Uruguay Open Presents Tenis Para Todos Season for 200 Children

The Uruguay Open successfully presented the fourteenth season of its corporate social responsibility program, Tenis Para Todos, bringing the sport to approximately 200 children and adolescents from centers linked to the Instituto del Niño y Adolescente del Uruguay, Montevideo Portal reported.

Tenis Para Todos program details and participating institutions

Running from May through late October, the initiative took place at the Centro de Desarrollo del Tenis located inside Plaza de Deportes N.º 3 in Parque Rodó. Participants attended sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays across morning and afternoon shifts, coordinated by Lucrecia Acosta alongside instructors Victoria Mariño, Federico Viera, and Pedro Pereira.

The centers that participated in this season are:

• Molino de Galgo Youth Centre
• Resurrection Club
• Club Los Caramelos
• Amiclub
• CURRENT
• Lourdes Club
• Home Challenge
• Bien al Sur Youth Center

Equipment donations and leadership remarks

A primary milestone of the 2026 edition involved distributing tennis rackets to some of the participating organizations, alongside securing a tennis net for Centro Juvenil Molino de Galgo in the Unión neighborhood.

Diego Pérez, director of the Uruguay Open, emphasized that the program’s focus centers on enjoyment rather than elite athletic production.

Tennis for Everyone is a program worth continuing. We never know if great tennis players will emerge from here, but that’s not the goal; the aim is for people to come and have fun and enjoy themselves.

Diego Pérez

Mauricio Fuentes, vice president of the INAU, pointed to sports as a vital mechanism for personal development and identity formation.

Sport is a wonderful way to build identity, find friends, and experience the world. It makes us so happy to see so many children and teenagers having fun, learning new skills, and challenging themselves to see how far they can go. We hope they learn to love sport and that this love continues for generations to come.

Mauricio Fuentes

Public infrastructure support and milestone

Daniel Leite, national manager of the Secretaría Nacional del Deporte, summarized his perspective on the initiative using three core concepts: gratitude, celebration, and backing.

The fact that public infrastructure can be put in place to make these kinds of activities happen is something to celebrate, and we must support and thank those who carry out these kinds of actions.

Daniel Leite

The community outreach unfolds during a year for the Uruguay Open tournament, which will celebrate its 25 editions.