The first four editions of the Mexican Tennis Open, which began in 1993, were painted white and red thanks to the dominance that the Austrian tennis player extended for four years Thomas Musterwinner of 44 tournaments of the ATPamong them eight master category and the Roland Garros of 1995 where he defeated the American Michael Chang in the final.
From 1997 history began to change in the tournament that was played in the Mexico City until 1998. That year the Spanish Francis Clavet he took the championship defeating his compatriot Juan Albert Viloca and since then spain It has maintained a hegemony in the Open, winning 13 titles in the 29 editions that have been held, remembering that it was not held only in 1999.
A Clavet followed by the champion Roland Garros 1998, Carlos Moyá, who lifted the trophies in 2002 and 2004. A year later, one of the two most Grand Slam winners made his appearance, Rafael Nadalwho proclaimed himself monarch in 2004, 2013, 2020 and recently in 2022. It should be noted that Rafa will not be this year to defend his crown.
Another of the darlings of this tournament was David Ferrerwinner in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, in addition to Nicolas Almagroa tennis player from Murcia who won the titles in 2008 and 2009. In other words, the Spaniards won the Mexican Open consecutively from 2008 to 2013 with three representatives.
CARLOS ALCARAZ, THE HEIR TO THE GLORIES OF SPAIN?
The recent champion of the 2022 United States Open will play his second edition at the Mexican Tennis Openwhich he played for the first time in 2021, after making his debut on the circuit of the ATP a year before. His first appearance did not go well as he was eliminated in the first round by Alexander Zverev.
However, already with a Grand Slam in his showcase, the tennis player from the city of villena in the province of Alicante, will be participating in acapulcovenue of the tournament since the year 2000, with the mission of maintaining the Spanish hegemony in the Mexican tournament, which will be celebrating three decades of organization.
It should be noted that Carlos has already won two titles in the ATP World Tour 500 both last year. The first was in Rio de Janeiro and the second was in Barcelona, defeating Diego Schwartzman already Pablo Carrenorespectively.
TITLES BY COUNTRY IN THE AMT
- Spain 13 titles: Rafael Nadal (4), David Ferrer (4), Nicolás Almagro (2), Carlos Moya (2), and Francisco Clavet (1)
- Austria 5 titles: Thomas Muster (4), and Dominic Thiem (1)
- Argentina 4 titles: Juan Ignacio Chela (2), Augustin Calleri (1), and Juan Martin del Potro (1)
- United States 1: Sam Querrey
- Brazil 1: Gustavo Kuerten
- Peru 1: Luis Horna
- Czech Republic 1: Jiri Novak
- Bulgaria 1: Grigor Dimitrov
