2015_Italian_Open_(tennis)
2015 Italian Open (tennis)
Tennis tournament
The 2015 Italian Open[1][2][3] (also known as the 2015 Rome Masters[citation needed] or the sponsored title 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia[2]) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 72nd edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2015 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place from 10–17 May 2015.
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Quick Facts Date, Edition ...
| 2015 Italian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 10 – 17 May | |||
| Edition | 72nd | |||
| Category | Masters 1000 Premier 5 | |||
| Draw | 56S / 24D 56S / 28D | |||
| Prize money | €3,830,295 (ATP) $2,183,600 (WTA) | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Rome, Italy | |||
| Venue | Foro Italico | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Novak Djokovic | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Maria Sharapova[1] | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Pablo Cuevas /  David Marrero | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Tímea Babos /  Kristina Mladenovic | ||||
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Point distribution
More information Men's singles, Men's doubles ...
| 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 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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Prize money
More information Men's singles, Women's singles ...
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | €628,100 | €308,000 | €155,000 | €78,820 | €40,930 | €21,580 | €11,650 | €2,685 | €1,370 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles | €400,250 | €199,750 | €99,870 | €46,000 | €22,800 | €11,710 | €6,020 | €3,350 | €1,720 |
| Men's doubles | €194,500 | €95,230 | €47,770 | €24,520 | €12,670 | €6,690 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | €114,250 | €57,840 | €28,630 | €14,410 | €7,280 | €3,605 | — | — | — |
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Singles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB |
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 SUI |
Roger Federer | 2 | 2 |
 GBR |
Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| ESP |
Rafael Nadal | 4 | 4 |
 JPN |
Kei Nishikori | 5 | 5 |
 CZE |
Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 6 |
| ESP |
David Ferrer | 8 | 7 |
| SUI |
Stan Wawrinka | 9 | 8 |
 CRO |
Marin Čilić | 10 | 9 |
 BUL |
Grigor Dimitrov | 11 | 10 |
| ESP |
Feliciano López | 12 | 11 |
| FRA |
Gilles Simon | 13 | 12 |
| FRA |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 14 | 13 |
| ESP |
Roberto Bautista Agut | 16 | 14 |
 RSA |
Kevin Anderson | 17 | 15 |
 USA |
John Isner | 18 | 16 |
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- Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Benjamin Becker → replaced by 
Steve Johnson
Julien Benneteau → replaced by 
Simone Bolelli
Ivo Karlović → replaced by 
Marcel Granollers- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Donald Young
Gilles Müller → replaced by Jack Sock
Milos Raonic → replaced by 
Dominic Thiem- Andreas Seppi → replaced by
Jerzy Janowicz - Tommy Robredo → replaced by
Jiří Veselý - Fernando Verdasco → replaced by
João Sousa
- During the tournament
Andy Murray (fatigue)
Retirements
Doubles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Bob Bryan | USA |
Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| CRO |
Ivan Dodig |  BRA |
Marcelo Melo | 9 | 2 |
 NED |
Jean-Julien Rojer |  ROU |
Horia Tecău | 23 | 3 |
 POL |
Marcin Matkowski | SRB |
Nenad Zimonjić | 26 | 4 |
| ESP |
Marcel Granollers | ESP |
Marc López | 27 | 5 |
 CAN |
Daniel Nestor |  IND |
Leander Paes | 30 | 6 |
 AUT |
Alexander Peya | BRA |
Bruno Soares | 32 | 7 |
 ITA |
Simone Bolelli | ITA |
Fabio Fognini | 34 | 8 |
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- Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Singles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| ROU |
Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
| RUS |
Maria Sharapova | 3 | 3 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 |
 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 5 |
| CAN |
Eugenie Bouchard | 6 | 6 |
| SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 7 | 7 |
| RUS |
Ekaterina Makarova | 8 | 8 |
 GER |
Angelique Kerber | 11 | 9 |
| ESP |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 12 | 10 |
| CZE |
Karolína Plíšková | 13 | 11 |
| CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 14 | 12 |
| ITA |
Sara Errani | 15 | 13 |
| USA |
Venus Williams | 16 | 14 |
| USA |
Madison Keys | 17 | 15 |
| SRB |
Jelena Jankovic | 18 | 16 |
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- Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Misaki Doi
Alexandra Dulgheru
Daria Gavrilova
Bojana Jovanovski- Christina McHale
- Urszula Radwańska
- Kateřina Siniaková
- Elena Vesnina
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Casey Dellacqua → replaced by Lucie Hradecká- Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
- Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 
Peng Shuai → replaced by Magdaléna Rybáriková- Andrea Petkovic → replaced by
Monica Puig - Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by Daniela Hantuchová
- During the tournament
Retirements
Doubles
Seeds
More information Country, Player ...
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI |
Martina Hingis | IND |
Sania Mirza | 5 | 1 |
 TPE |
Hsieh Su-wei | ITA |
Flavia Pennetta | 25 | 2 |
| HUN |
Tímea Babos | FRA |
Kristina Mladenovic | 27 | 3 |
| FRA |
Caroline Garcia |  SLO |
Katarina Srebotnik | 38 | 4 |
| USA |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 41 | 5 |
| CZE |
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE |
Lucie Hradecká | 45 | 6 |
| TPE |
Chan Yung-jan |  CHN |
Zheng Jie | 49 | 7 |
| RUS |
Alla Kudryavtseva | RUS |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 53 | 8 |
Close
- Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Men's singles
Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Men's singles
- Novak Djokovic def.
Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–3
Women's singles
Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Women's singles
- Maria Sharapova def. Carla Suárez Navarro, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Men's doubles
Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Men's doubles
Pablo Cuevas / David Marrero def. Marcel Granollers / Marc López, 6–4, 7–5
Women's doubles
Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Martina Hingis / 
Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–3
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