In 2012, Madrid tournament organizers tried to innovate by switching the classic red clay to a brand new blue clay created for the event. Watch how Roger Federer won this only blue clay title in tennis history, defeating Tomas Berdych in the final.
Rafael Nadal played his last match on home soil. He lost against Jiri Lehecka in the round 4 of the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open. A moment in history for one of the greatest ever.nn