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 to 15 May 2016.

2016 Italian Open
Date9–15 May
Edition73rd
CategoryMasters 1000
Premier 5
Draw56S / 24D
56S / 28D
Prize money€4,300,755 (men)
€2,399,000 (women)
SurfaceClay
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo 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

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 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
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

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:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

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:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA main draw entrants

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

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
Main article: 2016 Italian Open – Men's singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2016 Italian Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2016 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

References
  1. "Roger Federer beats Alexander Zverev in Italian Open second round". BBC Sport. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Serena Williams: Star wins first WTA title in nine months". CNN. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "At Italian Open, Serena Williams Ends a Long but Lean Drought". New York Times. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. "Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Rome Masters – as it happened". The Guardian. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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