Mexico City International Tournament

The Mexico City International Tournament is the original name of the Mexican Open of Badminton that was promoted by both the Mexican Association of Badminton and the Centro Deportivo Chapultepec. The Mexican Open of Badminton is an international tournament organised in Mexico.[1]

The first competition was organised in 1949; there were four more editions held in 1952, 1958, 1959 and 1961.[1]

Since 1964, the tournament was officially called the Mexican National Open Championship.

However, in 2009, the Mexican Association of Badminton decided to start counting the event as a new one; hence, the 2014 Mexican Open is considered as the fifth Mexican Open.

The Mexican Open is one of the most important Latin American Badminton Championships together with the Pan American Badminton Championships and Pan American Games.

Winners

Year Men´s singles Women´s singles Men´s doubles Women´s doubles Mixed doubles
1949 Ernesto Villareal Margaret Varner Ernesto Villareal

Ruben Mejia

No competition No competition
1952 Ernesto Villareal Pat Gallagher Ernesto Villareal

Ruben Mejia

Shirley Fry

Peggy Vilbig

No competition
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

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