The Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco is one of 13 ATP 500 series events on the ATP Tour and one of the calendar's most favorite stops.
It all started in 1993, with the names like Thomas Muster, a four-time champion in those early years, Gustavo Kuerten, Carlos Moya, Rafael Nadal, Nicolas Almagro, and David Ferrer all winning the title there on clay. Acapulco switched to hard courts in 2014 to attract the better field, and it certainly paid off, gathering competitors from the very top like in 2017 when Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic led the pack.
Juan Martin del Potro, Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal won the title in the previous three years, and none of them will compete in Acapulco this March, leaving
Stefanos Tsitsipas as the top seed. The Australian Open semi-finalist,
Alexander Zverev,
Diego Schwartzman and
Milos Raonic should be the top seeds, ahead of Fabio Fognini, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Grigor Dimitrov and Cristian Garin.
1 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 6
2 ZVEREV, Alexander GER 7
3 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG 9
4 RAONIC, Milos CAN 14
5 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA @14
6 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 17
7 AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN 19
8 DIMITROV, Grigor BUL 21
9 GARIN, Cristian CHI 22
10 ISNER, John USA 24
11 RUUD, Casper NOR 28
12 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 29
13 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 36
14 KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB 41
15 CILIC, Marin CRO 43
16 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 51
17 PAUL, Tommy USA 53
18 DJERE, Laslo SRB 56
19 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 59
20 TRAVAGLIA, Stefano ITA 60
21 TIAFOE, Frances USA 64
22 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 65
23 NORRIE, Cameron GBR 69
24 [WC] ALCARAZ, Carlos ESP 127
25 [WC] KORDA, Sebastian USA 92
26 [WC] VILLASENOR, Gerardo Lopez ESP 561
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MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES
KOEPFER, Dominik GER 70
MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA 74
GIRON, Marcos USA 75
JOHNSON, Steve USA 77