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2026 Final: Shapovalov vs. Gea

  • Shapovalov, the 2025 tournament champion, defeated Britain’s Cameron Norrie, the 2021 champion, and is on the verge of his fifth career title.
  • France’s Gea, ranked 127th in the world, defeated Coleman Wong of Hong Kong and will play in the first final of his career.
  • In the doubles final, Reynolds and Watt of New Zealand will face Seggerman and Trhac of the United States.

Los Cabos, August 1, 2026.—Canadian Denis Shapovalov defeated Britain’s Cameron Norrie to advance to the final of the 10th edition of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel OPPO in Los Cabos, where he will face young French player Arthur Gea, who defeated Coleman Wong of Hong Kong.

Shapovalov, the eighth seed and 2025 tournament champion, defeated Norrie, the 2021 champion, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and will now seek his fifth career title. It was Shapovalov’s first victory over Norrie, who had beaten him twice in 2021.

“I’m very happy. We finished late today, so I’m glad I was able to impose my game. No final is easy. Gea is young—his ranking doesn’t reflect his true ability—he’s on the rise and has defeated some great players this week, so I’m going to try to play better tomorrow to win,” Shapo said after his victory.

The 27-year-old Canadian, ranked No. 68 in the ATP Rankings, needed three sets to eliminate Norrie. In the first set, Shapo took a 4-1 lead by holding his serve three times and breaking Norrie’s serve in the second game to close out the set 6-3.

In the second set, both players broke each other’s serve and held their own until 5-5; Norrie served for the set at 6-5 and broke his opponent to win 7-5. In the third set, Shapovalov started with a break against Norrie, and both held their serves until the Canadian won 6-4.

On his way to the final, Shapo eliminated Mexico ‘s Rodrigo Pacheco, the Czech Republic’ s Dalibor Svrcina, and Norrie.

In the other semifinal, France’s Arthur Gea defeated Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong 7-6 (7), 6-3 in a match that lasted one hour and 50 minutes.

The 21-year-old Frenchman, ranked 127th in the world, came out on top in the matchup between the tournament’s two surprise players, who battled intensely and played excellent tennis for a spot in the tournament final.

In the first set, Gea took a 4-1 lead after holding his serve three times and breaking Wong in the fourth game, but the Hong Kong player broke back in the seventh game and served to make it 4-4.

Both held their serves until 6-6, and in the tiebreak, Gea showed he had what it took to secure two mini-breaks and win 9-7.

In the second set, Gea focused on his physical conditioning, while Wong began to feel the effects of his intense week. Both held serve twice and broke each other’s serve—first the Frenchman, then Wong. Gea held serve and broke in the seventh and ninth games to win 6-3.

“I’m really excited and very happy with the week I’ve had, and very proud of myself. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow,” Gea said at the post-match press conference.

He said the key to advancing this week “was to stay as stress-free as possible, and in the semifinal, it was about trying to play my best tennis while bringing a lot of physical energy to the match.”

Regarding his upcoming entry into the Top 100, the Frenchman said that at the start of the week he saw it as a goal “that was possible, but still a long way off—though it was something I’d been very clear about long before the last three or four tournaments. The goal was to finish in the top 100. It’s a good achievement, but there’s still one more match to play.”

On his way to the final, Gea defeated South Korea’s Soon Woo Kwon, the United States’ Michael Zheng, Argentina’s Francisco Cerúndolo, and Wong.

Doubles Final Set

The doubles final will feature Americans Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac against Finn Reynolds and James Watt of New Zealand.

Seggerman and Trhac defeated the Brazilians Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos, the second seeds, 7-6 (10), 7-6 (3), while Reynolds and Watt defeated Ecuador’s Gonzalo Escobar and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha of India, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

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