Change in the schedule of the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open Finals
The organization of the Mutua Madrid Open informs that there has been a change to the schedule of the tournament finals, originally set to take place on May 2 and 3, 2026. The doubles finals will now be played at 14:00, while the singles finals will take place at 17:00. As a result of this […]
Garbiñe Muguruza named co-director of the Mutua Madrid Open
The Mutua Madrid Open made a historic announcement on Thursday with news that strengthens its drive for innovation and underscores its commitment to equality. Garbiñe Muguruza has been named co-director of the tournament, a position she will now share with Feliciano Lopez, thus establishing a shared leadership model that is unique in the world of […]
Tempos Vega Sicilia forms alliance with the Mutua Madrid Open
The Mutua Madrid Open announced on Wednesday a new alliance with Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia Macán and Oremus, world leaders in oenological excellence. The alliance represents a significant step in the institutions’ strategy to bring together excellency, tradition and innovation on a global stage; the Caja Magica. Through the collaboration, TEMPOS Vega […]
Casper Ruud is a giant
They said he was not a big-match player. They said he crumbles when pressure ramps up. They said he doesn’t have the game to win the big tournaments. The cynics based their theories on the fact that he had lost all five of the big finals he had played, three in Grand Slams and two […]
Who would have thought, that 10-year-old boy…
Sixteen years ago a wide-eyed young Norwegian visited the Caja Magica to enjoy the best tennis in the world. It was 2009, the first year the tournament was held in the Caja Magica, when Roger Federer would win his second Mutua Madrid Open in a final against Rafa Nadal. Seven years later that boy, who […]
First time lucky
Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya are the queens of the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open. The pair beat Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova in an extremely tight final, 6-7, 6-2, 12-10. They needed three match points, but they eventually closed out the first WTA 1000 of their careers. Their names now join the great champions of […]
Aryna, Aryna, Aryna!
Perhaps he did it subconsciously; “Please welcome Aryna, Aryna, Aryna… Sabalenka!”, roared the announcer in the Manolo Santana Stadium on Sunday at 18:30, when Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff stepped on court for the final of the Mutua Madrid Open. He shouted Aryna’s name three times. It was as if he already knew what was […]
Draper vs. Ruud: a final in the spirit of Rafael Nadal
Destiny can be a fickle thing. At the first edition of the Mutua Madrid Open without Rafael Nadal, one of the men’s finalists cut his teeth at the Rafa Nadal Academy and the other is the only left-handed player to reach the top five this century, other than the Mallorcan. Months after Nadal’s retirement from […]
Sabalenka joins the eleven-thousand club
We’re running out of superlatives to describe Aryna Sabalenka’s feats. In her career in general, but particularly in Madrid. With her win on Saturday she has matched Petra Kvitova as the player with the most titles in the history of the Mutua Madrid Open. The triple crown is hers. The difference this time, though, is […]
In sickness and in health…
Six years ago Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos said ‘I do’ and their doubles career was born. The union could not have got off to a better start, winning a title on their first outing together. Since then, the Spanish-Argentine duo have not spent a moment apart, besides the odd tournament when one of them […]