 25 years. Since 2001 it has been held in Acapulco, the Pearl of the Pacific, cradled between the ocean and the jungle-green hills, a magical setting for this celebration of tennis.
EFG Swiss Open Gstaad
The EFG Swiss Open Gstaad is considered Switzerland’s oldest tennis tournament and can look back on an impressive success story since the very first serve in 1915. Many big names in the traditional sport have already made their way to the Bernese Oberland, among them Stefan Edberg, Ilie Nastase, Tony Roche, Rod Laver, Boris Becker, Yannick Noah, Jim Courier and Roger Federer, who won the tournament in 2004.
Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon
The Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon, which was launched in 2017, is traditionally held the week before the French Open. The clay-court tournament is part of the ATP Tour 250 and is one of five ATP tour events that take place in France, alongside Montpellier, Marseille, Metz and Paris. Frenchmen Benoît Paire and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have won two out of the previous four editions.
Rado supports the next generation
Since 2016, Rado has supported Swiss tennis as an association partner of Swiss Tennis, the third-largest Swiss sports association. The watch brand Rado is reaffirming its collaboration with Swiss Tennis and will be even more committed to the association's young tennis talents in the future. Rado is thus building on its own international YoungStars programme, with which the watch brand accompanies promising tennis talents on their career path - with the aim of forming a team of players who will make it to the top.
Next Gen
Our globally renowned YoungStars programme supports some of the most exciting up-and-coming tennis players on the circuit. Our aim is to create a team of fearless players blazing a trail to the top. We’ll be with them every step of the way.
Cameron Norrie
Cameron Norrie is the most recent young tennis pro to join the ranks of Rado’s rising stars. A South African who grew up in New Zealand and has represented Great Britain since 2013, Cameron is currently enjoying his best season to date: at 25 the former Top-10 junior is ranked at a career high 29, reflecting his 35 tour-level wins in 2021, including his first career ATP Tour title at the Mifel Open in Los Cabos, Mexico. Cameron’s maiden title came in his fourth ATP Tour final of the season following earlier runs to the championship match in Estoril, Lyon and at The Queen’s Club.
Sport plays a big role in Cameron’s off-court life, too. He relaxes – by watching tennis, basketball and cricket, and is a fan of both the American (NFL) and British varieties of football (Newcastle United in particular). He also spends time with music and on the beach, at least when he isn’t busy working on his game.
Linda Nosková
Rado YoungStar Linda Nosková’s enormous potential was clear from a young age. After an impressive career as a Junior, she was still only 17 years old when she broke into the top 100 in the WTA world rankings. After notching up victories over two Top Ten players inside a week and reaching the final of the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide, she moved up into the top 50 in January 2023.
J.J. Wolf
American tennis player J.J. Wolf is a genuine all-around athlete: in addition to tennis, as a young man he played soccer, basketball, and baseball. It wasn’t until 2019 that he decided to pursue a career as a professional tennis player, and today he is ranked in the top 50 in the world by the ATP.
Leandro Riedi
Swiss player Leandro Riedi has been a member of the Rado YoungStars team since April 2023. He was only three years old when he picked up his first tennis racket. He also played soccer for a few years, but at age nine decided to focus exclusively on tennis – a decision he does not regret. In Junior Grand Slam tournaments he won a doubles title at the Australian Open, and was runner-up in the singles at Roland Garros.
Thanks to an impressive 2022 at the Challenger level, Leandro moved up over 600 spots in the ATP rankings in less than two years. Along with tennis he remains a huge football fan – Tottenham Hotspur, to be precise – and, when his tournament schedule allows it, he enjoys bowling with his friends. Leandro’s companion for all his sporting activities: a Captain Cook Chronograph with a blue dial.