The 2025 Madrid Open women\u2019s singles draw is out \u2013 and Iga Swiatek could have to play two women who have already beaten her this year before the quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n
World No 2 Swiatek<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n However, the five-time Grand Slam champion has been handed an unkind draw early on in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Keys could well face Naomi Osaka in her opening match, and take on 11th seed and compatriot Emma Navarro in the fourth round.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Swiatek\u2019s projected semi-final opponent is fourth seed Coco Gauff, who herself will be looking to find some form after a tricky few months.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek facing desperate rankings slide unless she starts winning clay court titles<\/a><\/p>\n Coco Gauff backed to win \u2018multiple Grand Slams\u2019 as Serena Williams\u2019 ex-coach comes to her defence<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The top half of the draw is headlined by world No 1 and two-time Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>, gunning for a third title after missing championship points against Swiatek twelve months ago.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Third seed Jessica Pegula is Sabalenka\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0ATP Madrid Masters 2025: Who is defending champion? 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