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] 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]
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).
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
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
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
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
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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
^ 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.
Alex de Minaur
Hugo Nys
Jan Zieliński