Badosa’s special connection with Madrid
Paula Badosa’s face lights up whenever she talks about the Mutua Madrid Open. With her sixth participation in the women’s main draw set to kick off on Wednesday, the Spaniard is once again the flagbearer for the home players. A semi-finalist at the Madrid WTA 1000 in 2021, she acknowledged that she feels “a special […]
Plaza Mayor, the geographic centre of the 2024 MMOPEN
The curtain was raised on the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open on Monday in the capital of Spain, which will also be the capital of world tennis over the next fortnight until Sunday 5 May. Plaza de Colon passed the baton to the emblematic Plaza Mayor as the stage for the tournament’s traditional presentation in the […]
Thiem and Bautista make solid starts in qualies
The first day of the Mutua Madrid Open is underway with some spectacular matches to kick off the event. Some of the names playing today in the first rounds of qualifying are enough to give you an idea of the standard of the tournament. Madrid is ready to fire on all cylinders for its 22nd […]
Bouzas gives the home fans reason to smile in the Caja Mágica
In a week where the retirement of Garbiñe Muguruza and the unfortunate injury of Paula Badosa have made the headlines, the first day of the women’s competition at the Mutua Madrid Open saw eight Spaniards in action. However, so far, only Jessica Bouzas has managed to come through her clash unscathed, beating Claire Lou 2-6, […]
Champion Alcaraz discovers his route to the title in the Caja Mágica
After Monday’s draw ceremony at the Mutua Madrid Open the main draw is now set at the Caja Mágica, where the stars of the ATP Tour will be bidding for one of the most sought-after trophies on the calendar. After a ceremony that was attended by Jaume Munar, who pulled out the tokens, and tournament […]
Sabalenka’s throne up for grabs in Madrid
The die has been cast at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open. The title contenders discovered their routes to the final on Sunday in a draw ceremony that took place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid. With Spaniard Cristina Bucsa having drawn the tokens, the season’s first WTA 1000 on clay is now ready for two […]
Young ATP talents
The Mutua Madrid Open has been lucky enough to witness some of the great talents of tennis enter its winners’ circle before the age of 22. Over the last two decades of the Spanish ATP Masters 1000, we can find examples of this in home players Rafa Nadal (2005) and Carlos Alcaraz (2022 and 2023), […]
Ten moments in Spanish tennis
The home players have produced plenty of moments of brilliance during the Mutua Madrid Open’s two decades of history. From the first Spanish champion Juan Carlos Ferrero to the youngest of them all, Carlos Alcaraz, without forgetting Rafa Nadal himself. Anabel Medina, Carla Suárez, Garbiñe Muruguza, Paula Badosa, Sara Sorribes, Nicolás Almagro, Pablo Andújar, […]
Sabalenka territory
If one woman has dominated the Mutua Madrid Open clay in recent times it is, without a doubt, Aryna Sabalenka. Her name appears in the WTA 1000 winners’ circle in two of the three most recent editions. Coincidentally, she had to beat the then world No. 1 both times to get her hands on the […]
Carlos Alcaraz: “Any stat that puts me on a par with Rafa is a good sign”
At last year’s Mutua Madrid Open, the Murcia native became the only man – along with Rafa Nadal – to have successfully defended his title in the Manolo Santana Stadium. This time around, he will be bidding to do something unprecedented – win three crowns on the trot. Before stepping up to the plate, though, […]
