2018 Mutua Madrid Open Explained

The 2018 Mutua Madrid Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 5–13 May 2018. It was the 17th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 10th on the WTA Tour. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2018 WTA Tour.^{[1] [2]}

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85		width=85		width=85
Men's singles	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's doubles						10
Women's singles		650	390	215	120	65	10	30	20	2
Women's doubles						10

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Men's singles	€1,190,490	€583,725	€293,780	€149,390	€77,575	€40,900	€22,080	€5,090	€2,595
style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	€1,190,490	€583,725	€293,780	€149,390	€77,575	€36,775	€17,275	€4,775	€2,325
style=background:#ededed	Men's doubles	€368,670	€180,490	€90,540	€46,470	€24,020	€12,670
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	€368,670	€180,490	€90,540	€46,470	€23,500	€12,100

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 30 April 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 7 May 2018.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	8,770	1,000	180	7,950	Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
2	3	Alexander Zverev	5,195	180	1000	6,015	Champion, defeated Dominic Thiem [5]
3	4	Grigor Dimitrov	4,950	90	10	4,870	Second round lost to Milos Raonic
4	6	Juan Martín del Potro	4,470	(20)^‡	90	4,540	Third round lost to Dušan Lajović [Q]
5	7	Dominic Thiem	3,545	600	600	3,545	Runner-up, lost to Alexander Zverev [2]
6	8	Kevin Anderson	3,345	(45)^†	360	3,660	Semifinals lost to Dominic Thiem [5]
7	9	John Isner	3,125	0	180	3,305	Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev [2]
8	10	David Goffin	3,020	180	90	2,930	Third round lost to Kyle Edmund
9	11	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,280	10	10	2,280	First round lost to Borna Ćorić
10	12	Novak Djokovic	2,220	360	45	1,905	Second round lost to Kyle Edmund
11	14	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,175	10	45	2,210	Second round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
12	15	Jack Sock	2,155	10	10	2,155	First round lost to Pablo Cuevas
13	16	Diego Schwartzman	2,085	45	90	2,130	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
14	17	Tomáš Berdych	2,060	90	10	1,980	First round lost to Richard Gasquet
15	18	Lucas Pouille	1,995	10	10	1,995	First round lost to Benoît Paire
16	19	Fabio Fognini	1,840	45	10	1,805	First round lost to Leonardo Mayer

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
‡ The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawals

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Reason
2		9,670	0	8,670	Scheduling
5		4,780	10	4,770	Knee injury
13		2,220	0	2,220	Scheduling

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• • • • Pablo Andújar Roberto Carballés Baena Guillermo García López Stefanos Tsitsipas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nikoloz Basilashvili
  • • • • Marius Copil Federico Delbonis Evgeny Donskoy Nicolás Kicker Mikhail Kukushkin
• Dušan Lajović

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Marin Čilić → replaced by Julien Benneteau
• Roger Federer → replaced by Denis Shapovalov
• David Ferrer → replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
• Filip Krajinović → replaced by Daniil Medvedev
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Mischa Zverev
• Gilles Müller → replaced by Paolo Lorenzi
• Andy Murray → replaced by Benoît Paire
• Sam Querrey → replaced by Jared Donaldson
• Andrey Rublev → replaced by Tennys Sandgren
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Ryan Harrison
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Poland	Łukasz Kubot	Brazil	Marcelo Melo	3	1
	Bob Bryan		Mike Bryan	10	2
Finland	Henri Kontinen	Australia	John Peers	15	3
France	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	France	Nicolas Mahut	26	4
United Kingdom	Jamie Murray	Brazil	Bruno Soares	27	5
Colombia	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Colombia	Robert Farah	36	6
	Ivan Dodig		Rajeev Ram	37	7
India	Rohan Bopanna	France	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	44	8

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • David Marrero / Fernando Verdasco Florin Mergea / Daniel Nestor

Retirements

• Bob Bryan (hip injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 30 April 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 7 May 2018.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Simona Halep	8,055	1,000	215	7,270	Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [6]
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	6,790	65	120	6,845	Third round lost to Kiki Bertens
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	6,065	10	120	6,175	Third round lost to Daria Kasatkina [14]
4	4	Elina Svitolina	5,450	10	65	5,505	Second round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro
5	5	Jeļena Ostapenko	5,273	(1)^†	10	5,282	First round lost to Irina-Camelia Begu
6	6	Karolína Plíšková	5,100	65	390	5,425	Semifinals lost to Petra Kvitová [10]
7	7	Caroline Garcia	4,700	10	390	5,080	Semifinals lost to Kiki Bertens
8	8	Venus Williams	4,276	0	10	4,286	First round lost to Anett Kontaveit
9	9	Sloane Stephens	3,939	0	120	4,059	Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [6]
10	10	Petra Kvitová	3,550	0	1000	4,550	Champion, defeated Kiki Bertens
11	12	Julia Görges	2,980	10	120	3,090	Third round lost to Caroline Garcia [7]
12	13	CoCo Vandeweghe	2,738	215	10	2,533	First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
13	14	Madison Keys	2,722	10	10	2,722	First round lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo [WC]
14	15	Daria Kasatkina	2,570	10	215	2,775	Quarterfinals lost to Petra Kvitová [10]
15	17	Anastasija Sevastova	2,505	390	65	2,180	Second round lost to Kiki Bertens
16	19	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2,295	(80)^‡	10	2,225	First round lost to Johanna Konta

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017, but was defending points from an ITF Women's Circuit tournament.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• • • Lara Arruabarrena Georgina García Pérez Marta Kostyuk
• Monica Puig
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Victoria Azarenka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • • • Danielle Collins Sara Errani Bernarda Pera Kristýna Plíšková
  • Aryna Sabalenka Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
  • Sílvia Soler Espinosa Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Maria Sakkari
• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Angelique Kerber → replaced by Donna Vekić
• Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
• Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Serena Williams → replaced by Wang Qiang

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	4	1
Czech Republic	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	Barbora Strýcová	17	2
Hungary	Tímea Babos	France	Kristina Mladenovic	19	3
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	China	Xu Yifan	26	4
	Latisha Chan		Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32	5
Czech Republic	Barbora Krejčiková	Czech Republic	Kateřina Siniaková	34	6
	Andreja Klepač	Spain	María José Martínez Sánchez	36	7
	Chan Hao-ching	China	Yang Zhaoxuan	39	8

• Rankings are as of April 30, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Sorana Cîrstea / Sara Sorribes Tormo Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

• • Christina McHale / Peng Shuai Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Olga Savchuk

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kateryna Bondarenko (head injury)
• Elise Mertens (gastrointestinal illness)
• Jeļena Ostapenko (abdominal injury)

Champions

Men's singles

• Alexander Zverev def. Dominic Thiem, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

• Petra Kvitová def. Kiki Bertens, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

• Nikola Mektić / Alexander Peya def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 5–3, ret.

Women's doubles

• Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina def. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic, 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mutua Madrid Open | May 5th - 14th 2017 . Madrid-open.com . 2017-03-27 . 2017-04-21.
2. Web site: Mutua Madrid Open Madrid Caja Mágica . Esmadrid.com . 2017-04-21.