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| Event name | Morelos Open | ||||||||
| Location | Cuernavaca, Mexico | ||||||||
| Venue | Club de Tenis Sumiya | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
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The Morelos Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It is held annually in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard |  Nicolás Mejía | 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2023 |  Thiago Agustín Tirante |  James Duckworth | 7–5, 6–0 |
| 2022 |  Jay Clarke |  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2021 | Not held | ||
| 2020 |  Jurij Rodionov | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2019 | Matías Franco Descotte |  Gonzalo Escobar | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 2018 |  Dennis Novikov |  Christian Garín | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2017 |  Alexander Bublik | Nicolás Jarry | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| 2016 | Gerald Melzer (2) | Alejandro González | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| 2015 |  Víctor Estrella Burgos |  Damir Džumhur | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2014 | Gerald Melzer (1) | Víctor Estrella Burgos | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Arjun Kadhe Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan |  Piotr Matuszewski Matthew Romios | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| 2023 |  Skander Mansouri  Michail Pervolarakis |  Benjamin Lock  Rubin Statham | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2022 | JC Aragone Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | Nicolás Mejía Roberto Quiroz | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| 2021 | Not held | ||
| 2020 | Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith | Carlos Gómez-Herrera  Shintaro Mochizuki | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] |
| 2019 |  André Göransson  Marc-Andrea Hüsler | Gonzalo Escobar  Luis David Martínez | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| 2018 | Roberto Maytín  Fernando Romboli | Evan King Nathan Pasha | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2017 | Austin Krajicek Jackson Withrow | Kevin King  Dean O'Brien | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), [11–9] |
| 2016 |  Philip Bester Peter Polansky |  Marcelo Arévalo  Sergio Galdós | 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| 2015 |  Ruben Gonzales Darren Walsh | Emilio Gómez Roberto Maytín | 4–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
| 2014 |  Andrej Martin Gerald Melzer |  Alejandro Moreno Figueroa Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  Marie Bouzková | Lauren Albanese | 0–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 2015 | Marcela Zacarías |  Nina Stojanović | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  Aleksandrina Naydenova  Fanny Stollár |  Elizaveta Ianchuk Kateřina Kramperová | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2015 | Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías | Alexandra Morozova Daniella Roldan | 6–4, 6–0 |
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