• The French veteran returns to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in his final year as a professional
• Currently ranked No. 68 in the ATP Rankings, he reached No. 6 in the world in 2016

Mexico City, November 27, 2025.- With one of the most spectacular styles of tennis on the circuit and a charisma that has won over fans around the world, as well as the respect of his colleagues on the ATP Tour, Gaël Sebastien Monfils returns to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in his last year as a professional.

A finalist in the 2009 edition in Acapulco, where he lost 6-4, 6-4 to Nicolás Almagro, the now veteran Frenchman knows what it’s like to play on Mexican soil and, after years of absence, the ATP 500 draw is graced by his presence. Monfils is a player who brings much more than technique and experience; he has an electrifying connection with the audience.

A month before turning 39 last September, ‘Sliderman’, as he is nicknamed, announced that he would be ending his professional career of more than two decades, with his final farewell to tennis at the end of the 2026 season.

“Life is very short, believe me when I say that I have no regrets. What I do know is that I feel incredibly lucky to have played in the golden age of tennis and to have shared the court with the greats of the sport: Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, and Murray,” he said.

Despite being No. 1 as a junior and winning three Grand Slam titles in that category, his professional career was marked by various injuries that repeatedly kept him away from the top stages. Even so, his great athleticism, speed, and high IQ for using the racket and spaces on the court were always cause for applause and recognition on the circuit.

In 2025, “Lamonf” won his 13th title on the hard courts of Auckland, the surface on which he has shone the most, and became the oldest player to win a trophy on the tour since 1977. He played in 35 finals and reached the semifinals in two majors: in his hometown of Paris, during the 2008 edition of Roland Garros, and at the 2016 US Open.

As for his life off the court, his love story with former world No. 3 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine has been considered one of the most adorable relationships by tennis fans since it became public in 2019, as they have always openly supported each other.

Monfils is a loyal fan of the Detroit Pistons in the NBA and has said on occasion that if he hadn’t been a tennis player, he would have been a basketball player. With Monfils in Acapulco, the show on the court is guaranteed.

Technical details

Name: Gaël Sebastien Monfils

Age: 39

Date and place of birth: September 1, 1986, in Paris, France

Current ATP ranking: 68th (as of November 24, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 6th in 2016

Professional since 2004

ATP titles: 13

• The 23-year-old American climbed to No. 5 in the ATP Rankings  
• In the 2025 season, he won the ATP Masters 1000 title in Canada and played in the ATP Finals

Mexico City, November 17, 2025.- American Ben Shelton, who climbed to No. 5 in the ATP Rankings, the best ranking of his career, has had a great 2025 that led him to close out the season at the Nitto ATP Finals. Now he is working to show his best form in 2026.

This year, Shelton, a prodigious left-hander with a powerful serve that has repeatedly reached 241 km per hour, posted a record of 40 wins and 21 losses.

He also added a title to his trophy case, winning the ATP Masters 1000 in Canada. This achievement helped him finish the season as one of the top eight players, who advanced to the final tournament of the year in Turin, Italy.

Shelton has won a title in each of the last three seasons: in 2023 in Tokyo, in 2024 in Houston, and at the Toronto Masters this year, where he defeated Karen Kachanov in the final.

At 23, he started the year with a strong showing at the Australian Open, where he reached the semifinals, then made it to the round of 16 at Roland Garros and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. At home, at the US Open, he suffered a serious injury to his left shoulder that forced him to withdraw from the last Grand Slam and take a break to recover.

It was at the end of June 2025 that he made his debut in the Top 10, where he has remained, gradually consolidating his performances until reaching fifth place in the world. He now has his sights set on 2026, hoping to make a leap in quality and adjust what is missing in his game in order to beat the even better players in the world rankings.

At the Nitto ATP Finals, he was eliminated 0-3 after defeats to Alexander Zverev, Félix Auger-Aliassime, and Jannik Sinner, yet Shelton concluded that it was “a great year” for him, with “many positive things.”

“Tennis is a sport full of ups and downs. This motivates me to work harder during the break and I am excited for the 2026 season,” he said after his adventure in Turin.

This will be Shelton’s fourth consecutive visit to Acapulco, where he has captivated audiences with his powerful serve and shown flashes of his best game, although he has yet to advance to the title match of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

In 2023, he was eliminated in the first round; in 2024, he reached the quarterfinals; and in 2025, he was eliminated in the second round. In 2026, he will arrive as one of the favorites and with the expectation of contending for the title.

Technical details

Name: Ben Shelton

Age: 23

Date and place of birth: October 9, 2002, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Current ATP ranking: 5th (as of November 17, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 5th in November

Coach: Bryan Shelton (father)ATP titles: 3

• In the last eight years, the German has only missed one edition of the Mexican tournament, where he was champion in 2021
• Alexander has already surpassed 500 ATP victories

Mexico City, November 10, 2025. Germany’s Alexander Zverev, currently ranked No. 3 in the world, will return once again to Mexico next February for what will be his eighth appearance at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC. 

Zverev has participated in the Mexican tournament since 2018 and has only missed one edition in the last eight years. During this period, the German player played two finals in Acapulco and won the title in 2021 when he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas. 

Throughout his career, Alexander has won more than 500 matches and will be looking for his 25th title next season. The ATP 500 in Acapulco gives him the chance to win a championship that would make him one of the most successful tennis players in recent years. 

The link between Zverev and Acapulco has become a tradition for Mexican fans, so in the 2026 edition he will once again seek to reach the third round of the tournament, something he has not done since the 2021 edition.

Good start at the ATP Finals

Despite struggling with injuries throughout the year and winning only one title in 2025 (Munich), the German is enjoying a strong end to the season. This week he is competing in the Nitto ATP Finals, which are being held in Turin, Italy. He has won the year-end tournament twice, in 2018 and 2021.

He won his first match against Ben Shelton. In his group are Italy’s Jannick Sinner, world No. 2, and Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime, who has made a significant comeback in his career. 

Mishka, his number one fan

He regularly shares the good times he has with his pet Mishka, a dog who accompanies him to several of his tournaments on the ATP tour and who has gone viral because she shows him her affection after every match and during his breaks.

Zverev is known for being an animal lover and whenever he can, he supports animal adoption and welfare campaigns. 

Technical details

Name: Alexander Zverev

Age: 28

Date and place of birth: April 20, 1997, in Hamburg, Germany

Current ATP ranking: 3rd (as of November 9, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 2nd in 2022

Coach: Alexander Zverev (father) 

ATP titles: 24

• The first were Leonardo Lavalle, Oliver Fernández, Agustín Moreno, Jorge Lozano, and Luis Enrique Herrera.
• The last was Rodrigo Pacheco, who reached the quarterfinals in 2025.

Mexico City, November 3, 2025.- A basic rule of the Mexican Tennis Open presented by HSBC and Mextenis as the tournament organizer has always been to support home players to promote not only their professional growth and improve their world rankings, but also to encourage the development of this sport in the country.

With outstanding performances, some Mexican tennis players qualified for the tournament directly, while for others, their arrival in the main draw has been through wildcards, and other invitations have been for Mexicans to play in the qualifiers.

As an ATP 500 tournament, the event has to make the most of its WC, which is why in recent years, only one Mexican has played in the main draw.

Between 1993 and 1998, the tournament was held in Mexico City, where there was greater Mexican representation. Since 2000, and until 2025, when it will be held in Acapulco, the rate has been declining due to demand from higher-ranked international talent to participate in the tournament.

In 1993, the first edition featured Leonardo Lavalle, Oliver Fernández, and Agustín Moreno, as well as Jorge Lozano and Luis Enrique Herrera. On that occasion, Fernández reached the semifinals and Lavalle reached the quarterfinals, but he managed to win the doubles title, as he did in 1995.

In 1994, Lavalle, Fernández, and Herrera returned, joined by Oscar Ortiz, but they were eliminated in the first round.

In 1995, Herrera, Lavalle, and Alejandro Hernández reached the second round, while Ortiz and Moreno were eliminated in the first round.

A year later, Lavalle, Hernández, and Ortiz played in the main draw, with Hernández putting in an outstanding performance and reaching the quarterfinals.

In 1997, Hernández and Herrera played again, advancing to the second round, while Marco Osorio was eliminated in the first round. In 1998, only Lavalle and Hernández entered the tournament, with Hernández once again reaching the top eight.

During the first editions of the new millennium in Acapulco, Hernández returned to the forefront as the only Mexican player, while Miguel Gallardo participated in 2003. In 2004, Hernández and Gallardo both participated; in 2005, only Hernández attended; and in 2006, Gallardo and Santiago González played in the tournament.

In 2007, González reappeared alongside Bruno Echagaray; in 2008, Echagaray, Bruno Rodríguez, and César Ramírez attended; González and Echagaray returned in 2009, and in 2010, only González showed up.

In 2011, González faced his friend Daniel Garza and advanced to the second round, where he was eliminated by Spain’s David Ferrer, who went on to win the tournament.

In 2012, González and Garza returned along with César Ramírez, and in 2013, Garza and Ramírez were joined by Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela, who returned in 2014 alongside Tigre Hank. In 2015, only Garza played.

In 2016, Hank was accompanied by Lucas Gómez and Luis Patiño, and in 2017 and 2018, only Gómez participated, while in 2019, 2020, and 2021, Gerardo López Villaseñor played, and in 2022, 

Alex Rodrigo Pacheco was invited for the first time in 2023, and in 2024 Pacheco was accompanied by Ernesto Escobedo. In 2025, Pacheco reached the quarterfinals.  

Technical details

Five Mexicans played in 1993: Leonardo Lavalle, Oliver Fernández, Agustín Moreno, Jorge Lozano, and Luis Enrique Herrera.

Alejandro Hernández played in nine editions and reached the quarterfinals in 1996.

The young Rodrigo Pacheco has been in the tournament for the last three years and reached the quarterfinals in 2025.

Hernández appeared.

• The Bulgarian won the tournament in 2014 when he defeated South Africa’s Kevin Anderson.
• Grigor returns to Acapulco after his last appearance in 2022.

Mexico City, October 27, 2025.- After a four-year absence from the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, Grigor Dimitrov (No. 37) will return to the port of Acapulco, where he was once champion and has fond memories of its beaches and Mexican fans.

The Bulgarian broke Spain’s dominance at the AMT in 2014 and became the first champion on the hard court in Acapulco, which debuted that year. 

Dimitrov, then ranked No. 22 in the world, faced South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in the final, having already caused an upset by knocking out Olympic champion and Grand Slam winner Andy Murray.

It was the second title of Dimitrov’s career, his first and only ATP 500, and he now has nine in total, the latest coming in Brisbane in 2024.

The last time he played in Acapulco was in 2022, when he was eliminated in the first round by American Stefan Kozlov in a marathon match that marked the debut of the GNP Seguros Arena stadium. 

A year earlier, in 2021, he reached the quarterfinals before losing in two sets to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti. 

In 2020, he fell victim to Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the tournament’s top seed, who knocked him out just before the final, after the Bulgarian had eliminated players such as Stan Wawrinka and Adrian Mannarino along the way.

This participation by Dimitrov, already a veteran of the tour, will be special because he will have the support of Mexican fans, starting with Mexican actress Eiza González, his current partner, who has accompanied him to several tournaments on the ATP tour.

New phase

Last September, Dimitrov announced that British coach Jamie Delgado was no longer his coach after several years together. Currently, only Venezuelan Daniel Vallverdú will remain as his coach, who has been instrumental in his good results in recent months. 

Recovery phase 

Dimitrov’s last appearance was at Wimbledon, and over the past few months he has been recovering from a pectoral muscle injury that prevented him from finishing the season. Dimitrov is working to get off to a good start this season and continue climbing the rankings.  

Technical details

Name: Grigor Dimitrov

Age: 34

Date and place of birth: May 16, 1991, in Haskovo, Bulgaria

Current ATP ranking: 37th (as of October 23, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 3rd in 2017

Coach: Daniel Vallverdú

ATP titles: 9 

• The ATP 500 announced the star players that will be present in Acapulco for the XXXIII edition 
• Zverev, Shelton and Musetti headline the 2026 roster Tickets for the tournament can be purchased securely through the Mextenis Account Manager by Ticketmaster platform.

Mexico City, October 1, 2025.- The Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC is preparing for its XXXIII edition with the announcement of five players in the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings.

To be held February 21-28, 2026 in the beautiful Port of Acapulco, the 32-player field will be headed by Alexander Zverev (No. 3), Ben Shelton (No. 6), Lorenzo Musetti(No. 9), Casper Ruud (No. 12), Alexander Davidovich Fokina (No. 20),  Flavio Cobolli (No. 22), Grigor Dimitrov (No. 27) and Frances Tiafoe (No. 28).

A constant visitor to the Mexican tournament, Zverev starts as favorite and will try for the third time to return to the decisive match. The German played the 2019 final, in which he lost to Nick Kyrgios and in 2021 he got his revenge to be crowned champion against Stefanos Tsitsipas. 

Zverev is accompanied by American sensation Ben Shelton, 22, who won his first Masters 1000 this season in Canada and adds three ATP titles, while Italian Musetti, who closes the participation of three Top 10 in the tournament, seeks a new title after winning the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

He was also semifinalist in the French Open 2025, so in view of the level shown last year by this group of players, a competitive week is expected at the GNP Seguros Arena. 

On the other hand, the Norwegian Ruud conquered the Madrid Masters 1000 this season, after being finalist in 2024 in the tournaments of Acapulco and Los Cabos, so the courts in Mexico will undoubtedly reveal the best of his tennis.

Another finalist in the AMT records is Spain’s Davidovich Fokina, who last February had one of the best weeks of his career, but lost to Tomas Machac. Now he will be back in search of his first title in the circuit after three finals in the year.

Another player to watch will be 23-year-old Flavio Cobolli, who returns after winning his first two ATP titles this 2025, while veteran Grigor Dimitrov, current World No. 28 and champion in Acapulco in 2014, closes the list of the first players announced for the XXXIII edition.

“We are very proud to have this wide range of talent once again at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC. Six players inside the Top 20, several of them returning year after year because they enjoy our tournament and Acapulco so much. We are going to enjoy this week with the best competition and the best experiences,” said Alvaro Falla, CEO of Mextenis.

The Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, looking to innovate every year, presents in its agenda the Mextenis Experiences, among which are the Kids Day, Family Day, Players Party, Mextenis Talks, among others.

Tickets for the 2026 tournament are sold through https://abiertomexicanodetenis.com/ and are 100% digital tickets. From our platform they are directed to Mextenis Account Manager by Ticketmaster which gives way to a simpler, more efficient and secure process to purchase tickets to one of the best sports weeks in the country. It has high security standards based on dynamic bars that constantly change to prevent counterfeiting. 

• Tournament director Álvaro Falla highlighted the attendance, which approached 75,000 during the week
• He pointed out that the tournament has areas of opportunity to continue improving in the coming years.

Acapulco, March 1, 2025.- Alvaro Falla, director of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, pointed out, prior to this Saturday’s finals, that the tournament and the fans contribute to the recovery of Acapulco, has areas of opportunity to continue improving in the coming years and considered that the tournament ends on a high point after an intense week.

“We are ending on a very high point and today we can communicate to you the high attendance, massive, that we have had from the public,” said Falla at the closing press conference of the tournament.

He considered that the tournament “is starting to return to normalcy” after the hurricanes of 2023 and 2024 “and that makes us very happy and satisfied: to see the amount of attendance we have had in terms of the stadium, the spectators, the tennis fans, how they are returning and understanding that this is the way to contribute to the recovery of Acapulco.”

Falla expects that in 2026 and 2027 the tournament will follow this trend and estimated that “during the week there was an attendance close to 75 thousand people and it is a figure that will be 15% or 20% below the total of what the tournament can host, but it is a great figure, compared to last year after Hurricane Otis,” he acknowledged. 

The director of the Acapulco ATP 500 also evaluated that the tournament leaves an economic revenue of approximately 650 million pesos for the port of Guerrero “and that is a return to economic normality”, he emphasized. 

He also said that during the week there was a 95% hotel occupancy rate, a situation he considered “very important” for the tourist reactivation of Acapulco. “Clearly, tourists are coming to the hotels and are occupying them almost entirely,” he said.

He recalled that the tournament generates employment and benefits more than 11 thousand families, mainly from Acapulco and other municipalities of Guerrero, “more than 90% of our team is local”.

On the sports side, Falla was pleased with Saturday’s finals, in the case of doubles Christian Harrison and Evan King, from the United States, play against Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul, from France, while in singles he highlighted the duel between Tomas Machac, from the Czech Republic, and Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina, from Spain.

“These two players arrive at an incredible level, neither of them has won an ATP tournament to date, which is going to be an important novelty in their professional career and we are going to experience it here in Acapulco,” he commented.

He also qualified as very good the participation of the Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez, of whom he said “he has a great future and will learn a lot from this experience, on Monday he will appear in the 238th place of the ATP ranking”, he said. 

In a self-critical way, Falla said that the tournament always finds areas of opportunity and improvement “I can say that we have four or five clear things that we have to improve and change in the tournament. It is our job to start doing it. I believe that we are leaving with a rating of eight out of 10 and we hope that in 2026, with the changes, we will reach a rating of nine”, he said.