MAIN DRAW DRAW READY IN LOS CABOS
- Three Mexicans in the main draw: Rodrigo Pacheco, Alejandro Hernandez and rookie Luis Carlos Alvarez
- Rublev, Davidovich-Fokina, Shapovalov and Halys, the top four seeds, advance bye the first round.
Los Cabos, July 11, 2025.- In a ceremony headed by Geoffrey Fernandez, director of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo, the draw for the main draw of the ninth edition of the ATP 250 was made. The ceremony took place inside the Cabo Sports Complex, where the top seeds already know their possible path in search of the ATC 2025 title.
As dictated by the ATP, the ranking favorites were on opposite sides of the draw. Andrey Rublev (No. 14), and the second seed, Spanish representative Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No. 27), await their second round opponents in what will be their debut in Los Cabos. Fokina will face the winner of the match between James Duckworth (No. 103) and Adrian Mannarino (No. 123).
Like Fokina, Canadian Denis Shapovalov (No. 30) was seeded third and will face the winner of the match between Colton Smith and one of the four qualifiers in the second round.
Frenchman Quentin Halys (No. 46) was seeded in the top half of the draw alongside Rublev, while German Daniel Altmaier (No. 57) will face American Mitchell Krueger.
“Shapovalov, Rublev and Fokina are the face of the tournament and are coming off a good year… We are back a year and a half after the summer and we are happy to start this edition,” commented Geoffrey Fernandez, tournament director.
One of the most interesting first round matches will be that of Mexican Alejandro Hernandez, who received one of the three wild cards of the tournament, as he will face Japan’s Taro Daniel (No. 156) in the first round, and if he advances as he did in 2023, he will face top seed Andrey Rublev.
On the other hand, the other pair of Mexicans will face Australians in the first round. Rodrigo Pacheco (No. 220), who also received an invitation, will be looking to repeat his success from last year’s ATP 500 in Acapulco, where he reached the quarterfinals, and will face Adam Walton (No. 90), while Luis Carlos Álvarez (No. 181) will face his first challenge in James McCabe (No. 181).
“I’m very happy, I came with the mentality of playing qualy, we arrived since Wednesday for the preparation, but we received this great news. It’s something very special, I’ve always dreamed of playing in these stages, in front of our people”, commented the 20 year old Mexican in his debut in an ATP tournament and added that facing Rublev would be a dream, which would only happen if both advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
Regarding sharing the singles draw with two other compatriots, in addition to the Mexican presence in doubles, Alvarez said: “I train a lot with Rodri and although each one has his own process, he is one of my best friends. It is incredible for the country that there are so many Mexicans in the tournament”.
Fernandez also mentioned the ballkids, present at the draw ceremony, who were in charge of taking the numbers to know the position of the players in the main draw.
“Thanks to Luis Carlos for joining us, we also invited the ballkids to this draw in recognition of the important place they occupy in a tournament like this, they are all from Baja California Sur,” he said.
The main draw activity begins on Monday, August 14 at 6 pm local time in Los Cabos.