Madrid Open (tennis)
| Mutua Madrid Open | |||||||||
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| Location |
Madrid Spain | ||||||||
| Venue |
Madrid Arena (2002–2008) Caja Mágica (since 2009) | ||||||||
| Surface |
Hard - indoors (2002–2008) Clay - outdoors (since 2009) | ||||||||
| Website | madrid-open.com | ||||||||
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| Men's singles |
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| Women's singles |
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| Men's doubles |
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The Madrid Open, sponsored by Mutua Madrileña and so known as Mutua (Madrileña) Madrid Open, is a joint men's and women's professional tennis tournament, held in Madrid, during early May. The clay court event is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the Women's Tennis Association tour. In the past it has also been known as the Madrid Masters. The tournament is traditionally played on a red clay surface. The event was played on blue courts in the 2012 tournament edition, with the ATP deciding against blue thereafter.[1]
Ion Țiriac, a Romanian former ATP player and now billionaire businessman, has been the owner of the tournament since 2009.[2] Țiriac stated that he has an annual net profit of over €35 million and that his tournament brings to Madrid revenues exceeding €200 million.[3]
History
From its inauguration as a men's only event in 2002, the tournament was classified as one of the ATP Masters Series tournaments. It was held from 2002 to 2007 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) . In 2009, tournament was transformed, expanding to include a premier women's contest and shifting to an earlier period of the tennis season to become the second Master's tournament of the spring European clay court swing; and moving outdoors to Park Manzanares, where a new complex with a retractable-roof equipped main court was constructed, the Caja Magica.
Blue clay
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 color 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.[4] 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 current director, has assured that aside from the colour, the surface keeps the same properties as the traditional red clay.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Past finals
Men
Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  | | Walkover |
| 2003 |  |  | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2004 | |  | 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2005 | | | 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2006 |  | | 7–5, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2007 | | | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2008 |  |  | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Changed from Hard to Clay Court | |||
| 2009 | | | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2010 | | | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2011 |  | | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2012 | | | 3–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2013 | | | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2014 | |  | 2–6, 6–4, 3–0 Ret. |
| 2015 | | | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2016 | | | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 2017 | | | 7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
| 2018 | | | 6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles
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- ↑ As a successor of Hamburg Masters since 2009.
Women
Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||
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| ↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2009 | |  | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||
| 2010 | | | 6–2, 7–5 | ||||
| 2011 | | .svg.png){kind=small} | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | ||||
| 2012 | |  | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||
| 2013 | | | 6–1, 6–4 | ||||
| 2014 | |  | 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||
| 2015 | | | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||
| 2016 | |  | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||
| 2017 | | | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 | ||||
| 2018 | |  | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 | ||||
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2009 |  | | 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | ||||
| 2010 | |  | 6–2, 7–5 | ||||
| 2011 | |  | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||
| 2012 | | | 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] | ||||
| 2013 | |  | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||
| 2014 | | | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||
| 2015 |   | | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] | ||||
| 2016 | |  | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||
| 2017 |  |  | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||
| 2018 | | | 2–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||||
Records
Men's singles
- Most titles: 5
- Most finals: 8
- Most consecutive titles: 2
- Most consecutive finals: 3
Men's doubles
- Most titles: 5
- Most consecutive titles: 2
Women's singles
- Most titles: 3
- Most finals: 3
Women's doubles
- Most titles: 2
See also
References
- ↑ "ATP DECIDES AGAINST BLUE CLAY IN 2013". atpworldtour. 23 June 2012.
- ↑ "Madrid Masters goes bling". tennisworldusa. 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "VIDEO Ion Țiriac e foarte mândru de turneul pe care-l patronează: "Madridul nu avea nimic în afară de Real!"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 8 May 2015.
- ↑ AS, Diario (29 November 2011). "El Mutua Madrid Open se jugará en una pista azul". as.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Blue clay may be in play". Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ↑ "Is blue the new red? Madrid's clay court revolution". Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ↑ "Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal threaten to boycott Madrid Open if they don't change blue clay-court". 2012-05-11.