Tennis tournament
TheMexican Open (currently sponsored byTelcel andHSBC and called theAbierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is anATP Tour professionaltennis tournament played on outdoorhardcourts part of theATP Tour 500 series. Until 2020 it was one of theWTA International tournaments on theWTA Tour .[ 1] [ 2] Arena GNP Seguros [ 3] Fairmont Acapulco Princess , both inAcapulco , Mexico. It was played on outdoorred clay courts until 2013. The change to hardcourts was introduced in 2014. No Mexican tennis player has ever won this tournament in Singles. But Leonardo Lavalle (1993 and 1995) and Giuliana Olmos (2020) have won it in Doubles.
The tournament was introduced on the ATP Tour in 1993, and began on the WTA Tour in 2001. It was held inMexico City from 1993 to 1998, and once more in 2000, before being relocated toAcapulco in 2001. It was the closing leg of the four-ATP tournamentGolden Swing . Starting in 2014, the Mexican Open's surface changed from clay tohardcourts , serving as a lead-up to the firstATP Tour Masters 1000 event of the season inIndian Wells , United States. The winner traditionally receives a giant silvergourd trophy.[ 4]
In the men's singles,Rafael Nadal (2005, 2013, 2020, 2022),David Ferrer (2010–2012, 2015) andThomas 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), andLesia 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 withMichal Mertiňák (2008–09) andDavid 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 withNuria Llagostera Vives (2008–09) the record for most consecutive wins (two).
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 Thomas Muster Carlos Costa 6–2, 6–4 1994 Thomas Muster (2) Roberto Jabali 6–3, 6–1 1995 Thomas Muster (3) Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4) , 7–5 1996 Thomas Muster (4) 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 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ b] 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 (2) 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 (2) Carlos Moyà 6–3, 7–6(7–2) 2008 Nicolás Almagro David Nalbandian 6–1, 7–6(7–1) 2009 Nicolás Almagro (2) Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–4 2010 David Ferrer Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 2011 David Ferrer (2) Nicolás Almagro 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(2–7) , 6–2 2012 David Ferrer (3) Fernando Verdasco 6–1, 6–2 2013 Rafael Nadal (2) David Ferrer 6–0, 6–2 2014 [ c] Grigor Dimitrov Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1) , 3–6, 7–6(7–5) 2015 David Ferrer (4) Kei Nishikori 6–3, 7–5 2016 Dominic Thiem Bernard Tomic 7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–3 2017 Sam Querrey Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 2018 Juan Martín del Potro Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–4 2019 Nick Kyrgios Alexander Zverev 6–3, 6–4 2020 Rafael Nadal (3) Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–2 2021 Alexander Zverev Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 2022 Rafael Nadal (4) Cameron Norrie 6–4, 6–4 2023 Alex de Minaur Tommy Paul 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 2024 Alex de Minaur (2) Casper Ruud 6–4, 6–4 2025 Tomáš Macháč Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7–6(8–6) , 6–2
Two-time championFlavia 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 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 (2) 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 (2) Alizé Cornet 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 ↓ International ↓ 2009 Venus Williams Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2 2010 Venus Williams (2) 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 (2) Carla Suárez Navarro 6–0, 6–4 2014 [ c] Dominika Cibulková Christina McHale 7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 6–4 2015 Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–0 2016 Sloane Stephens Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) 2017 Lesia Tsurenko Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 7–5 2018 Lesia Tsurenko (2) Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 7–6(7–2) , 6–2 2019 Wang Yafan Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 2020 Heather Watson Leylah Annie Fernandez 6–4, 6–7(8–10) , 6–1
Michal Mertiňák (2008–09) holds, withDonald Johnson (2000–01),David Marrero (2012–13),Jamie Murray (2017–18) andBruno Soares (2017–18) the men's doubles record for most consecutive titles (two).Year Champions Runners-up Score ↓ ATP Tour 250 [ a] 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 (2) Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–3 1996 Donald Johnson Francisco Montana (2) 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 ↓ ATP Tour 500 [ b] 2000 Byron Black Donald Johnson (2) Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez 6–3, 7–5 2001 Donald Johnson (3) 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 (2) Mike Bryan (2) 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 (2) Michal Mertiňák (2) Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] 2010 Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach (2) 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 (2) David Marrero (2) Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–2 2014 [ c] Kevin Anderson Matthew Ebden Feliciano López Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–3 2015 Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González 7–6(7–2) , 5–7, [10–3] 2016 Treat Huey Max Mirnyi Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 2017 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares John Isner Feliciano López 6–3, 6–3 2018 Jamie Murray (2) Bruno Soares (2) Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4) , 7–5 2019 Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev Austin Krajicek Artem Sitak 2–6, 7–6(7–4) , [10–5] 2020 Łukasz Kubot (3) Marcelo Melo (2) Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 7–6(8–6) , 6–7(4–7) , [11–9] 2021 Ken Skupski Neal Skupski Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos 7–6(7–3) , 6–4 2022 Feliciano López Stefanos Tsitsipas Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer 7–5, 6–4 2023 Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow 7–6(11–9) , 7–6(7–3) 2024 Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński Santiago González Neal Skupski 6–3, 6–2 2025 Christian Harrison Evan King Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul 6–4, 6–0
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 (2) Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 6–4 2009 Nuria Llagostera Vives (2) María José Martínez Sánchez (3) 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 (2) Arantxa Parra Santonja (2) Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 7–6(7–1) 2014 [ c] Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer 6–3, 2–6, [10–5] 2015 Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 7–6(7–2) , 5–7, [13–11] 2016 Anabel Medina Garrigues (2) Arantxa Parra Santonja (3) Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–0, 6–4 2017 Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova Mariana Duque Mariño Verónica Cepede Royg 6–3, 6–2 2018 Tatjana Maria Heather Watson Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria 7–5, 2–6, [10–2] 2019 Victoria Azarenka Zheng Saisai Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 6–1, 6–2 2020 Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
ATP points and prize money [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
^a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999. International Series from 2000 till 2008. ^a b Known as International Series Gold from 2000 till 2008. ^a b c d Changed from clay court to hard court.
Previous men's tournament categories(1993–2008)
Previous women's tournament categories(2001–2008)
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct
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