The 2025 Madrid Open women’s singles draw is out – and Iga Swiatek could have to play two women who have already beaten her this year before the quarter-final stage.
World No 2 Swiatek heads into Madrid as the defending champion and is desperately looking to get back to title-winning ways, having not reached a final since Roland Garros last June.
However, the five-time Grand Slam champion has been handed an unkind draw early on in the Spanish capital.
Swiatek, like all 32 seeds, has received an opening-round bye but could then face Alex Eala in the second round, just weeks after the Filipina stunned the world No 2 in Miami.
Eala has received a wildcard into the draw and will have to first beat Viktoriya Tomova in the first round to set up a clash against Swiatek.
Swiatek is then projected to face 31st seed Linda Noskova, who beat her at the 2024 Australian Open, in round three, before a projected fourth-round clash versus 13th seed Diana Shnaider.
However, 23rd seed Jelena Ostapenko is also a potential fourth-round opponent for Swiatek, just days after the Latvian moved to six wins from six over the Pole thanks to victory in Stuttgart.
Swiatek is in the same quarter of the draw as fifth seed Madison Keys, in what could be a rematch of their thrilling Australian Open semi-final.
Keys could well face Naomi Osaka in her opening match, and take on 11th seed and compatriot Emma Navarro in the fourth round.
Meanwhile, Swiatek’s projected semi-final opponent is fourth seed Coco Gauff, who herself will be looking to find some form after a tricky few months.
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Gauff has a fairly kind draw early on but could face in-form 20th seed Clara Tauson in round four, before a potential quarter-final against seventh seed, and Dubai and Indian Wells champion, Mirra Andreeva.
The top half of the draw is headlined by world No 1 and two-time Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, gunning for a third title after missing championship points against Swiatek twelve months ago.
Sabalenka is projected to start against a qualifier in round two and then face 28th seed Elise Mertens, whom she beat in Stuttgart this week, in round three.
The Belarusian could face a significant test in the fourth round against 15th seed Amanda Anisimova, before a potential quarter-final against eighth seed Zheng Qinwen or ninth seed Paula Badosa.
Also present in the top quarter of the draw is Emma Raducanu, who will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing campaign in Madrid last year.
Raducanu will face Suzan Lamens in round one and would then face 24th seed Marta Kostyuk should she progress, before a potentiak third round against Badosa.
Third seed Jessica Pegula is Sabalenka’s projected semi-final opponent and could face 26th seed Ons Jabeur in the third round, in what would be a rematch of the 2022 final.
Pegula is projected to face 14th seed Daria Kasatkina in the fourth round, before a potential quarter-final versus sixth seed Jasmine Paolini or 10th seed Elena Rybakina.
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