Acapulco 2026 ATP 500 - Tournament Preview

Here is my Preview of the Acapulco ATP 500 (Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament).

Speed Statistics

According to data from the last 5 years, Acapulco is played on slow outdoor hard courts:

These are the Stats of the last 5 Years:

• 70.6% Points won on the first serve
• 77.0% Service Holds
• 0.42 Aces/Game
• 0.20 TB/Set

Past Winners 

2025: Machac d. Davidovich

2024: De Minaur d. Ruud

2023: De Minaur d. Paul

2022: Nadal d. Norrie

2021: Zverev d. Tsitsipas

Ferrer and Nadal have won the title 4 times and De Minaur has lifted the trophy in last 2 editions.

Weather

Next week in Acapulco is forecast to be predominantly warm and dry with mostly clear or sunny skies, daily high temperatures in the 31–33 °C range (≈ 88–91 °F) and lows near 21–22 °C (≈ 70–72 °F), with very low chances of rain throughout the tournament period. Winds along the coast are expected to be light to moderate, generally 10–25 km/h (≈ 6–15 mph) with occasional gusts slightly higher, which could have a small impact in open conditions but no significant weather disruptions are anticipated. Humidity will be characteristic of a tropical setting, with daytime values often around 60 %–70 % and nighttime or early morning values climbing to around 80 %–85 %. 

Player Quotes

Davidovich, 2025: "We can sleep more and have a chill morning and mid afternoon. To play at night with no sun and no heat in front of this crowd is amazing."

Rune, 2025: “It’s nice conditions. It’s very humid and it takes a little bit of time to get used to it, but I love it. The fans are great. The balls are a little bit slower, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it."

Ruud, 2025: "“Acapulco is a tournament with a lot of history. I wish I could’ve experienced it on clay as it used to be but hard court before Indian Wells makes more sense. It is a slower hard court though. Everything is comforting here, we play evening matches which is fun because there isn’t as much sun. It’s definitely one of the best ATP 500’s."

Shelton, 2024: “I really like the courts here, it’s great conditions for tennis, it’s humid but not that humid, there’s a great atmosphere in the central stadium.”

Paul, 2023: “I like the conditions here, I like playing here. I’m feeling pretty confident right now."

Daniel, 2023: “I’ve always really loved playing here, but I kind of struggled with the conditions because it’s so hot." “Here, the court is slow and the ball bounces tremendously, so the rally becomes long and it becomes a physical battle.”

Norrie, 2023: “I used the court to my advantage. Very slow, very bouncy conditions. I just made it physical points and made him play one more ball.”

Summary

Slow conditions. In fact it is among the slowest hard court tournaments in the circiut. The second slowest if we take the average of the last 5 years.

High ball bounce.

Matches are played at night, when humidity is higher, what helps make the court slower.

 Lots of rallies expected.

 Clay court players can perform well here.

Draws

Here’s the link to the Qualies and Main draws — you can check it anytime to follow the latest updates and see which players advance through each round.