The 33rd edition of the Mexican Open Tennis reaches its grand final on Saturday, February 28, at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco, pitting American Frances Tiafoe against Italian Flavio Cobolli for the ATP 500 title. The event, which started on February 23 with 32 singles players, features a prize purse of 2,469,450 dollars and crucial ranking points.
The 2026 Mexican Open Tennis, a key ATP event in Latin America, concludes on Saturday, February 28, with the singles final at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco, which has hosted the tournament since 2022 and seats over 10,000 spectators. The final starts at 6:30 PM and will be broadcast live on ESPN and Disney+.
In the semifinals, Frances Tiafoe, ranked 28 in the ATP, defeated compatriot Brandon Nakashima 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in an uneven match. Tiafoe came back after losing the first set due to serving errors and time warnings, securing the second-set tie-break and dominating the third with key breaks. Meanwhile, fifth seed Flavio Cobolli beat Serbian Miomir Kecmanović 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4 in a tight contest, capitalizing on his opponent's errors in the first set and pressuring from the baseline in the decider.
The singles winner will earn 500 ATP points and 461,835 dollars, while the doubles champions receive the same points and 151,690 dollars to share. The tournament distributes a total of 2,469,450 dollars among participants in both categories.
