2020 Italian Open (tennis)

The 2020 Italian Open (also known as the Rome Masters or the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Originally scheduled for 11–17 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was initially rescheduled to 20–26 September 2020, a week before the 2020 French Open. When the ATP schedule was later revised in August 2020, following the cancellation of this year's Mutua Madrid Open due to the resurgence of virus cases in Spain, organizers had to move the tournament earlier than planned by a week, and it is rescheduled to 14–21 September 2020. That leaves the dates were later placed for this year's Hamburg European Open (men) and Internationaux de Strasbourg (women). It is the 77th edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2020 WTA Tour.

Seeds
1 Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Mager
 * 🇮🇹 Salvatore Caruso
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Travaglia

The following player used a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
 * Kevin Anderson

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 * 🇦🇷 Facundo Bagnis
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Cecchinato
 * 🇦🇷 Federico Coria
 * 🇪🇸 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
 * 🇩🇪 Dominik Koepfer
 * 🇪🇸 Pedro Martínez
 * 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Musetti
 * 🇺🇸 Tennys Sandgren

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * João Sousa

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka
 * 🇺🇸 John Isner → replaced by Marin Čilić
 * 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev → replaced by 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego
 * 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem → replaced by João Sousa
 * 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev → replaced by 🇰🇿 Alexander Bublik

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli / 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Mager / 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi
 * 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego / 🇮🇹 Andrea Vavassori

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
 * Kevin Anderson / 🇮🇱 Jonathan Erlich

Seeds
1 Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto
 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi
 * 🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

The following player received entry as a special exempt:
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * 🇪🇸 Aliona Bolsova
 * 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi
 * Kaja Juvan
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina
 * 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić
 * Arantxa Rus

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇨🇦 Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Jil Teichmann
 * 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Keys → replaced by 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová → replaced by 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková
 * 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic → replaced by 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanović
 * 🇨🇿 Karolína Muchová → replaced by 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek
 * 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka → replaced by 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson
 * Maria Sakkari → replaced by 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams → replaced by 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai → replaced by Polona Hercog

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 31, 2020.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Elisabetta Cocciaretto / 🇮🇹 Martina Trevisan
 * 🇮🇹 Giulia Gatto-Monticone / 🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini

The following pair received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇨🇦 Sharon Fichman / 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff / 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇵🇱 Magda Linette / 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens
 * Donna Vekić

Men's singles

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic def. 🇦🇷 Diego Schwartzman 7–5, 6–3.

This was Djokovic's 81st ATP Tour singles title, and fourth of the year.

Women's singles

 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep def. 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková, 6–0, 2–1, ret.

This was Halep's 22nd WTA Tour singles title, and third of the year. With this victory, Halep extended her winning streak to 14 matches.

Men's doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers / 🇦🇷 Horacio Zeballos def. 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Martin, 6–4, 5–7, [10–8].

This was Granollers' 21st ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year, and was Zeballos' 16th ATP Tour doubles title, and third of the year. This was also their fourth doubles title together as a pair.

Women's doubles

 * Hsieh Su-wei / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová def. 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam / 🇷🇴 Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 6–2

This was Hsieh's 28th WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year, and was Strýcová's 31st WTA Tour doubles title, and fourth of the year. This was also their 9th doubles title together as a pair.