The Mexican Open (currently sponsored by Telcel and HSBC and called the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC) is a men's professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s, and usually held annually in late February at the Arena GNP Seguros since 2022 and previously at the

Fairmont Acapulco Princess The Hotel Princess Mundo Imperial is a resort hotel located in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. The hotel features eight tennis courts, including a 6,000-seat stadium court. It is the host of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, an annual event on the ATP ...

, both in Acapulco, Mexico. It was played on outdoor

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s until 2013. The change to hard courts was introduced in 2014. The Mexican Open is part of the

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series on the

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, and until 2020 was one of the

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on the

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. The tournament was introduced on the ATP Tour in 1993, and began on the WTA Tour in 2001. It was held in

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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

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event of the season in Indian Wells, United States. The winner traditionally receives a giant silver

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trophy.

History

In the men's singles,

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...

(2005, 2013, 2020, 2022), David Ferrer (2010–2012, 2015) and

Thomas Muster Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eig ...

(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 Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam ...

(2001, 2003),

Flavia Pennetta Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. ...

(2005, 2008),

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...

(2009–10),

Sara Errani Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championship ...

(2012–13), and

Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko ( uk, Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles tournaments on the IT ...

(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 Donald James "Don" Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis i ...

(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 María José Martínez Sánchez (; born 12 August 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player. In singles, she has won five WTA singles titles, her biggest being a Premier 5 title at the 2010 Italian Open where she defeated two form ...

(2001, 2008–09) is the one holding the most titles (three) and shares with

Nuria Llagostera Vives Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional c ...

(2008–09) the record for most consecutive wins (two).

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives at the 2010 US Open 01

ATP points and prize money

For the 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows: Singles

WTA points and prize money

For the 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows: Singles

Notes

References

External links

Official website

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