Rome Masters

 

Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Location	Rome  Italy
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Official website
ATP Tour
Category	Masters Series
Draw	56S / 28Q / 24D
Prize Money	US$2,450,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Tier	Tier I
Draw	56M / 32Q / 28D
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. 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. However, from 2009, the ATP are revamping the men's tour, which will result in the Rome Masters being switched to hard courts, with the vacant clay spot being filled by the Madrid Masters.^[1]

Past results

Men’s Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	Rafael Nadal	Fernando González	6-2, 6-2
2006	Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
2005	Rafael Nadal	Guillermo Coria	6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6
2004	Carlos Moyà	David Nalbandian	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
2003	Félix Mantilla	Roger Federer	7-5, 6-2, 7-6
2002	Andre Agassi	Tommy Haas	6-3, 6-3, 6-0
2001	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Gustavo Kuerten	3-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
2000	Magnus Norman	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1999	Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter	6-4, 7-5, 7-6
1998	Marcelo Ríos	Albert Costa	w/o (injury)
1997	Alex Corretja	Marcelo Ríos	7-5, 7-5, 6-3
1996	Thomas Muster	Richard Krajicek	6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1995	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera	3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
1994	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1993	Jim Courier	Goran Ivanišević	6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1992	Jim Courier	Carlos Costa	7-6, 6-0, 6-4
1991	Emilio Sánchez	Alberto Mancini	6-3, 6-1, 3-0 (retired)
1990	Thomas Muster	Andrei Chesnokov	6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1989	Alberto Mancini	Andre Agassi	6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
1988	Ivan Lendl	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1987	Mats Wilander	Martín Jaite	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1986	Ivan Lendl	Emilio Sánchez	7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
1985	Yannick Noah	Miloslav Mečíř	6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
1984	Andrés Gómez	Aaron Krickstein	2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1983	Jimmy Arias	Jose Higueras	6-2, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
1982	Andrés Gómez	Eliot Teltscher	6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1981	Jose-Luis Clerc	Víctor Pecci	6-3, 6-4, 6-0
1980	Guillermo Vilas	Yannick Noah	6-0, 6-4, 6-4
1979	Vitas Gerulaitis	Guillermo Vilas	6-7, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
1978	Björn Borg	Adriano Panatta	1-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1977	Vitas Gerulaitis	Antonio Zugarelli	6-2, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
1976	Adriano Panatta	Guillermo Vilas	2-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6
1975	Raul Ramirez	Manuel Orantes	7-6, 7-5, 7-5
1974	Björn Borg	Ilie Năstase	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1973	Ilie Năstase	Manuel Orantes	6-1, 6-1, 6-1
1972	Manuel Orantes	Jan Kodeš	4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
1971	Rod Laver	Jan Kodeš	7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1970	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš	6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6
1969	John Newcombe	Tony Roche	6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
1968	Tom Okker	Bob Hewitt	10-8, 6-8, 6-1, 1-6, 6-0
1967	Marty Mulligan	Tony Roche	6-3, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
1966	Tony Roche	Nicola Pietrangeli	11-9, 6-1, 6-3
1965	Marty Mulligan	Manuel Santana	1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1964	Jan-Erik Lundquist	Fred Stolle	1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
1963	Marty Mulligan	Boro Jovanovic	6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6
1962	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	6-2, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1961	Nicola Pietrangeli	Rod Laver	6-8, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1960	Barry MacKay	Luis Ayala	7-5, 7-5, 0-6, 0-6, 6-1
1959	Luis Ayala	Neale Fraser	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1958	Mervyn Rose	Nicola Pietrangeli	5-7, 8-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
1957	Nicola Pietrangeli	Giuseppe Merlo	8-6, 6-2, 6-4
1956	Lew Hoad	Sven Davidson	7-5, 6-2, 6-0
1955	Fausto Gardini	Giuseppe Merlo	1-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-6 (retired)
1954	Budge Patty	Enrique Morea	11-9, 6-4, 6-4
1953	Jaroslav Drobny	Lew Hoad	6-2, 6-1, 6-2
1952	Frank Sedgman	Jaroslav Drobny	7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
1951	Jaroslav Drobny	Gianni Cucelli	6-1, 10-8, 6-0
1950	Jaroslav Drobny	William Talbert	6-4, 6-3, 7-9, 6-2
1936-49	not held
1935	Wilmer Hines	Giovanni Palmieri	6-3, 10-8, 9-7
1934	Giovanni Palmieri	Giorgio de' Stefani	6-3, 6-0, 7-5
1933	Emanuele Sartorio	Martin Legeay	6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1932	André Merlin	George Hughes	6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 8-6
1931	George Hughes	Henri Cochet	6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1930	Bill Tilden	Uberto de Morpurgo	6-1, 6-1, 6-2

Women’s Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	Jelena Janković	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-5, 6-1
2006	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina	6-2, 7-5
2005	Amélie Mauresmo	Patty Schnyder	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2004	Amélie Mauresmo	Jennifer Capriati	3-6, 6-3, 7-6
2003	Kim Clijsters	Amélie Mauresmo	3-6, 7-6, 6-0
2002	Serena Williams	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7-6, 6-4
2001	Jelena Dokić	Amélie Mauresmo	7-6, 6-1
2000	Monica Seles	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2, 7-6
1999	Venus Williams	Mary Pierce	6-4, 6-2
1998	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams	6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1997	Mary Pierce	Conchita Martinez	6-4, 6-0
1996	Conchita Martinez	Martina Hingis	6-2, 6-3
1995	Conchita Martinez	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-3, 6-1
1994	Conchita Martinez	Martina Navrátilová	7-6, 6-4
1993	Conchita Martinez	Gabriela Sabatini	7-5, 6-1
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Monica Seles	7-5, 6-4
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	Monica Seles	6-3, 6-2
1990	Monica Seles	Martina Navrátilová	6-1, 6-1
1989	Gabriela Sabatini	Arantxa Sánchez	6-2, 5-7, 6-4
1988	Gabriela Sabatini	Helen Kelesi	6-1, 6-7, 6-1
1987	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	7-5, 4-6, 6-0
1986	not held
1985	Raffaella Reggi	Vicki Nelson-Dunbar	6-4, 6-4
1984	Manuela Maleeva	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-3, 6-3
1983	Andrea Temesvari	Bonnie Gadusek	6-1, 6-0
1982	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Hana Mandlíková	6-0, 6-2
1981	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Virginia Ruzici	6-1, 6-2
1980	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Virginia Ruzici	5-7, 6-2, 6-2
1979	Tracy Austin	Sylvia Hanika	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
1978	Regina Maršíková	Virginia Ruzici	7-5, 7-5
1977	Janet Newberry	Renáta Tomanová	6-3, 7-6
1976	Mima Jaušovec	Lesley Hunt	6-1, 6-3
1975	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6-1, 6-0
1974	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6-3, 6-3
1973	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7-6, 6-0
1972	Linda Tuero	Olga Morozova	6-4, 6-3
1971	Virginia Wade	Helga Niessen-Masthoff	6-4, 6-4
1970	Billie Jean King	Julie Heldman	6-1, 6-3
1969	Julie Heldman	Kerry Melville	7-5, 6-3
1968	Lesley Turner-Bowrey	Margaret Court	2-6, 6-2, 6-3
1967	Lesley Turner	Maria Bueno	6-3, 6-3
1966	Ann Haydon-Jones	Annette Van Zyl	8-6, 6-1
1965	Maria Bueno	Nancy Richey	6-1, 1-6, 6-3
1964	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6-1, 6-1
1963	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6-3, 6-4
1962