2018 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2018 Italian Open[2] (also known as the 2018 Rome Masters and sponsored title 2018 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy from 14–20 May 2018. It was the 75th edition of the Italian Open and it is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2018 WTA Tour.[4]

2018 Italian Open
Date14 – 20 May
Edition75th
Draw56S / 24D (men)
56S / 28D (women)
Prize money€4,872,105 (men)
$3,351,720 (women)[1]
SurfaceClay
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal[2]
Women's Singles
Elina Svitolina[3]
Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs

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[5] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's Doubles[6] 10 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 €935,385 €458,640 €230,830 €117,375 €60,945 €32,135 €17,350 €4,000 €2,040
Women's Singles €507,100 €253,425 €126,590 €58,313 €28,910 €14,840 €7,627 €4,245 €2,184
Men's Doubles €289,670 €141,820 €71,130 €35,510 €18,870 €9,960 N/A N/A N/A
Women's Doubles €145,167 €73,322 €36,293 €18,269 €9,227 €4,572 N/A N/A N/A

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 7 May 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 14 May 2018.

Seed[7] Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 2 Rafael Nadal 7,950 180 1000 8,770 Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev [2]
2 3 Alexander Zverev 6,015 1,000 600 5,615 Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
3 4 Grigor Dimitrov 4,870 10 10 4,870 Second round lost to Kei Nishikori
4 5 Marin Čilić 4,770 180 360 4,950 Semifinals lost to Alexander Zverev [2]
5 6 Juan Martín del Potro 4,540 180 90 4,450 Third round retired against David Goffin [9]
6 8 Dominic Thiem 3,545 360 10 3,195 Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
7 7 Kevin Anderson 3,660 35 10 3,635 Second round retired against Aljaž Bedene
8 9 John Isner 3,305 360 10 2,955 Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
9 10 David Goffin 2,930 90 180 3,020 Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev
10 11 Pablo Carreño Busta 2,280 45 180 2,415 Quarterfinals lost to Marin Čilić [4]
11 18 Novak Djokovic 1,905 600 360 1,665 Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
12 12 Sam Querrey 2,220 90 10 2,140 First round lost to Peter Gojowczyk
13 14 Jack Sock 2,155 90 45 2,110 Second round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
14 15 Diego Schwartzman 2,130 10 45 2,165 Second round lost to Benoît Paire
15 17 Tomáš Berdych 1,980 90 10 1,900 First round lost to Denis Shapovalov
16 16 Lucas Pouille 1,995 10 45 2,030 Second round lost to Kyle Edmund

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Reason
1 Roger Federer 9,670 0 8,670 Scheduling
13 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,210 10 2,120 Personal

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 POL Łukasz Kubot  BRA Marcelo Melo 3 1
 AUT Oliver Marach  CRO Mate Pavić 7 2
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 10 3
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 15 4
 GBR Jamie Murray  BRA Bruno Soares 27 5
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 37 6
 IND Rohan Bopanna  FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 44 7
 ESP Feliciano López  ESP Marc López 46 8
  • Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 1 1
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2 2
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 3 3
 UKR Elina Svitolina 4 4
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 5 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6
 FRA Caroline Garcia 7 7
 USA Venus Williams 8 8
 USA Sloane Stephens 9 9
 CZE Petra Kvitová 10 10
 GER Angelique Kerber 11 11
 USA CoCo Vandeweghe 13 12
 USA Madison Keys 14 13
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 15 14
 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 17 15
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 18 16
 SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 19 17
  • Rankings are as of 7 May 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players 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
During the tournament

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Ekaterina Makarova  RUS Elena Vesnina 4 1
 CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  CZE Barbora Strýcová 17 2
 HUN Tímea Babos  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 18 3
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  CHN Xu Yifan 25 4
 TPE Latisha Chan  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 32 5
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 33 6
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 34 7
 AUS Ashleigh Barty  NED Demi Schuurs 35 8
  • Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2018 Italian Open – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2018 Italian Open – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2018 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2018 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

References
  1. "Official site - Prize Money". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. "Rafael Nadal beats Alexander Zverev to win Italian Open – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. "Italian Open: Elina Svitolina beats Simona Halep in Rome final". BBC Sport. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Italian Open | May 14th - 20th 2017". internazionalibnlditalia.com/en/. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. "Points singles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  6. "Points doubles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  7. "Seeds ATP | May 14th - 20th 2017". twitter.com/hashtag/ibi18. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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