Italian Open (tennis)
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| Founded | Template:Sda | ||||||||
| Editions | 83 (2026) | ||||||||
| Location | Rome Italy | ||||||||
| Venue | Foro Italico | ||||||||
| Surface | Clay (outdoors) | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Current champions (2026) | |||||||||
| Men's singles | Template:Flagicon Jannik Sinner | ||||||||
| Women's singles | Template:Flagicon Elina Svitolina | ||||||||
| Men's doubles | Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli Template:Flagicon Andrea Vavassori | ||||||||
| Women's doubles | Template:Flagicon Mirra Andreeva Template:Flagicon Diana Shnaider | ||||||||
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The Italian Open (Template:Langx) or Script error: No such module "Lang". (for sponsorship reasons) is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is played on clay courts at the Foro Italico, and is held during the second week of May. The tournament is part of the ATP Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour and part of the WTA 1000 events on the WTA Tour. The two events were combined in 2011.
History
The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 in Milan at the Tennis Club and was initiated by Count Alberto Bonacossa.[1] The singles events at the tournament were won by Bill Tilden and Lilí Álvarez. The championships were held in Milan until 1934. The next year, 1935, the event moved to the Foro Italico in Rome. No edition was held between 1936 and 1949. The competition resumed in 1950. In 1961, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the tournament was held in Turin at the Sporting Club. It has had various naming incarnations through the years including: the Italian International Championships,[2] the Rome Masters, and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons.
The Italian Open became "open" to professional players in 1969. Between 1972 and 1989 it was a premier tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and was part of the Grand Prix Super Series top tier events. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tournament, which included the nine most prestigious tournaments of the preceding Grand Prix tennis circuit. It has remained part of this category of events until today, that has changed names several times since, to be now known as the ATP 1000 events.
In June 2022, the ATP announced some changes to the ATP calendar for the coming year. The ATP 1000 event in Rome along with those in Shanghai and in Madrid would now be held over two weeks starting in 2023, thus becoming 12 day events just like the ATP 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami.[3]
In 2025, Italian Tennis and Padel Federation bid $550 million to acquire the Madrid Open, aiming to elevate the Italian Open to Grand Slam status.[4]
In 1979 the women's event was held two weeks before the men's event. The women's event was played in Perugia from 1980 though 1984 and in Taranto in 1985. No women's event was held in 1986[a] and it moved back to Rome again in 1987 where it has remained.[5]
The tournament is held at the Foro Italico tennis center, which is an extensive area with a total of 21 clay surface tennis courts, nine of which are used for the Italian Open tournament and the rest for training purposes. There are currently four stadium courts: the main one, Stadio Centrale, was rebuilt for the 2010 tournament and has a capacity of 10,400 spectators.[6] The other grounds are the Stadio Pietrangeli (formerly Pallacorda, 3,500 seats[7]), the Grand Stand Arena and the Supertennis Arena.
Prize money
The ATP 1000 tournament in Rome has a total financial commitment of €8,235,540 for the 2026 edition. This includes prize money of €8,055,385, and other associated fees and costs. The singles champion will earn €1,007,165, and the doubles team that wins will split €409,520. The package is divided as follows:[8]
| 2026 Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 96 |
| Singles | €1,007,165 | €535,585 | €297,550 | €169,375 | €92,470 | €54,110 | €31,585 | €21,285 |
| Doubles | €409,520 | €216,800 | €116,430 | €58,220 | €31,220 | €17,060 | Template:Screen reader-only | Template:Screen reader-only |
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Records
Source: The Tennis Base[9]
Men's singles
| Most titles | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 10 |
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| Most finals | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 12 |
| Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic | ||
| Most runner-ups | Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic | 6 |
| Most consecutive titles | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal (2005–2007)
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| Most consecutive finals | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal (2009–2014)
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6 |
| Most matches played | Template:Flagicon Novak Djokovic | 81 |
| Most matches won | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 70 |
| Most consecutive matches won | Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 17 |
| Most editions played | Template:Flagicon Nicola Pietrangeli | 22 |
| Best winning % | Template:Flagicon Rod Laver | 93.75% |
| Template:Flagicon Björn Borg | ||
| Youngest champion | Template:Flagicon Björn Borg | 17y, 11m, 2d (1974) |
| Oldest champion | Template:Flagicon Bill Tilden | 38y, 2m, 18d (1930) |
| Longest final | |||||
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| 1979 (57 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis | 64 | 77 | 65 | 6 | 6 |
| Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas | 77 | 60 | 77 | 4 | 2 |
| Longest final | |||||
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| 2006 (57 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 60 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 77 |
| Template:Flagicon Roger Federer | 77 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 65 |
| Shortest final | |||||
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| 2007 (16 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Fernando González | 2 | 2 | |||
| Shortest final | |||||
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| 2013 (16 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 | |||
| Template:Flagicon Roger Federer | 1 | 3 | |||
Women's singles
- Longest final
| 1962 (36 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Margaret Court | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||
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| Template:Flagicon Maria Bueno | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
- Shortest completed final
| 2021 (12 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Iga Świątek | 6 | 6 | |||
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| Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková | 0 | 0 | |||
Women's doubles
- Longest final
| 1956 (40 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Thelma Coyne Long Template:Flagicon Mary Hawton |
6 | 6 | 9 | ||
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| Template:Flagicon Darlene Hard Template:Flagicon Angela Buxton |
4 | 8 | 7 | ||
- Shortest completed finals
| 1957 (14 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Thelma Coyne Long Template:Flagicon Mary Bevis Hawton |
6 | 6 | |||
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| Template:Flagicon Rosa Reyes Template:Flagicon Yola Ramírez |
1 | 1 | |||
| 2001 (14 games) | |||||
| Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva |
6 | 6 | |||
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| Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez Template:Flagicon Patricia Tarabini |
1 | 1 | |||
Notes
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- ^ The Ellesse Grand Prix women's tournament, part of the Virginia Slims World Championships Series, was held in Perugia in July but it was not recognized as the Italian Open.
- ^ a b Known as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Masters Series from 2000 till 2008.
- ^ The final was stopped at two sets all due to bad light and the final set was played on 15 September in Houston, TX, USA.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Athletes – Alberto, Count Bonacossa". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Garcia, Gabriel. "Italian International Championships – (Currently Italian Open ) – Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ATP calendar: Madrid and Rome over two weeks from 2023, Munich advances". tennisnet.com. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Italian Open Eyes Grand Slam Status: Organizers Push for Prestigious Upgrade". ZBNews. 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."News | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Prevendita". Script error: No such module "webarchive". Internazionalibnlditalia.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ATP Masters 1000 Rome - Overview". atptour.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Italian Open, Rome, Tournament Records". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base, 2016. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
External links
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