• Professional players faced amateurs in a fun new mini-tournament held as part of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC
• The duo formed by designer Patricio Campillo and French doubles player Fabien Reboul defeated actorDiego Klein and doubles player Neal Skupski in the grand final at the Arena GNP Seguros stadium

Acapulco, February 27, 2026.- Sixteen participants, two winners. It was an exhibition tournament, but the competition between the eight pairs in the first edition of the PROAM mini doubles tournament was of a high standard and, above all, great fun.

It was a clash of worlds, with laughter, jokes, and anecdotes, but where the connection between all the participants was the most striking. Despite being the favorite pair, Arturo Elias Ayub and Juan Martin del Potro fell in the semifinals, with the former tennis player putting the ball in the net on the last point.

“The PROAM was great for the first time this year. I hope they continue doing it so they can invite me back and make me feel a little bit like a tennis player again. The people of Mexico and Acapulco are very warm, it’s a pleasure to be here,” said the AMT 2026 ambassador after finishing his participation.

The winning duo, made up of designer Patricio Campillo and French doubles player Fabien Reboul, defeated actor Diego Klein and world No. 1 doubles player Neal Skupski in the grand final. It was the perfect rematch for Campillo, who usually plays two or three times a week against Klein. They train together, but “He usually beats me,” he says with a laugh.

“I didn’t expect it. As a lucky loser, I wasn’t going to play in the tournament, but they told me yesterday that I was in. Fabien is one of my favorite doubles players, and when I saw that I was going to play with him, I was excited,” Campillo said after the award ceremony, while Reboul added, “We were confident from the start, he did a great job, and playing in the stadium was a great experience”.

Doubles

Rodrigo Herrera/Roger Vasselin
Patricio Campillo/Fabien Reboul
Arturo Elias Ayub/Juan Martín Del Potro
Ines Saenz/Miguel Reyes-Varela
Diego Klein/Neal Skupski
Miguel Layun/Santiago Gonzalez
Alejandra Infante/Sadio Doumbia
Esteban Arce/Christian Harrison

This is how the first edition of PROAM took place

After the official draw ceremony, where participants not only found out who they would be pairing up with, but also learned the official matchups, the action took place on practice courts 1 and 2. The match format consisted of three super tiebreaks, i.e., sets to 10 points, with the pair that won two out of three advancing.

On one side of the bracket, Diego Klein and Neal Skupski starred in the most challenging quarterfinal matchup, facing former soccer player Miguel Layún paired with one of the best Mexican doubles players of all time, Santiago Gonzalez. The match was tied 1-1 after the first two sets (10-7, 10-6) and was ultimately decided in three super tiebreaks, with the doubles player and actor advancing to the semifinals.

“We lost 2-1. I wanted to beat them, but then with the world No. 1, well, they don’t cooperate,” Miguel Layún said jokingly after his defeat. “We had a great time. These experiences are wonderful. It’s great practice, and in the future, people will be able to enjoy seeing the tennis players more relaxed. Sport is still entertainment. It’s one more thing that the Mexican Open does well. I’m going to treasure this moment forever,” he concluded.

In the run-up to the final, Klein and Skupski faced the duo of Alejandra Infante and Sadio Doumbia, who had eliminated Esteban Arce and Christian Harrison. They advanced without any problems, winning 10-5, 10-7 to reach the grand final.

At the top of the draw, Patricio Campillo and Fabien Reboul defeated Rodrigo Herrera and Roger Vasselin in the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal match against Arturo Elias Ayub, who teamed up with former world No. 3 Juan Martin del Potro in the most exciting semifinal match.

The Mexican businessman and the Argentine tennis legend had knocked out one of the two mixed doubles pairs in the mini-tournament, Inés Saenz and Mexican doubles player Miguel Reyes-Varela, in the first round. However, they did not have the same luck in the semifinals. They lost the first set 10-8 to designer Campillo and French doubles player Reboul and tied the second set 10-8, finally putting on a show in the third set, which ended 14-12 in favor of the Campillo/Reboul duo.