Mutua Madrid Open
Tournament information
Founded2002 (2002)
Editions21 (2023)
LocationMadrid
VenueMadrid Arena (2002–2008)
La Caja Mágica (since 2009)
SurfaceHard – indoors (2002–2008)
Clay – outdoors (since 2009)
Websitemutuamadridopen.com
Current champions (2023)
Men's singlesSpain Carlos Alcaraz
Women's singles Aryna Sabalenka
Men's doubles Karen Khachanov
Andrey Rublev
Women's doubles Victoria Azarenka
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
ATP Tour
CategoryMasters 1000
Draw96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize money7,705,780 (2023)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 1000
Draw96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize money7,705,780 (2023)

The Madrid Open (Spanish: Masters de Madrid; formerly known as the Madrid Masters, and currently known as the Mutua Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Madrid, Spain. It is played on clay courts at the Caja Mágica in Manzanares Park, San Fermín, and is held in late April and early May. The tournament is a ATP Masters 1000 event on the ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour. The tournament is traditionally played on a red clay surface, though it was played on blue clay courts in 2012.[1]

Ion Țiriac, a Romanian billionaire businessman and former ATP professional, was the owner of the tournament between 2009 and 2021.[2] According to Digi Sport which interviewed Țiriac in 2019, the tournament brings to the city of Madrid annual benefits exceeding €107 million.[3] In 2021, Țiriac sold the tournament to New York–based IMG for approximately €390 million.

History

From its inauguration as a men's only event in 2002, the tournament was classified as one of the ATP Masters Series tournaments, where it replaced the now-defunct Eurocard Open in Stuttgart. It was held from 2002 to 2008 in the Madrid Arena as the first of two Master's indoor hard court late-season events that preceded the ATP Tour Finals (also indoors). It was replaced on the Masters schedule by the Shanghai Masters after the 2008 season. In 2009, the tournament was reborn under new ownership with a new location, new surface, and new time slot. It expanded to include a premier women's contest (replacing the tournament in Berlin) and shifted to an earlier period of the tennis season to become the second Master's tournament of the spring European clay-court swing (replacing the Hamburg Open). The event moved outdoors to Park Manzanares, where a new complex with a retractable-roof equipped main court was constructed, the Caja Magica.

Țiriac announced in April 2019 that he has extended his sponsorship contract of the Mutua Madrid Open for 10 additional years, until 2031.[4] Because he agreed to continue in Madrid, Țiriac will receive more than 30 million euros from the city of Madrid in the coming years.[3] Feliciano López was announced as the Madrid tournament director, commencing 2019.[5]

Starting in 2021, the women's tournament, part of the WTA tour, expanded to become a two-week tournament.[6] By December of the same year, it was announced Tiriac sold the event to IMG, which is now the new organizator and has already planned an expansion of courts, including a new stadium for over 10,000 people, to be built by partly draining the lake circling Caja Magica.[7]

In June 2022 ATP announced some changes to the ATP calendar for the coming year. The ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid along with those in Shanghai and in Rome would now be held over two weeks starting in 2023, thus becoming 12 day events just like the Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami.[8]

Blue clay

In 2012 blue clay was used for the first (and only) time in professional tennis

Tiriac proposed and implemented in 2012 a new color of blue clay for all the courts' surfaces, motivating that it would supposedly be better visually, especially for viewers on television (analogous to some hardcourt surface events migrating to blue from various previous color schemes). Some speculated that the adaptation of blue colour was a nod to the titular sponsor of the tournament, the Spanish insurance giant Mutua Madrileña. This controversial change was subsequently granted and began to be used in the 2012 edition of the tournament.[9] In 2009 one of the outer tennis courts had already been made of the new surface for the players to test it. Manuel Santana, the Open's director, had assured that aside from the colour, the surface kept the same properties as the traditional red clay.

On 1 December 2011, Țiriac confirmed that the blue clay surface was officially approved for the 2012 edition of the tournament, in both the ATP and WTA circuits.[10]

However, after the event took place in 2012, threats of future boycotts from some players, especially Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (who both lost on the blue surface), led the tournament to return to the traditional red clay for the 2013 season.[11] This was due to the blue clay being more slippery than regular clay.[12]

Roger Federer is the only male player to win the tournament on three different surfaces: hard courts (2006), red clay (2009), and blue clay (2012). Serena Williams is the only female player to win the tournament on two different surfaces: blue clay (2012) and red clay (2013).

Past finals

Men

Spanish player Rafael Nadal clinched the title five times on home turf (a record).

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
  ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 1]  
2002United States Andre AgassiCzech Republic Jiří Novák(walkover)
2003Spain Juan Carlos FerreroChile Nicolás Massú6–3, 6–4, 6–3
2004Russia Marat SafinArgentina David Nalbandian6–2, 6–4, 6–3
2005Spain Rafael NadalCroatia Ivan Ljubičić3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2006Switzerland Roger FedererChile Fernando González7–5, 6–1, 6–0
2007Argentina David NalbandianSwitzerland Roger Federer1–6, 6–3, 6–3
2008United Kingdom Andy MurrayFrance Gilles Simon6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2009[lower-alpha 2]Switzerland Roger Federer (2)Spain Rafael Nadal6–4, 6–4
2010Spain Rafael Nadal (2)Switzerland Roger Federer6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2011Serbia Novak DjokovicSpain Rafael Nadal7–5, 6–4
2012Switzerland Roger Federer (3)Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych3–6, 7–5, 7–5
2013Spain Rafael Nadal (3)Switzerland Stan Wawrinka6–2, 6–4
2014Spain Rafael Nadal (4)Japan Kei Nishikori2–6, 6–4, 3–0 (ret.)
2015United Kingdom Andy Murray (2)Spain Rafael Nadal6–3, 6–2
2016Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)United Kingdom Andy Murray6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2017Spain Rafael Nadal (5)Austria Dominic Thiem7–6(10–8), 6–4
2018Germany Alexander ZverevAustria Dominic Thiem6–4, 6–4
2019Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas6–3, 6–4
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
2021Germany Alexander Zverev (2)Italy Matteo Berrettini6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–3
2022Spain Carlos AlcarazGermany Alexander Zverev6–3, 6–1
2023Spain Carlos Alcaraz (2)Germany Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
  ATP Tour Masters 1000[lower-alpha 1]  
2002The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–3, 7–5, 6–0
2003India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
2004The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2)
Canada Daniel Nestor (2)
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 6–4
2005The Bahamas Mark Knowles (3)
Canada Daniel Nestor (3)
India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2006United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–4
2007United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
6–4, 6–2
2009[lower-alpha 2]Canada Daniel Nestor (4)
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Sweden Simon Aspelin
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–4, 6–4
2010United States Bob Bryan (3)
United States Mike Bryan (3)
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 6–4
2011United States Bob Bryan (4)
United States Mike Bryan (4)
France Michaël Llodra
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 6–3
2012Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg (2)
Poland Marcin Matkowski (2)
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–4
2013United States Bob Bryan (5)
United States Mike Bryan (5)
Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–2, 6–3
2014Canada Daniel Nestor (5)
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (2)
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–2
2015India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 6–7(5–7), [11–9]
2016Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
India Rohan Bopanna
Romania Florin Mergea
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2017Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
France Nicolas Mahut
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–5, 6–3
2018Croatia Nikola Mektić
Austria Alexander Peya
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5–3 (ret.)
2019Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer (2)
Romania Horia Tecău (2)
Argentina Diego Schwartzman
Austria Dominic Thiem
6–2, 6–3
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
2021Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2022Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
2023[lower-alpha 3] Karen Khachanov
[lower-alpha 3] Andrey Rublev
India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden
6–3, 3–6, [10–3]

Women

Petra Kvitová (winner in 2011, 2015 & 2018) holds the record in Madrid for the most title wins (three).
Simona Halep has reached four finals in Madrid, winning her first title in 2016 before defending it in 2017.
Ons Jabeur the 2022 champion, becoming the first African player to win a title at this level.

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009Russia Dinara SafinaDenmark Caroline Wozniacki6–2, 6–4
2010France Aravane RezaïUnited States Venus Williams6–2, 7–5
2011Czech Republic Petra KvitováBelarus Victoria Azarenka7–6(7–3), 6–4
2012United States Serena WilliamsBelarus Victoria Azarenka6–1, 6–3
2013United States Serena Williams (2)Russia Maria Sharapova6–1, 6–4
2014Russia Maria SharapovaRomania Simona Halep1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2015Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (2)Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova6–1, 6–2
2016Romania Simona HalepSlovakia Dominika Cibulková6–2, 6–4
2017Romania Simona Halep (2)France Kristina Mladenovic7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2018Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (3)Netherlands Kiki Bertens7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2019Netherlands Kiki BertensRomania Simona Halep6–4, 6–4
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
2021Belarus Aryna SabalenkaAustralia Ashleigh Barty6–0, 3–6, 6–4
2022Tunisia Ons JabeurUnited States Jessica Pegula7–5, 0–6, 6–2
2023[lower-alpha 3] Aryna Sabalenka (2)Poland Iga Świątek6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2009Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2010United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 7–5
2011Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–4, 6–3
2012Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
2013Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
Zimbabwe Cara Black
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–2, 6–4
2014Italy Sara Errani (2)
Italy Roberta Vinci (2)
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
6–4, 6–3
2015Australia Casey Dellacqua
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
2016France Caroline Garcia
France Kristina Mladenovic
Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–4
2017Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Hungary Tímea Babos
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
6–4, 6–3
2018Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2019Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
6–3, 6–1
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
2021Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
6–4, 6–3
2022Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
United States Desirae Krawczyk
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
7–6(7–1), 5–7, [10–7]
2023[lower-alpha 3] Victoria Azarenka (2)
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
United States Coco Gauff
United States Jessica Pegula
6–1, 6–4

Records

Player(s) Record Year(s)
Most titles
Men's singles Spain Rafael Nadal
5
2005, 2010, 2013–14, 2017
Women's singles Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
3
2011, 2015, 2018
Men's doubles United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5
2006–07, 2010–11, 2013
Canada Daniel Nestor[lower-roman 1] 2002, 2004–05, 2009, 2014
Women's doubles Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
2
2012, 2014
Belarus Victoria Azarenka[lower-roman 2] 2011, 2023
Most finals
Men's singles Spain Rafael Nadal
8
2005, 2009–11, 2013–15, 2017
Women's singles Romania Simona Halep
4
2014, 2016–17, 2019
Most consecutive titles
Men's singles Spain Rafael Nadal
2
2013-14
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 2022-23
Men's doubles The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
2004–05
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
2006–07, 2010–11
Most consecutive finals
Men's singles Spain Rafael Nadal
3
2009–11, 2013–15
  1. Daniel Nestor won these titles with two different partners; Mark Knowles and Nenad Zimonjić.
  2. Victoria Azarenka won these titles with two different partners; Maria Kirilenko and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Known as Masters Series till 2008.
  2. 1 2 Changed from indoor hard court to clay court, taking the place of the Hamburg Masters as a clay court Masters Series event.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Competed under no nationality due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. "Madrid's blue clay given red card by ATP". 11 May 2019.
  2. "Madrid Masters goes bling". tennisworldusa. 8 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Ion Țiriac a încheiat o nouă super-afacere. Va semna un contract de peste 30 de milioane de euro" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 9 April 2019.
  4. "El Ayuntamiento indemnizará al dueño del Mutua Madrid Open con medio millón de euros por la Copa Davis". ABC (in Spanish). 9 April 2019.
  5. "Feliciano Lopez is going to be Madrid's tournament director". Baseline.
  6. "Madrid Open expands to become a two-week tournament". Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. "IMG compra la dueña del Mutua Madrid Open y el Acciona Open de España y ficha a Gerard Tsobanian" (in Spanish). 2playbook. 6 December 2021.
  8. "ATP calendar: Madrid and Rome over two weeks from 2023, Munich advances". tennisnet.com. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. AS, Diario (29 November 2011). "El Mutua Madrid Open se jugará en una pista azul". as.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  10. "Is blue the new red? Madrid's clay court revolution". December 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  11. "Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal threaten to boycott Madrid Open if they don't change blue clay-court". 11 May 2012.
  12. "Even four year later, bad feelings linger over the blue clay in Madrid". New York Times. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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