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

References

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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[:0-1] Herbert A. E. Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1965 (Bromley, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1965) p 212.