The 2022 Madrid Open will be played from April 28th until May 7th, as the best women in the world will hit the clay courts in the Spanish capital.
Draw of the 2022 Madrid Open took part with the help of Simona Halep who triumphed in Madrid twice before. All eyes were on the first-seeded Iga Swiatek who is on an incredible 23-match winning streak.
In the first round, she was supposed to play against one of the qualifiers. However, the world number 1 withdrew from the tournament due to a right shoulder injury.
The third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who played the final against Iga Swiatek at the 2022 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix will kick-off her 2022 Madrid Open campaign against Amanda Anisimova. In the second round, she could meet another strong opponent, Liudmila Samsonova who also did very well in Stuttgart.
The second-seeded Paula Badosa will meet Veronika Kudermetova in the first round as she could meet winner of the match between Simona Halep and Shuai Zhaing in the second and another seeded player Coco Gauff in the third.
The fifth-seeded Karolina Pliskova will have a very interesting draw. The Czech player will meet a qualifier in the first round and in the second round she could meet one of the qualifiers again.
Some interesting first round matches include the matchup between Bianca Andreescu and Alison Riske as the winner will take on the winner from the match between Danielle Collins and Monica Puig.
Naomi Osaka, who received a wild-card for the tournament will face a qualifier in the first round and the fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari will play against Madison Keys in the first round.
British sensation, Emma Raducanu will take on Tereza Martincova in the first round, as she will enter the match with 7-5, 7-5 victory from the recent Billie Jean King Cup in her mind.
2022 Madrid Open WTA Draw:
| 1. Leylah Fernandez (17) |
| 2. Qualifier |
| 3. Jil Teichmann |
| 4. Petra Kvitova |
| 5. Ana Konjuh |
| 6. Katerina Siniakova |
| 7. Qualifier |
| 8. Elena Rybakina (16) |
| 9. Emma Raducanu (9) |
| 10. Tereza Martincova |
| 11. Marta Kostyuk |
| 12. Clara Tauson |
| 13. Sloane Stephens |
| 14. Anhelina Kalinina |
| 15. Ajla Tomljanovic |
| 16. Garbine Muguruza (7) |
| 17. Maria Sakkari (4) |
| 18. Madison Keys |
| 19. Qualifier |
| 20. Daria Kasatkina |
| 21. Qualifier |
| 22. Naomi Osaka |
| 23. Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| 24. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (13) |
| 25. Jessica Pegula (12) |
| 26. Camila Giorgi |
| 27. Linda Fruhvirtova |
| 28. Qualifier |
| 29. Bianca Andreescu |
| 30. Alison Riske |
| 31. Monica Puig |
| 32. Danielle Collins (6) |
| 33. Karolina Pliskova (5) |
| 34. Qualifier |
| 35. Qualifier |
| 36. Qualifier |
| 37. Nuria Parrizas Diaz |
| 38. Sorana Cirstea |
| 39. Qualifier |
| 40. Jelena Ostapenko (10) |
| 41. Victoria Azarenka (15) |
| 42. Viktorija Golubic |
| 43. Qualifier |
| 44. Tamara Zidansek |
| 45. Liudmila Smasonova |
| 46. Qualifier |
| 47. Amanda Anisimova |
| 48. Aryna Sabalenka (3) |
| 49. Ons Jabeur (8) |
| 50. Jasmine Paolini |
| 51. Alizé Cornet |
| 52. Qualifier |
| 53. Qinwen Zheng |
| 54. Karolina Muchova |
| 55. Qualifier |
| 56. Belinda Bencic (11) |
| 57. Coco Gauff (14) |
| 58. Qualifier |
| 59. Yulia Putintseva |
| 60. Shelby Rogers |
| 61. Simona Halep |
| 62. Shuai Zheng |
| 63. Veronika Kudermetova |
| 64. Paula Badosa (2) |
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