2020 Italian Open (tennis)

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2020 Italian Open
Date14–21 September
Edition77th
Draw56S / 32D (men)
56S / 28D (women)
Prize money€ 3,465,045 (men)
€ 1,692,169 (women) [1]
Surface Clay / outdoor
LocationRome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [2]
Women's singles
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers / Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos [3]
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Strýcová
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The 2020 Italian Open (also known as the Rome Masters or the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Contents

Originally scheduled for 11–17 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was initially rescheduled to 20–26 September 2020, a week before the 2020 French Open. When the ATP schedule was later revised in August 2020, following the cancellation of this year's Mutua Madrid Open due to the resurgence of virus cases in Spain, organizers had to move the tournament earlier than planned by a week, and it is rescheduled to 14–21 September 2020. That leaves the dates were later placed for this year's Hamburg European Open (men) and Internationaux de Strasbourg (women). It was the 77th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2020 WTA Tour. [4] [5]

Finals

Men's singles

This was Djokovic's 81st ATP Tour singles title, and fourth of the year.

Women's singles

This was Halep's 22nd WTA Tour singles title, and third of the year. With this victory, Halep extended her winning streak to 14 matches.

Men's doubles

This was Granollers' 21st ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year, and was Zeballos' 16th ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year. This was also their fourth doubles title together as a pair.

Women's doubles

This was Hsieh's 28th WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year, and was Strýcová's 31st WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year. This was also their 9th doubles title together as a pair.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles1000600360180904510251680
Men's doubles0
Women's singles90058535019010560130201
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q3Q2Q1
Men's singles€205,200€150,000€100,000€75,000€61,000€37,490€21,190€10,870€5,470€3,000
Women's singles€205,190€150,000€80,000€37,910€19,355€13,745€9,000€5,746€3,000
Men's doubles€58,860€49,000€39,000€30,000€20,990€11,140
Women's doubles€62,520€40,000€25,000€12,903€8,000€6,040

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 22
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Stefanos Tsitsipas 63
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Matteo Berrettini 84
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 95
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL David Goffin 106
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Fognini 127
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Diego Schwartzman 138
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Rublev 149
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 1510
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Karen Khachanov 1611
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Denis Shapovalov 1712
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 1813
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Cristian Garín 1914
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 2015
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 2116

1 Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player used a protected ranking into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 31
Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Joe Salisbury 112
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 143
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Horacio Zeballos 194
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 195
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Krawietz Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Mies 276
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Raven Klaasen Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Oliver Marach 357
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Nikola Mektić 388

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 32
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sofia Kenin 43
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 54
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 75
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 106
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 137
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 158
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 169
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 1710
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 1811
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Markéta Vondroušová 1912
Flag of the United States.svg USA Alison Riske 2013
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 2114
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 2315
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 2416

1 Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 31
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 262
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 263
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 284
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kirsten Flipkens 345
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Veronika Kudermetova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 366
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 487
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sofia Kenin Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 528

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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