List of participants in the women’s draw
30 April 2012

The world’s top 50 players, with the exception of the injured Andrea Petkovic and Kim Clijsters, will be in the final draw of the Mutua Madrid Open, as well as the five players who have been granted Wild Cards to play at the tournament: 2010 finalists Venus Williams and locals Carla Suárez, Silvia Soler, Lara Arruabarrena and Garbiñe Muguruza. Added to these 56 players will be the eight who make it through a qualifying stage in which 32 women will compete.

List of direct entries into final draw:
1. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
2. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
3. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS)
6. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
7. Marion Bartoli (FRA)
8. Na Li (CHN)
9. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
10. Serena Williams (USA)
11. Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
12. Sabine Lisicki (GER)
13. Angelique Kerber (GER)
14. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
15. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
16. Julia Goerges (GER)
17. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
18. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
19. Roberta Vinci (ITA)
20. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
21. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
22. Shuai Peng (CHN)
23. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
24. Lucie Safarova (CZE)
25. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
26. Anabel Medina (ESP)
27. Monica Niculescu (ROU)
28. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
29. Sara Errani (ITA)
30. Jie Zheng (CHN)
31. Christina McHale (USA)
32. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
33. Kaia Kanepi (EST)
34. Nadia Petrova (RUS)
35. Mona Barthel (GER)
36. Polona Hercog (SLO)
37. Ksenia Pervak (KAZ)
38. Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
39. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
40. Chenelle Scheepers (USA)
41. María José Martínez (ESP)
42. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
43. Agnes Szavay (HUN)
44. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)
45. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
46. Iveta Benesova (CZE)
47. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
48. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
49. Marina Erakovic (NZL)
50. Simona Halep (ROU)
51. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

If one of these players should be unable to attend, the list of alternative players for direct admission is in the following order:
1. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
2. Vania King (USA)
3. Shahar Peer (ISR)
4. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
5. Petra Martic (CRO)
6. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
7. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
8. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
9. Alberta Brianti (ITA)
10. Johanna Larsson (SWE)

The draw for the qualifying phase will be formed by 28 players to which must be added the four Wild Cards. The current list of these 28 players is:
1. Petra Martic (CRO)
2. Vania King (USA)
3. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)
4. Shahar Peer (ISR)
5. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
6. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
7. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
8. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
9. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR)
10. Alberta Brianti (ITA)
11. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)
12. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
13. Greta Arn (HUN)
14. Johanna Larsson (SWE)
15. Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
16. Olga Govortsova (BLR)
17. Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
18. Vera Dushevina (RUS)
19. Sloane Stephens (USA)
20. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
21. Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
22. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
23. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
24. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
25. Lourdes Domínguez (ESP)
26. Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
27. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
28. Laura Pous (ESP)

The order of replacements in the case of the absence of one of the above players is:
1. Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
2. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
3. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
4. Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
5. Jelena Dokic (AUS) 6. Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ)
7. Gisela Dulko
8. Yaroslava Shvedova
9. Jill Craybas (USA)
10. Mariana Duque (COL)

None of the above lists are definitive and are all subject to change between now and when the tournament begins.

I don't know if Daniela's going to be playing here but she's still on the entry list and I've not heard anything about her withdrawing. The earliest tournament that we can be reasonably sure that Daniela's going to be play would be Brussels because she's entered the doubles there with Dominika Cibulkova. I just hope that if Daniela plays here she doesn't exacerbate her health problems and that she's able to do herself justice. If she does play it would be great to get a seeding although I think she'd miss out by a place at the moment

We'll just so what happens here, whether Daniela plays or not, what her fitness is and what her form is. More than anything I want Daniela to be fit and playing her best tennis.

Sabine Lisicki has to pull out of the Mutua Madrid Open due to an ankle injury. Elena Vesnina will take her place in the main draw.

But i'm still not sure if daniela will play here... the draw will made on friday and play starts at saturday!

Where did you find that out? I can't find anything official..

It also says there that Dani's time in the top 20 is over. Just have to live with that. Take your time, young lady, and come back strong.

Daniela has withdrawn from Rome

Clay season = disaster

Daniela OUT of Brussels, what a nightmare! I so hope she still enters Roland Garros.