The Mexican Open or Mexican International is an international badminton competition held in Mexico. The Mexican Open has been held together with the Mexican National Championship of Badminton which main difference is that foreign players can participate in the former competition, while the latter is just reserved for Mexican badminton players. The original intention was that both tournaments would be held annually; however, due to different circumstances it has not always been this the case.

The first tournament was organised by the Mexican Association of Badminton and the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec in 1949 as the Mexico City International Tournament; there were four more editions held in 1952, 1958, 1959 and 1961.^[1][2]

In 1964, the Mexican Association of Badminton changed its official name to the Mexican National Open Championship.^[1]

In 2009, the Mexican Association of Badminton decided to start counting the tournaments again; hence, the Mexican Open of 2014 is considered as the fifth Mexican Open.

The Mexican Open is one of the most important Latin American badminton competitions together with the Pan American Badminton Championships and the Pan American Games, and perhaps the oldest international tournament of badminton in Latin America.

The best Mexican players have competed in the Mexican Open, along with foreign badminton players from almost all over the World, some of whom have been already inducted to the World Badminton Hall of Fame such as Erland Kops,^[3] while some others have represented their countries in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup such as Tan Joe Hok, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang and Carlene Starkey,^[4] or being inducted to the Hall of Fame of their own countries such as Don Paup, Jamie Paulson, Tyna Barinaga, Dorothy O´Neil, Helen Tibbetts, and Margaret Varner.^[5][6]

Previous winners

Mexico City international tournament

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1949	Ernesto Villareal	Margaret Varner Bloss	Ernesto Villareal Ruben Mejia	No competition	No competition
1952	Ernesto Villareal	Pat Gallagher	Ernesto Villareal Ruben Mejia	Shirley Fry Peggy Vilbig
1958	W. E. Berry	Pat Gallagher	W. E. Berry Michael Hartgrove	Mary Connor Mildred Sirwaitis	Bert Fergus Mildred Sirwaitis
1959	Teh Kew San	Pat Gallagher	Teh Kew San Lim Say Hup	Carmela Martinez Maria Eugenia de del Rio	Manuel Armendariz Mildred Sirwaitis
1962	Erland Kops	Pat Gallagher	Erland Kops Tan Joe Hok	Pat Gallagher Carlene Starkey	Manuel Armendariz Beulah Armendariz

Mexican National Open Championship

Year[7][8]	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles
1964	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang	Pat Gallagher	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Paisan Loaharanu	Carolina Allier Lucero Soto	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Judy Adamos
1965	Erland Kops	Dorothy O'Neil	Erland Kops Don Paup	Helen Tibbetts Tyna Barinaga	Paisan Loaharanu Helen Tibbetts
1966	Antonio Rangel	Carolina Allier	Antonio Rangel Raúl Rangel	Carlene Starkey Lucero Soto	Oscar Lujan Josefina de Tinoco
1967	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang		Stan Hales Rod Starkey	Carlene Starkey Diane Hales	Stan Hales Diane Hales
1968			Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Jamie Paulson	Carolina Allier Lucero Soto	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Lucero Soto
1971	Roy Díaz González	Vicki Toutz	Roy Díaz González Victor Jaramillo	Carlene Starkey Judianne Kelly	Francisco Sañudo Carlene Starkey
1972	Sture Johnsson	Lucero Soto	Jorge Palazuelos Francisco Sañudo	Carlene Starkey Gay Meyer	Stan Hales Gay Meyer
1973		Carlene Starkey	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Raphi Kanchanaraphi	Carlene Starkey Maryanne Breckell	Flemming Delfs Carlene Starkey
1974	Paul Whetnall	Madalene Steinbroner	Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos		Paul Whetnall Carlene Starkey
1975	Thomas Kihlström	Judianne Kelly	Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen	Judianne Kelly Madalene Steinbroner	Thomas Kihlström Judianne Kelly
1977	Roy Díaz González	Sharon Crawford	Ricardo Jaramillo Victor Jaramillo	Claire Backhouse Sharon Crawford	John Britton Traci White
1979	Chris Kinard	Utami Dewi	unknown	unknown	Chris Kinard Utami Dewi
1980–1988	No information available
1989[9]	John Goss	Doris Piché	Chris Jogis Benny Lee	Chantal Jobin Doris Piché	Mike Bitten Doris Piché
1990–1997	No information available
1998[10]	Ardy Wiranata	Milaine Cloutier	Howard Bach Mark Manha	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage
1999[11]		Ling Wan Ting	Ma Che Kong Yau Tsz Yuk	Louisa Koon Wai Chee Ling Wan Ting	Mike Beres Kara Solmundson
2000–2001	No information available
2002[12]	Tjitte Weistra	Kelly Morgan	Matthew Hughes Martyn Lewis	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles
2009[13]	Kevin Cordón	Karyn Velez	José Luis Gonzalez Andrés López	Victoria Montero Karyn Velez	José Luis Gonzalez Naty Rangel
2010[14]	Osleni Guerrero	Victoria Montero	Lino Muñoz Andrés López	Victoria Montero Cynthia González	Andrés López Victoria Montero
2011[15]	Rodrigo Pacheco			Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente
2012	Suspended
2013[16]	Osleni Guerrero	Lohaynny Vicente	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis	Paula B. Pereira Lohaynny Vicente	Daniel Paiola Paula B. Pereira
2014[17]	Luis Ramon Garrido	Haramara Gaitan	Job Castillo Antonio Ocegueda	Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde	Lino Muñoz Cynthia González
2015[18]	Ernesto Velazquez	Telma Santos	Job Castillo Lino Muñoz	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf
2016[19]	Vilson Vattanirappel	Haramara Gaitan	Jesús Barajas Luis Montoya	Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde	Vilson Vattanirappel Cynthia González
2017[20]	Kevin Cordón	Jennie Gai	Jason Anthony Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Daniel la Torre Regal Dánica Nishimura
2018[21]		Tahimara Oropeza	Fabricio Farias Francielton Farias	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	Venkat Gaurav Prasad Juhi Dewangan
2019[22]		Ghaida Nurul Ghaniyu	Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín	Breanna Chi Jennie Gai	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos
2020[23]	Job Castillo	Sabrina Solis	Job Castillo Sebastián Martínez	Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos	Andrés López Sabrina Solis
2021[24]	Danylo Bosniuk	Lauren Lam	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	Srivedya Gurazada Ishika Jaiswal	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai
2022[25]	Kevin Cordón		Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu
2023[26]		Talia Ng	Zicheng Xu Tianqi Zhang	Vanessa García Cecilia Madera	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez

Mexican International Challenge

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles
2021[27]	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Beatriz Corrales	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	Clara Azurmendi Beatriz Corrales	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai
2022[28]	Minoru Koga	Riko Gunji	Shuntaro Mezaki Haruya Nishida	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi
2023[29]	Jan Louda	Manami Suizu	Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard	Sayaka Hobara Yui Suizu	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai

Mexico Future Series

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles
2019[30]	Osleni Guerrero	Tahimara Oropeza	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	Tahimara Oropeza Yeily Ortiz	Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza
2020– 2021	No competition
2022[31]	Luis Montoya	Sanchita Pandey	Kern Pong Lap Kan Larry Pong	Paula Lozoya Fatima Rio	Ryan Zheng Sanchita Pandey
2023[32]	Luis Ramón Garrido	Nikté Sotomayor	José Luis Granados Morales Antonio Emanuel Ortiz	Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez

Performances by nation

Mexican National Open Championship Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  United States 1 6 3.5 7.5 6 24 2  Mexico 3 4 5 2.5 2 16.5 3  Canada 1 3 1.5 3 3 11.5 4  Thailand 3 0 1.5 0 1.5 6 5  Indonesia 2 1 0 0 0.5 3.5  Sweden 3 0 0 0 0.5 3.5 7  Denmark 1 0 1.5 0 0.5 3  Hong Kong 0 1 1 1 0 3 9  England 1 0 0 1 0.5 2.5 10  Wales 0 1 1 0 0 2 11  Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0.5 1.5 12  Peru 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 Total 16 16 15 15 16 78

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International As of the 2023 edition Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Mexico 2 5 7 5.5 7.5 27 2  United States 0 4 1 2 2 9 3  Brazil 0 1 1 4 1 7  Guatemala 6 0 1 0 0 7 5  Canada 0 1 2 1 0 4 6  Cuba 2 1 0 0 0 3  Peru 1 0 0 1 1 3 8  Austria 1 0 0 0 1.5 2.5 9  India 0 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 10  Czech Republic 0 0 1 0 0 1  Indonesia 0 1 0 0 0 1  New Zealand 0 0 1 0 0 1  Portugal 0 1 0 0 0 1  Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1  Ukraine 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 14 14 14 14 14 70

Mexican International Challenge As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Japan 1 2 1 2 1 7 2  Spain 1 1 0 1 0 3 3  United States 0 0 0 0 2 2 4  Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 0 1  Denmark 0 0 1 0 0 1  Mexico 0 0 1 0 0 1 Total 3 3 3 3 3 15

Mexico Future Series As of the 2023 edition Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Cuba 1 1 1 1 1 5  Mexico 2 2 1 5 3  Guatemala 1 1 2  United States 1 1 2 5  England 1 1 Total 3 3 3 3 3 15

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