2018 Italian Open (tennis)

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.

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

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

• Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah defeated Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa, 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]

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

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.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

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

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

• Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

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

Before the tournament

• Bob Bryan

• Rankings are as of 7 May 2018.

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

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

• Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

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

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

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