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Mexican Open (tennis)

Coordinates: 16°47′16″N 99°48′42″W / 16.78778°N 99.81167°W / 16.78778; -99.81167
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Abierto Mexicano Telcel p/b HSBC
Tournament information
TourATP Tour
WTA Tour
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993) (ATP)
2001; 23 years ago (2001) (WTA)
Abolished2020 (WTA)
LocationMexico City (1993–1998, 2000)
Acapulco (2001–present)
Mexico
VenueClub Alemán (1993–1998, 2000)
Fairmont Acapulco Princess (2001–2021)
Arena GNP Seguros (2022–present)
SurfaceClay – outdoors (1993–2013)
Hard – outdoors (2014–present)
Websiteabiertomexicanodetenis.com
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesAustralia Alex de Minaur
Men's doublesMonaco Hugo Nys
Poland Jan Zieliński
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Tour 500
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$2,206,080 (2024)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$275,000 (2020)

The Mexican Open (currently sponsored by Telcel and HSBC and called the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and usually held annually in late February and early March at the Arena GNP Seguros[1] since 2022 and previously at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess, both in Acapulco, Mexico. It was played on outdoor red clay courts until 2013. The change to hard courts was introduced in 2014. The Mexican Open is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour, and until 2020 was one of the WTA International tournaments on the WTA Tour.[2][3]

The tournament was introduced on the ATP Tour in 1993, and began on the WTA Tour in 2001. It was held in Mexico City from 1993 to 1998, and once more in 2000, before being relocated to Acapulco in 2001. It was the closing leg of the four-ATP tournament Golden Swing. Starting in 2014, the Mexican Open's surface changed from clay to hard courts, serving as a lead-up to the first ATP Tour Masters 1000 event of the season in Indian Wells, United States. The winner traditionally receives a giant silver gourd trophy.[4]

History

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In the men's singles, Rafael Nadal (2005, 2013, 2020, 2022), David Ferrer (2010–2012, 2015) and Thomas Muster (1993–1996) hold the record for most overall titles (four each), with Muster holding the record for most consecutive wins (four). On the women's side, Amanda Coetzer (2001, 2003), Flavia Pennetta (2005, 2008), Venus Williams (2009–10), Sara Errani (2012–13), and Lesia Tsurenko (2017–18) co-hold the record for most singles titles (two), Williams, Errani and Tsurenko being the only players to score two straight wins in Mexico. In the men's doubles, Donald Johnson (1996, 2000–01) has won the most titles (three), and co-holds with Michal Mertiňák (2008–09) and David Marrero (2012–13) the record for most back-to-back titles (two). In the women's doubles, María José Martínez Sánchez (2001, 2008–09) is the one holding the most titles (three) and shares with Nuria Llagostera Vives (2008–09) the record for most consecutive wins (two).

Men's singles

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Thomas Muster (1993–96) holds a record-tying four titles overall, and the most consecutive titles (four) in Mexico.
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
1993 Austria Thomas Muster Spain Carlos Costa 6–2, 6–4
1994 Austria Thomas Muster (2) Brazil Roberto Jabali 6–3, 6–1
1995 Austria Thomas Muster (3) Brazil Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4), 7–5
1996 Austria Thomas Muster (4) Czech Republic Jiří Novák 7–6(7–3), 6–2
1997 Spain Francisco Clavet Spain Joan Albert Viloca 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
1998 Czech Republic Jiří Novák Belgium Xavier Malisse 6–3, 6–3
1999 Not held
↓  ATP Tour 500[b]  ↓
2000 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina Mariano Puerta 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2001 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Spain Galo Blanco 6–4, 6–2
2002 Spain Carlos Moyà Brazil Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2003 Argentina Agustín Calleri Argentina Mariano Zabaleta 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2004 Spain Carlos Moyà (2) Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–0
2005 Spain Rafael Nadal Spain Álbert Montañés 6–1, 6–0
2006 Peru Luis Horna Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2007 Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela (2) Spain Carlos Moyà 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2008 Spain Nicolás Almagro Argentina David Nalbandian 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
2009 Spain Nicolás Almagro (2) France Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–4
2010 Spain David Ferrer Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2011 Spain David Ferrer (2) Spain Nicolás Almagro 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 6–2
2012 Spain David Ferrer (3) Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–1, 6–2
2013 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) Spain David Ferrer 6–0, 6–2
2014[c] Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov South Africa Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2015 Spain David Ferrer (4) Japan Kei Nishikori 6–3, 7–5
2016 Austria Dominic Thiem Australia Bernard Tomic 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2017 United States Sam Querrey Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2018 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro South Africa Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–4
2019 Australia Nick Kyrgios Germany Alexander Zverev 6–3, 6–4
2020 Spain Rafael Nadal (3) United States Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–2
2021 Germany Alexander Zverev Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2022 Spain Rafael Nadal (4) United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 6–4, 6–4
2023 Australia Alex de Minaur United States Tommy Paul 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2024 Australia Alex de Minaur (2) Norway Casper Ruud 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

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Two-time champion Flavia Pennetta (2005, 2008) also holds the record for most finals in Mexico with seven (runner-up finishes in 2004, 2006–07, 2009, 2012).
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  Tier III  ↓
2001 South Africa Amanda Coetzer Russia Elena Dementieva 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2002 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Argentina Paola Suárez 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–2
2003 South Africa Amanda Coetzer (2) Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 7–5, 6–3
2004 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová Italy Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2005 Italy Flavia Pennetta Slovakia Ľudmila Cervanová 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2006 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
2007 France Émilie Loit Italy Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–0), 6–4
2008 Italy Flavia Pennetta (2) France Alizé Cornet 6–0, 4–6, 6–1
↓  International  ↓
2009 United States Venus Williams Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2
2010 United States Venus Williams (2) Slovenia Polona Hercog 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011 Argentina Gisela Dulko Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2012 Italy Sara Errani Italy Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
2013 Italy Sara Errani (2) Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 6–0, 6–4
2014[c] Slovakia Dominika Cibulková United States Christina McHale 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
2015 Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky France Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–0
2016 United States Sloane Stephens Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
2017 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko France Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 7–5
2018 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko (2) Switzerland Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
2019 China Wang Yafan United States Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2020 United Kingdom Heather Watson Canada Leylah Annie Fernandez 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–1

Men's doubles

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Michal Mertiňák (2008–09) holds, with Donald Johnson (2000–01), David Marrero (2012–13), Jamie Murray (2017–18) and Bruno Soares (2017–18) the men's doubles record for most consecutive titles (two).
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
1993 Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Mexico Jorge Lozano
7–6, 6–4
1994 United States Francisco Montana
United States Bryan Shelton
United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
6–3, 6–4
1995 Argentina Javier Frana
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle (2)
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Italy Diego Nargiso
7–5, 6–3
1996 United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana (2)
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–2, 6–4
1997 Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Mexico Luis Herrera
Mexico Mariano Sánchez
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998 Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Mexico David Roditi
6–4, 6–2
1999 Not held
↓  ATP Tour 500[b]  ↓
2000 Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Donald Johnson (2)
Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
6–3, 7–5
2001 United States Donald Johnson (3)
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
South Africa David Adams
Argentina Martín García
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2003 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Spain David Ferrer
Spain Fernando Vicente
6–3, 6–3
2004 United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Chile Nicolás Massú
6–2, 6–3
2005 Spain David Ferrer
Spain Santiago Ventura
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006 Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Italy Potito Starace
Italy Filippo Volandri
7–5, 6–2
2007 Italy Potito Starace
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
6–0, 6–2
2008 Austria Oliver Marach
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Argentina Agustín Calleri
Peru Luis Horna
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2009 Czech Republic František Čermák (2)
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák (2)
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2010 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach (2)
Italy Fabio Fognini
Italy Potito Starace
6–0, 6–0
2011 Romania Victor Hănescu
Romania Horia Tecău
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–1, 6–3
2012 Spain David Marrero
Spain Fernando Verdasco
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–3, 6–4
2013 Poland Łukasz Kubot (2)
Spain David Marrero (2)
Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
7–5, 6–2
2014[c] South Africa Kevin Anderson
Australia Matthew Ebden
Spain Feliciano López
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–3, 6–3
2015 Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Mexico Santiago González
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [10–3]
2016 Philippines Treat Huey
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Germany Philipp Petzschner
Austria Alexander Peya
7–6(7–5), 6–3
2017 United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares
United States John Isner
Spain Feliciano López
6–3, 6–3
2018 United Kingdom Jamie Murray (2)
Brazil Bruno Soares (2)
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–4), 7–5
2019 Germany Alexander Zverev
Germany Mischa Zverev
United States Austin Krajicek
New Zealand Artem Sitak
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
2020 Poland Łukasz Kubot (3)
Brazil Marcelo Melo (2)
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [11–9]
2021 United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–3), 6–4
2022 Spain Feliciano López
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
7–5, 6–4
2023 Austria Alexander Erler
Austria Lucas Miedler
United States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow
7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–3)
2024 Monaco Hugo Nys
Poland Jan Zieliński
Mexico Santiago González
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

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María José Martínez Sánchez (2001, 2008–09) is the only women's doubles three-time champion in Acapulco.
Nuria Llagostera Vives (2008–09) shares with Martínez Sánchez the record for back-to-back titles (two).
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2001 Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2002 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–1
2003 France Émilie Loit
Sweden Åsa Svensson
Hungary Petra Mandula
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–3, 6–1
2004 Australia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2005 Russia Alina Jidkova
Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
7–5, 6–3
2006 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Japan Shinobu Asagoe
France Émilie Loit
6–1, 6–3
2007 Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
France Émilie Loit
Australia Nicole Pratt
6–3, 6–3
2008 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (2)
Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
6–2, 6–4
2009 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives (2)
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (3)
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
2010 Slovenia Polona Hercog
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
2011 Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Romania Ioana Raluca Olaru
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
2012 Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–2, 6–1
2013 Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino (2)
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja (2)
Colombia Catalina Castaño
Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
2014[c] France Kristina Mladenovic
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Iveta Melzer
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
2015 Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Spain María Teresa Torró Flor
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
7–6(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]
2016 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (2)
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja (3)
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–0, 6–4
2017 Croatia Darija Jurak
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño
Paraguay Verónica Cepede Royg
6–3, 6–2
2018 Germany Tatjana Maria
United Kingdom Heather Watson
United States Kaitlyn Christian
United States Sabrina Santamaria
7–5, 2–6, [10–2]
2019 Belarus Victoria Azarenka
China Zheng Saisai
United States Desirae Krawczyk
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
6–1, 6–2
2020 United States Desirae Krawczyk
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
Canada Sharon Fichman
6–3, 7–6(7–5)

ATP points and prize money

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For the 2024 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:[5]

Singles

Round ATP Points Prize Money
Winner 500 US$412,555
Finalist 330 US$221,975
Semifinalists 200 US$118,300
Quarter-finalists 100 US$60,440
Round of 16 50 US$32,265
Round of 32 0 US$17,210

WTA points and prize money

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For the 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:[6]

Singles

Round WTA Points Prize Money
Winner 280 US$43,000
Finalist 180 US$21,400
Semifinalists 110 US$11,500
Quarter-finalists 60 US$6,175
Round of 16 30 US$3,400
Round of 32 1 US$2,100

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999. International Series from 2000 till 2008.
  2. ^ a b Known as International Series Gold from 2000 till 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Changed from clay court to hard court.

References

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  1. ^ "Rafael Nadal returns to Acapulco to inaugurate the Arena GNP Seguros in the XXIX edition of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC". abiertomexicanodetenis.com. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  2. ^ "atpworldtour.com Acapulco tournament profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  3. ^ "wtatennis.com Acapulco tournament profile". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  4. ^ "El guaje, un premio dado por casualidad". Excelsior. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ATP 500 - Acapulco".
  6. ^ "Mexican Open 2020 Prize Money Payouts". Sportekz. 5 March 2020.[dead link]
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by ATP International Series Gold Tournament of the Year
2007
Succeeded by
Dubai
Preceded by
Bali
(Tier III – IV – V)
Pattaya
Båstad
Favorite WTA International Tournament
2009
2011
20132017
Succeeded by

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