Madrid Open 2026 tennis order of play and TV coverage – Tuesday 21st April
We've rounded up the full Madrid Open 2026 TV details, schedule and order of play today.
Forget the big four, we're living in the 'Big Two' era now as the elite tennis season heads to Madrid.
The men's game is incredibly tight at the top between newly-restored world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
However, those two men boast more than double the points of Alexander Zverev in third, with Novak Djokovic also way off the pace in fourth.
The WTA Rankings paint a very different picture. Aryna Sabalenka remains peerless and unchallenged at the top as we head to the Spanish capital.
Sabalenka and the rest of the seeded players have a bye but the women's singles starts on Tuesday, with Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and legendary American Venus Williams among those in action.
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 – Tuesday 21 April
All UK time. Singles matches only.
Manolo Santana
Scheduled 10am
- WTA R1: Petra Marcinko (CRO) vs Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)
Estimated 11:30am
- WTA R1: Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)
Estimated 1pm
- WTA R1: Paula Badosa (ESP) vs Julia Grabher (AUT)
Estimated 3pm
- WTA R1: Kaitlin Quevedo (ESP) vs Venus Williams (USA)
Estimated 4:30pm
- WTA R1: Peyton Stearns (USA) vs Lois Boisson (FRA)
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
Scheduled 10am
- WTA R1: Tatjana Maria (GER) vs Laura Samson (CZE)
Estimated 11:30am
- WTA R1: Laura Siegemund (GER) vs Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
Estimated 1pm
- WTA R128: Anna Bondar (HUN) vs Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
Estimated 2:30pm
- WTA R1: Robin Montgomery (USA) vs Magda Linette (POL)
Estimated 4pm
- WTA R1: Anastasia Zakharova vs Camila Osorio (COL)
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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