Los Cabos Open 2022 : All you need to know about

Los Cabos Open 2022 : All you need to know about

The Los Cabos Open is an ATP tennis tournament that is played on outdoor hard courts. The other name is the Abierto de Tenis Mifel for sponsorship reasons. It is the 6th edition of the mentioned tournament. It is a part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour. It is set to take place in Los Cabos, Mexico from August 1st through 6 August 2022.

The Russian, Daniil Medvedev, is the top seed. He is followed by fellow top-10 player Felix Auger-Aliassime. He is the second seed. Defending champion Cameron Norrie is the third seed. Miomir Kecmanovic is seeded fourth.

Veterans Fabio Fognini and Feliciano Lopez are present in the mix. Young talents like Brandon Nakashima and Tomas Martin Etcheverry will be expected to make an impact.

Los Cabos Open

It is a relatively new addition to the Association of Tennis Professionals circuit. The inaugural edition of the Los Cabos Open was hosted in 2016. The tournament was organized with the aim to revitalize the tennis scene in Latin America. It takes place in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Ivo Karlovic won the debut edition. Fabio Fognini, Sam Querrey, Diego Schwartzman, and Cameron Norrie joined him in the winner’s circle over the years.

This year, the tournament will be held at the Cabo Sports Complex. The main stadium of this new venue can seat 3500 spectators. The second largest stadium can seat 1200 fans.

Players

Top seed Daniil Medvedev and seeded fourth Miomir Kecmanovic headline the top half of the draw. The former is set to face Quentin Halys in the second round. Miomir could meet either Jordan Thompson or Yannick Hanfmann.

Fabio Fognini is a prospective quarterfinal opponent for Medvedev down the line. Brandon Nakashima, the runner-up in 2021, is in this half of the draw. He is playing against a qualifier in the first round. He could be in the quarter-final round against Kecmanovic on the horizon.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Cameron Norrie, the players seeded second and third respectively, headline the bottom half of the draw. 

Auger-Aliassime will begin his campaign against John Millman. Norrie, the defending champion, will begin against Tseng Chun-Hsin.

Fernando Verdasco and Thanasi Kokkinakis are set to square off in the first round. Feliciano Lopez is playing against Radu Albot in his opener.

Daniel Medvedev

Country: Russia

Ranking: 1

Record: 249/109

Nicknames: 13

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Country: Canada

Rank: 9

Record: 130/93

Nicknames: 1

Cameron Norrie

Country: United Kingdom

Rank: 13

Record: 135/101

Nicknames: 4

John Isner

Country: United States of America

Ranking: 25

Record: 474/300

Nicknames: 16

Rodrigo Pacheco

Country: Mexico

Ranking: 1582

Record: 0

Nicknames: 0

Champions

2016 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)

2017 Sam Querrey (USA)

2018 Fabio Fognini (Italy)

2019 Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)

The 2020 edition of Los Cabos Open was canceled due to the pandemic

2021 Cameron Norrie (UK)

Campus

Venue: Kabo Sports Complex

Area of the complex: 9000 m²

Main stadium: 3,500 fans

Court: difficult

GrandStand: 1200 fans

Three stadiums: 800 fans

Schedule

The qualifying matches will be played on two days – July 30-31, 2022. The first-round matches are set to begin on Monday, August 1, and end on the following day. The second round is set to take place on Wednesday. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and final are to be played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday respectively.

Prize Money

The total prize money for this 6th edition is $822,110.

	Prize Money	Ranking Points
Champion	$ 131,430	250
Runner-Up	$ 71,065	150
Semi-finalist	$ 39,250	90
Quarter-finalist	$ 22,305	45
Second round	$ 12,825	20
First Round	$ 7,680	0

Where can you watch it?

Viewers of the countries – the US, UK, and Canada can watch the Los Cabos Open live on the following channels and sites:

USA: In this country, all matches will be broadcasted on Tennis Channel.

UK: In this country, all matches will be telecasted on Amazon Prime Video.

Canada: Viewers of this country can watch all the matches on TSN.

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Doubles	0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	€58,705	€42,095	€29,965	€19,975	€12,840	€7,730	€3,775	€1,960
Doubles*	€21,920	€15,690	€10,340	€6,720	€3,940	—	—	—

_{*per team}

Singles Main-Draw Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
RUSSIA	Daniil Medvedev	1	1
CAN	Félix Auger-Aliassime	9	2
GBR	Cameron Norrie	13	3
SRB	Miomir Kecmanović	33	4
ITA	Fabio Fognini	54	5
USA	Brandon Nakashima	56	6
AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis	69	7
ARG	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	72	8
FRA	Quentin Halys	74	9

Rankings are stated as of July 25, 2022.

Other entrants

The following players have received wildcards into the main draw:

• Alex Hernández
• Feliciano López
• Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• John Isner was replaced by Fernando Verdasco
• Diego Schwartzman was replaced by Yannick Hanfmann
• João Sousa was replaced by Ričardas Berankis

Double Main-Draw Entrants

Country	Player	Country	Players	Rank	Seed
MEX	Santiago González	ARG	Andrés Molteni	67	1
AUS	Matthew Ebden	AUS	Max Purcell	71	2
URU	Ariel Behar	ECU	Gonzalo Escobar	89	3
RSA	Raven Klaasen	BRA	Marcelo Melo	93	4

Rankings are stated as of 25 July 2022.

Other entrants

The following pairs have received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Facundo Bagnis / Alex Hernández
• Ernesto Escobedo / Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez

The following pair has received entry as alternates:

• Max Schnur / John-Patrick Smith

Withdrawals

• Quentin Halys / João Sousa were replaced by Max Schnur / John-Patrick Smith
• Aleksandr Nedovyesov / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were replaced by Tomás Martín Etcheverry / Tseng Chun-Hsin