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2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

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Date
  
9 – 15 May

Category
  
Masters 1000 Premier 5

Surface
  
Clay

Edition
  
73rd

Draw
  
56S / 24D 56S / 28D

Prize money
  
€4,300,755 (men) €2,399,000 (women)

The 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia (also known as the 2016 Italian Open and the 2016 Rome Masters) 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 9–15 May 2016.

Contents

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 from the qualifying draw:

  • Aljaž Bedene
  • Íñigo Cervantes
  • 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 Alexander Zverev
  • During the tournament
  • Juan Mónaco
  • Retirements

  • Bernard Tomic (influenza)
  • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of May 2, 2016.
  • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Andrea Arnaboldi / Alessandro Giannessi
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Johanna Larsson
  • Christina McHale
  • Mónica 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
  • 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 / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
  • Serena Williams / Venus Williams
  • Men's Singles

  • Andy Murray 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, [10–7]
  • Women's Doubles

  • Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
  • References

    2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Wikipedia