Tournament Info
Tier: Premier Mandatory Prize Money: $4,185,405
Surface: RED Clay Director: Manolo Santana
WTA tennis in Madrid dates back to 1996. Mutua Madrid Open, one of four Premier Mandatory tournaments on the calendar, debuted in 2009 running alongside the ATP event that launched in 2002.
The venue that hosts the event, La Caja Mágica (The Magic Box), was unveiled in 2009.It has three clay courts with retractable roofs. Center Court - Manolo Santana Stadium - can hold 12,500 people, and Court 2 - Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario Stadium - and Court 3 seat 3,500 and 2,500, respectively. That allows for up to three matches to be played simultaneously in the event of rain, a luxury that none of the four majors offer.
The idea that received the most attention was the event becoming the first-ever to be played on blue clay - switching from its traditional red clay - for 2012. Too many protested and it was back to red clay in 2013, Madrid saw its first repeat winner in Serena Williams. Maria Sharapova was victorious in 2014.
The draw in Madrid 2015
1 WILLIAMS, Serena USA
2 BRENGLE, Madison USA
3 MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie USA
4 STEPHENS, Sloane USA
5 TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla CRO
6 BENCIC, Belinda SUI
7 AZARENKA, Victoria BLR
8 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
9 SUÃREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP
10 DIYAS, Zarina KAZ
11 QUALIFIER
12 QUALIFIER
13 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR
14 HANTUCHOVA, Daniela SVK
15 DULGHERU, Alexandra ROU
16 IVANOVIC, Ana SRB
17 KVITOVA, Petra CZE
18 QUALIFIER
19 LISICKI, Sabine GER
20 VANDEWEGHE, CoCo USA
21 PENG, Shuai CHN
22 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
23 QUALIFIER
24 ERRANI, Sara ITA
25 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
26 PENNETTA, Flavia ITA
27 BEGU, Irina-Camelia ROU
28 NARA, Kurumi JPN
29 QUALIFIER
30 LEPCHENKO, Varvara USA
31 STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
32 BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
33 WOZNIACKI, Caroline DEN
34 GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila AUS
35 QUALIFIER
36 BARTHEL, Mona GER
37 DELLACQUA, Casey AUS
38 SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA
39 ARRUABARRENA, Lara ESP
40 RADWANSKA, Agnieszka POL
41 PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE
42 SOLER-ESPINOSA, SÃlvia ESP
43 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
44 QUALIFIER
45 WATSON, Heather GBR
46 QUALIFIER
47 BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI
48 SHARAPOVA, Maria RUS
49 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS
50 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS
51 MUGURUZA, Garbiñe ESP
52 TORRÓ-FLOR, MarÃa-Teresa ESP
53 KANEPI, Kaia EST
54 KEYS, Madison USA
55 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
56 KERBER, Angelique GER
57 SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
58 RISKE, Alison USA
59 GIORGI, Camila ITA
60 PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL
61 PUIG, Monica PUR
62 VINCI, Roberta ITA
63 CORNET, Alizé FRA
64 HALEP, Simona ROU
