2015 Italian Open (tennis)

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2015 Italian Open
Date10–17 May
Edition72nd
Category Masters 1000
Premier 5
Draw56S / 24D
56S / 28D
Prize money€3,830,295 (ATP)
$2,183,600 (WTA)
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Rome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova [2]
Men's doubles
Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas / Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero [3]
Women's doubles
Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos / Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
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The 2015 Italian Open [2] [4] [5] (also known as the 2015 Rome Masters[ citation needed ] or the sponsored title 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia [4] ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 72nd edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place from 10–17 May 2015.

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles100060036018090451025160
Men's doubles0
Women's singles90058535019010560130201
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Men's singles€628,100€308,000€155,000€78,820€40,930€21,580€11,650€2,685€1,370
Women's singles€400,250€199,750€99,870€46,000€22,800€11,710€6,020€3,350€1,720
Men's doubles€194,500€95,230€47,770€24,520€12,670€6,690
Women's doubles€114,250€57,840€28,630€14,410€7,280€3,605

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 22
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 33
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 44
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 55
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 76
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 87
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 98
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 109
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 1110
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López 1211
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 1312
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1413
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 1614
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 1715
Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Isner 1816
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Bryan 21
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 92
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 233
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Matkowski Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 264
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc López 275
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Daniel Nestor Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes 306
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 327
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simone Bolelli Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 348
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Serena Williams 11
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 22
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Sharapova 33
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 44
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 55
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 66
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 77
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 88
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 119
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 1210
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 1311
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 1412
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 1513
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Venus Williams 1614
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 1715
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Jankovic 1816
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 51
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Flavia Pennetta 252
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 273
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 384
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 415
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 456
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 497
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alla Kudryavtseva Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 538
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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