2016 Italian Open (tennis)

2016 Italian Open
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 / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Andy Murray
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

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 to 15 May 2016.

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
Men's doubles	1000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's doubles	900	585	350	190	105	1	—	—	—	—

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
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

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
GBR	Andy Murray	2	2
SUI	Roger Federer	3	3
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	4	4
ESP	Rafael Nadal	5	5
JPN	Kei Nishikori	6	6
~~FRA~~	~~Jo-Wilfried Tsonga~~	7	7
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	8	8
ESP	David Ferrer	9	9
CAN	Milos Raonic	10	10
FRA	Richard Gasquet	12	11
BEL	David Goffin	13	12
AUT	Dominic Thiem	14	13
FRA	Gaël Monfils	15	14
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	17	15
RSA	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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Lucas Pouille

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

Juan Mónaco

Retirements

Bernard Tomic (influenza)

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
~~FRA~~	~~Pierre-Hugues Herbert~~	~~FRA~~	~~Nicolas Mahut~~	7	1
CRO	Ivan Dodig	BRA	Marcelo Melo	11	2
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	11	3
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	11	4
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	15	5
IND	Rohan Bopanna	ROU	Florin Mergea	24	6
AUT	Alexander Peya	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	40	7
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	USA	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:

Dominic Inglot / Fabrice Martin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (knee injury)

Retirements

Kevin Anderson (muscle strain)

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
GER	Angelique Kerber	3	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	3
BLR	Victoria Azarenka	5	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	6	5
ROU	Simona Halep	7	6
ITA	Roberta Vinci	8	7
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	11	8
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	12	9
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	13	10
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	15	11
USA	Venus Williams	16	12
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	17	13
ITA	Sara Errani	18	14
UKR	Elina Svitolina	19	15
CZE	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
SUI	Martina Hingis	IND	Sania Mirza	2	1
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	CZE	Lucie Šafářová	8	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	16	3
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	21	4
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	22	5
TPE	Chan Yung-jan	GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	34	6
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	39	7
GER	Julia Görges	CZE	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.

External links

Official website

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