Mexican Open (badminton)

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, 1959, 1960 and 1962.^[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	No competition
1959	W. E. Berry	Pat Gallagher	W. E. Berry Michael Hartgrove	Mary Connor Mildred Sirwaitis	Bert Fergus Mildred Sirwaitis
1960	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		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	Sture Johnsson	Carlene Starkey	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Raphi Kanchanaraphi	Carlene Starkey Maryanne Breckell	Flemming Delfs Carlene Starkey
1974	Paul Whetnall	Madalene Steinbroner	Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos	Carlene Starkey Maryanne Breckell	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]	Ardy Wiranata	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

Mexican International Challenge

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2021	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Beatriz Corrales	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	Clara Azurmendi Beatriz Corrales	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	^[13]
2022	Minoru Koga	Riko Gunji	Shuntaro Mezaki Haruya Nishida	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	Naoki Yamada Moe Ikeuchi	^[14]
2023	Jan Louda	Manami Suizu	Daniel Lundgaard Mads Vestergaard	Sayaka Hobara Yui Suizu	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	^[15]
2024	Ryoma Muramoto	Ishika Jaiswal	Seiya Inoue Haruki Kawabe	Polina Buhrova Yevheniia Kantemyr	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez	^[16]
2025	Mark Alcala	Sakura Masuki	Haruki Kawabe Kenta Matsukawa	Kaho Osawa Mai Tanabe	Akira Koga Yuho Imai	^[17]
2026	Jonathan Matias	Shriyanshi Valishetty	Krishna Prasad Garaga Pruthvi Roy	Rui Kiyama Sona Yonemoto	Davi Silva Sânia Lima	^[18]^[19]

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2009	Kevin Cordón	Karyn Velez	José Luis Gonzalez Andrés López	Victoria Montero Karyn Velez	José Luis Gonzalez Naty Rangel	^[20]
2010	Osleni Guerrero	Victoria Montero	Lino Muñoz Andrés López	Victoria Montero Cynthia González	Andrés López Victoria Montero	^[21]
2011	Rodrigo Pacheco	Victoria Montero	Lino Muñoz Andrés López	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	Andrés López Victoria Montero	^[22]
2012	Suspended
2013	Osleni Guerrero	Lohaynny Vicente	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis	Paula Pereira Lohaynny Vicente	Daniel Paiola Paula Pereira	^[23]
2014	Luis Ramon Garrido	Haramara Gaitan	Job Castillo Antonio Ocegueda	Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde	Lino Muñoz Cynthia González	^[24]
2015	Ernesto Velazquez	Telma Santos	Job Castillo Lino Muñoz	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf	^[25]
2016	Vilson Vattanirappel	Haramara Gaitan	Jesús Barajas Luis Montoya	Cynthia González Mariana Ugalde	Vilson Vattanirappel Cynthia González	^[26]
2017	Kevin Cordón	Jennie Gai	Jason Anthony Ho-Shue Nyl Yakura	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Daniel la Torre Regal Dánica Nishimura	^[27]
2018		Tahimara Oropeza	Fabricio Farias Francielton Farias	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	Venkat Gaurav Prasad Juhi Dewangan	^[28]
2019		Ghaida Nurul Ghaniyu	Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín	Breanna Chi Jennie Gai	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos	^[29]
2020	Job Castillo	Sabrina Solís	Job Castillo Sebastián Martínez	Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos	Andrés López Sabrina Solis	^[30]
2021	Danylo Bosniuk	Lauren Lam	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	Srivedya Gurazada Ishika Jaiswal	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	^[31]
2022	Kevin Cordón	Lauren Lam	Ondřej Král Adam Mendrek	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	^[32]
2023	Kevin Cordón	Talia Ng	Zicheng Xu Tianqi Zhang	Vanessa García Cecilia Madera	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez	^[33]
2024	Mark Alcala	Gianna Stiglich	Christopher Martínez Jonathan Solís	Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez		^[34]
2025	Mark Alcala	Disha Gupta	Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu Pochana Arjun Reddy	Cecilia Madera Isabella Puente		^[35]
2026						^[36]

Mexico Future Series

Year	Men´s singles	Women´s singles	Men´s doubles	Women´s doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2019	Osleni Guerrero	Tahimara Oropeza	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	Tahimara Oropeza Yeily Ortiz	Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza	^[37]
2020– 2021	No competition
2022	Luis Montoya	Sanchita Pandey	Kern Pong Larry Pong	Paula Lozoya Fatima Rio	Ryan Zheng Sanchita Pandey	^[38]
2023	Luis Ramón Garrido	Nikté Sotomayor	José Granados Antonio Ortíz	Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez	^[39]
2024	Joshua Nguyen	Ella Lin	Ryan Ma Daniel Zhou	Ella Lin Veronica Yang	Christopher Martínez Diana Corleto	^[40]
2025	Mark Alcala	Ella Lin	Emil Langemark Mikkel Langemark	Eyota Kwan Johnna Rymes	Adrian Mar Ella Lin	^[41]
2026						^[42]

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		1.5		1.5	6
5	Indonesia	2	1			0.5	3.5
5	Sweden	3				0.5	3.5
7	Denmark	1		1.5		0.5	3
7	Hong Kong		1	1	1		3
9	England	1			1	0.5	2.5
10	Wales		1	1			2
11	Netherlands	1				0.5	1.5
12	Peru					0.5	0.5
12	Scotland					0.5	0.5
	Total	16	16	15	15	16	78

Mexican International Challenge

As of the 2026 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Japan	2	3	3	4	2	14
2	United States	1	1			2	4
3	Spain	1	1		1		3
4	Brazil	1				1	2
	India		1	1			2
	Mexico			1		1	2
7	Czech Republic	1					1
	Denmark			1			1
	Ukraine				1		1
	Total	6	6	6	6	6	30

Internacional Mexicano/Mexican International

As of the 2025 edition

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Mexico	2	5	7	7.5	9.5	31
2	United States	2	5	1	2	2	12
3	Guatemala	6		2			8
4	Brazil		1	1	4	1	7
5	Canada		1	2	1		4
6	Cuba	2	1				3
6	Peru	1			1	1	3
8	Austria	1				1.5	2.5
8	India			1	0.5	1	2.5
10	Czech Republic			1			1
	Indonesia		1				1
	Italy		1				1
	New Zealand			1			1
	Portugal		1				1
	Spain	1					1
	Ukraine	1					1
	Total	16	16	16	16	16	80

Mexico Future Series

As of the 2025 edition

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	United States	1	3	0.5	1	2	7.5
2	Cuba	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Mexico	2			2	1	5
4	Guatemala		1	1		1	3
5	Canada	1		0.5	1		2.5
6	Denmark			1			1
6	England			1			1
	Total	5	5	5	5	5	25

References

1 2 Herbert A. E. Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965 (Bromley, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1965) p 212.
↑ "Historia de la FEMEBA". Federación Mexicana de Badminton. Federación Mexicana de Badminton. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Hall of Fame Members". bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation (BWF). Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ Herbert Scheele, The International badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd.,1967) 79 - 87.
↑ "Walk of Fame". teamusa.org. USA Federation. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 113.
↑ Herbert Scheele ed., the International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, ENG: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 236.
↑ "Campeones". badminton.com.mx. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ 1989 winners
↑ 1998 winners
↑ 1999 winners
↑ 2002 winners
↑ 2021 winners
↑ "The II Mexican International Challenge has concluded". Heraldo de México. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
↑ III Mexican International Challenge 2023
↑ IV Mexican International Challenge 2024
↑ "Champions in Mexico – Pan Am Circuit 2025". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
↑ "VI Mexican International Challenge 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
↑ "VI Mexican International Challenge 2026: Brazilian Smiles in Aguascalientes". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
↑ 2009 winners
↑ 2010 winners
↑ 2011 winners
↑ 2013 winners
↑ 2014 winners
↑ 2015 winners
↑ 2016 winners
↑ 2017 winners
↑ 2018 winners
↑ 2019 winners
↑ 2020 winners
↑ 2021 winners
↑ 2022 winners
↑ XIV Mexican International 2023 winners
↑ XV Mexican International 2024 winners
↑ XVI Mexican International 2025 winners
↑ "XVII Mexican International 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
↑ 2019 winners
↑ 2022 winners
↑ III Mexico Future Series 2023 winners
↑ IV Mexico Future Series 2024 winners
↑ "V Mexico Future Series 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
↑ "VI Mexico Future Series 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

[:0-1] 1 2 Herbert A. E. Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965 (Bromley, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1965) p 212.

[2] "Historia de la FEMEBA". Federación Mexicana de Badminton. Federación Mexicana de Badminton. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[3] "Hall of Fame Members". bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation (BWF). Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[4] Herbert Scheele, The International badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd.,1967) 79 - 87.

[5] "Walk of Fame". teamusa.org. USA Federation. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[6] Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 113.

[7] Herbert Scheele ed., the International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, ENG: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 236.

[8] "Campeones". badminton.com.mx. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[9] 1989 winners

[10] 1998 winners

[11] 1999 winners

[12] 2002 winners

[13] 2021 winners

[mexico22-14] "The II Mexican International Challenge has concluded". Heraldo de México. Retrieved 13 September 2025.

[15] III Mexican International Challenge 2023

[16] IV Mexican International Challenge 2024

[mexico25-17] "Champions in Mexico – Pan Am Circuit 2025". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.

[18] "VI Mexican International Challenge 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 March 2026.

[19] "VI Mexican International Challenge 2026: Brazilian Smiles in Aguascalientes". Badminton Pan America. 13 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.

[20] 2009 winners

[21] 2010 winners

[22] 2011 winners

[23] 2013 winners

[24] 2014 winners

[25] 2015 winners

[26] 2016 winners

[27] 2017 winners

[28] 2018 winners

[29] 2019 winners

[30] 2020 winners

[31] 2021 winners

[32] 2022 winners

[33] XIV Mexican International 2023 winners

[34] XV Mexican International 2024 winners

[35] XVI Mexican International 2025 winners

[36] "XVII Mexican International 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2026.

[37] 2019 winners

[38] 2022 winners

[39] III Mexico Future Series 2023 winners

[40] IV Mexico Future Series 2024 winners

[41] "V Mexico Future Series 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

[42] "VI Mexico Future Series 2026 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

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