Mexican Open (tennis)

The Mexican Open (currently sponsored by Telcel and HSBC and called the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is a joint professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and held annually in late February at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess 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 of the WTA International tournaments on the WTA Tour.[1][2]

Abierto Mexicano Telcel p/b HSBC
Tournament information
TourATP Tour
WTA Tour
Founded1993 (1993) (ATP)
2001 (2001) (WTA)
LocationAcapulco
Mexico
VenueHotel Princess Mundo Imperial
SurfaceClay - outdoors (1993–2013)
Hard - outdoors (2014–present)
Websiteabiertomexicanodetenis.com
Current champions (2020)
Men's singles Rafael Nadal
Women's singles Heather Watson
Men's doubles Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos
ATP World Tour
CategoryATP Tour 500
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$2,000,845 (2020)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$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 pear trophy.[3]

Past finals

In the men's singles, David Ferrer (2010–2012, 2015) and Thomas Muster (1993–1996) hold the record for most overall titles (four), and Muster has 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 the records for most overall and consecutive titles (four) in Mexico.
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1993 Thomas Muster Carlos Costa6–2, 6–4
1994 Thomas Muster (2) Roberto Jabali6–3, 6–1
1995 Thomas Muster (3) Fernando Meligeni7–6(7–4), 7–5
1996 Thomas Muster (4) Jiří Novák7–6(7–3), 6–2
1997 Francisco Clavet Joan Albert Viloca6–4, 7–6(9–7)
1998 Jiří Novák Xavier Malisse6–3, 6–3
1999Not held
2000 Juan Ignacio Chela Mariano Puerta6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2001 Gustavo Kuerten Galo Blanco6–4, 6–2
2002 Carlos Moyà Fernando Meligeni7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2003 Agustín Calleri Mariano Zabaleta7–5, 3–6, 6–3
2004 Carlos Moyà (2) Fernando Verdasco6–3, 6–0
2005 Rafael Nadal Álbert Montañés6–1, 6–0
2006 Luis Horna Juan Ignacio Chela7–6(8–6), 6–4
2007 Juan Ignacio Chela (2) Carlos Moyà6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2008 Nicolás Almagro David Nalbandian6–1, 7–6(7–1)
2009 Nicolás Almagro (2) Gaël Monfils6–4, 6–4
2010 David Ferrer Juan Carlos Ferrero6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2011 David Ferrer (2) Nicolás Almagro7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 6–2
2012 David Ferrer (3) Fernando Verdasco6–1, 6–2
2013 Rafael Nadal (2) David Ferrer6–0, 6–2
  changed from Clay to Hardcourt  
2014 Grigor Dimitrov Kevin Anderson7–6(7–1), 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2015 David Ferrer (4) Kei Nishikori6–3, 7–5
2016 Dominic Thiem Bernard Tomic7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2017 Sam Querrey Rafael Nadal6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2018 Juan Martín del Potro Kevin Anderson6–4, 6–4
2019 Nick Kyrgios Alexander Zverev6–3, 6–4
2020 Rafael Nadal (3) Taylor Fritz6–3, 6–2

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
2001 Amanda Coetzer Elena Dementieva2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2002 Katarina Srebotnik Paola Suárez6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–2
2003 Amanda Coetzer (2) Mariana Díaz Oliva7–5, 6–3
2004 Iveta Benešová Flavia Pennetta7–6(7–5), 6–4
2005 Flavia Pennetta Ľudmila Cervanová3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2006 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flavia Pennetta6–1, 4–6, 6–2
2007 Émilie Loit Flavia Pennetta7–6(7–0), 6–4
2008 Flavia Pennetta (2) Alizé Cornet6–0, 4–6, 6–1
2009 Venus Williams Flavia Pennetta6–1, 6–2
2010 Venus Williams (2) Polona Hercog2–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011 Gisela Dulko Arantxa Parra Santonja6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2012 Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
2013 Sara Errani (2) Carla Suárez Navarro6–0, 6–4
  changed from Clay to Hardcourt  
2014 Dominika Cibulková Christina McHale7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
2015 Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia6–3, 6–0
2016 Sloane Stephens Dominika Cibulková6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
2017 Lesia Tsurenko Kristina Mladenovic6–1, 7–5
2018 Lesia Tsurenko (2) Stefanie Vögele5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
2019 Wang Yafan Sofia Kenin2–6, 6–3, 7–5
2020 Heather Watson Leylah Annie Fernandez6–4, 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
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
1999Not held
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 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]

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 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 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:[4]

Singles

Round ATP Points Prize Money
Winner 500 US$367,630
Finalist 300 US$184,640
Semifinalists 180 US$93,160
Quarter-finalists 90 US$48,470
Round of 16 45 US$24,470
Round of 32 0 US$13,540

WTA points and prize money

For the 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:[5]

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

References

  1. "atpworldtour.com Acapulco tournament profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  2. "wtatennis.com Acapulco tournament profile". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  3. "One of the great trophies in sport". Metro News. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. "Mexican Open 2020 Prize Money Payouts". Sportekz. 5 March 2020.
  5. "Mexican Open 2020 Prize Money Payouts". Sportekz. 5 March 2020.


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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