The 2016 Italian Open (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters
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
The 2016 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by ...
and a
Premier 5 event on the
2016 WTA Tour
The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis ...
. It took place from 9 to 15 May 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
ATP main draw entrants
Singles
Seeds
*Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Salvatore Caruso
*
Marco Cecchinato
*
Paolo Lorenzi
*
Lorenzo Sonego
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
*
Julien Benneteau
*
Juan Mónaco
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Aljaž Bedene
*
Íñigo Cervantes
Íñigo Cervantes Huegun García (; born 30 November 1989 in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
He defeated Dmitry Tursunov at the 2014 ATP 500 Barcelona, Federico Delbonis at the 2016 ATP 250 Sao Paulo, and Alexa ...
*
Damir Džumhur
*
Ernests Gulbis
*
Mikhail Kukushkin
*
Stéphane Robert
*
Filippo Volandri
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
* Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Andrea Arnaboldi
Andrea Arnaboldi (; born 27 December 1987) is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He advanced to the main draw in the 2014 French Open, 2015 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon
The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was a Gra ...
/
Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is a professional Italian tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 84 while his best doubles ranking was 171 on 14 October 2013.
Career
Giannessi made his Grand Slam d ...
*
Fabio Fognini /
Andreas Seppi
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
*Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the main draw:
*
Claudia Giovine
*
Karin Knapp
*
Francesca Schiavone
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Kiki Bertens
*
Mariana Duque Mariño
*
Julia Görges
Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...
*
Johanna Larsson
*
Christina McHale
*
Monica Puig
*
Alison Riske
*
Heather Watson
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
* Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Claudia Giovine /
Angelica Moratelli
*
Karin Knapp /
Francesca Schiavone
*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
/
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
*
Serena Williams /
Venus Williams
Champions
Men's singles
*
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
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,
0–7
Women's doubles
*
Martina Hingis /
Sania Mirza def.
Ekaterina Makarova /
Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7
(5–7),
0–3
References
External links
Official website
{{2016 WTA Tour