2016 Italian Open (tennis)

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2016 Italian Open
Date9–15 May
Edition73rd
Category Masters 1000
Premier 5
Draw56S / 24D
56S / 28D
Prize money€4,300,755 (men)
€2,399,000 (women)
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Rome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray [1]
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza
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The 2016 Italian Open [3] [4] [5] (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters [6] and sponsored title 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 73rd edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2016.

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€717,315€351,715€177,015€90,010€46,740€24,640€13,305€3,065€1,565
Women's singles€432,100€215,950€107,860€49,680€24,630€12,645€6,500€3,620€1,860
Men's doubles€222,150€108,750€54,550€28,000€14,470€7,640
Women's doubles€123,700€62,470€30,920€15,565€7,860€3,895

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 22
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Roger Federer 33
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 44
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 55
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 66
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 77
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 88
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 99
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 1010
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 1211
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL David Goffin 1312
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Dominic Thiem 1413
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1514
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 1715
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 1916
  • Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.

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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 71
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 113
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 114
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Bryan 155
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Florin Mergea 246
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 407
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vasek Pospisil Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Sock 428
  • Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Serena Williams 11
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 32
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 43
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 65
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 76
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 87
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 118
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 129
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 1310
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Timea Bacsinszky 1511
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Venus Williams 1612
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1713
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 1814
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 1915
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 2016
  • Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 21
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 82
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 163
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 214
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 225
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 346
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 397
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 408
  • Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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