The Mutua Madrid Open is soon break ground on another stadium at the sprawling Caja Mágica. Plans for the venue’s expansion were revealed prior to the start of this year’s tournament this week in a press event that featured the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida, as well as architect Dominique Perrault, and players Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff.
Construction will begin after the 2026 tournament concludes, and is expected to be finished by 2028.
The new court is expected to have a capacity for 8,600 spectators, which will make it the second-largest court at the Caja Mágica, which opened in 2009 as part of Madrid’s losing bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The main stadium, named for Spanish legend Manolo Santana, seats over 12,000 and is the largest clay-court stadium in the sport outside of Roland Garros.
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