Madrid 2024: Dates, draws, prize money and everything you need to know

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The year's first WTA 1000 clay-court event is about to get underway next week, with the Hologic WTA Tour heading to the Spanish capital for the Mutua Madrid Open.

Eighteen of the world's Top 20 players are expected to participate in the outdoor red-clay event, which is celebrating its 15th edition as a WTA 1000 tournament.

Here's what you need to know about Madrid:

When does the tournament start?

Main-draw play begins on Tuesday, April 23, and the event continues through Sunday, May 5th at the iconic Caja Magica. The qualifying rounds will take place on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23.

The singles main draw contains 96 players. There will be 32 seeded players, and all seeds will receive first-round byes. Seventy-six players in total receive direct entry into the main draw, and there will be eight wild cards and 12 qualifiers.

The doubles main draw will have 32 teams, including three wild-card pairings.

Madrid is on Central European Summer Time (GMT+2).

The Dunlop Fort Clay Court ball will be used at the Mutua Madrid Open.

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When are the finals?

The singles final will take place Saturday, May 4, not before 6:30 p.m. The doubles final will occur on Sunday, May 5 at 3:30 p.m.

When are the draws?

The singles draw was released on Sunday. The doubles main draw will be released on Tuesday, April 23.

Main draw in Madrid (WTA 1000), where Iga Swiatek

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Notable 1Rs:

Raducanu-Pliskova
M. Andreeva vs. Townsend
Stephens vs. Trevisan
Putintseva vs. Yuan
Bouzkova vs. Siniakova#MMOpen pic.twitter.com/TRCfZDM1Dk
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) April 21, 2024

Who are the defending champions?

Aryna Sabalenka

won her second Mutua Madrid Open singles title in three years by defeating World No.1 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in last year's final. Sabalenka also beat the reigning World No.1 in the 2021 Madrid final, when she toppled Ashleigh Barty.

In last year's doubles final, Victoria Azarenka

and bested and 6-1, 6-4 to capture the title. Azarenka had previously won the Madrid doubles title back in 2011 alongside Maria Kirilenko.

What are the points and prize money on offer in the singles main draw?

Who is playing?

The cut-off for singles direct entry was based on the Hologic WTA Tour rankings of March 25. No.72 Taylor Townsend

was the last direct entry at that time.

Former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki

received one of the first main-draw wild cards. Wozniacki was a finalist at the inaugural WTA 1000 edition of Madrid in 2009 (l. to Dinara Safina).

Other main-draw wild cards this week are 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu

, , , , , and sisters Linda and .

Unfortunately my body needs a little more time to be ready and I have made the tough decision not to play in Madrid. Tough because I want to be back on tour asap, but experience tells me not to rush. Thank you to @MutuaMadridOpen who offered me the wild card and to my fans ♥️🙏 pic.twitter.com/s9ex85Otio
— Simona Halep (@Simona_Halep) April 21, 2024

Two-time Madrid champion Simona Halep initially received a wild card, but the former World No.1 pulled out in advance of the event.

World No.5 Jessica Pegula

also withdrew while recovering from injury. World No.12 will also miss the event due to injury.

Top 16 seeds:

1. Iga Swiatek

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Ranking: No.1
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 24-4 (2 titles)
Best Madrid result: Finalist (2023)

2. Aryna Sabalenka

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Ranking: No.2
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 15-5 (1 title)
Best Madrid result: Champion (2021, 2023)

3. Coco Gauff

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Ranking: No.3
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 19-6 (1 title)
Best Madrid result: Round of 16 (2022)

4. Elena Rybakina

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Ranking: No.4
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 26-4 (3 titles)
Best Madrid result: Round of 16 (2022)

5. Maria Sakkari

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Ranking: No.6
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 15-7
Best Madrid result: Semifinals (2023)

6. Zheng Qinwen
Ranking: No.7
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 13-7
Best Madrid result: Round of 32 (2023)

7. Marketa Vondrousova

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Ranking: No.8
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 8-5
Best Madrid result: Round of 64 (2021, 2023)

8. Ons Jabeur

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Ranking: No.9
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 3-7
Best Madrid result: Champion (2022)

9. Jelena Ostapenko

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Ranking: No.10
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 17-7 (2 titles)
Best Madrid result: Round of 32 (2019, 2021, 2023)

10. Daria Kasatkina

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Ranking: No.11
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 16-9
Best Madrid result: Quarterfinals (2018)

11. Beatriz Haddad Maia

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Ranking: No.13
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 9-10
Best Madrid result: Round of 64 (2022, 2023)

12. Jasmine Paolini

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Ranking: No.14
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 14-8 (1 title)
Best Madrid result: Round of 64 (2022)

13. Danielle Collins

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Ranking: No.15
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 22-7 (2 titles)
Best Madrid result: Round of 32 (2019, 2022)

14. Ekaterina Alexandrova

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Ranking: No.16
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 12-10
Best Madrid result: Semifinals (2022)

15. Liudmila Samsonova

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Ranking: No.17
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 4-9
Best Madrid result: Round of 16 (2023)

16. Elina Svitolina

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Ranking: No.18
Year-to-date tour-level win-loss record, at WTA and Grand Slam events: 11-6
Best Madrid result: Round of 32 (2015, 2016, 2018)

Former Madrid champions entered: Ons Jabeur

(2022), (2021, 2023)
Former Madrid finalists entered: [WC] (2009), (2011-2012), (2023)

Among the other notable names entered include four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka

, who came back from maternity leave at the start of the season.

Grand Slam champions inside the Top 16 seeds are Iga Swiatek

, , , , and .

Other Grand Slam champions in the field are Victoria Azarenka

and (who are seeded inside the Top 32), Sloane Stephens, , Wozniacki, Raducanu and Osaka.

Hola! Donde están? Yo ya por aquí en Madrid, lista para empezar a jugar 😍🎾 pic.twitter.com/T48NXhka7L
— Camila Osorio (@CamiOsorioTenis) April 18, 2024

What are some of the Mutua Madrid Open superlatives?

Player with the most Mutua Madrid Open singles titles: Petra Kvitova (3 titles - 2011, 2015, 2018)

Youngest singles champion: Petra Kvitova (2011 - aged 21 years, 2 months)
Oldest singles champion: Serena Williams (2013 - aged 31 years, 7 months)

Singles champions ranked World No.1 at the time of their title: Dinara Safina (2009), Serena Williams (2013)
Lowest-ranked singles champion: Aravane Rezai (2010 - ranked No.22 at the time)

No.1 seed vs. No.2 seed singles finals: 2013 (No.1 seed Serena Williams d. No.2 seed Maria Sharapova) and 2023 (No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka