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Zverev is trying to do this for the first time in seven years…
The German last won an ATP Tour doubles crown in 2019 in Acapulco
February 27, 2026
Alexander Zverev in doubles Thursday in Acapulco.
By ATP staff
Can Alexander Zverev send out fond Acapulco memories of waiting seven years for the title during HSBC’s presentation of Abierto Mexicano Telcel this week?
Hopes for the No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings singles title at the ATP 500 may be over for this year, but Zverev remains in contention for a trophy in Mexico. Zverev and his good friend Marcelo Melo reached the doubles semi-finals on Thursday with 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 a serious ankle injury at Roland Garros). Yet in Acapulco he is chasing his first doubles title at tour level since he triumphed with his brother Mischa Zverev at the Mexican ATP 500 in 2019. That was Zverev’s second ATP Tour doubles title, after he and his brother also won in Montpellier in 2017.
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The 28-year-old Zverev has a tour-level record of 72-89 in doubles, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. He and Melo, who together reached the final of the 2024 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, will face #NextGenATP star Rafael Jodar and home favorite Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in Friday’s semifinals.
In the other semi-final in Acapulco, Alexander Erler and Robert Galloway 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 place in the last four, while qualifiers Kirkov and Stevens defeated Guido Andreozzi and Manuel Guinard 6-1, 6-0.
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