• The German records a 66-20 record so far after a flawless week in the last ATP Masters 1000 of the year in Paris By lifting the title, he climbed to No. 2 in the PIF ATP Rankings and displaced Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz to third place.
• Spanish Carlos Alcaraz to third place. He will be in February at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC

Mexico City, November 4, 2010. The five victories that German Alexander Zverev added to lift the PIF ATP Zverev’s five victories to lift the title at the last edition of the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris, made him the player with the most matches in the player with the most match wins in 2024 with a record of 66-20 until the final.

He has a better winning record than Italy’s world No. 1 Jannik Sinner with 65-6.

In addition, by winning in Paris, Zverev, one of the players announced for the Abierto Telcel Mexicano,Telcel Open presented by HSBC in 2025, moved up to No. 2 in the PIF ATP. Rankings and displaced Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz to third place.

The 27-year-old German won the trophy by defeating Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 15 minutes of matches.

It was the second title of the year for Zverev, who also won at the Rome Masters 1000 in Rome, which left his record at 7-5 in ATP Masters 1000 finals.

This after winning five of the nine ATP Masters 1000: Madrid (2018, 2021), Rome (2017, 2024), Canada (2017), Cincinnati (2021) and Paris (2024).

With that title, the German became the eighth player with the most trophies in the category. Tied with American Michael Chang and is one behind Austrian Thomas Muster, who won eight in his career.

By moving up to second place in the PIF ATP Rankings, in which Zverev has been in three stages during his pro stages during his professional stint that began in 2013, the German is looking to close out 2024 with a bang and prepare 2024 and prepare to be one of the protagonists in the following season.

In 2025 after the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season, one of his first tournaments will be in Acapulco, which will be played from February 24 to March 1, where he already won the title in 2021 by beating the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

He was also a finalist in 2019 by losing the title to Australian Nick Kyrgios, the same year in which together with his brother Mikhail “Mischa” Zverev won the doubles title.

In his career he has 22 titles, precisely when he won the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC in 2021, that year was the best for him as he lifted 6 trophies.

In 2019, he played an exhibition against Switzerland’s Roger Federer in front of 42,517 fans in Mexico City, the second largest attendance at a tennis match in history, organized by Mextenis.

• The 21-year-old Dane went through a 2024 season of ups and downs and with more changes in his team, but because of his talent he is still called to be one of the great stars of the future of world tennis.
• Alongside Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and even Ben Shelton, they represent the great generation of the 2000s
  

Mexico City, October 29, 2024.- Only six days separate them by age. Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz were born in 2003 and in search of the same tennis dream, they have shared the same path since a very from a very young age. “I hope to be like Roger and Rafa… That’s what we’re looking for, to be the best players of all time and be the best players of all time and be the best we can be,” the Dane when he was just taking his first firm steps on the circuit.

Viral videos and photos have gone viral of two child tennis players playing doubles at the Le Petit Ace in 2017. It was only 7 years ago, but the change both physically, and in quality has been evident. More rivals than ever, the friendship does not seem to have been lost, as in a recent interview with the sons of Mexican Santiago Gonzalez, Holger Rune confessed that while many of his best friends are in his many of his best friends are in his native Denmark, on the tour he considers himself to have a friendships with Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti and Luca Nardi.

Rune has been praised from a young age for his determination, dedication and winning mentality. mentality, although the young man also claims that his laziness at times is his biggest flaw. In his previous visits to the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC he has been Mexican soil, he has been on a strong training regimen. The hard court of Acapulco brings out the best of his tennis, as in the last edition he reached the semifinals where he was eliminated by the other Scandinavian ATP Tour representative, Casper Ruud. Now he will seek to to get rid of that thorn with new motivation on his coach’s bench.

It cannot be forgotten that at the age of 19, Holger made a big splash when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters in 2022, not for nothing is his favorite city to play in.  Now 21 years old, Rune has made no secret of the pressure to win a Grand Slam, something his contemporaries Sinner and Alcaraz have already done more than once. The changes of coach and and not having a fixed figure in his team seem to have taken him away from his best tennis for a mental factor, but there is hope for a mental factor, but there is hope for a new year in 2025.

Technical data

Name: Holger Rune

Age: 21 years old

Date and place of birth: April 29, 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark

Current ATP Ranking: 13th (as of October 29, 2024)

Best ATP ranking: 4th

Coach: Kenneth Carlsen, Lars Christensen

ATP Titles: 4 (Munich 2023, Munich/Stockholm/Paris 2022)

• With his one-handed backhand and a tennis style that has already been applauded for its technique, the young Italian is beginning to conquer hearts.

Mexico City, Mexico, October 15, 2024.- Italian tennis is experiencing its best moment and one of the stars of a new generation of of a new crop of talent is Lorenzo Musetti. At only 22 years of age and with a one-handed backhand that has already made him stand out in the Top 20 of the PIF ATP Rankings, the recent bronze medalist in Paris and recent bronze medalist at Paris 2024 has inscribed his name in the history books of the white sport for his country.

Already in 2023, “Lolo”, as Lorenzo is affectionately known, made a splash with his national team in the Davis Cup and, along with Jannik Sinnicki the Davis Cup and together with Jannik Sinner and Matteo Arnaldi won the tournament after a 47-year drought for Italy. drought for Italy. But the best was yet to come at the individual level, because despite already boasting two ATP two titles on the ATP Tour, reaching the semifinals of a Grand Slam like Wimbledon is not a minor thing for any tennis player starting his career.

He had already defeated Taylor Fritz for the 100th victory of his career in Monte Carlo, and it turned out that weeks later against the same opponent and in a five-set battle, he managed to get in a five-set battle with the same opponent, he made it to the title match at the Cathedral. Already among the top four, few are those who Novak Djokovic, but the apprenticeship and leap for Musetti became the highlight of his professional career.  It is not for nothing that only four players from his nation have reached that stage at Wimbledon.

His level was confirmed when just a couple of weeks later and on his favorite surface, the young Italian eliminated former Olympic champion Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros to reach the semifinals of Zverev to reach the semifinals of Paris 2024. There he faced Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, whom he defeated in three sets to win the bronze medal and end a 100-year drought for Italy.

With his growth this season, where he also played three finals (Chengdu, Umag, Queen’s Club) it is expected that by 2025 he will be one of the great battlers in the Mexican Open Tennis Tournament presented at the Mexican Tennis Open presented by HSBC. Musetti already had a great participation in the Acapulco ATP 500 in 2021 still as an up-and-comer, which earned him a place in the world’s Top 100 in the world. From there he started to take off.

Technical data

Name: Lorenzo Musetti

Age: 22 years old

Date and place of birth: March 3, 2002 in Carrara, Italy

Current ATP ranking: 18th (as of October 13, 2024)

Best ATP ranking: 15th

Coach: Simone Tartarine

ATP titles: 2 (Naples, Hamburg 2022)

• Ben Shelton’s father was champion of the 1994 Mexican Tennis Open in the doubles tournament.

Thirty years ago, a tennis player with the last name Shelton was proclaimed champion in Mexico. It was Bryan Shelton, father of the young American tennis player Ben Shelton, who in 2025 will try to lift the title of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis presented by HSBC and become the second member of his family to win in Mexico.

Bryan Shelton was doubles champion in that second edition of the tournament in 1994, teaming up with fellow American Francisco Montana at the Club Alemán in Mexico City.

Three decades later, Ben Shelton, who has his father as his coach, will be looking to get past the quarterfinals in Acapulco, his best round in this tournament so far.

Last year, Shelton had a good start in Mexico by beating the British Daniel Evans in the first round, then he faced the Italian Matteo Arnaldi and was victorious; however, in the third round he lost to the runner-up, the Norwegian Casper Ruud.

In this 2024, Shelton has a record of 35 wins and 22 losses, including a title at the ATP 250 in Houston, Texas, last April. A semifinal at the ATP 500 in Washington in July and quarterfinals at the Cincinnati Masters.

His current position in the PIF ATP Rankings is the sixteenth position, being the third best in the world.

• “It’s fantastic to be able to give a little bit of light to this fantastic city, I’m sure Acapulco will shine stronger than ever… Acapulco is already my second city,” said the Australian tennis player. 
• De Miñaur added the eighth championship of his career, seven of them on hard court

Acapulco, March 3, 2024 – After 12 long years, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC has a new two-time champion as Australian Alex de Miñaur was crowned for the second consecutive year after defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4. 

The match was a complete spectacle from start to finish with De Minaur pressing and attacking over the net and an aggressive strategy from the first set to physically demand his opponent, breaking his serve in the first set and taking advantage of five unforced errors by the Norwegian.

In the second set. Casper tried to come back taking advantage of the three unforced errors made by Alex at the beginning of the game and a couple of double faults in his serve; however, the Australian recovered and came from behind to take the set and the victory. 

With this triumph, Alex became the fourth player in the history of the tournament to win a two-time championship, joining the feats of Austrian Thomas Muster when the tournament was still played in Mexico City (winning the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 editions), Spaniard Nicolas Almagro (winner of the 2008 and 2009 editions already in Acapulco) and David Ferrer (three-time champion in 2010, 2011 and 2012). 

“I want to thank the people who have made this tournament possible, all the fans and the city that has suffered in recent months. It’s fantastic to be able to give a little bit of light to this fantastic city, I’m sure Acapulco will shine stronger than ever… Acapulco is already my second city,” commented De Miñaur after receiving the champion’s trophy. 

The Australian reached the eighth championship of his career, seven of them on hard court and two of them on Acapulco’s court, and warned that he will return in 2025 to try to defend his title and seek the tri-championship. 

At the awards ceremony, the audience chanted the name of Acapulco for several seconds and applauded the effort made by the city and the organization to make the tournament possible 129 days after the passage of Hurricane Otis. 

Casper Ruud also expressed his gratitude for these two weeks in Mexico, first at Los Cabos Open and later in Acapulco where he demonstrated the quality he has as a tennis player, reaching the final in both tournaments.

“It has been a fantastic two weeks in Mexico, I am grateful to the public, the organization and the players who competed at a very high level. The tennis is fantastic, the message is one of total support for all the people of Acapulco and we are all very happy to have participated and looking forward to returning as always,” said the Norwegian. 

The champion’s trophy was awarded to Marcela Velasco Cámara, Telcel’s Corporate Marketing Director, while the second place trophy was presented by Jorge Arturo Arce Gama, General Director of HSBC Mexico. 

Also present at the closing ceremony were Alvaro Falla, Director of Mextenis, Renata Burillo, President of the Board of Directors of Mextenis and Grupo Pegaso, as well as Geoffrey Fernandez, Director of Operations of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC. Also present was Ali Nani, supervisor of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

• They beat Santiago Gonzalez and Neal Skupski in two sets.
• They dominated the final despite Santi’s locality in Acapulco.

Acapulco, March 2, 2024.- The Monegasque Hugo Nys and the Polish Jan Zielinski were proclaimed champions of the doubles tournament of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, which took place in the hard courts of the tennis complex of the GNP Arena.

Nys and Zielinski did not give any chance to the duo formed by the Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and the British Neil Skupsky, despite the locality enjoyed by the player from Veracruz and his partner during the whole tournament, to subdue them by 6-3, 6-2 in just one hour and nine minutes of match.

As reflected in the scoreboard, the now champions clearly did things better against opponents who, except for a moment in the first set, failed to settle in the center court and ended up being clearly outclassed.

Santi, finalists for the second time in Acapulco, had arrived with many illusions to Saturday’s final, without dropping a single set throughout the tournament, however, they were powerless against Nys and Zielinski, who were a gale from start to finish.

Nys and Zielinski started with a very good rhythm, to take a 3-0 lead in the first set with a break to Gonzalez. However, the rivals reacted with the support of the crowd to equalize at three games apiece, in what was their only important moment of the match.

Again, Nys and Zielinski took control of the actions and stepped on the accelerator to win the set 6-3, being clear dominators of the match. 

In the second set, there was not the reaction that the fans expected from their favorite players. If in the first set, the game was one-sided, in the second the dominance was more overwhelming to quickly define the match with a 6-2 score, without showing a crack through which their opponents could sneak through.

“I am very happy to be in the final after nine years. I want to congratulate Jan [Zielinski] and Hugo [Nys] for their title, they played very well, they were better than us. I wish them the best of luck for the next tournaments. I thank Neal [Skuoski], I hope next year will be the good one. We will be back next year in Acapulco,” said Gonzalez at the conclusion of the game.

For Skupski it was certainly not the night he was expecting, but in general terms he acknowledged that it was a great experience for him this week in Acapulco, hoping to consolidate his on-court partnership with the Mexican in upcoming tournaments.

On the winning side, Hugo Nys was very happy for the title. “I feel very proud, we had a solid game all week,” he said. 

Meanwhile, Zielinski highlighted the importance of this fourth title together and was optimistic to face the calendar throughout the season and, especially, the next few weeks, which includes Masters in Indian Wells and Miami.

• AMT Director Alvaro Falla highlighted the attendance throughout the week at the ATP 500 in Acapulco.
• He confirmed that Mextenis will continue to support the reconstruction of the tourist destination.

Acapulco, March 2, 2024.- The director of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, Álvaro Falla, received the media present at the closing of the XXXI edition of the tournament, and proudly highlighted the estimated attendance throughout the week.

“The attendance of what we have seen has been incredible, fans coming from different cities of the country. We are very pleased to have stayed with Acapulco and decided that this was the destination that was a must and dear to us. Today we are going to celebrate another year! The 31st year of a tournament that is the best in its category. We are going to close with a flourish,” said Falla.

“It remains to close, but we have had an attendance of approximately 35,000 [people] so far, much more than expected. I confess I had my doubts that it would be possible, but the fans really believed in the project, it’s a great number. It’s a nice first stage in the rebuilding process. The most important thing was to take this first step. It is worth gold for Acapulco,” he said.

At the beginning of the traditional closing conference of the tournament, Falla joked with those present “Did anyone imagine that this would end like this? Raise your hand! The truth is that it ended much better! Thanks to you for joining us and making this happen. It is very emotional and we are very happy to say we did it! We did it against many predictions and moments that made us doubt. This is perfect, it happened and the objectives were achieved better than we expected,” he said.

The tournament was held on its usual date, at the end of February and beginning of March, and less than four months after Hurricane Otis, a real handicap. In addition, with the addition of having the ATP 250 in Los Cabos in the previous week, it was held for the first time before Acapulco, which implied a different and highly demanding challenge for Mextenis, the organizers.

“The back to back has been a great experience, I will not deny that it tested us in many issues. We did well as a team, but we have to analyze everything to be able to operate widely as we like,” he acknowledged.
He also remarked that the help for Acapulco and its reconstruction is not going to stop for Mextenis. “We are going to continue together in this process,” assured the also CEO of the company and recalled that in another of the actions to support the local community, Falla reminded that a Challenger tournament will be played at the Arena GNP Seguros complex in April.

In this 2024 edition, the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC offered 1,350 direct jobs and, year after year, during the eight days of activities, more than 11,000 families from the hotel, commerce and workers sectors benefit during the tournament.

Finally, he thanked the players and the ATP for their support during the process of the last months.
“The ATP has been our great partner in this process. Without their support it would have been difficult to make this decision. They have made us think about many things, it was an agonizing process and they with their historical experience have been an invaluable support. For them the decision we made was the best, they applauded it”, he concluded.

• The Australian and Norwegian have only met once before in ATP tournaments; the victory went to Alex de Miñaur in 2019
• Ruud reached his first Acapulco final in his third appearance at the tournament.

Acapulco March 1, 2024.- The reigning champion of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, Alex de Miñaur (No. 9) will seek the in Acapulco two-time champion against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 11), who arrive for the first time to the dispute of the trophy in Mexican lands and to his first ATP 500 final.

De Miñaur advanced to the final when Draper retired in the third set due to physical discomfort. Alex started the match dominating with a very fast serve with an average speed of 195 km/h, superior to his opponent, and broke the German’s serve at least twice. 

In the second set, Draper began to show physical discomfort and medical assistance had to come in, and when he was 4-0 down in the third set, the German decided to retire to leave the set 6-3, 2-6, 4-0. 

With this result, Draper accumulated three defeats against De Miñaur in the ATP circuit and has never been able to beat him. They had faced each other on two previous occasions with positive balance for Alex in 2022 at Wimbledon and in 2023 in Tokyo. 

“The truth is that they have treated me very well Acapulco, to come and be in the final makes me proud of that and well, give me the option tomorrow to play for the title, try to defend my title, now I am a little bit closer,” he said after finishing his match. 

The Australian is reaching his second final this season after winning the title in Rotterdam, “I think mentally it has been the most important thing, I had a change of chip to start this year and I said I’m going to be more aggressive and I’m going to play one on one against the best in the world because running only from side to side was not working for me, so that was the step forward I have taken and, we are at the beginning of the year, but the plan is to continue like this, stay strong and see where I can get,” he said. 

In the other semifinal, Norwegian Casper Ruud, seeded sixth, reached his first final in Acapulco in what is his third participation in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, by beating Denmark’s Holger Rune (No. 7) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 23 minutes. 

Rune started winning the first set with a powerful serve that earned him 6 aces, and broke Casper’s serve, but in the second set Ruud came from behind to take the victory and reach his first final in this tournament. 

With this victory, Casper Ruud maintains his superiority over Rune by extending his lead of six matches won to only one lost against the Dane in ATP tournaments. 

“I had a very good feeling, I felt very good in this match. I felt good in Mexico, including Los Cabos and tomorrow I’m going to try to do my best. Alex [de Miñaur] is one of the best players on Tour,” said Ruud.

• The Mexican and his partner Neil Skupski solve the semifinal in two sets.
• He will face Nys and Zielinski this Saturday for the title in Acapulco.

Acapulco, March 1, 2024.- Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and British Neil Skupski will face this Saturday Monegasque Hugo Nys and Polish Jan Zielinski in the great final of the doubles tournament of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, which is played in the hard courts of the tennis complex of the Arena GNP Seguros.

In front of a great atmosphere at the GrandStand, Gonzalez and Skupski defeated in straight sets by 7-6(5) and 6-3 Frenchmen Sadio Doumbia and Fabian Reboul, while Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski did the same against Finnish Harri Heliovaara and Australian John Peers by 6-4 and 6-3.

Santi will be looking for his first title of the season when the Acapulco ATP 500, which has a purse of 2.3 million dollars, comes to an end after a semifinal duel that they resolved in one hour and 45 minutes of play.

The first set could not have been less dramatic. It seemed that Santi and Skupski would define without problems, but the French reacted to tie and force the tie break, where the favorites of the public were against the wall, but the saving racket of the British player and the good arts of the player from Veracruz allowed them to win 7-5.

Santi and Skupski settled very well on the court and broke on two occasions at the beginning of the second set, to take a quick 4-0 lead and, finally, to solve with 6-3 digits, after suffocating an attempt of reaction from the French.

“Last year was a tough super year to overcome, but we’re doing really well this year, winning quite a few matches. This is our second final, hopefully tomorrow we can play good tennis, the support of the public is a factor and hopefully we can crown ourselves, but even if we don’t crown ourselves it would be a great week” assured the Mexican at the end of his match.

“Who would have thought that nine years later I could be back in a final, but I feel very good, good tennis, I have a great partner next to me and hopefully, for many years I have wanted to fulfill winning in Acapulco.”

On the other hand, in the first round at the GranStand, Nys and Zielinski, second seeds, defeated Harri Heliovaara and John Peers in two sets 6-4, 6-3, to book their place in the final.

The first set anticipated a very tight duel, as they were very evenly matched until the tenth game, when Nys and Zielinski broke to take the set 6-4.

The break opened the door for them to easily solve the second set, ending the match in an unexpected way in just one hour and 20 minutes.

Results of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC doubles semifinals:

Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) to Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / John Peers (AUS) 6-4, 6-3.

Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Neal Skupski (GBR) to Sadio Doumbia (FRA) / Fabian Reboul (FRA) 7-6(5), 6-3.

• The Norwegian player overcame the American Ben Shelton in a spectacular duel.
• The Danish player did the same against the surprising German Dominik Koepfer.

Acapulco, March 1, 2024 – Norway’s Casper Ruud (No. 11) and Denmark’s Holger Rune (No. 7) will play one of the semifinals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC after overcoming their quarter final opponents in exciting matches.  

Ruud, seeded sixth at the Acapulco ATP 500, defeated American Ben Shelton (No. 17) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 in a vibrant match that ended in the wee hours of the morning after two hours and 34 minutes of play. 

For Casper, this is his best performance in the Mexican tournament, as he had never advanced beyond the quarterfinal round. His best performance in Acapulco was in 2021 when he stayed in the quarterfinals, on that occasion he was eliminated by Alexander Zverev.

“It was a really very difficult match, but I feel good, I hope to have a good match tomorrow (this Friday) after several matches these days,” said after finishing his match the Norwegian. 

Denmark’s Holger Rune (No. 7) overcame Germany’s Dominik Koepfer (No. 58) in a very close match that had to be defined, both sets, in respective tie breaks by 7-6 (2), 7-6 (0) after one hour and 59 minutes of match time. 

In the first set, Koepfer made a couple of unforced errors, while the Dane broke the German’s serve twice. This is Rune’s second participation in the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco, after he crashed out in the semifinal round last year.

In the current season, it will be for Rune his third semifinal, after reaching this same instance in the Montpellier and Brisbane tournaments.

“[Being in the semifinals] of course is great and yes, I was really looking forward to it. Today was a physical battle, tomorrow will be maybe another physical battle. I could imagine it. We both played very well. So, yeah, I was looking forward to being in another semifinal here. The crowd was amazing today, so I really enjoy playing here in Acapulco,” said the Dane.