Italian Open 2023: When is it, who is playing and what's the prize?

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May 4, 2023

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Italian Open 2023: When is it, who is competing and what is the prize money?

The second Grand Slam of the year is drawing ever closer, and the Italian Open 2023 signposts the last Masters/WTA 1000 event before the tours head to Paris for Roland Garros.

Join Tennishead as we tell you everything you need to know ahead of the iconic tournament.

When is the Italian Open 2023?

Like we saw in Madrid, the Italian Open will become a 12-day event for the first time this year with the WTA main draw beginning on the Tuesday 9th May, before the tournament comes to a conclusion with the men’s singles final on Sunday 21st May.

The day sessions begin 11am local time (10am BST), with the evening sessions commencing from 7pm local time (6pm BST).

Players competing at the Italian Open 2023

Defending champion Novak Djokovic headlines the men’s field, however it is unclear what sort of condition the Serb will be in after he decided to withdraw from the Madrid Open with an elbow injury that he had surgery on back in 2018.

Rafael Nadal remains in the entry list for the event that he has won on 10 occasions, more than anyone else, however the Spaniard has not competed since January when he picked up a psoas injury that he has since been trying to recover from.

However, his coach Carlos Moya has recently stated that the ‘goal’ for Nadal is to return in Rome.

The wildcards have been handed to all Italians with Fabio Fognini, Matteo Arnaldi, Francesco Passaro, Giulio Zeppieri and Luca Nardi all looking to make a splash at their home event.

Here are the ATP seeds for the Italian Open 2023:

Seed	Name	Current Ranking	Entry Ranking
1	Novak Djokovic	1	1
2	Carlos Alcaraz	2	2
3	Daniil Medvedev	3	5
4	Casper Ruud	4	4
5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	3
6	Andrey Rublev	6	6
7	Holger Rune	7	9
8	Jannik Sinner	8	8
9	Felix Auger-Aliassime	9	7
10	Taylor Fritz	10	10
11	Frances Tiafoe	11	11
12	Karen Khachanov	12	12
13	Cameron Norrie	13	14
14	Rafael Nadal	14	15
15	Hubert Hurkacz	15	13
16	Alexander Zverev	16	16
17	Tommy Paul	17	18
18	Lorenzo Musetti	18	21
19	Alex de Minaur	19	19
20	Borna Coric	20	20
21	Pablo Carreno Busta	22	17
22	Daniel Evans	24	28
23	Roberto Bautista Agut	25	29
24	Denis Shapovalov	27	30
25	Sebastian Korda	28	26
26	Botic van de Zandschulp	29	31
27	Francisco Cerundolo	30	33
28	Sebastian Baez	31	32
29	Grigor Dimitrov	32	25
30	Miomir Kecmanovic	33	34
31	Yoshihito Nishioka	34	36
32	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	35	24

Like with the men’s field, the No.1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek headlines as she looks for success in the Italian capital for a third consecutive year.

The main draw also sees the return of former champions including Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina.

Wildcards have been awarded to all Italians in the women’s draw also with Sara Errani, Lucia Bronzetti, Lucrezia Stefanini, Nuria Brancaccio, Camilla Rosatello, Matilde Paoletti, Diletta Cherubini and Lisa Pigato all taking to dirt in Rome.

Here is the entry list for the WTA main draw at the Italian Open 2023:

WTA Italian Open entry list

*Emma Raducanu withdrew from the tournament after revealing that she would need surgery on both wrists and her ankle.

Last year’s winners of the Italian Open 2023

Unlike in Madrid there were some familiar faces victorious at the Italian Open last year, with Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek lifting the singles trophies in Rome.

Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-0 7-6(5), in the final to win his sixth crown in Rome after losing the final in the previous year to Rafael Nadal.

Swiatek defended her title in the Italian capital, when she beat Ons Jabeur in the final before going onto win her second Roland Garros title a few weeks later.

INVINCIBLE IGA!
Iga Swiatek wins her 5th consecutive title and 28th win in a row dominating Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-2 in Rome final pic.twitter.com/kGvncKCHU1
— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) May 15, 2022

Here is the full list of Italian Open champion’s from 2022:

Men’s singles – Novak Djokovic
Women’s singles – Iga Swiatek
Men’s doubles – Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic
Women’s doubles – Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Where is the Italian Open held?

The Italian Open is held in one of the country’s biggest sports complexes, the Foro Italico, headlined by the Campo Centrale.

The venue that sits in the heart of Rome opened in 2010, with the Campo Centrale holding up to 10,584 spectators for 12 phenomenal days of tennis.

Where to watch the Italian Open 2023?

The Italian Open is exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom.

How many ranking points are on offer at the Italian Open 2023?

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 96	Q	Q2	Q1
Men’s singles	1000	600	360	180	90	45	25	10	16	8	0
Men’s doubles		600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women’s singles		650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	20	2
Women’s doubles		650	390	215	120	10	—	—	—	—	—

What is the prize money for the Italian Open 2023?

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 96	Q2	Q1
Men’s singles	€1,105,265	€580,000	€308,790	€161,525	€84,900	€48,835	€27,045	€16,340	€8,265	€4,510
Women’s singles	€521,754	€272,200	€143,490	€73,930	€39,130	€22,700	€12,652	€7,828	€5,982	€3,110
Men’s doubles*	€382,420	€202,850	€108,190	€54,840	€29,300	€15,780	—	—	—	—
Women’s doubles	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—	—	—	—