Mexican Open (tennis)
The Mexican Open 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 Association of Tennis Professionals Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments on the Women's Tennis Association Tour.
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's 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.
Past finals
In the men's singles, David Ferrer and Thomas Muster hold the record for most overall titles, and Muster has the record for most consecutive wins. David Ferrer is well-known in Acapulco, he has a large number of mexican fans. When he retired, they threw a good-bye party with videos of the times he played in Acapulco.On the women's side, Amanda Coetzer, Flavia Pennetta, Venus Williams, Sara Errani,and Lesia Tsurenko co-hold the record for most singles titles, Williams,Errani and Tsurenko being the only players to score two straight wins in Mexico. In the men's doubles, Donald Johnson has won the most titles, and co-holds with Michal Mertiňák and David Marrero the record for most back-to-back titles. In the women's doubles, María José Martínez Sánchez is the one holding the most titles and shares with Nuria Llagostera Vives the record for most consecutive wins.
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
2001 | María José Martínez Sánchez Anabel Medina Garrigues | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6–4, 6–7, 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, 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 | Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská | 6–2, 6–4 |
2009 | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–4, 6–2 |
2010 | Polona Hercog Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 2–6, 6–1, |
2011 | Mariya Koryttseva Ioana Raluca Olaru | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja | 3–6, 6–1, |
2012 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–2, 6–1 |
2013 | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja | Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño | 6–4, 7–6 |
2014 | Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva | Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer | 6–3, 2–6, |
2015 | Lara Arruabarrena María Teresa Torró Flor | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 7–6, 5–7, |
2016 | Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja | 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, |
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 |
ATP points and prize money
For the 2020 edition the distribution of points and prize money was as follows: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: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 |