2017 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2017 Italian Open  (also known as the 2017 Rome Masters and the sponsored title 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia  ) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 74th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place from 15 to 21 May 2017.

Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 8 May 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 15 May 2017.

Because the tournament took place one week later than in 2016, the points defended from last year was not superseded within a 52-week run, the results during the 52-week period were from 2016 Geneva Open and 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2016. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Matteo Berrettini
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Mager
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Napolitano
 * 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro
 * Kevin Anderson
 * 🇬🇧 Aljaž Bedene
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq
 * 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino
 * 🇧🇷 Thiago Monteiro
 * 🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov
 * 🇺🇸 Jared Donaldson
 * 🇺🇸 Ernesto Escobedo

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis →replaced by 🇺🇸 Jared Donaldson
 * Roger Federer →replaced by 🇬🇧 Dan Evans
 * 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet →replaced by 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer
 * 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson →replaced by 🇬🇧 Kyle Edmund
 * Ivo Karlović →replaced by 🇺🇸 Ernesto Escobedo
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios →replaced by 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi →replaced by 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils →replaced by Robin Haase
 * 🇱🇺 Gilles Müller →replaced by 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by 🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý

Retirements

 * 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Mager

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli / 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi
 * 🇮🇹 Federico Gaio / 🇮🇹 Stefano Napolitano

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * Treat Huey / 🇳🇿 Michael Venus

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Deborah Chiesa
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis
 * 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova
 * 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit
 * Jeļena Ostapenko
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * Donna Vekić
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Ana Konjuh →replaced by 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska →replaced by 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe →replaced by 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi
 * Caroline Wozniacki →replaced by 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka

Retirements

 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of May 8, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Deborah Chiesa / 🇮🇹 Stefania Rubini
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani / 🇮🇹 Martina Trevisan
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Savchuk / 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina

Men's singles

 * 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev def. 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina def. 🇷🇴 Simona Halep, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Men's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut def. Ivan Dodig / 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers, 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

Women's doubles

 * Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis def. 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)