The APT/WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Tennis Open

The 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 for men and part of the Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour for women, takes place May 13-16 in Madrid, Spain.

For the first time ever, the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open will be played, not at its usual (now former) site for the last two decades but in the sparkling new outdoor Magic Box Tennis stadium built to maintain Madrid’s reputation of being the global tennis capital.

Reigning champ from last year’s ATP World Tour Madrileña Madrid Open, Roger Federer, will be there to defend his title against comers like Andy Roddic, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray. And they’ll all be competing for a total prize purse of€ 2,835,000 as well.

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On the women’s side of the court (so to speak) Dinara Safina will be defending her title from last year’s WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, though the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, certainly aren’t going to make it easy for her to do so. Other comers include Justine Henim, Jelene Jankovic, and Ana Ivanoic. The prize purse they’re all competing for is €4,500,000.

The reason the prize purse for the women is nearly twice that of the men’s Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open is that for the women this qualifies (for the second year running) as a Premier Mandatory event whereas, even though it’s been running for nine years for the ATP of men’s tennis it’s not a Premier Mandatory event but only a Masters 1000 event.