Rome Masters

Infobox joint Tennis Tournament
Name = Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Current =
Logo =
Logo_size = 150px
City = Rome
Country = ITA
Venue = Foro Italico
Surface = Clay / Outdoors
Web_site = http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.it/1/default.asp?LNG=EN
Notes =
ATP_Category = Masters Series
ATP_Draw = 56S / 28Q / 24D
ATP_Prize_Money = US$2,450,000
WTA_Tier = Tier I
WTA_Draw = 56M / 32Q / 28D
WTA_Prize_Money = US$1,340,000

The Rome Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is an ATP Masters Series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Tier 1 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The two competitions are currently held in separate weeks in May. The tournament is played on clay courts. The event was previously known as the Italian Open, changing its name in 2002. Its current official sponsored name is the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 in Milan, where it was played until 1934 before being moved to the "Foro Italico" in Rome in 1935. No event was held between 1936 and 1949. The competition resumed in 1950. It became an "Open" event in 1969.

Many tennis fans consider the Rome Masters to be the second most prestigious clay court tennis tournament in the world, after the French Open.

Records

*Rafael Nadal and Thomas Muster: most wins (3)
*Rafael Nadal: most consecutive wins (3, 2005-07)
*Chris Evert: most wins (5)
*Conchita Martínez: most consecutive wins (4, 1993-96)

Past results

Men's singles finals

Men's doubles finals

Since 1970:

Women's doubles finals

Since 1980:

External links

* [http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.it/1/default.asp?LNG=EN Official tournament website]

References