Mutua Madrid Open 2026: Preview, draws, schedule, how to watch and UK TV times
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Get ready for the first combined WTA and ATP 1000 event of the clay court season, as the world's best tennis stars gear up to compete at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Find out everything you need to know about the 2026 Madrid Open from when it begins, to who's competing and how you can watch all the action in the UK.
When is the Madrid Open 2026?
The 2026 Madrid Open will take place over a two-week period with qualifying set to begin on Monday 20 April and main draw action getting underway on Tuesday 21 April.
The women’s singles final will be staged on Saturday 2 May, with the men’s singles final taking place the following day on Sunday 3 May.
Day sessions at the Madrid Open will start at 9:00 BST, with the night sessions beginning at 17:30.
Where is the Madrid Open taking place?
The Madrid Open has been held at the La Caja Magica every year since 2009, with the world-class complex once again playing host to tournament this year.
The grounds have the capacity to welcome over 17,000 spectators across its three red clay courts.
This year, there will also be a clay court installed at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium – the home of Real Madrid – from 23-30 April. The biggest stars will be able to practise here throughout the week to replicate the conditions at the La Caja Magica.
Who are the reigning Madrid Open champions?
- Women’s singles – Aryna Sabalenka
- Men’s singles – Casper Ruud (NOR)
- Women’s doubles – Sorana Cirstea (ROU) & Anna Kalinskaya
- Men’s doubles – Marcel Granollers (ESP) & Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
When is the Madrid Open 2026 draw?
Information on the draw will be available soon. Keep up with the latest draw updates on the link below:
Who are the top seeds at the Madrid Open 2026?
Women's:
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
- Coco Gauff (USA)
- Iga Swiatek (POL)
- Jessica Pegula (USA)
Men's
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
- Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- Alexander Zverev (GER)
- Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- Lorenzo Musetti (ITA
Which British players will be competing at the Madrid Open 2026?
Jack Draper will be returning to Madrid this season, one year on from his run to the final at the Madrid Open – his first ATP Masters 1000 final on clay.
Despite finishing runner-up to Casper Ruud in three sets, Draper showed he has the game on clay to beat some of the top players in the world and go all the way at a signature event like the Madrid Open.
The Briton marked his return from injury with a win over Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells before losing out in the quarter-final. After an early exit in Miami, the Brit withdrew from the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters.
Now British No.1 Cam Norrie has enjoyed some strong results so far this year, including a quarter-final in Indian Wells and reaching the third round of the Australian Open.
He lost out in the second round of Monte Carlo to Alex De Minaur, but has shown his quality on the clay previously, winning two of his five ATP titles on the surface.
Emma Raducanu is scheduled to make her return from illness at this year’s WTA 1000 event in Madrid, which will be her first match since losing to Amanada Anisimova in the third round of Indian Wells.
Raducanu’s best result of the season so far has been a runner-up finish at the Transylvania Open and she will be hoping to build some momentum on clay over the next month.
Katie Boulter completes the main draw entry list for the Brits after Sonay Kartal was forced to withdraw due to injury.
Boulter won her fourth WTA title in Ostrava this season and last year bagged her first clay court trophy at the WTA 125 Trophee Clarins.
Past British performances at the Madrid Open
Former world No.1 Andy Murray is the only British tennis player to date who has been crowned the Madrid Open men’s singles champion and has won the tournament twice.
His first title came in 2008 when the event was played on a hard court, with the Brit recording a 6-4, 7-6(6) victory against Frenchman Gilles Simon to clinch the silverware.
In 2015, six years after the tournament transitioned to a clay surface, Murray beat clay-court maestro Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2 to clinch his second crown at the tournament, before finishing runner-up to Novak Djokovic the following year.
Last year, Draper reached his first clay court final at the ATP Masters 1000 event, beating Matteo Berrettini, Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Musetti. However, the British star finished runner-up to Casper Ruud 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
Neal Skupski is the most recent British title winner, lifting the trophy in 2022 with Wesley Koolhof after beating Columbian duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-7,(3), 6-4, 10-5 in the final.
How to watch Madrid Open 2026
You can watch live coverage of all the action at the 2026 Madrid Masters exclusively on Sky Sports Tennis and NOW TV.
Madrid Open prize money
Full details of prize money at the Madrid Open is still yet to be announced.
