Madrid Open (tennis)
| Mutua Madrid Open |
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The Madrid Open, currently sponsored by Mutua Madrileña, is a male and female professional tennis tournament, currently held in Madrid, Spain, during the first week of May. The event is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event 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 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open and before that the Madrid Masters. The tournament is traditionally played on a red clay surface. Despite having been played on blue courts in the 2012 tournament edition the ATP decided against it for the 2013 edition.[1]
Ion Ţiriac, former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman, is the current owner of the tournament.[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 2002, the tournament was classified as an ATP Masters Series event on the men's tour. The event was held since 2002 the Madrid Arena. The tournament was played from 2002 through 2008 on indoor hardcourts. In 2009, the surface became clay courts, the venue was changed to the Park Manzanares, and the tournament was expanded to include WTA professionals.
Blue clay
Businessman and former player Ion Ţiriac, the Romanian owner of the Madrid Masters that since 2009 has been a clay court tournament, proposed a new color of blue clay for all the courts, on the grounds that it would supposedly be better visually, especially for viewers on television. Critics suggested that the adaptation of blue color is 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, Ţiriac 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, due to many top players' concerns over slipping over and not feeling steady on the surface, the tournament returned to the traditional red clay for 2013.
Records
Men's singles
- Most titles: 4
Rafael Nadal (2005, 2010, 2013–14)
- Most finals: 7
- Rafael Nadal (2005, 2009–11, 2013–15)
- Most consecutive titles: 2
- Rafael Nadal (2013–14)
- Most consecutive finals: 3
- Rafael Nadal (2009–11, 2013–15)
Men's doubles
- Most titles: 5
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Daniel Nestor (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014)
- Most consecutive titles: 2
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor (2004-2005)- Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (2006-2007, 2010-2011)
Women's singles
- Most titles: 2
Petra Kvitová (2011, 2015)- Serena Williams (2012, 2013)
- Most finals: 2
Victoria Azarenka (2011, 2012)- Petra Kvitová (2011, 2015)
- Serena Williams (2012, 2013)
Maria Sharapova (2013, 2014)
Women's doubles
- Most titles: 2
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (2012, 2014)
Past finals
Men
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  Andre Agassi |
 Jiří Novák |
W/O |
| 2003 |  Juan Carlos Ferrero |
 Nicolás Massú |
6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2004 |  Marat Safin |
 David Nalbandian |
6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2005 | Rafael Nadal |
 Ivan Ljubičić |
3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2006 |  Roger Federer |
Fernando González |
7–5, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2007 | David Nalbandian |
Roger Federer |
1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2008 |  Andy Murray |
 Gilles Simon |
6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| 2009* | Roger Federer |
Rafael Nadal |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal |
Roger Federer |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2011 |  Novak Djokovic |
Rafael Nadal |
7–5, 6–4 |
| 2012 | Roger Federer |
Tomáš Berdych |
3–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2013 | Rafael Nadal |
Stanislas Wawrinka |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 2014 | Rafael Nadal |
 Kei Nishikori |
2–6, 6–4, 3–0, ret. |
| 2015 | Andy Murray |
Rafael Nadal |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 2016 |  |
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Doubles
- - As a successor of Hamburg Masters since 2009.
Women
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2009 | Dinara Safina |
 Caroline Wozniacki |
6–2, 6–4 | ||||
| 2010 | Aravane Rezaï |
Venus Williams |
6–2, 7–5 | ||||
| 2011 | Petra Kvitová |
 Victoria Azarenka |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | ||||
| 2012 | Serena Williams |
Victoria Azarenka |
6–1, 6–3 | ||||
| 2013 | Serena Williams (2) |
Maria Sharapova |
6–1, 6–4 | ||||
| 2014 | Maria Sharapova |
 Simona Halep |
1–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||
| 2015 | Petra Kvitová (2) |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
6–1, 6–2 | ||||
Doubles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓ | |||||||
| 2009 |  Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] | ||||
| 2010 | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta |
6–2, 7–5 | ||||
| 2011 | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko |
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik |
6–4, 6–3 | ||||
| 2012 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
6–1, 3–6, [10–4] | ||||
| 2013 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová |
Cara Black  Marina Erakovic |
6–2, 6–4 | ||||
| 2014 | Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2) |
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro |
6–4, 6–3 | ||||
| 2015 |  Casey Dellacqua Yaroslava Shvedova |
Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5] | ||||
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.
- ^ http://www.as.com/tenis/articulo/mutua-madrid-open-jugara-pista/20111129dasdasten_7/Tes
- ^ "Blue clay may be in play". Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ "Is blue the new red? Madrid's clay court revolution". Retrieved 2011-12-01.