2018 Italian Open (tennis)

2018 Italian Open
2018 Italian Open
Date	14–20 May
Edition	75th
Draw	56S / 24D (men); 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	€4,872,105 (men) ; $3,351,720 (women)
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
	Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
	Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's doubles
	Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs

The 2018 Italian Open^[2] (also known as the 2018 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2018 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a professional tennis tournament played on |outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy from 14 to 20 May 2018. It was the 75th edition of the Italian Open and it is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2018 WTA Tour.^[4]

Points and prize money[edit]

Point distribution[edit]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's singles^[5]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's doubles^[6]	1000	600	360	180	90	10	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's doubles	900	585	350	190	105	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money[edit]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	€935,385	€458,640	€230,830	€117,375	€60,945	€32,135	€17,350	€4,000	€2,040
Women's singles	€507,100	€253,425	€126,590	€58,313	€28,910	€14,840	€7,627	€4,245	€2,184
Men's doubles	€289,670	€141,820	€71,130	€35,510	€18,870	€9,960	—	—	—
Women's doubles	€145,167	€73,322	€36,293	€18,269	€9,227	€4,572	—	—	—

ATP singles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 7 May 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 14 May 2018.

Seed^[7]	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Rafael Nadal	7,950	180	1000	8,770	Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev [2]
2	3	Alexander Zverev	6,015	1,000	600	5,615	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
3	4	Grigor Dimitrov	4,870	10	10	4,870	Second round lost to Kei Nishikori
4	5	Marin Čilić	4,770	180	360	4,950	Semifinals lost to Alexander Zverev [2]
5	6	Juan Martín del Potro	4,540	180	90	4,450	Third round retired against David Goffin [9]
6	8	Dominic Thiem	3,545	360	10	3,195	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
7	7	Kevin Anderson	3,660	35	10	3,635	Second round retired against Aljaž Bedene
8	9	John Isner	3,305	360	10	2,955	Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
9	10	David Goffin	2,930	90	180	3,020	Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev
10	11	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,280	45	180	2,415	Quarterfinals lost to Marin Čilić [4]
11	18	Novak Djokovic	1,905	600	360	1,665	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
12	12	Sam Querrey	2,220	90	10	2,140	First round lost to Peter Gojowczyk
13	14	Jack Sock	2,155	90	45	2,110	Second round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
14	15	Diego Schwartzman	2,130	10	45	2,165	Second round lost to Benoît Paire
15	17	Tomáš Berdych	1,980	90	10	1,900	First round lost to Denis Shapovalov
16	16	Lucas Pouille	1,995	10	45	2,030	Second round lost to Kyle Edmund

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Reason
1	Roger Federer	9,670	0	8,670	Scheduling
13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,210	10	2,120	Personal

Other entrants[edit]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by Steve Johnson
Hyeon Chung → replaced by Alexandr Dolgopolov
Roger Federer → replaced by Denis Shapovalov
Filip Krajinović → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Ryan Harrison
Andy Murray → replaced by Leonardo Mayer
Milos Raonic → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk
Andrey Rublev → replaced by Daniil Medvedev
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Benoît Paire

ATP doubles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	3	1
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	7	2
~~USA~~	~~Bob Bryan~~	~~USA~~	~~Mike Bryan~~	10	3
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	15	4
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	27	5
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	37	6
IND	Rohan Bopanna	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	44	7
ESP	Feliciano López	ESP	Marc López	46	8

Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

Other entrants[edit]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa

Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

Bob Bryan

WTA singles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	1	1
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	2	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	4	4
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	5	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
FRA	Caroline Garcia	7	7
USA	Venus Williams	8	8
USA	Sloane Stephens	9	9
~~CZE~~	~~Petra Kvitová~~	10	10
GER	Angelique Kerber	11	11
USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	13	12
USA	Madison Keys	14	13
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	15	14
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	17	15
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	18	16
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	19	17

Rankings are as of 7 May 2018.

Other entrants[edit]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

Alizé Cornet → replaced by Elena Vesnina
Julia Görges → replaced by Tímea Babos
Petra Kvitová → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Aryna Sabalenka
Elise Mertens → replaced by Maria Sakkari
Serena Williams → replaced by Zarina Diyas

During the tournament

Madison Keys

WTA doubles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
~~RUS~~	~~Ekaterina Makarova~~	~~RUS~~	~~Elena Vesnina~~	4	1
CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	17	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	18	3
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	25	4
TPE	Latisha Chan	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32	5
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	33	6
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	34	7
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	NED	Demi Schuurs	35	8

Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

Other entrants[edit]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Johanna Konta / Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

Ekaterina Makarova

During the tournament

Madison Keys

Champions[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Rafael Nadal def. Alexander Zverev, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Official site – Prize Money". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rafael Nadal beats Alexander Zverev to win Italian Open – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Italian Open: Elina Svitolina beats Simona Halep in Rome final". London: BBC Sport. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "Italian Open | May 14th - 20th 2017". internazionalibnlditalia.com/en/. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "Points singles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "Points doubles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "Seeds ATP | May 14th - 20th 2017". twitter.com/hashtag/ibi18. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

External links[edit]

[1] "Official site – Prize Money". Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[guardian-2] "Rafael Nadal beats Alexander Zverev to win Italian Open – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[Svitolina-3] "Italian Open: Elina Svitolina beats Simona Halep in Rome final". London: BBC Sport. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[4] "Italian Open | May 14th - 20th 2017". internazionalibnlditalia.com/en/. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[5] "Points singles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[6] "Points doubles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[7] "Seeds ATP | May 14th - 20th 2017". twitter.com/hashtag/ibi18. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

Points and prize money[edit]

Point distribution[edit]

Prize money[edit]

ATP singles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Other entrants[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

ATP doubles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Other entrants[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

WTA singles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Other entrants[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

WTA doubles main-draw entrants[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Other entrants[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

Champions[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Women's singles[edit]

Men's doubles[edit]

Women's doubles[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]