Mutua Madrid Open 2026, where to watch and live stream

The Mutua Madrid Open runs in Madrid, Spain from 21 Apr to 3 May, played on slow red clay. Bounces sit higher than on any other tour surface and rallies run longer, which suits heavy topspin and punishes flat hitters. It is a Masters 1000 / WTA 1000, the tier directly below the Slams and mandatory for the world top thirty outside of injury. The singles champion takes 1,000 ranking points, plus a prize pool that sits second only to the Slams.

First held in 2002, played at Caja Mágica, Madrid. The 2026 edition has wrapped. The full results sit below; the recap and the 2027 dates are above.

Casper Ruud defends the men's title · Aryna Sabalenka defends the women's title.

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The Caja Magica sits at 667 metres above sea level, comfortably the highest stop on the European clay swing. Air density is roughly seven per cent lower than at sea level, which means the ball flies further, serves arrive faster, and the same red clay that runs slow in Rome plays measurably quicker here. The afternoon thermals off the Manzanares basin add another layer: the ball jumps off the surface in the warmest part of the day and settles back to a normal clay bounce after dusk. Players whose game is built on heavy topspin sometimes find their margin disappearing into the lines, while flatter hitters who cannot wait for clay points elsewhere tend to find a gear in Madrid they do not show in Rome.

The combined ATP and WTA fortnight, mandatory for both tours, is the most physically demanding two weeks of the clay calendar. Best-of-three throughout for the men keeps the schedule tight, but the format also produces tighter scorelines than Rome or Roland Garros, where best-of-five gives the better mover time to grind back. Carlos Alcaraz won the last men’s title here in 2025; Sabalenka has owned the women’s draw, with three titles in the post-pandemic era. Anyone watching from outside Spain should expect the courts to play closer to a slow hard than to a true clay.