Comes the most anticipated tournament. Start the Madrid Open at the Magic Box in Madrid from April 29 to May 8.
One of the most important tournaments in the world, reached its tenth edition to bring the best players in the world.
The Madrid tournament to be played on clay, along with Roland Garros and Wimbledon, the only combined tournament (with box male and female) in Europe.
The installation of the tournament has been designed by French architect Dominique Perrault and is one of the most unique buildings and significant global sports architecture. The Centre Court will be located on the premises of the Magic Box at Parque del Manzanares has a capacity of approximately 12,500 people. But it will also have two other tracks of great capacity, Stage 2 – Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario ready to welcome 3,500 people and Stage 3 with a capacity of 2. 500 fans. There will also be 4 other outdoor race tracks and 6 tracks of training, a complex made specifically for playing tennis.
The men’s tournament Mutua Madrid Open circuit is part of the prestigious Masters 1000 (former Tennis Masters Series), which, spread over nine tournaments in different cities around the world (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Canada, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris) are the most points spread for the world ranking (after the four Grand Slam Australia Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, and the ATP World Tour Finals)
During these days plays the women’s tournament, part of the Premier Mandatory WTA Tour (near Indian Wells, Miami and Beijing, the second largest after the Grand Slams and the WTA Championships) and is equipped with 4,500. 000 dollars in prizes. In 2011, the day will be divided into two, with a daytime and a night shift.
The previous winners of the Madrid Open Mutual were: Andre Agassi (2002), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003), Marat Safin (2004), Rafael Nadal (2005 and 2010), Roger Federer (2006 and 2009) David Nalbandian (2007) Andy Murray (2008), Dinara Safina (2009) and Aravane Rezai (2010).