ATP Mutua Madrid Watchability Ratings
It’s the final weeks of the clay court circuit. Madrid will be the next big event on the men’s calendar and the first event of the year to feature Nadal and Djokovic. If Nadal and Djokovic were to meet, it would be a must-see match. But what about the matches in the early rounds? Which are likely to be the most exciting to watch?
Watchability ratings combine the quality and competitiveness of match to give an overall ‘watchability’ score. The technical details can be found here. The tables below shows the most to least watchable ratings for Madrid’s first round matches and the most probable second round matches. So if you can’t catch all the hours of tennis in the first days at the Caja Magica, this is one way to help prioritize your watchlist.
First Round
| player | opponent | quality | competitiveness | watchability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Opelka | Sebastian Korda | 2214.8 | 98.1 | 2174 |
| Marin Cilic | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 2129.6 | 91.0 | 1939 |
| Roberto Bautista Agut | Borna Coric | 2134.0 | 88.9 | 1897 |
| Federico Delbonis | Daniel Evans | 1985.6 | 95.3 | 1892 |
| Andy Murray | Dominic Thiem | 2181.5 | 85.5 | 1864 |
| Filip Krajinovic | John Isner | 2089.2 | 87.7 | 1833 |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili | Fabio Fognini | 2083.3 | 84.7 | 1765 |
| Pablo Carreno-Busta | Botic Van De Zandschulp | 2241.5 | 77.8 | 1743 |
| Taylor Harry Fritz | Jenson Brooksby | 2144.3 | 76.6 | 1643 |
| Cristian Garin | Frances Tiafoe | 2077.4 | 77.2 | 1603 |
| Tommy Paul | Jannik Sinner | 2235.7 | 71.3 | 1594 |
| Lloyd Harris | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 2122.7 | 74.1 | 1573 |
| Lorenzo Sonego | Jack Draper | 1988.2 | 75.7 | 1506 |
| Alexander Bublik | Miomir Kecmanovic | 2142.7 | 70.2 | 1505 |
| Lucas Pouille | Karen Khachanov | 2028.6 | 64.6 | 1311 |
| Carlos Gimeno Valero | Gael Monfils | 1956.8 | 60.0 | 1174 |
| Pedro Martinez | Alex De Minaur | 1818.4 | 52.5 | 955 |
Most Probable Second Round
| player | opponent | quality | competitiveness | watchability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Thiem | Denis Shapovalov | 2135.0 | 98.4 | 2101 |
| Diego Sebastian Schwartzman | Grigor Dimitrov | 2245.6 | 87.2 | 1958 |
| Sebastian Korda | Ilya Ivashka | 2154.5 | 85.0 | 1831 |
| Aslan Karatsev | Botic Van De Zandschulp | 2107.6 | 85.8 | 1807 |
| Federico Delbonis | Jenson Brooksby | 2012.7 | 87.7 | 1766 |
| Felix Auger Aliassime | Cristian Garin | 2076.6 | 77.3 | 1606 |
| Hubert Hurkacz | Lloyd Harris | 2116.6 | 75.4 | 1596 |
| Cameron Norrie | Filip Krajinovic | 2146.0 | 74.0 | 1587 |
| Borna Coric | Casper Ruud | 2217.4 | 69.6 | 1543 |
| Albert Ramos-Vinolas | Alexander Zverev | 2257.3 | 63.8 | 1440 |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili | Carlos Alcaraz | 2259.9 | 56.5 | 1277 |
| Rafael Nadal | Alexander Bublik | 2314.0 | 53.4 | 1236 |
| Andrey Rublev | Jack Draper | 2143.8 | 55.5 | 1189 |
| Lucas Pouille | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 2183.9 | 52.8 | 1153 |
| Novak Djokovic | Carlos Gimeno Valero | 2135.2 | 51.4 | 1098 |
| Pedro Martinez | Tommy Paul | 1811.1 | 52.7 | 955 |
