Iga Swiatek, Andrey Rublev wins the Madrid Open Tennis Singles Title
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World no.1 women's tennis players Iga Swiatek and Andrey Rublev won the women’s and men’s singles titles at the 2024 Madrid Open, respectively. This was the first Madrid Open title for Iga Swiatek of Poland, while it was the second Madrid Open title for Andrey Rublev.
The Madrid Open Tennis was held in the Spanish capital city of Madrid from 22 April to 5 May 2024.
The Madrid Open was a 1000-event, which means that the winners of the men’s and women’s titles will receive 1000 ranking points.
Iga Swiatek's first WTA 1000 Madrid Open Singles title
World no.1 Iga Swiatek of Poland won the WTA 1000 Madrid Open title. In the final, she defeated Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (9/7) to win her first Madrid Open title. Last year, she lost in the final to Aryna Sabalenka.
The Madrid Open title was the 20th title of her career and the ninth WTA 1000-level tournament. Women’s Doubles title
The Spanish duo of Sara Sorribes and Cristina Bucsa defeated the pair of Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Laura Siegemund (Germany) in a straight set 6-0,6-2 to win their first WTA 1000 event. It was the first time in Madrid's open history that a Spaniard duo won the title of women’s doubles.
Andrey Rublev wins the ATP Madrid Open Masters 1000 Singles Title
Andrey Rublev of Russia won the singles title of the ATP Madrid Open Masters 1000, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, to win his second ATP Masters title.
The 26-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev won his first Masters title last year. He won the ATP Monte Carlo Masters Open Masters 1000 title last year.
It was the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament final for Auger-Aliassime..
This was the 16th career title for Andrey Rublev.
J Thompson and S Korda win the Men’s Doubles Title
In the men's doubles, Jordan Thompson (Australia) and Sebastian Korda (United States) defeated Adam Pavlesak (Czech Republic) and Ariel Behra (Uruguay) 6-3,7-6 in the final. It was the duo's first Masters 1000 doubles title.
Masters 1000 Tennis event
The governing body of professional men’s tennis, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), organises ATP Masters 1000 events.
Similarly, the women's professional tennis governing body WTA(Women Tennis Association) organises the WTA 1000 Tennis tournament.
The nine ATP Master 1000 tennis tournaments organised by ATP are Indian Wells, Miami Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, Canadian Open, Cincinnati Masters, Shanghai Masters, Paris Masters, and Monte-Carlo Masters.
The nine WTA 1000 tennis tournaments organised by WTA are Beijing, Indian Wells, Miami, Cincinnati, Doha/Dubai, Rome, Montreal/Toronto, and Wuhan.
The winner of the title wins 1000 ranking points.
