The Mexican Open or Mexican International is an international

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

competition held in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The Mexican Open has been held together with the Mexican National Championship of Badminton which main difference is that foreign players can participate in the former competition, while the latter is just reserved for Mexican badminton players. The original intention was that both tournaments would be held annually; however, due to different circumstances it has not always been this the case. The first tournament was organised by the Mexican Association of Badminton and the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec in 1949 as the Mexico City International Tournament; there were four more editions held in 1952, 1959, 1960 and 1962.Herbert A. E. Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965'' (Bromley, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1965) p 212. In 1964, the Mexican Association of Badminton changed its official name to the Mexican National Open Championship. In 2009, the Mexican Association of Badminton decided to start counting the tournaments again; hence, the Mexican Open of 2014 is considered as the fifth Mexican Open. The Mexican Open is one of the most important Latin American badminton competitions together with the

Pan American Badminton Championships The Pan American Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan America (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas. The tournament was held every year from 1977 until 1980, then every two years from ...

and the

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, and perhaps the oldest international tournament of badminton in Latin America. The best Mexican players have competed in the Mexican Open, along with foreign badminton players from almost all over the World, some of whom have been already inducted to the World Badminton Hall of Fame such as

Erland Kops Erland Kops (14 January 1937 – 18 February 2017) was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Early life Kops was born in 1937. His uncles were ...

, while some others have represented their countries in the

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

and the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

such as

Tan Joe Hok Tan Joe Hok (Indonesian name: Hendra Kartanegara, zh, c=陳有福, p=Chén Youfu, poj=Tân Iú Hok; 11 August 1937 – 2 June 2025) was an Indonesian badminton player, who along with Ferry Sonneville and a cadre of fine doubles players set th ...

Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Channarong Ratanaseangsuang (born 1939), also known as Ratana, is a former badminton player and coach who represented both Thailand and Canada in international competition. Career With a game marked by impressive mobility and consistency, durin ...

and Carlene Starkey, or being inducted to the Hall of Fame of their own countries such as Don Paup,

Jamie Paulson Jamie Paulson (born April 26, 1948) is a Canadian former badminton player who won national and international titles from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. In 1970 he won the men's singles at the quadrennial 1970 British Commonwealth Games making h ...

, Tyna Barinaga, Dorothy O'Neil, Helen Tibbetts, and Margaret Varner.Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 113.

Previous winners

Mexico City international tournament

Mexican National Open Championship

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International

Mexican International Challenge

Mexico Future Series

Performances by nation

Mexican National Open Championship

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International

Mexican International Challenge

Mexico Future Series

References