# 2017 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2017 Italian Open (also known as the 2017 Rome Masters and the sponsored title 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) 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.

## Finals
### Men's singles

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

### Women's singles

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

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's doubles

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

## 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 | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | €820,035 | €402,080 | €202,365 | €102,900 | €53,435 | €28,170 | €15,210 | €3,505 | €1,785 |
| Women's singles | €461,355 | €230,565 | €115,170 | €53,055 | €26,302 | €13,501 | €6,939 | €3,860 | €1,987 |
| Men's doubles | €253,950 | €124,330 | €62,360 | €32,010 | €16,550 | €8,730 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | €132,074 | €66,710 | €33,020 | €16,620 | €8,395 | €4,160 | — | — | — |

## ATP main-draw entrants
### Singles
#### Seeds

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Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Geneva Open and 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.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

#### Other entrants

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

#### Withdrawals
##### 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

#### Retirements

* Nicolás Almagro
* Gianluca Mager

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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.

#### Other entrants

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

#### Withdrawals
##### Before the tournament

* Nick Kyrgios

## WTA main-draw entrants
### Singles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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.

#### Other entrants

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

#### Withdrawals
##### 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

#### Retirements

* Daria Kasatkina
* Garbiñe Muguruza
* Maria Sharapova

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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.

#### Other entrants

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

#### Withdrawals
##### Before the tournament

* Daria Kasatkina