The 2017 Italian Open (also known as the 2017 Rome Masters and the sponsored title 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the

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. It was the 74th edition of the

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and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the

2017 ATP World Tour The 2017 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (superv ...

and a Premier 5 event on the

2017 WTA Tour The 2017 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fed ...

. It took place from 15–21 May 2017.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 8 May 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 15 May 2017. Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from

2016 Geneva Open The 2016 Geneva Open (also known as the 2016 Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Geneva Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 serie ...

and

2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur The 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 32nd and final edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place ...

. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2016. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Matteo Berrettini *

Gianluca Mager Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Inf ...

* Stefano Napolitano * Andreas Seppi The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Tommy Haas The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Nicolás Almagro Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008, 2010 and 2012 (losing each time to Rafael Nadal, the eventual ch ...

* Kevin Anderson * Aljaž Bedene * Carlos Berlocq *

Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino (born 29 June 1988) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22, attained on 19 March 2018. He won his first ATP Tour singles title at the 2019 Rosmalen Open on grass. He is c ...

* Thiago Monteiro * Jan-Lennard Struff The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

Jared Donaldson Jared Donaldson (born October 9, 1996) is a former American professional tennis player from Glocester, Rhode Island. Donaldson was the only American to qualify for the inaugural Next Generation ATP Finals at the end of 2017 as the fifth seed. He ...

Ernesto Escobedo Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo III ( ; , born July 4, 1996) is a Mexican-American professional tennis player who has won four ATP Challenger titles. Personal life Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father Ernesto Jr. briefly played prof ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Marcos Baghdatis →replaced by

* Roger Federer →replaced by Dan Evans * Richard Gasquet →replaced by

Florian Mayer Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...

* Steve Johnson →replaced by Kyle Edmund * Ivo Karlović →replaced by

Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (; born 16 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Cha ...

→replaced by

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. In singles, Kyrgios' career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 13 was achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, includin ...

→replaced by

* Paolo Lorenzi →replaced by

Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...

* Gaël Monfils →replaced by Robin Haase * Gilles Müller →replaced by Ryan Harrison * Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by

Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 35 on 27 April 2015. He is currently the No. 2 Czech tennis player in singles, as he lost his previous ...

Retirements

Doubles

Seeds

* Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Simone Bolelli Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first all-Italian men's pair to win a ...

/ Andreas Seppi * Federico Gaio / Stefano Napolitano The following pair received entry as alternates: *

Treat Huey Treat Conrad Huey (; born August 28, 1985) is a Filipino-American tennis player who represents the Philippines in international competitions. He turned professional in 2008 and he started representing the Philippines in the Davis Cup and the ...

/ Michael Venus

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

WTA main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

*Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Deborah Chiesa Deborah Chiesa (born 13 June 1996) is a professional Italian tennis player. On 11 June 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143. On 27 February 2017, she peaked at No. 307 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chiesa so far has w ...

* Sara Errani * Maria Sharapova The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mona Barthel *

Catherine Bellis Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high of 35, which she achieved in August 2017. She ...

* Daria Gavrilova * Anett Kontaveit *

Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 9 in doubles, reached on 22 Augus ...

* Andrea Petkovic * Donna Vekić * Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Ana Konjuh Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player. A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior w ...

→replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova * Agnieszka Radwańska →replaced by

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles ...

* Coco Vandeweghe →replaced by Misaki Doi * Caroline Wozniacki →replaced by

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...

Retirements

Daria Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the Russian No. 1 player in singles. She made her top-ten debut in the WTA rankings towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked ...

Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. ...

* Maria Sharapova

Doubles

Seeds

* Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Stefania Rubini Stefania Rubini (born 5 December 1992) is an Italian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 293 in singles, achieved on 15 October 2018, and 772 in doubles, set on 1 October 2012. Rubini made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 201 ...

* Sara Errani /

Martina Trevisan Martina Trevisan (; born 3 November 1993) is an Italian professional tennis player. Trevisan is the current Italian No. 1, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 24 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and in 2021 had a peak doubles r ...

* Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic The following pair received entry as alternates: *

Olga Savchuk Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her best ...

Elina Svitolina Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Champions

Men's singles

Alexander Zverev Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 2, and was continuously ranked in the top 10 from July 2017 to N ...

def.

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

def.

Simona Halep Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Men's doubles

* Pierre-Hugues Herbert /

def. Ivan Dodig /

Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...

, 4–6, 6–4, 0–3

Women's doubles

* Chan Yung-jan /

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

def. Ekaterina Makarova /

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

References

External links

Official website
{{2017 WTA Tour