2016 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2016 Italian Open  (also known as the 2016 Rome Masters 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.

Seeds

 * 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)

Seeds

 * 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)

Seeds

 * 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

Seeds

 * 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

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]