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2018 Italian Open
Date	14–20 May
Edition	75th
Draw	56S / 24D (men) 56S / 28D (women)
Prize money	€4,872,105 (men) $3,351,720 (women)
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Elina Svitolina
Men's doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs
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The 2018 Italian Open (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 to 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.

Finals

Men's singles

• Rafael Nadal defeated Alexander Zverev, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3

Women's singles

• Elina Svitolina defeated Simona Halep, 6–0, 6–4

Men's doubles

• Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah defeated Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa, 3–6, 6–4,

Women's doubles

• Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs defeated Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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	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	3	Alexander Zverev	6,015	1,000	600	5,615	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal
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
5	6	Juan Martín del Potro	4,540	180	90	4,450	Third round retired against David Goffin
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
11	18	Novak Djokovic	1,905	600	360	1,665	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal
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:

• Matteo Berrettini
• Marco Cecchinato
• Andreas Seppi
• Lorenzo Sonego

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Filippo Baldi
• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Federico Delbonis
• Nicolás Jarry
• Malek Jaziri
• Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by Steve Johnson
• Hyeon Chung → replaced by Alexandr Dolgopolov
• Roger Federer → replaced by Denis Shapovalov
• Filip Krajinović → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Ryan Harrison
• Andy Murray → replaced by Leonardo Mayer
• Milos Raonic → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk
• Andrey Rublev → replaced by Daniil Medvedev
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Benoît Paire

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	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:

• Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
• Julian Ocleppo / Andrea Vavassori

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bob Bryan

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	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:

• Sara Errani
• Camilla Rosatello
• Francesca Schiavone
• Samantha Stosur
• Roberta Vinci

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Victoria Azarenka
• Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Danielle Collins
• Polona Hercog
• Hsieh Su-wei
• Kaia Kanepi
• Ajla Tomljanović
• Alison Van Uytvanck
• Donna Vekić
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Zarina Diyas
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Aryna Sabalenka

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Elena Vesnina
• Julia Görges → replaced by Tímea Babos
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Aryna Sabalenka
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Maria Sakkari
• Serena Williams → replaced by Zarina Diyas

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	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:

• Deborah Chiesa / Alice Matteucci
• Sara Errani / Martina Trevisan
• Olga Savchuk / Elina Svitolina

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Johanna Konta / Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

References

1. "Official site – Prize Money". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
2. "2018 Rome – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. ^ "Rafael Nadal beats Alexander Zverev to win Italian Open – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
4. ^ "Italian Open: Elina Svitolina beats Simona Halep in Rome final". London: BBC Sport. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
5. "2018 Rome – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
6. "Italian Open | May 14th - 20th 2017". internazionalibnlditalia.com/en/. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
7. "Points singles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
8. "Points doubles | May 14th - 20th 2017". atpworldtour.com. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament draws
• ATP tournament profile
• WTA tournament profile

• 2018 Italian Open (tennis)