2016 Italian Open (tennis)
The 2016 Italian Open[1][2][3] (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters[4] 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 9–15 May 2016.
2016 Italian Open | |
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Date | 9 – 15 May |
Edition | 73rd |
Category | Masters 1000 Premier 5 |
Draw | 56S / 24D 56S / 28D |
Prize money | €4,300,755 (men) €2,399,000 (women) |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Rome, Italy |
Venue | Foro Italico |
Champions | |
Men's Singles | |
Women's Singles | |
Men's Doubles | |
Women's Doubles | |
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 | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
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Men's Doubles | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
Women's Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
Women's Doubles | 1 | 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 | €717,315 | €351,715 | €177,015 | €90,010 | €46,740 | €24,640 | €13,305 | €3,065 | €1,565 |
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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 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Women's Doubles | €123,700 | €62,470 | €30,920 | €15,565 | €7,860 | €3,895 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ATP main draw entrants
Singles
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 | |
Andy Murray | 2 | 2 | |
Roger Federer | 3 | 3 | |
Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 4 | |
Rafael Nadal | 5 | 5 | |
Kei Nishikori | 6 | 6 | |
Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 8 | |
David Ferrer | 9 | 9 | |
Milos Raonic | 10 | 10 | |
Richard Gasquet | 12 | 11 | |
David Goffin | 13 | 12 | |
Dominic Thiem | 14 | 13 | |
Gaël Monfils | 15 | 14 | |
Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 15 | |
Kevin Anderson | 19 | 16 |
- 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:
Aljaž Bedene Íñigo Cervantes Damir Džumhur Ernests Gulbis Mikhail Kukushkin Stéphane Robert Filippo Volandri
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Marcos Baghdatis →replaced by Nicolas Mahut Marin Čilić →replaced by Andreas Seppi Juan Martín del Potro →replaced by Vasek Pospisil Tommy Haas →replaced by Borna Ćorić John Isner →replaced by Juan Mónaco Martin Kližan →replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili Gilles Simon →replaced by Albert Ramos-Viñolas Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (muscle strain) →replaced by Lucas Pouille
- During the tournament
Retirements
Bernard Tomic (influenza)
Doubles
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Ivan Dodig | Marcelo Melo | 11 | 2 | ||
Jean-Julien Rojer | Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 | ||
Jamie Murray | Bruno Soares | 11 | 4 | ||
Bob Bryan | Mike Bryan | 15 | 5 | ||
Rohan Bopanna | Florin Mergea | 24 | 6 | ||
Alexander Peya | Nenad Zimonjić | 40 | 7 | ||
Vasek Pospisil | Jack Sock | 42 | 8 |
- 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:
Retirements
Kevin Anderson (muscle strain)
WTA main draw entrants
Singles
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Serena Williams | 1 | 1 | |
Angelique Kerber | 3 | 2 | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 3 | |
Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 4 | |
Petra Kvitová | 6 | 5 | |
Simona Halep | 7 | 6 | |
Roberta Vinci | 8 | 7 | |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 8 | |
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 12 | 9 | |
Lucie Šafářová | 13 | 10 | |
Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 11 | |
Venus Williams | 16 | 12 | |
Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 13 | |
Sara Errani | 18 | 14 | |
Elina Svitolina | 19 | 15 | |
Karolína Plíšková | 20 | 16 |
- 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
Belinda Bencic (lower back injury) → replaced by Teliana Pereira Camila Giorgi (back injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia Sloane Stephens → replaced by Tímea Babos Caroline Wozniacki (right ankle injury) → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
Doubles
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Martina Hingis | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 | ||
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Lucie Šafářová | 8 | 2 | ||
Tímea Babos | Yaroslava Shvedova | 16 | 3 | ||
Andrea Hlaváčková | Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 4 | ||
Caroline Garcia | Kristina Mladenovic | 22 | 5 | ||
Chan Yung-jan | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 34 | 6 | ||
Ekaterina Makarova | Elena Vesnina | 39 | 7 | ||
Julia Görges | Karolína Plíšková | 40 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Men's Singles
Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles
Serena Williams def. Madison Keys, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
References
- "Roger Federer beats Alexander Zverev in Italian Open second round". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- "Serena Williams: Star wins first WTA title in nine months". CNN. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- "At Italian Open, Serena Williams Ends a Long but Lean Drought". New York Times. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- "Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Rome Masters – as it happened". The Guardian. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.