Tournament Info
Tier: Premier, Prize Money: $2,599,610, Surface: Clay, Director: Sergio Palmieri
Two weeks prior to the start of the French Open, the stars of the WTA travel to the Italian capital for the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Widely considered the second most prestigious clay event after Roland Garros, the Premier tournament's roll of champions reads like a who's who of all-time greats.
Leading the way is Chris Evert, who captured the trophy five times. Following closely behind are Gabriela Sabatini and Conchita MartÃnez, both of whom won a place in the hearts of the crowd at the Foro Italico with four title runs, and Serena Williams with three. Other winners include Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova. Only Evert, Graf, Seles and Serena Williams have netted the Rome-French Open double in the same year.
After spending its first five years at the Tennis Club Milano, the event moved to the Benito Mussolini-built Foro Italico in northern Rome, in 1935, where it has stayed for all but three years since. The complex, which hosts an ATP event the same week, consists of 11 courts, with the jewel the 10,400-seater Centre Court.
The draw looked like this:
1 WILLIAMS, Serena USA
2 BYE
3 FRIEDSAM, Anna-Lena GER
4 SCHMIEDLOVA, Anna Karolina SVK
WC 5 GIOVINE, Claudia ITA
6 QUALIFIER
7 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia RUS
8 IVANOVIC, Ana SRB
9 KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana RUS
10 GARCIA, Caroline FRA
11 QUALIFIER
12 STOSUR, Samantha AUS
13 LISICKI, Sabine GER
14 GAVRILOVA, Daria AUS
15 BYE
16 HALEP, Simona ROU
17 AZARENKA, Victoria BLR
18 BYE
19 GASPARYAN, Margarita RUS
20 BEGU, Irina-Camelia ROU
21 NICULESCU, Monica ROU
22 QUALIFIER
23 KASATKINA, Daria RUS
24 PLISKOVA, Karolina CZE
25 SAFAROVA, Lucie CZE
WC 26 SCHIAVONE, Francesca ITA
27 CORNET, Alizé FRA
28 DOI, Misaki JPN
29 QUALIFIER
30 KONTA, Johanna GBR
31 BYE
32 VINCI, Roberta ITA
33 SUÃREZ NAVARRO, Carla ESP
34 BYE
35 PEREIRA, Teliana BRA
36 BECK, Annika GER
37 QUALIFIER
38 TSURENKO, Lesia UKR
39 WICKMAYER, Yanina BEL
40 BACSINSZKY, Timea SUI
41 SVITOLINA, Elina UKR
42 QUALIFIER
43 MLADENOVIC, Kristina FRA
44 OSTAPENKO, Jelena LAT
45 MAKAROVA, Ekaterina RUS
46 KOVINIC, Danka MNE
47 BYE
48 MUGURUZA, Garbiñe ESP
49 KVITOVA, Petra CZE
50 BYE
51 KEYS, Madison USA
52 PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
53 QUALIFIER
54 BABOS, Timea HUN
55 VANDEWEGHE, CoCo USA
56 WILLIAMS, Venus USA
57 ERRANI, Sara ITA
58 QUALIFIER
59 STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE
WC 60 KNAPP, Karin ITA
61 JANKOVIC, Jelena SRB
62 BOUCHARD, Eugenie CAN
63 BYE
64 KERBER, Angelique GER
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