The Mexican Open (currently sponsored by Telcel and HSBC and called the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is an ATP Tour professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts, part of the ATP 500 series. It is usually held annually in late February, early March at the Arena GNP Seguros since 2022 and previously at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess, both in Acapulco, Mexico. It was played on outdoor red clay courts until 2013 when it switched to hardcourts in 2014. Until 2020 it was one of the WTA International tournaments on the WTA Tour. Mexican players Leonardo Lavalle (1993 and 1995 in Mexico City) and Giuliana Olmos (2020) have won the Doubles event.
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 hardcourts, 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.
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
YearChampionRunner-upScore↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓1993 Thomas Muster Carlos Costa 6–2, 6–41994 Thomas Muster Roberto Jabali 6–3, 6–11995 Thomas Muster Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4), 7–51996 Thomas Muster Jiří Novák 7–6(7–3), 6–21997 Francisco Clavet Joan Albert Viloca 6–4, 7–6(9–7)1998 Jiří Novák Xavier Malisse 6–3, 6–31999 Not held↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓2000 Juan Ignacio Chela Mariano Puerta 6–4, 7–6(7–4)2001 Gustavo Kuerten Galo Blanco 6–4, 6–22002 Carlos Moyà Fernando Meligeni 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)2003 Agustín Calleri Mariano Zabaleta 7–5, 3–6, 6–32004 Carlos Moyà Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–02005 Rafael Nadal Álbert Montañés 6–1, 6–02006 Luis Horna Juan Ignacio Chela 7–6(8–6), 6–42007 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, 6–42010 David Ferrer Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 3–6, 6–12011 David Ferrer Nicolás Almagro 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 6–22012 David Ferrer Fernando Verdasco 6–1, 6–22013 Rafael Nadal David Ferrer 6–0, 6–22014 Grigor Dimitrov Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)2015 David Ferrer Kei Nishikori 6–3, 7–52016 Dominic Thiem Bernard Tomic 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–32017 Sam Querrey Rafael Nadal 6–3, 7–6(7–3)2018 Juan Martín del Potro Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–42019 Nick Kyrgios Alexander Zverev 6–3, 6–42020 Rafael Nadal Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–22021 Alexander Zverev Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–4, 7–6(7–3)2022 Rafael Nadal Cameron Norrie 6–4, 6–42023 Alex de Minaur Tommy Paul 3–6, 6–4, 6–12024 Alex de Minaur Casper Ruud 6–4, 6–42025 Tomáš Macháč Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7–6(8–6), 6–22026 Flavio Cobolli Frances Tiafoe 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Women's singles
YearChampionRunner-upScore↓ Tier III ↓2001 Amanda Coetzer Elena Dementieva 2–6, 6–1, 6–22002 Katarina Srebotnik Paola Suárez 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–22003 Amanda Coetzer Mariana Díaz Oliva 7–5, 6–32004 Iveta Benešová Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–5), 6–4 2005 Flavia Pennetta Ľudmila Cervanová 3–6, 7–5, 6–32006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 4–6, 6–22007 Émilie Loit Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–0), 6–42008 Flavia Pennetta Alizé Cornet 6–0, 4–6, 6–1↓ International ↓2009 Venus Williams Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–22010 Venus Williams Polona Hercog 2–6, 6–2, 6–32011 Gisela Dulko Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–3, 7–6(7–5)2012 Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–02013 Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro 6–0, 6–42014 Dominika Cibulková Christina McHale 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–42015 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, 7–52018 Lesia Tsurenko Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–22019 Wang Yafan Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–52020 Heather Watson Leylah Annie Fernandez 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–1
Men's doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓1993 Leonardo Lavalle Jaime Oncins Horacio de la Peña Jorge Lozano 7–6, 6–41994 Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen 6–3, 6–41995 Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–31996 Donald Johnson Francisco Montana Nicolás Pereira Emilio Sánchez 6–2, 6–41997 Nicolás Lapentti Daniel Orsanic Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez 4–6, 6–3, 7–61998 Jiří Novák David Rikl Daniel Orsanic David Roditi 6–4, 6–21999 Not held↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓2000 Byron Black Donald Johnson Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez 6–3, 7–52001 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, 6–32004 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Juan Ignacio Chela Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–32005 David Ferrer Santiago Ventura Jiří Vaněk Tomáš Zíb 4–6, 6–1, 6–42006 František Čermák Leoš Friedl Potito Starace Filippo Volandri 7–5, 6–22007 Potito Starace Martín Vassallo Argüello Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner 6–0, 6–22008 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, 6–02011 Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares 6–1, 6–32012 David Marrero Fernando Verdasco Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–42013 Łukasz Kubot David Marrero Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–22014 Kevin Anderson Matthew Ebden Feliciano López Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–32015 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), 6–32017 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares John Isner Feliciano López 6–3, 6–32018 Jamie Murray Bruno Soares Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–6(7–4), 7–52019 Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev Austin Krajicek Artem Sitak 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–5]2020 Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo 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), 6–42022 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, 6–22025 Christian Harrison Evan King Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul 6–4, 6–02026 Marcelo Melo Alexander Zverev Alexander Erler Robert Galloway 6–3, 6–4
Women's doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore2001 María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–52002 Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–12003 Émilie Loit Åsa Svensson Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch 6–3, 6–12004 Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–42005 Alina Jidkova Tatiana Perebiynis Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados 7–5, 6–32006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy Shinobu Asagoe Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–32007 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 6–3, 6–32008 Nuria Llagostera Vives Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 6–42009 Nuria Llagostera Vives Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–4, 6–22010 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, 6–12013 Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño 6–4, 7–6(7–1)2014 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 Arantxa Parra Santonja Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–0, 6–42017 Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova Mariana Duque Mariño Verónica Cepede Royg 6–3, 6–22018 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, 6–22020 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:
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:
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
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References
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