With a little over a month left until the start of the sixteenth Mutua Madrid Open, the WTA has announced the list of players with direct access to the main draw whose presence in the Caja Mágica is confirmed. The biggest stars on the women’s tour will be battling it out once more on the Madrid clay in the third Premier Mandatory of the season, one of the most important dates on the calendar. Angelique Kerber and Serena Williams top a list that includes Spaniards Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez.
The players registered for the Mutua Madrid Open are:
- Angelique Kerber
- Serena Williams
- Karolina Pliskova
- Dominika Cibulkova
- Simona Halep
- Garbiñe Muguruza
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Agnieszka Radwanska
- Madison Keys
- Elina Svitolina
- Johanna Konta
- Venus Williams
- Elena Vesnina
- Caroline Wozniacki
- Timea Bacsinszky
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Kristina Mladenovic
- Samantha Stosur
- Barbora Strycova
- Kiki Bertens
- Coco Vandeweghe
- Caroline Garcia
- Carla Suárez
- Anastasija Sevastova
- Daria Gavrilova
- Timea Babos
- Irina-Camelia Begu
- Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
- Roberta Vinci
- Ana Conjuh
- Yulia Putintseva
- Shuai Zhang
- Lauren Davis
- Ekaterina Makarova
- Lucie Safarova
- Katerina Siniakova
- Alison Riske
- Laura Siegemund
- Monica Puig
- Lesia Tsurenko
- Daria Kasatkina
- Shuai Peng
- Alizé Corne
- Mónica Niculescu
- Christina McHale
- Julia Goerges
- Naomi Osaka
- Yaroslava Shvedova
- Misaki Doi
- Kristyna Pliskova
- Viktorija Golubic
To complete the 64-player main draw for the Mutua Madrid Open, eight players will come through the qualifying stages. In addition to the confirmed invite for Maria Sharapova, the organisers will be announcing four new wildcards in the coming weeks.
Tournament Director Manolo Santana used the announcement as an opportunity to dedicate a few words to Petra Kvitova: “I would like to send my best wishes and affection to Petra Kvitova, who is unable to play this year for reasons I am sure you are all aware of. I have special admiration for Petra’s capacity to overcome adversity and I would love to see her back here fighting for her third title next year”.
The Mutua Madrid Open roll of honour includes Serena Williams (2012 and 2013), Petra Kvitova (2011 and 2015), Simona Halep (2016), Maria Sharapova (2014), Aravane Rezai (2010) and Dinara Safina (2009). Which player will be crowned this year after the final on 13 May?
