Monday promises high stakes and a packed schedule as the Round of 16 takes center stage at the Mutua Madrid Open. All 16 players who have reached this stage will be in action across eight compelling matchups. This group includes four of the top five seeds, alongside six unseeded competitors looking to make their mark. Below is the schedule detailing these significant clashes and their respective start times for what could be one of the tournament`s most impactful days.
Round of 16 Match Schedule:
No. 4 Coco Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic (11 a.m. local, 5 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: Tied 2-2. Bencic secured their most recent encounter in the Round of 16 at Indian Wells earlier this year in three sets.
No. 7 Mirra Andreeva vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva (11a.m. local, 5 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: This is their first meeting (0-0).
No. 2 Iga Swiatek vs. No. 13 Diana Shnaider (1 p.m. local, 6 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: This is their first professional match (0-0).
No. 5 Madison Keys vs. No. 19 Donna Vekic (1:30 p.m. local, 6:30 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: Keys leads 3-1. Keys also won their last match, which occurred in three sets during the Round of 16 at Indian Wells last month.
No. 24 Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova (3 p.m. local, 9 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: Potapova holds a 2-1 advantage overall, although they have never competed on clay courts.
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns (4 p.m. local, 10 a.m. ET)
Head-to-head: Sabalenka leads 1-0. Their only previous match was a close battle in the second round at Indian Wells last year, ending 6-7(2), 6-2, 7-6(6) in Sabalenka`s favor.
No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Moyuka Uchijima (7 p.m. local, 1 p.m. ET)
Head-to-head: This is their initial encounter (0-0).
No. 17 Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari (9 p.m. local, 3 p.m. ET)
Head-to-head: Their head-to-head record is level at 2-2, though they have not played each other in almost four years.
