2016 Italian Open
Date	9–15 May
Edition	73rd
Category	Masters 1000 Premier 5
Draw	56S / 24D 56S / 28D
Prize money	€4,300,755 (men) €2,399,000 (women)
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rome, Italy
Venue	Foro Italico
Champions
Men's singles
Andy Murray
Women's singles
Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
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The 2016 Italian Open^[1][2][3] (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters^[4] 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.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

ATP main draw entrants

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	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	Rank1	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	Rank1	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	Rank1	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

Champions

Men's singles

• Andy Murray def. Novak Djokovic, 6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

• Serena Williams def. Madison Keys, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Men's doubles

• Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Women's doubles

• Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3]