The phrase "attractive contender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is appealing or desirable in a competitive context, such as in sports, business, or any situation where there are multiple options or candidates.
Example: "With their innovative approach and strong team, the startup has become an attractive contender in the tech industry."
Alternatives: "appealing candidate" or "desirable competitor".
Non-aqueous lithium air batteries with high energy density have been regarded to be the most attractive contender in the future energy storage techniques.
For instance, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president whom the conservatives are casting as their most attractive contender and their candidate for speaker, has declared his affection for and long-term commitment to Mr Khatami.
Outerridge also won the world championship in the International Moth Class in 2011, and the fact that the Moths do hydrofoil has made him a particularly attractive contender to drive the much bigger foiling AC72s.
Ashley Giles, who has been considering his options since being sacked by England in April, would be one obvious and attractive contender – although he has been non-committal over whether his plans would involve a return to county cricket.
5.35 A runner-up in a Group One last year, Aloft stayed on well that day and is an attractive contender for a race his trainer has won three times in the past decade.
Not content to let Apple have all the fun, Microsoft's recent makeover of its Zune line of digital media players has produced an attractive contender in the Zune HD.
Though antisense RNAs are attractive contenders for this purpose, quantitative understanding of their specificity and sequence-function relationship sufficient for their design has been limited.
Natural killer (NK) cells are attractive contenders since they have potent anti-tumor activity, and their safety in the allogeneic setting expands the cell sources for NK cell therapy beyond an autologous one.
Two attractive contenders, state Attorney General Jack Conway and former Auditor Crit Luallen, want to run for governor.
Robin Ventura might be attractive to contenders, but he is the Mets' only regular left-handed hitter and makes $8.25 million next year.
He's highly attractive to a contender as a penalty killer with speed at left wing and a proven performer in the spring.
