The Internazionali BNL d’Italia features the best players at the Foro Italico in Rome.
The tournament is one of the three ATP Masters 1000 events contested on clay, but the event is more than just tennis; it is a total entertainment experience. High fashion, fine food, fabulous shopping and celebrity musical performances have made the tournament one of the most glamorous stops on the ATP Tour. Rafael Nadal has won a record 10 titles in Rome.
Zverev wins second Italian Open title.
The German third seed dropped just five points on serve in a 6-4 7-5 win to seal a sixth Masters 1000 crown.
Zverev will now move up a place to fourth in the world rankings and served a warning to his rivals ahead of the French Open, which begins on 26 May.
But he said: “The focus is on Paris for sure, but let me enjoy this one for a few days first.
“Rome is a very special place for me. Obviously it’s a very, very special week.”
Chilean Jarry was competing in his first final at this level.
The world number 24 had knocked out sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals, but while he battled hard to stay in the match he had no answer to his opponent’s arrow-like serve, as Zverev landed 80% of his first serves in.
“He’s playing huge,” said Zverev of his opponent, who also beat America’s Tommy Paul en route to the final.
“I can see by the opponents he has beaten this week, that he is playing incredible tennis.
“I told him that if he carries on playing like that then he is going to have many more titles at this level.”
World number one Iga Swiatek again got the better of Aryna Sabalenka, winning in straight sets to take the Italian Open title.
The H2H record between Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek stands at 3 – 8. In their last encounter on 18-05-2024 in the Final at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome, Swiatek got the win with 3 – 8. Sabalenka stands at no. 2 in the rankings, whilst Swiatek is no. 1.
After Madrid I knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” Swiatek said.
“I’m really happy that I was able to play consistently during the clay season. The final tournament is in front of us. I always enjoy playing here.”
She added that she would celebrate on Saturday night by eating tiramisu after telling the crowd she was disappointed there was none in the trophy.
Addressing Swiatek after the match, Sabalenka said: “Congrats on an incredible two weeks in Rome. I hope we make it to the final at Roland Garros and I’m going to beat you there! Just kidding but I want to do better than today.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men’s singles | €963,225 | €512,260 | €284,590 | €161,995 | €88,440 | €51,665 | €30,255 | €20,360 | €11,820 | €6,130 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s singles | €699,690 | €365,015 | €192,405 | €99,160 | €52,480 | €30,435 | €16,595 | €10,495 | €8,030 | €4,175 |
| Men’s doubles* | €391,680 | €207,360 | €111,360 | €55,690 | €29,860 | €16,320 | — | — | — | |
| Women’s doubles* | €244,310 | €129,320 | €69,460 | €34,740 | €18,560 | €10,180 | — | — | — | — |
Men’s doubles and women’s doubles.
Granollers and Zeballos retained the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking after reaching the semifinals. Matthew Ebden and Joe Salisbury were also in contention for the top ranking at the beginning of the tournament.
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos won the men’s doubles title at the 2024 Italian Open, defeating Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 6–2. It was the eighth ATP Masters 1000 doubles title for Granollers, and seventh for Zeballos. They did not drop a set on their way to their second Rome title as a pair, having won their first in 2020.
Hugo Nys and Jan Zieliński were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.
Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini won the women’s doubles title at the 2024 Italian Open, defeating Coco Gauff and Erin Routliffe in the final, 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]. They became the first all-Italian female pair to win the tournament since 2012, when Errani partnered Roberta Vinci.
Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens were the reigning champions, but Hunter could not participate this year due to injury. Mertens partnered Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the quarterfinals to Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai.
