A lot of the typical IMG-represented suspects on the wild card roster, including young Indian player Manas Dhame and fellow youngsters Rei Sakomoto and Darwin Blanch.
As well, despite the appointment of a female “co-tournament director”, Garbiñe Muguruza, alongside Feliciano Lopez, the men occupy two of the three stadium courts for this first day of qualifying. (Not that those two have much to do with it.
Beyond the size of the stadiums, those stadium all have roofs, while the other courts do not.
(Madrid is six hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Madrid, Spain
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 22 – May 3, 2026
Prize Money: €8,235,540
Draws: S96 – D32
Monday, April 20, 2026
Order of play
Qualifying, first round
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Manolo Santana Stadium (10 a.m. start – 4 a.m. EDT)
1. [2] Cristian Garin (CHI) vs. Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
2. [5] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz (EP)
3. [13] Daniel Merida (ESP) vs. Billy Harris (GBR)
4. [8] Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) vs. Pedro Martinez (ESP)
5. [14] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) vs. Dusan Lajovic (SRB)
6. [7] Patrick Kypson (USA) vs. [WC] Moise Kouame (FRA)
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Stadium 3
1. [3] Zachary Svajda (USA) vs. [WC] Rei Sakomoto (JPN)
2. [11] Wu Yibing (CHN0 vs. [WC] Manas Dhamne (IND)
3. [1] Marco Trunglliti (ARG) vs. Borna Gojo (CRO)
4. [15] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs. [WC] Darwin Blanch (USA)
5. [12] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) vs. Chris Rodesch (LUX)
6. [4] Dino Prizmic (CRO) vs. Christopher O’Connell (AUS)
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Court 5
1. [22] Vilius Gaubas (LTU) vs. Arthur Géa (FRA)
2. [18] Hugo Gaston (FRA) vs. Elmer Moller (DEN)
3. [23] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) vs. Lloyd Harris (RSA)
4. [10] Luca Van Assche (FRA) vs. [WC] Diego Dedura (GER)
5. [9] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs. Moez Echargui (TUN)
6. [20] Nikokloz Basilashvili (GEO) vs. Stefano Travaglia (ITA)
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Court 7
1. [24] Martin Damm (USA) vs. Andrea Pellegrino (ITA)
2. [17] Titouan Droguet (FRA) vs. Otto Virtanen (FIN)
3. [6] Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. Jaime Faria (POR)
4. [19] Jan Choinski (GBR) vs. Henrique Rocha (POR)
5. [16] Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR)
6. [21] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) vs. Zsombor Piros (HUN)
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