Jun 4, 2024; Paris, France; Jannik Sinner of Italy wins his match against Grigor Diitrov of Bulgaria on day 10 of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros.

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Italian Open Rome 2025: Schedule, Important Dates, Format and More

The Rome Masters is taking place between May 6-18.

Jun 4, 2024; Paris, France; Jannik Sinner of Italy wins his match against Grigor Diitrov of Bulgaria on day 10 of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros.

The 2025 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, or the Italian Open, is set to be held between 6-18 May 2025 at the Foro Italico. The tournament will be played on outdoor clay courts as a 1000-event on both men’s and women’s circuits. The 2025 competition will be the 82nd edition of the Rome Masters – featuring 96 of the best singles players and 32 doubles pairings.

This year, the event is making the rounds due to the return of World No. 1 Jannik Sinner after a temporary suspension. In 1930, the first Italian tennis championship was held at the Tennis Club. The current venue, which is the Foro Italico tennis centre in Rome, contains 18 clay tennis courts out of which 9 are used for the tournament.

The reigning champion at the Italian Open in Rome is World No. 2 Alexander Zverev. However, the German will have to perform exceedingly well at the capital in order to obtain a No. 2 seeding for Roland Garros. On the women’s side, Iga Swiatek captured the 2024 championship. She defeated current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to win the title.

Italian Open Rome 2025 Schedule

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The 2025 Rome Masters begins with the qualifying tournament on May 5 and 6. Consequently, the women’s singles main draw kicks off on May 6, while the men follow suit on the very next day. Here’s what you need to know about the main draw:

Date	Round
6 May	Women’s Round-1
7 May	Men’s Round-1, Women’s Round-1
8 May	Men’s Round-1, Women’s Round-1
9 May	Men’s Round-2, Women’s Round-2
10 May	Men’s Round-2, Women’s Round-2
11 May	Men’s Round-3, Women’s Round-3
12 May	Men’s Round-3, Women’s Round of 16
13 May	Men’s Round of 16, Women’s Quarterfinals
14 May	Men’s Quarterfinals, Women’s Quarterfinals
15 May	Men’s Quarterfinals, Women’s Semifinals
16 May	Men’s Semifinals, Women’s Doubles Semifinals
17 May	Women’s Final, Men’s Doubles Semifinals
18 May	Men’s Singles Final, Men’s Doubles Final, Women’s Doubles Final

Italian Open Rome 2025 Tournament Format and Structure

The 2025 Italian Open is a single-elimination competition with 128 available player slots in singles and 32 pairs in doubles. The top four seeds are allotted spots in the four different quarters of the draw. The main draw will begin only after a qualifying tournament.

Qualifiers for the Italian Open will be held a few days before the start of the main draw. The women’s singles main draw will begin one day before the men’s side of the tournament. Seeds 1 and 4 will clash in the semifinal stage (if they make it), and the No. 2 seed will meet the No. 3 seed.

With defending champion Alexander Zverev occupying the No. 2 seed slot, it will be interesting to see if he can navigate his way through to another Roma Italia championship. He will be opposed by strong forces in the form of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

Alexander Zverev

Aryna Sabalenka

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ATP Masters 1000

Carlos Alcaraz

Iga Swiatek

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Jannik Sinner

Rome Masters

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WTA 1000

Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.