Tennis tournament
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]
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
^ 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.
References
External links
Previous men's tournament categories (1993–2008)