• Alan Magadan and Rafael de Alba fell in the first round of qualifying. 
• Italian Mattia Bellucci (No.70) is one of the favorites to advance to the main draw of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

Acapulco, February 22, 2025.- Mexican tennis player Alan Magadan, originally from Zacatecas, was knocked out of the qualifying round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC, after falling 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to American Aleksandar Kovacevic (No. 77), who will fight tomorrow to be in the main draw. 

Magadan had a good second set taking advantage of his good play from the back of the court, but in the third set, Kovacevic’s serve ended up eliminating him from the tournament. The New Yorker registered six aces for only one of the Mexican.

In other results, American Learner Tien (No.80) defeated Argentine Federico Agustin Gomez (No. 136) by 6-1, 6-3, while Serbian Dusan Lajovic (No.83) did the same against Uzbek Dmitry Popko (No.206) by 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Tomorrow, Tien and Lajovic will face each other for a place in the main draw of the tournament.

The second ticket to the draw will be defined between American Aleksandar Kovacevic and Australian Adam Walton (No. 90), who defeated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (No.128), 6-4, 6-0. Meanwhile, the third ticket to the main draw of the tournament will be disputed by Americans Stefan Kozlov (No. 360) and Nishesh Basavareddy (No. 106), after they defeated Portuguese Duarte Vale and Australian James Duckworth, respectively.

The fourth ticket to the main draw will be fought by Italian Mattia Belucci (No. 70) after beating American Christopher Eubanks 6-2, 6-4, and his opponent will be Canadian Gabriel Diallo (No. 88), who defeated Mexican Rafael Alonso de Alba Valdes (No. 1323) 6-1, 6-1.

• Thanks to the efforts of Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda the activity that showcases the beauty of the port of Acapulco was once again held
  

Acapulco, February 22, 2025.- The iconic floating court in the middle of the sea of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel Mexican Open presented by HSBC returned for the XXXII edition, where Danish Holger Rune and American Frances Tiafoe gave a tennis exhibition on Acapulco’s spectacular St. Lucia Bay, an emblematic site of the Guerrero port of Acapulco.

Thanks to the support and combined efforts of the Governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, it was possible to carry out this activity after 10 years, with which the official flag was given for all the official flag was given for all the surprises that the most important tennis tournament in Latin America in its tournament in Latin America in its category to be held between February 24 and March 1.

“It is a pleasure to have Holger (Rune) and Frances (Tiafoe) in this beautiful Bay of St. Lucia. For Acapulco, the Open is one of the most important events and hopefully it will be a great tournament for everyone,” said Alvaro Falla, Director of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presented by HSBC.

The two players, both ranked in the Top 20 in the world, departed from the Naval Base to the floating court located between the Morro view and Playa la Condesa. They played and joked about the difficulty of tennis on the sea, as well as enjoying the spectacular view and beauty of Acapulco, which once again shows how it has risen and is a strong port with a vision for the future.

On behalf of Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda, the Secretary of Tourism of the State of Guerrero, Simón Salgado Pineda, attended the event.

“We are very happy and we are sure that we will break all expectations. The Governor will continue support events as important as this one, which showcase the port of Acapulco”, he assured.

This spectacular exhibition was also attended by Ricardo Salinas, Chief Financial Officer of the Ministry of Tourism of the State of Guerrero and Jose Antonio Fernandez, Director of Operations of Mextenis.

•  Taylor made a donation to fight fires in Los Angeles, California, a city very close to the town where he was born
• Fritz’s record in the AMT is 14 matches won and 6 defeats; his first participation was in 2016

Mexico City, January 22, 2025.- Taylor Fritz is not only an extraordinary tennis player, he is also an athlete who cares about his community. Proof of this is the altruism he has practiced throughout his career, on this occasion the Californian donated the winnings from the first round of the Australian Open to firefighting in Los Angeles.

Fritz is currently the fourth best tennis player in the world, which has been his best position since November 2024 in the PIF ATP Rankings. So far in 2025 he has a record of four wins and one loss, after losing in the third round of the first Grand Slam of the year to Frenchman Gael Monfils. 

Altruism and his good sporting performance have always gone hand in hand. Taylor grew up in a small town in southern California called Rancho Santa Fe, in San Diego County, just 107 kilometers away from Los Angeles. In this city he grew up and developed in sports, hence the great love he has for this city, which today is in a complicated situation.

Tennis was always present in his home in California. His mother, Kathy May, was a professional tennis player and reached the tenth position in the world ranking in 1977, while his father, Guy Fritz, was also a professional player and later became a coach. 

Taylor’s tennis career has been meteoric since his youth, winning the US Open as a junior at the age of 17 and the Indian Wells Masters in 2022, his favorite home tournament.

Last year in Acapulco, he said goodbye in the first round; however, for this 2025 he will seek to surpass his best performance so far in the Mexican tournament, which was reaching the final in 2020, where he lost to Spain’s Rafael Nadal. 

Taylor’s record in the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presented by HSBC is 14 matches won and 6 defeats, while his first participation in Mexican lands was in the 2016 edition.

Name: Taylor Fritz

Age: 27

Date and place of birth: October 28, 1997 in Rancho Santa Fe, California

Current ATP ranking: 4th (as of January 20, 2025)

Highest ATP ranking: 4th

Coach: Michael Russell and Paul Annacone

ATP titles: 8 (Eastbourne, 2019; Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Tokyo in 2022; Delray Beach and Atlanta in 2023; Delray Beach and Eastbourne in 2024)

• American tennis player made it to Top 10 but doesn’t forget his roots.
• Boasts three ATP titles and two US Open semifinals

Mexico City, January 15, 2025.- ‘Big Foe’, as one of the greatest American talents of recent years is known, has American talent of recent years, returns to the Abierto Mexicano de Tennis presented by HSBC  to enjoy one of his favorite destinations on the tour, Acapulco.

His parents emigrated from Sierra Leone in the 1990s and after fleeing the civil war eventually settled in Maryland. There the father of the family, Constant, also known as Frances Sr., found work in the construction department of the Junior Tennis Championship Center in College Park, where Junior Tennis Championship Center in College Park, MD and later took over the club’s maintenance.

His father has recalled that stage of life “When I started that job, it was a big problem because I couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I had to take the children to school. I couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I had to take the kids to work. It was an automatic thing, they had to play tennis because that’s all they saw, they had to be good.”

Frances has a twin brother named Franklin and along with him she started playing tennisfrom the age of three. But when Frances was nine, her father stopped taking on him, as he realized that his son’s level was already superior “I practically played with him until he was nine. And he was losing. So from then on I decided to let him be. His level was no longer for me. For us as a family, tennis has been a blessing. It’s beyond the ordinary what Frances is doing now.”

There is no doubt that Big Foe is going through the best years of her career, defeating Rafael Nadal en route to her first U.S. Open semifinals. Rafael Nadal en route to his first U.S. Open semifinals in 2023 to become the first American since Roddick in 2006 to do so. In the 2024 edition he repeated the same instance where he lost in five sets to fellow American Taylor Fritz.

His father also recalls “Believe it or not, the other kids’ parents would say to me. ‘Listen, your son is playing serious tennis'”.

Technical Details

Name: Frances Tiafoe

Age: 27 years old

Date and place of birth: January 20, 1998 in Maryland (USA)

Current ATP ranking: 17th (as of January 13, 2025)

Best ATP ranking: 10th (as of June 19, 2023)

Coach: David Witt, Jordi Arconada

ATP titles: 3 championships

1. Houston (2023)
2. Stuttgart (2023)
3. Delray Beach (2018)

• 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.