Zverev trying to do this for the first time in seven years…

  • Posted: Feb 27, 2026

Can Alexander Zverev channel fond Acapulco memories to snap a seven-year title wait of sorts this week at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC?

The No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings’ singles title hopes at the ATP 500 may be over for this year, but Zverev remains in contention for a trophy in Mexico. Competing alongside his good friend Marcelo Melo, Zverev on Thursday reached the doubles semi-finals via a 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 victory against Nuno Borges and Miguel Reyes-Varela.

Zverev is a 24-time ATP Tour singles champion and has won at least one of those titles in nine of the past 10 seasons (he did not lift a trophy in 2022, when he missed more than half the year after suffering a serious ankle injury at Roland Garros). Yet in Acapulco, he is chasing his first tour-level doubles title since he triumphed alongside his brother, Mischa Zverev, at the Mexican ATP 500 in 2019. That was Zverev’s second ATP Tour doubles trophy, after he and his brother also won in Montpellier in 2017.

The 28-year-old Zverev holds a 72-89 tour-level record in doubles, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. He and Melo, who reached the final together at the 2024 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, will take on #NextGenATP star Rafael Jodar and home favourite Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in Friday’s semi-finals.

In the other semi-final in Acapulco, Alexander Erler and Robert Galloway will face Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens. Erler and Galloway ousted third seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 7-6(3), 6-4 to seal their last-four spot, while qualifiers Kirkov and Stevens downed Guido Andreozzi and Manuel Guinard 6-1, 6-0.

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