Mexican Open (tennis)

Abierto Mexicano Telcel p/b HSBC

The Mexican Open (also known as the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC for sponsorship reasons) is a joint professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts, and held annually in late February at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco, Mexico. The Mexican Open is part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The 2013 edition took place from 25 February to 2 March 2013.

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's the closing leg of the four-ATP tournament Golden Swing. Starting in 2014, the Mexican Open's surface will change from clay to hard courts, serving as a lead-up to the the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season in Indian Wells, United States.

Past finals

In the men's singles, Thomas Muster (1993–1996) holds the records for most overall and back-to-back titles (four). On the women's side, Amanda Coetzer (2001, 2003), Flavia Pennetta (2005, 2008), Venus Williams (2009–10) and Sara Errani (2012–13) co-hold the record for most singles titles (two), Williams and Errani 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

Thomas Muster (1993–96) holds the records for most overall and consecutive titles (four) in Mexico.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Thomas Muster	Carlos Costa	6–2, 6–4
1994	Thomas Muster	Roberto Jabali	6–3, 6–1
1995	Thomas Muster	Fernando Meligeni	7–6(7–4), 7–5
1996	Thomas Muster	Jiří Novák	7–6(7–3), 6–2
1997	Francisco Clavet	Joan Albert Viloca	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
1998	Jiří Novák	Xavier Malisse	6–3, 6–3
1999	Not held
2000	Juan Ignacio Chela	Mariano Puerta	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2001	Gustavo Kuerten	Galo Blanco	6–4, 6–2
2002	Carlos Moyà	Fernando Meligeni	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2003	Agustín Calleri	Mariano Zabaleta	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2004	Carlos Moyà	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–0
2005	Rafael Nadal	Álbert Montañés	6–1, 6–0
2006	Luis Horna	Juan Ignacio Chela	7–6(8–6), 6–4
2007	Juan Ignacio Chela	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 7–6(7-2)
2008	Nicolás Almagro	David Nalbandian	6–1, 7–6(7–1)
2009	Nicolás Almagro	Gaël Monfils	6–4, 6–4
2010	David Ferrer	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2011	David Ferrer	Nicolás Almagro	7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 6–2
2012	David Ferrer	Fernando Verdasco	6–1, 6–2
2013	Rafael Nadal	David Ferrer	6–0, 6–2

Women's singles

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
2001	Amanda Coetzer	Elena Dementieva	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2002	Katarina Srebotnik	Paola Suárez	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–2
2003	Amanda Coetzer	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	7–5, 6–3
2004	Iveta Benešová	Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2005	Flavia Pennetta	Ľudmila Cervanová	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2006	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
2007	Émilie Loit	Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–0), 6–4
2008	Flavia Pennetta	Alizé Cornet	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
2009	Venus Williams	Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 6–2
2010	Venus Williams	Polona Hercog	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011	Gisela Dulko	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2012	Sara Errani	Flavia Pennetta	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
2013	Sara Errani	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–0, 6–4

Men's doubles

Michal Mertiňák (2008–09) holds, with Donald Johnson (2000–01) and David Marrero (2012–13), the men's doubles record for most consecutive titles (two).

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Leonardo Lavalle Jaime Oncins	Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano	7–6, 6–4
1994	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–3, 6–4
1995	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–3
1996	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez	6–2, 6–4
1997	Nicolás Lapentti Daniel Orsanic	Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Daniel Orsanic David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
1999	Not held
2000	Byron Black Donald Johnson	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6–3, 7–5
2001	Donald Johnson Gustavo Kuerten	David Adams Martín García	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Martin Damm David Rikl	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
2003	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	David Ferrer Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–3
2004	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Juan Ignacio Chela Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–3
2005	David Ferrer Santiago Ventura	Jiří Vaněk Tomáš Zíb	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2006	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	Potito Starace Filippo Volandri	7–5, 6–2
2007	Potito Starace Martín Vassallo Argüello	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	6–0, 6–2
2008	Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák	Agustín Calleri Luis Horna	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2009	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
2010	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	Fabio Fognini Potito Starace	6–0, 6–0
2011	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–1, 6–3
2012	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6-3, 6-4
2013	Łukasz Kubot David Marrero	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7-5, 6-2

Women's doubles

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	María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2002	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
2003	Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–1
2004	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2005	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Perebiynis	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados	7–5, 6–3
2006	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	Shinobu Asagoe Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–3
2007	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–3
2008	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
2009	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
2010	Polona Hercog Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
2011	Mariya Koryttseva Ioana Raluca Olaru	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 6–1, [10-4]
2012	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-2, 6-1
2013	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño	6–4, 7–6(7–1)

External links

• Official website