Madrid - early results

Madrid, for the next week, is playing host to the very best in men’s and women’s tennis.

Mutua Madrid Open - a WTA Premier Mandatory category tournament, on Red Clay, in Madrid, Spain,  4-11 May 2019.

Defending champion:

Petra Kvitová (10) who defeated Kiki Bertens 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Bianca Andreescu replaced by Pauline Parmentier 

- Camila Giorgi replaced by Kirsten Flipkens 

- Maria Sharapova replaced by Alizé Cornet 

- Serena Williams replaced by Petra Martic 

- Venus Williams replaced by Daria Gavrilova 

Naomi Osaka, world number 1, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 17

There are no byes.

Early first round results 

- Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Anett Kontaveit (14) 0-6 6-3 6-2

- Wildcard Sveta Kuznetsova defeated Aryna Sabalenka (10) 7-5 6-4

- Ashleigh Barty (9) defeated Daria Gavrilova 6-1 6-2

- Yulia Putintseva defeated wildcard Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-3

- Victoria Azarenka defeated Daria Kasatkina 7-5 6-4

- Kiki Bertens (7) defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-2

- Jelena Ostapenko defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-1

- Anastasija Sevastova (12) defeated Kirsten Flipkens 0-6 6-3 6-2

- Caroline Garcia defeated Hsieh Su-Wei 7-5 6-2

- Petra Kvitová (2) defeated Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-4

Mutua Madrid Open - an ATP Masters 1000 category tournament, on Red Clay, in Madrid, Spain,  4-11 May 2019.

Defending champion:

Alexander Zverev (2) who defeated Dominic Thiem (5) 6-4 6-4

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Kevin Anderson replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff

- John Isner replaced by Andreas Seppi 

- Milos Raonic replaced by Radu Albot 

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdrew after the main draw was published,  and was replaced by a lucky loser.

Novak Djokovic, world number 1, is top seed.

The other 15 seeds are all in the top 19

The top 8 seeds have first round byes.