2015 Italian Open (tennis)

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2015 Italian Open
Date10 – 17 May
Edition72nd
CategoryMasters 1000
Premier 5
Draw56S / 24D
56S / 28D
Prize money€3,830,295 (ATP)
$2,183,600 (WTA)
SurfaceClay
LocationRome, Italy
VenueForo Italico
Champions
Men's Singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Russia Maria Sharapova[1]
Men's Doubles
Uruguay Pablo Cuevas / Spain David Marrero
Women's Doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic
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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.

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 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money[]

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 N/A N/A N/A
Women's Doubles €114,250 €57,840 €28,630 €14,410 €7,280 €3,605 N/A N/A N/A

ATP main draw entrants[]

Singles[]

Seeds[]

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
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Italy Matteo Donati
  • Italy Federico Gaio
  • Italy Paolo Lorenzi
  • Italy Luca Vanni

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
During the tournament
  • United Kingdom Andy Murray (fatigue)

Retirements[]

  • Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
  • France Gilles Simon

Doubles[]

Seeds[]

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
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Italy Matteo Donati / Italy Stefano Napolitano
  • Italy Paolo Lorenzi / Italy Luca Vanni

WTA main draw entrants[]

Singles[]

Seeds[]

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
  • 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:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament
During the tournament
  • United States Serena Williams

Retirements[]

Doubles[]

Seeds[]

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
  • Rankings are as of May 4, 2015.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Italy Nastassja Burnett / Italy Jasmine Paolini
  • Italy Maria Elena Camerin / Italy Corinna Dentoni
  • Romania Simona Halep / Italy Francesca Schiavone
  • Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Australia Samantha Stosur

Champions[]

Men's singles[]

Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Men's Singles
  • Serbia Novak Djokovic def. Switzerland Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles[]

Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Women's Singles

Men's doubles[]

Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

Women's doubles[]

Main article: 2015 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Italian Open: Maria Sharapova wins third title in Rome". BBC Sport. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer to lock horns in Italian Open final". The Guardian. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams Win at the Italian Open". New York Times. Associated Press. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

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