2017 Italian Open (tennis)

2017 Italian Open
Date	15–21 May
Edition	74th
Category	Masters 1000 Premier 5
Draw	56S / 24D (men) 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	€4,273,775 (men) $3,076,495 (women)
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Alexander Zverev[1]
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut[2]
Women's doubles
Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis

The 2017 Italian Open^[3][4][5] (also known as the 2017 Rome Masters^[6] and the sponsored title 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia^[7][8]) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 74th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place from 15 to 21 May 2017.

• Alexander Zverev defeated Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3

• Elina Svitolina defeated Simona Halep, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut defeated Ivan Dodig / Marcel Granollers, 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

• Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

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Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Geneva Open and 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Andy Murray	10,360	0	10	10,370	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
2	2	Novak Djokovic	6,845	0	600	7,445	Runner-up, lost to Alexander Zverev [16]
3	3	Stan Wawrinka	5,605	250	90	5,445	Third round lost to John Isner
4	4	Rafael Nadal	5,195	0	180	5,375	Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem [8]
5	6	Milos Raonic	4,180	0	180	4,360	Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev [16]
6	8	Marin Čilić	3,735	150	180	3,765	Quarterfinals lost to John Isner
7	9	Kei Nishikori	3,470	0	90	3,560	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro
8	7	Dominic Thiem	4,035	250	360	4,145	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
9	10	David Goffin	3,055	(90)	90	3,055	Third round lost to Marin Čilić [6]
10	11	Grigor Dimitrov	2,900	(10)	10	2,900	First round lost to Juan Martín del Potro
11	16	Lucas Pouille	2,330	(20)	10	2,320	First round lost to Sam Querrey
12	13	Tomáš Berdych	2,690	0	90	2,780	Third round lost to Milos Raonic [5]
13	14	Jack Sock	2,370	(45)	90	2,415	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
14	19	Albert Ramos Viñolas	2,145	(90)	10	2,065	First round lost to John Isner
15	21	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,090	(90)†	45	2,045	Second round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut
16	17	Alexander Zverev	2,300	150	1,000	3,150	Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [2]

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

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Matteo Berrettini
• Gianluca Mager
• 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
• Kevin Anderson
• Aljaž Bedene
• Carlos Berlocq
• Adrian Mannarino
• Thiago Monteiro
• Jan-Lennard Struff

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Thomaz Bellucci
• Alexandr Dolgopolov
• Jared Donaldson
• Ernesto Escobedo

Before the tournament

• Marcos Baghdatis →replaced by Jared Donaldson
• Roger Federer →replaced by Dan Evans
• Richard Gasquet →replaced by Florian Mayer
• Steve Johnson →replaced by Kyle Edmund
• Ivo Karlović →replaced by Ernesto Escobedo
• Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Thomaz Bellucci
• Nick Kyrgios →replaced by Alexandr Dolgopolov
• Paolo Lorenzi →replaced by Nicolas Mahut
• Gaël Monfils →replaced by Robin Haase
• Gilles Müller →replaced by Ryan Harrison
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by Jiří Veselý

• Nicolás Almagro
• Gianluca Mager

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	3	1
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	6	2
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	15	3
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	17	4
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	17	5
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	21	6
ESP	Feliciano López	ESP	Marc López	28	7
CRO	Ivan Dodig	ESP	Marcel Granollers	30	8

• Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi
• Federico Gaio / Stefano Napolitano

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Treat Huey / Michael Venus

Before the tournament

• Nick Kyrgios

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	2	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	3
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	5	4
GBR	Johanna Konta	6	5
ROU	Simona Halep	7	6
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	9	7
UKR	Elina Svitolina	10	8
USA	Venus Williams	12	9
USA	Madison Keys	13	10
RUS	Elena Vesnina	14	11
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	16	12
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	17	13
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	18	14
NED	Kiki Bertens	19	15
CRO	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	21	16

• Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Deborah Chiesa
• Sara Errani
• Maria Sharapova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mona Barthel
• Catherine Bellis
• Daria Gavrilova
• Anett Kontaveit
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Andrea Petkovic
• Donna Vekić
• Wang Qiang

Before the tournament

• Ana Konjuh →replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
• Agnieszka Radwańska →replaced by Monica Niculescu
• CoCo Vandeweghe →replaced by Misaki Doi
• Caroline Wozniacki →replaced by Naomi Osaka

• Daria Kasatkina
• Garbiñe Muguruza
• Maria Sharapova

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	6	1
TPE	Chan Yung-jan	SUI	Martina Hingis	19	2
IND	Sania Mirza	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	20	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	23	4
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	30	5
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	40	6
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	44	7
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	50	8

• Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Deborah Chiesa / Stefania Rubini
• Sara Errani / Martina Trevisan
• Jelena Janković / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Olga Savchuk / Elina Svitolina

Before the tournament

• Daria Kasatkina

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• ATP tournament profile
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