The San Luis Tennis Open also known as the San Luis Potosí Open is a professional
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
red clay court
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s.
History
The tournament was founded in 1955 as the San Luis Potosí Tennis Tournament.
In 1959 it became known as the San Luis Potosí International.
This event is currently part of the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and the
WTA Challenger Tour
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Sometimes called the WTA Challenger tour (analogous to the men's ATP Challenger Series), . It has been organized by the Club Deportivo Potosino in
San Luis Potosí City,
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí.
It ...
, Mexico, since inception. The women's edition started in 1959 until 2006, it has since been revived in 2023.
Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
Joaquín Loyo-Mayo (August 16, 1945 – December 27, 2014) was a Mexican tennis player active from 1961 to 1982; he won 21 career singles titles.
Career
Born in Veracruz, Mexico, he played his first tournament at the Washington State Championship ...
holds the record for most men's singles titles wins at six.
Leonardo Lavalle
Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain' ...
established the record for men's doubles titles, with four wins. He partnered with a different player each of this time. He hold along with
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Martínez (; born June 21, 1987) is a Mexican professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 20 August 2018. In singles his best ranking is N ...
the record of consecutive victories, three.
Leonardo Lavalle
Leonardo Lavalle Moreno (born 14 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain' ...
,
Dick Norman
Dick Norman (born 1 March 1971) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height (6 feet 8 inches), his left-handed power game and, in the last few years of his ca ...
and
Marcelo Arévalo
Marcelo Arévalo González (; born October 17, 1990) is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP, achieved on 11 November 2024 and has a career-high singles ranking of No. 139, attained in Ap ...
were the only players to win both singles and doubles titles the same year.
Past finals
Men's singles
(incomplete roll)
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
References
External links
San Luis Potosi Overview ATP Tour TennisOfficial websiteITF Search
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ATP Challenger Tour
Clay court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Mexico
San Luis Potosí Challenger
WTA 125 tournaments