2014 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2014 Italian Open[1][2][3] (also known as the 2014 Rome Masters[3][4][5] and sponsored title 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 71st edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place from 11–18 May 2014.

2014 Italian Open
Date	11 – 18 May
Edition	71st
Category	Masters 1000 Premier 5
Draw	56S / 24D 56S / 28D
Prize money	€2,884,675 $2,440,070
Surface	Clay
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic[1]
Women's Singles
Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
Women's Doubles
Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles[6]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's Doubles[6]						0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's Singles[7]	900	585	350	190	105	60	10	30	20	1
Women's Doubles[7]						10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	€549,000	€269,150	€135,480	€68,890	€35,775	€18,860	€10,185	€2,345	€1,195
Women's Singles	€387,130	€193,190	€96,595	€44,500	€22,060	€11,323	€5,820	€3,239	€1,666
Men's Doubles	€170,000	€83,240	€41,750	€21,430	€11,080	€5,840	N/A	N/A	N/A
Women's Doubles	€110,770	€55,948	€22,694	€13,940	€7,040	€3,489	N/A	N/A	N/A

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ESP	Rafael Nadal	1	1
SRB	Novak Djokovic	2	2
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	3	3
SUI	Roger Federer	4	4
ESP	David Ferrer	5	5
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	6	6
GBR	Andy Murray	8	7
CAN	Milos Raonic	9	8
USA	John Isner	10	9
JPN	Kei Nishikori	12	10
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	13	11
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	14	12
ITA	Fabio Fognini	15	13
RUS	Mikhail Youzhny	16	14
GER	Tommy Haas	17	15
ESP	Tommy Robredo	18	16

• Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Simone Bolelli
• Marco Cecchinato
• Paolo Lorenzi
• Filippo Volandri

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

• Jürgen Melzer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Pablo Carreño Busta
• Santiago Giraldo
• Andrey Golubev
• Alejandro González
• Pere Riba
• Stéphane Robert
• Stefano Travaglia

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Alejandro Falla

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Nicolás Almagro → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin
• Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) → replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Robin Haase
• Florian Mayer → replaced by Jérémy Chardy
• Gaël Monfils → replaced by Igor Sijsling
• Kei Nishikori → replaced by Alejandro Falla
• Benoît Paire → replaced by Radek Štěpánek

Retirements

• Alejandro Falla (right foot pain)
• Santiago Giraldo (abductor strain)
• Andrey Golubev (hip flexor strain)
• Tommy Haas

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	1	1
AUT	Alexander Peya	BRA	Bruno Soares	6	2
CRO	Ivan Dodig	BRA	Marcelo Melo	11	3
ESP	David Marrero	ESP	Fernando Verdasco	19	4
FRA	Nicolas Mahut	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	25	5
CAN	Daniel Nestor	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	29	6
POL	Łukasz Kubot	SWE	Robert Lindstedt	34	7
PHI	Treat Huey	GBR	Dominic Inglot	41	8

• Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace
• Marco Cecchinato / Andreas Seppi

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Tommy Haas

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
CHN	Li Na	2	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	3
ROU	Simona Halep	5	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	6	5
SRB	Jelena Janković	7	6
GER	Angelique Kerber	8	7
RUS	Maria Sharapova	9	8
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	10	9
ITA	Sara Errani	11	10
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	12	11
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	13	12
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	14	13
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	15	14
GER	Sabine Lisicki	16	15
USA	Sloane Stephens	17	16
CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	18	17

• Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Nastassja Burnett
• Camila Giorgi
• Karin Knapp

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

• Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mona Barthel
• Belinda Bencic
• Petra Cetkovská
• Lauren Davis
• Casey Dellacqua
• Christina McHale
• Monica Puig
• Chanelle Scheepers

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Paula Ormaechea

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)[8] → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
• Kaia Kanepi (right heel injury)[9] → replaced by Peng Shuai
• Caroline Wozniacki (left knee injury)[10] → replaced by Paula Ormaechea

During the tournament

• Simona Halep (left abdominal injury)

Retirements

• Svetlana Kuznetsova (left hip injury)

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CHN	Peng Shuai	3	1
ITA	Sara Errani	ITA	Roberta Vinci	6	2
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	11	3
CZE	Květa Peschke	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	17	4
ZIM	Cara Black	IND	Sania Mirza	17	5
USA	Raquel Kops-Jones	USA	Abigail Spears	30	6
RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	38	7
GER	Julia Görges	GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	43	8

• Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Gioia Barbieri / Nastassja Burnett
• Camila Giorgi / Karin Knapp
• Jelena Janković / Alisa Kleybanova

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Zhang Shuai (shoulder injury)

Retirements

• Sara Errani (left hip injury)

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2014 Italian Open – Men's Singles

• Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

Main article: 2014 Italian Open – Women's Singles

• Serena Williams def. Sara Errani, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles

Main article: 2014 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

• Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić def. Robin Haase / Feliciano López, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

Women's doubles

Main article: 2014 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

• Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik def. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 4–0, ret.

References

1. "Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to win Italian Open in Rome". BBC Sport. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "Novak Djokovic returns from wrist injury by beating Stepanek at Italian Open; Giorgi advances". Fox News. Associated Press. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. "Rome Masters final 2014, Rafael Nadal v Novak Djokovic: live" (live commentary). The Telegraph. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
4. "Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic into Rome Masters final; Sara Errani, Serena Williams reach decider". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Agence France-Presse, Reuters. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
5. "Tennis: Djokovic stuns Nadal to win Rome Masters". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Agence France-Presse. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
6. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
7. "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
8. Injured Azarenka pulls out of Madrid, Rome
9. Kaia decided to withdraw from Rome WTA tournament due to right heel injury
10. "Carolina Wozniacki pulls out of Rome". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

External links

• Official website