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The Madrid Open clicks into gear on Wednesday – with the first round of the men’s and women’s singles now under way.
Britain’s Katie Boulter is among those aiming to make a winning start at the ATP/WTA 1000 tournament, where she takes on Taylor Townsend today.
British No.1 Cam Norrie has a bye to the second round, along with the rest of the seeded players, including Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who are set to continue their battle for World No.1.
The WTA Rankings paint a very different picture. Aryna Sabalenka remains peerless and unchallenged at the top as we head to the Spanish capital.
Roland-Garros, the second major of the year, is fast approaching and the Madrid Open offers players another chance to test themselves on clay.
Radio Times has the full order of play for the Madrid Open 2026, with the full tournament schedule, updated with the latest matches each and every day.
Madrid Open 2026 order of play – Wednesday 22 April
All UK time. Singles matches only.
Manolo Santana
From 10am
- WTA R1: Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs Carlota Martinez Cirez (ESP) [WC]
Estimated 10:30am
- ATP R1: Dino Prizmic (CRO) [Q] vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
Estimated 12pm
- ATP R1: Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG)
Estimated 3pm
- WTA R1: Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs Sinja Kraus (AUT)
Estimated 4:30pm
- ATP R1: Rafael Jodar (ESP) [WC] vs Jesper de Jong (NED)
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
From 10am
- ATP R1: Zizou Bergs (BEL) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)
Estimated 11am
- WTA R1: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Alexandra Eala (PHI)
Estimated 12:30pm
- WTA R1: Talia Gibson (AUS) vs Emiliana Arango (COL)
Estimated 2pm
- ATP R1: Jaime Faria (POR) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Estimated 3:30pm
- WTA R1: Taylor Townsend (USA) vs Katie Boulter (GBR)
Stadium 3
From 10am
- WTA R1: Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs Eva Lys (GER)
Estimated 10:30am
- WTA R1: Daria Snigur (UKR) vs Daria Kasatkina
Estimated 12pm
- WTA R1: Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs Tereza Valentova (CZE)
Estimated 1:30pm
- ATP R1: Tomas Machac (CZE) vs Francisco Comesana (ARG)
Estimated 3pm
- ATP R1: Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) vs Valentin Royer (FRA)
Pista 4
From 10am
- ATP R1: Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) vs Vit Kopriva (CZE)
Estimated 10:30am
- ATP R1: Ignacio Buse (PER) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Estimated 12pm
- ATP R1: Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Estimated 1:30pm
- ATP R1: Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
Estimated 3pm
- ATP R1: Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs Titouan Droguet (FRA)
Pista 5
From 10am
- WTA R1: Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs Antonia Ruzic (CRO)
Estimated 10:30am
- WTA R1: Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) vs Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR)
Estimated 12pm
- WTA R1: Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs Solana Sierra (ARG)
Estimated 1:30pm
- WTA R1: Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs Sofia Kenin (USA)
Estimated 3pm
- WTA R1: Caty McNally (USA) vs Katie Volynets (USA)
Pista 6
From 10am
- ATP R1: Jenson Brooksby (USA) vs Emilio Nava (USA)
Estimated 10:30am
- ATP R1: Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs Mattia Bellucci (ITA)
Estimated 12pm
- ATP R1: Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
Estimated 1:30pm
- ATP R1: Elmer Moller (DEN) vs Federico Cina (ITA)
Pista 7
From 10am
- WTA R1: Panna Udvardy (HUN) vs Kimberly Birrell (AUS)
Estimated 11am
- WTA R1: Dalma Galfi (HUN) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
Estimated 12:30pm
- WTA R1: Janice Tjen (INA) vs Alina Charaeva
Estimated 2pm
- WTA R1: Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) vs Simona Waltert (SUI)
Estimated 3:30pm
- WTA R1: Elvina Kalieva (USA) vs Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Madrid Open 2026 schedule
ATP 1000
- Round 1: Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23 April
- Round 2: Friday 24 – Saturday 25 April
- Round 3: Sunday 26 – Monday 27 April
- Round 4: Tuesday 28 April
- Quarter-finals: Wednesday 29 – Thursday 30 April
- Semi-finals: Friday 1st May
- Final: Sunday 3rd May
WTA 1000
- Round 1: Tuesday 21 – Wednesday 22 April
- Round 2: Thursday 23 – Friday 24 April
- Round 3: Saturday 25 – Sunday 26 April
- Round 4: Monday 27 April
- Quarter-finals: Tuesday 28 – Wednesday 29 April
- Semi-finals: Thursday 30 April
- Final: Saturday 2nd May
How to watch Madrid Open 2026 on TV and live stream in the UK
You can watch the Madrid Open 2026 live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports Main Event.
Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £20 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can pick up the complete sports package plus Netflix for £35 per month.
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
