Italian Open (tennis)
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Italian Open Internazionali d'Italia | |||||||||
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Tournament information | |||||||||
Founded | 1930 | ||||||||
Editions | 81 (2024) | ||||||||
Location | Rome Italy | ||||||||
Venue | Foro Italico | ||||||||
Surface | Clay(outdoors) | ||||||||
Website | internazionalibnlditalia.com | ||||||||
Current champions (2024) | |||||||||
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TheItalian Open(Italian:Internazionali d'Italia) is an annual professionaltennistournament held inRome,Italy. It is played onclay courtsat theForo Italico,and is held during the second week of May. The tournament is part of theATP Masters 1000events on theATP Tourand part of theWTA 1000events on theWTA Tour.The two events were combined in 2011.Rafael Nadalhas won the men's singles title a record ten times.
History[edit]
The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 inMilanat the Tennis Club and was initiated byCount Alberto Bonacossa.[1]The singles events at the tournament were won byBill TildenandLilí Álvarez.The championships were held in Milan until 1934. The next year, 1935, the event moved to theForo Italicoin Rome. No edition was held between 1936 and 1949. The competition resumed in 1950. In 1961 the tournament was held inTurinat the Sporting Club. It has had various naming incarnations through the years including: theItalian International Championships,[2]theRome Masters,and theBNL d'Italiaforsponsorship reasons.
The Italian Open became "open"to professional players in 1969. Between 1972 and 1989 it was a premier tournament of theGrand Prix Tennis Tourand was part of theGrand Prix Super Seriestop tier events. In 1990 it became an ATP Championship Series Single Week tournament, which included the nine most prestigious tournaments of the precedingGrand Prix tennis circuit.It has remained part of this category of events until today, that has changed names several times since, to be now known as theATP Tour Masters 1000events.
In June 2022, the ATP announced some changes to the ATP calendar for the coming year. The ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome along with those in Shanghai and in Madrid would now be held over two weeks starting in 2023, thus becoming 12 day events just like the Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami.[3]
In 1979 the women's event was held two weeks before the men's event. The women's event was played inPerugiafrom 1980 though 1984 and inTarantoin 1985. No women's event was held in 1986[a]and it moved back to Rome again in 1987 where it has remained.[4]
The tournament is held at the Foro Italico tennis center, which is an extensive area with a total of 18 clay surface tennis courts, nine of which are used for the Italian Open tournament and the rest for training purposes. There are currently three stadium courts: the main one,Stadio Centrale,was rebuilt for the 2010 tournament and has a capacity of 10,400 spectators.[5]The other grounds are theStadio Pietrangeli(formerlyPallacorda,3,500 seats[6]) and theGrand Stand Arena.
Past finals[edit]
Men's singles[edit]
Women's singles[edit]
Men's doubles[edit]
Women's doubles[edit]
Records[edit]
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Source: The Tennis Base[7]
Men's singles[edit]
Most titles | ![]() |
10 |
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Most finals | ![]() |
12 |
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Most runner-ups | ![]() |
6 |
Most consecutive titles | ![]() (2005–2007)
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3 |
Most consecutive finals | ![]() (2009–2014)
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6 |
Most matches played | ![]() |
78 |
Most matches won | ![]() |
70 |
Most consecutive matches won | ![]() |
17 |
Most editions played | ![]() |
22 |
Best winning % | ![]() |
93.75% |
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Youngest champion | ![]() |
17y, 11m, 2d (1974) |
Oldest champion | ![]() |
38y, 2m, 18d (1930) |
Longest final | |||||
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2006(57 games) | |||||
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60 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 77 |
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77 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 65 |
Shortest final | |||||
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2013(16 games) | |||||
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6 | 6 | |||
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1 | 3 |
Women's singles[edit]
Most titles | ![]() |
5 |
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Most finals | ![]() |
7 |
Most runner-ups | ![]() |
4 |
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Most consecutive titles | ![]() (1993–1996)
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4 |
Most consecutive finals | ![]() (1993–1997)
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5 |
Most consecutive runner-ups | ![]() (1934, 1935)
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2 |
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Most matches played | ![]() |
53 |
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Most matches won | ![]() |
44 |
Most consecutive matches won (not skipped events) |
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24 |
Most editions played | ![]() |
20 |
Best winning % (minimum of 20 matches played) |
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92.31% |
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Undefeated at this tournament (minimum of 1 title) |
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(7–0) (1951,1953) |
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(5–0) (1956) | |
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(5–0) (1979) | |
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(4–0) (1930) | |
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(4–0) (1934) | |
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(4–0) (1935) |
- Longest final
1962(36 games) | |||||
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8 | 5 | 6 | ||
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6 | 7 | 4 |
- Shortest completed final
2021(12 games) | |||||
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6 | 6 | |||
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0 | 0 |
Women's doubles[edit]
Individual | Team | |||
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Most titles | ![]() |
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2 |
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Most finals | ![]() |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
5 |
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Most runner-ups | ![]() |
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5 |
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Most consecutive titles | ![]() (1972, 1973, 1974)
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3 | ![]() ![]() (1956, 1957)
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2 |
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Most consecutive finals | ![]() (1962–1965)
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4 | ![]() ![]() (1962–1965)
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4 |
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Most consecutive runner-ups | ![]() (1962–1965)
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4 | ![]() ![]() (1962–1965)
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4 |
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- Longest final
1956(40 games) | |||||
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6 | 6 | 9 | ||
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4 | 8 | 7 |
- Shortest completed finals
1957(14 games) | |||||
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6 | 6 | |||
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1 | 1 |
2001(14 games) | |||||
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6 | 6 | |||
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1 | 1 |
Notes[edit]
- ^The Ellesse Grand Prix women's tournament, part of theVirginia Slims World Championships Series,was held inPerugiain July but it was not recognized as the Italian Open.
- ^abKnown as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Masters Series from 2000 till 2008.
- ^The final was stopped at two sets all due to bad light and the final set was played on 15 September inHouston,TX,USA.
References[edit]
- ^"Athletes – Alberto, Count Bonacossa".Sports Reference. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-10-02.
- ^Garcia, Gabriel."Italian International Championships – (Currently Italian Open ) – Roll of honour".thetennisbase.com.Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL.Retrieved25 July2018.
- ^"ATP calendar: Madrid and Rome over two weeks from 2023, Munich advances".tennisnet.com.2022-06-09.Retrieved2022-08-27.
- ^Bud Collins(2010).The Bud Collins History of Tennis(2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741.ISBN978-0942257700.
- ^"News | ATP Tour | Tennis".ATP Tour.
- ^"Prevendita".Archived2012-06-03 at theWayback MachineInternazionalibnlditalia.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^"Italian Open, Rome, Tournament Records".thetennisbase.com.The Tennis Base, 2016.Retrieved10 December2016.
External links[edit]
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