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2025 WTA Italian Open in Rome: A Look at the Top 4 Seeds and Their Paths to the Final

Can Iga Swiatek get back to her best as she looks to defend her Rome title?

The 2025 Italian Open is now underway with the qualifier rounds currently in progress. The Rome Masters is the sixth masters 1000 tournament on the WTA calendar and the second and last on clay. With the French Open looming near the end of the month, the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (Italian Open) will provide players with the final chance to gear up for the year’s second Grand Slam.

This year’s Italian Open will feature stars such as Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Mirra Andreeva, and many more. Swiatek is the reigning champion of the Italian clay, having defeated Sabalenka comfortably in straight sets last year. However, the Pole has been struggling this year, so it will be interesting to see how she performs this time around.

Swiatek has been the best player here for the past few years, as she has won the tournament three times in the last 4 years with titles in 2021, 2022, and 2024. The current 11th seed, Elena Rybakina, won the 2023 edition. As preparations are in full swing for the final tune-up event ahead of Roland Garros, let us take a look at how the draw is projected for the top 4 seeds at this year’s Italian Open.

WTA Italian Open 2025 – Top Four Seeds Path to the Final

Aryna Sabalenka (1)

R1: Bye

R2: Yastremska/Potapova

R3: Kenin/Boulter

R4: Kasatkina/Eala/Leylah

QF: Zheng/Rybakina

SF: Gauff/Andreeva

F: Swiatek

Iga Swiatek (2)

R1: Bye

R2: Avanesyan/Cocciaretto

R3: Collins/P. Kudermetova

R4: Svitolina/Samsonova

QF: Keys/Badosa

SF: Pegula/Paolini

F: Sabalenka

Jessica Pegula (3)

R1: Bye

R2: Krueguer/Qualifier

R3: Mertens/Zarazúa

R4: Shnaider/Putintseva

QF: Paolini/Muchova/Ostapenko

SF: Swiatek/Keys

F: Sabalenka

Coco Gauff (4)

R1: Bye

R2: Zucchini/Qualifier

R3: Linette/Bencic

R4: Anisimova/Raducanu/Alexandrova

QF: Andreeva/Navarro

SF: Sabalenka

F: Swiatek

The draw is out for Rome! 🇮🇹

Based on rankings here are the projected final eight… 👀 pic.twitter.com/OH70VEI6QR
— wta (@WTA) May 5, 2025

The quest for the title in Rome will begin on Friday, May 09, for the top seeds, as they all look forward to a dominant display of tennis in this penultimate tournament of the clay-court swing. Will Swiatek be able to rediscover her form and defend her title, or will a new champion be crowned in the Italian capital? Only time will tell.

Also Read: 2025 ATP Italian Open in Rome: A Look at the Top-4 Seeds and Intriguing Match-Ups En Route to Finals

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