2012 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2012 Italian Open   (also known as the 2012 Rome Masters    and sponsored title 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia) was a tennis tournament, being played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 69th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place from 14 to 21 May 2012, because rain delayed the Men's final to Monday.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of 15 May 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi
 * 🇮🇹 Potito Starace
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Volandri

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Guillermo García-López
 * 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * Robin Haase
 * Blaž Kavčič
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey
 * 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos
 * 🇷🇴 Adrian Ungur

Withdrawals

 * 🇺🇸 Mardy Fish
 * 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (stomach injury)
 * 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (mononucleosis)

Retirements

 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of 15 May 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla / 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Naso / 🇮🇹 Filippo Volandri

Retirements

 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of 7 May 2012

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Alberta Brianti
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Chakvetadze
 * 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova
 * 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková
 * Mirjana Lučić
 * 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova
 * 🇪🇸 Silvia Soler Espinosa
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens
 * 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak

Withdrawals

 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (foot injury)
 * 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi (foot injury)
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (ankle injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of 7 May 2012

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇮🇹 Nastassja Burnett / 🇮🇹 Alexa Virgili
 * 🇮🇹 Maria Elena Camerin / 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp
 * 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas / 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

Withdrawals

 * 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková (right thigh injury)

Retirements

 * 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová (low back injury)
 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (right wrist injury)
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (left hand injury)

Men's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal defeated 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic, 7–5, 6–3

Women's singles

 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova defeated 🇨🇳 Li Na, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Men's doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers / 🇪🇸 Marc López defeated 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot / 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci defeated 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 7–5