Mexican Open (tennis)

Not to be confused with Abierto Zapopan.

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]

Abierto Mexicano Telcel p/b HSBC
Tournament information
Tour	ATP Tour WTA Tour
Founded	1993; 31 years ago (1993) (ATP) 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (WTA)
Abolished	2020 (WTA)
Location	Mexico City (1993–1998, 2000) Acapulco (2001–present) Mexico
Venue	Club Alemán (1993–1998, 2000) Fairmont Acapulco Princess (2001–2021) Arena GNP Seguros (2022–present)
Surface	Clay – outdoors (1993–2013) Hard – outdoors (2014–present)
Website	abiertomexicanodetenis.com
Current champions (2024)
Men's singles	Alex de Minaur
Men's doubles	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński
ATP Tour Category ATP Tour 500 Draw 32S / 16Q / 16D Prize money US$2,206,080 (2024)
WTA Tour Category WTA International Draw 32S / 24Q / 16D Prize money US$275,000 (2020)

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

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

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

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
↓  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

Men's doubles

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	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

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 (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

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

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

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

References

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]}

External links

• Official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dubai	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 2013–2017	Succeeded by Pattaya Båstad Hong Kong

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