# 2016 Italian Open (tennis)

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

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–3

### Women's singles

* Serena Williams defeated Madison Keys, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3

### Men's doubles

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]

### Women's doubles

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–3]

## 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 | €717,315 | €351,715 | €177,015 | €90,010 | €46,740 | €24,640 | €13,305 | €3,065 | €1,565 |
| Women's singles | €432,100 | €215,950 | €107,860 | €49,680 | €24,630 | €12,645 | €6,500 | €3,620 | €1,860 |
| Men's doubles | €222,150 | €108,750 | €54,550 | €28,000 | €14,470 | €7,640 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | €123,700 | €62,470 | €30,920 | €15,565 | €7,860 | €3,895 | — | — | — |

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 2 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 3 |
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 4 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 5 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 6 | 6 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 7 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 8 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 9 | 9 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 10 | 10 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 12 | 11 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 13 | 12 |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 14 | 13 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 14 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 15 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 19 | 16 |
* 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 using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Julien Benneteau
* Juan Mónaco
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 Lucas Pouille

##### During the tournament

* Juan Mónaco

### Retirements

* Bernard Tomic (influenza)

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 7 | 1 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 11 | 2 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | BRA | Bruno Soares | 11 | 4 |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 15 | 5 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | ROU | Florin Mergea | 24 | 6 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 40 | 7 |
| CAN | Vasek Pospisil | USA | Jack Sock | 42 | 8 |
* 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)

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

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 3 | 2 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 3 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 5 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 7 | 6 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 7 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 8 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 12 | 9 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 13 | 10 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 11 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 16 | 12 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 17 | 13 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 18 | 14 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 19 | 15 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 20 | 16 |
* 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
* Monica 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

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 8 | 2 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 16 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 4 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 22 | 5 |
| TPE | Chan Yung-jan | GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 34 | 6 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 39 | 7 |
| GER | Julia Görges | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 40 | 8 |
* 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