• Americans Patrick Kypson, Zachary Svajda, and Mackenzie McDonald, along with Australian Rinki Hijikata, are the top four seeds

Acapulco, February 20, 2026.- The action at the 33rd edition of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, which will be played from February 21 to 28 in Acapulco, begins this Saturday with the first phase of the qualifying tournament, which will award four tickets to the main draw.

The seeds in this phase are Americans Patrick Kypson (1), Zachary Svajda (2), and Mackenzie McDonald (4), and Australian Rinky Hijikata (3).

Also seeded are Japan ‘s Sho Shimabukuro (5), Hong Kong’s Chak Lam Coleman Wong (6), China ‘s Yibing Wu (7) and Colombia’ s Nicolás Mejía (8).

Joining Mejía in qualifying will be Argentina’s Juan Pablo Ficovich and Mexico’s Alex Hernández, Rafael de Alba and Alan Magadán, who arrived in Acapulco on wild cards and will be looking to cause an upset.

Ten matches will be played this Saturday, eight singles and two doubles. In singles, highlights include American Stefan Kozlov against Kypson and Australian veteran Bernard Tomic against Mejía.

Mexicans Hernández and Magadán will also play in the doubles qualifiers, where they will face American Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens from the Netherlands.

Venezuelan Juan José Bianchi, paired with American Pranav Kumar, will face Australians Adam Walton and Rinky Hijikata.

The singles draw for the Mexican Open Telcel presented by HSBC will be led by Alexander Zverev (No. 4 ATP) and Alex de Miñaur (No. 6).

They will be joined by Casper Ruud (No. 13), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No. 15), and Flavio Cobolli (No. 20), along with Frances Tiafoe (No. 28), veteran and 2014 champion Grigor Dimitrov (No. 42), as well as Gaël Monfils (No. 170) in his final year as a professional.

The list for the ATP 500 in Acapulco is completed by notable players such as Cameron Norrie (No. 27), Brandon Nakashima (No. 29), Valentin Vacherot (No. 26), Corentin Moutet (No. 34), and American Sebastian Korda (No. 50), among others.

Saturday, February 21
First day of qualifying matches

(1) Patrick Kypson (USA) – Stefan Kozlov (USA)
(2) Zachary Svajda (USA) – Andres Martin (USA)
(3) Rinky Hijikata (AUS) – Alan Magadán (MEX)
(4) Mackenzie McDonald (USA) – Elias Ymer (SWE)
(5) Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) – Rafael de Alba (MEX)
(6) Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKG) – Alex Hernández (MEX)
(7) Yibing Wu (CHI) – Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG)
(8) Nicolás Mejía (COL) — Bernard Tomic (AUS)