2017 Italian Open (tennis)

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2017 Italian Open
Date15–21 May
Edition74th
Category Masters 1000
Premier 5
Draw56S / 24D (men)
56S / 28D (women)
Prize money€4,273,775 (men)
$3,076,495 (women)
Surface Clay
LocationRome, Italy
Venue Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev
Women's singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martina Hingis
  2016  · Italian Open ·  2018  

The 2017 Italian Open [1] [2] [3] (also known as the 2017 Rome Masters [4] and the sponsored title 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia [5] [6] ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 74th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place from 15 to 21 May 2017.

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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€820,035€402,080€202,365€102,900€53,435€28,170€15,210€3,505€1,785
Women's singles€461,355€230,565€115,170€53,055€26,302€13,501€6,939€3,860€1,987
Men's doubles€253,950€124,330€62,360€32,010€16,550€8,730
Women's doubles€132,074€66,710€33,020€16,620€8,395€4,160

ATP main-draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 8 May 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 15 May 2017.

Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Geneva Open and 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points won Points afterStatus
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray 10,36001010,370Second round lost to Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini
22 Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 6,84506007,445Runner-up, lost to Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev [16]
33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 5,605250905,445Third round lost to Flag of the United States.svg John Isner
44 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 5,19501805,375Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem [8]
56 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic 4,18001804,360Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev [16]
68 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić 3,7351501803,765Quarterfinals lost to Flag of the United States.svg John Isner
79 Flag of Japan.svg Kei Nishikori 3,4700903,560Third round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
87 Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Thiem 4,0352503604,145Semifinals lost to Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [2]
910 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Goffin 3,055(90)903,055Third round lost to Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić [6]
1011 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 2,900(10)102,900First round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
1116 Flag of France.svg Lucas Pouille 2,330(20)102,320First round lost to Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey
1213 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych 2,6900902,780Third round lost to Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milos Raonic [5]
1314 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock 2,370(45)902,415Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [4]
1419 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas 2,145(90)102,065First round lost to Flag of the United States.svg John Isner
1521 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Carreño Busta 2,090(90)452,045Second round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut
1617 Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 2,3001501,0003,150Champion, defeated Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic [2]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2016. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Henri Kontinen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Peers 31
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 62
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 153
Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 174
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 175
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Raven Klaasen Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram 216
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Feliciano López Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marc López 287
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 308
  • Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

WTA main-draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 32
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 43
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 54
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 65
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 76
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 97
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 108
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 129
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 1310
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 1411
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1612
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 1713
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 1814
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 1915
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2116
  • Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 61
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Martina Hingis 192
Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 203
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 234
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 305
Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 406
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 447
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 508
  • Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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