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A new champion is guaranteed in Madrid

There will be unpublished finalists by 2nd consecutive edition, something that has not happened since the contest is disputed on clay (2009)

April 29, 2025

The road to the title opened this Tuesday in Madrid. With the triumph of the Argentine Francisco chering him over Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 of Mutua Madrid Open, he was guaranteed that there will be unpublished champion in the history of the tournament (see picture).

In fact, there will be unpublished finalists: of those who are alive, the one who has arrived in the past has been Casper Ruud, a semifinalist in 2021 and who on Tuesday closed the day beating 7-5, 6-4 to the American Taylor Fritz.

In 2024 there was also an unprecedented end in the Magic Fund, and Andrey Rublev won by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime. The last time of the tournament with first -time finalists in a row was in the period included for its first five editions: between 2002 and 2006.

The 2025 edition in Mutua Madrid Open unpredictable within a season of many novelties at ATP Masters 1000. Without going so far, Carlos Alcaraz won a few weeks ago with his first trophy in Montecarlo and after beating the Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a duel of first -time finalists in the history of the contest.

The feeling of novelty was also high in the first two tournaments in the category in 2025. The British Jack Draper won in Indian Wells his first ATP Masters 1000, while the Czech Jakub Messik stayed in Miami with his first title in the ATP Tour.

Precisely Draper and Mesik, without titles so far on clay in the circuit, are still alive in the Madrid team, and are among the candidates to keep the wire of unpublished champion in the history of the tournament, the same one with which a year ago Rublev was left, eliminated in third round during this fortnight.

The last time with unpublished champions in a row of the tournament was between 2002 and 2008.

The trend has returned almost twenty years later. In the absence of five days for the term of the contest, there are twelve candidates to become the twelfth different champion in the history of ATP Masters 1000 of Spain, which began to be written in 2002.

They already know what Andre Agassi (2002), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003), Marath Safin (2004), Rafael Nadal (2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017), Roger Federer (2006, 2009, 2012), David Nalbandian (2007), Andy Murray (2008, 2015), Novak Djokovic (2011, 2016, 2016, 2019, 2019), Alexander), Zverev (2018, 2021), Carlos Alcaraz (2022, 2023) and Rublev (2024).

On Sunday a new name will join this list.