| 2013 Italian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 – 19 May | 
| Edition | 70th | 
| Category | Masters 1000 Premier 5 | 
| Draw | 56S / 24D 56S / 28D | 
| Prize money | €3,204,745 $2,369,000 | 
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | 
| Location | Rome, Italy | 
| Venue | Foro Italico | 
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
|  Rafael Nadal[1] | |
| Women's singles | |
|  Serena Williams[2] | |
| Men's doubles | |
|  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan | |
| Women's doubles | |
|  Hsieh Su-wei /  Peng Shuai | |
The 2013 Italian Open[1][2][3] (also known as the 2013 Rome Masters[4][5][6][7][8] and sponsored title 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia[9]) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 70th edition of the Italian Open and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2013 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place from 13 to 19 May 2013.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles[10] | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles[10] | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles[11] | 900 | 620 | 395 | 225 | 125 | 70 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 
| Women's doubles[11] | 5 | — | — | — | — | 
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles | €501,700 | €246,000 | €123,900 | €62,950 | €32,700 | €17,235 | €9,305 | €2,140 | €1,090 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles | €343,548 | €171,774 | €85,835 | €39,548 | €19,597 | €10,065 | €5,173 | €2,871 | €1,484 | 
| Men's doubles | €155,400 | €76,060 | €38,150 | €19,580 | €10,120 | €5,340 | — | — | — | 
| Women's doubles | €98,387 | €49,677 | €24,589 | €12,371 | €6,274 | €3,097 | — | — | — | 
ATP main draw entrants
Singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 | 
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Roger Federer | 2 | 2 | 
|  GBR | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 | 
|  ESP | David Ferrer | 4 | 4 | 
|  ESP | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 5 | 
|  CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 6 | 
|  ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | 7 | 
|  FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 8 | 8 | 
|  FRA | Richard Gasquet | 9 | 9 | 
|  SRB | |||
|  CRO | Marin Čilić | 11 | 11 | 
|  ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 12 | 12 | 
|  GER | Tommy Haas | 13 | 13 | 
| .svg.png.webp) CAN | Milos Raonic | 14 | 14 | 
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 15 | 15 | 
|  JPN | Kei Nishikori | 16 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 Carlos Berlocq Carlos Berlocq
 Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo
 Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev
 Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis
 Jan Hájek Jan Hájek
 Andrey Kuznetsov Andrey Kuznetsov
 Albert Montañés Albert Montañés
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Bellucci
 Mardy Fish Mardy Fish
 Florian Mayer Florian Mayer
 Janko Tipsarević (bronchitis) Janko Tipsarević (bronchitis)
.svg.png.webp) Bernard Tomic (personal reasons) Bernard Tomic (personal reasons)
- During the tournament
 Philipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber
.svg.png.webp) Stanislas Wawrinka (thigh injury) Stanislas Wawrinka (thigh injury)
Retirements
.svg.png.webp) Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury) Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury)
 Andy Murray (hip injury) Andy Murray (hip injury)
Doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  USA | Bob Bryan |  USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 | 
|  ESP | Marcel Granollers |  ESP | Marc López | 7 | 2 | 
|  SWE | Robert Lindstedt | .svg.png.webp) CAN | Daniel Nestor | 13 | 3 | 
|  PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |  NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 16 | 4 | 
|  BLR | Max Mirnyi |  ROU | Horia Tecău | 18 | 5 | 
|  IND | Mahesh Bhupathi |  IND | Rohan Bopanna | 21 | 6 | 
|  AUT | Alexander Peya |  BRA | Bruno Soares | 32 | 7 | 
|  AUT | Jürgen Melzer |  IND | Leander Paes | 43 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
.svg.png.webp) Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury) Xavier Malisse (right wrist injury)
WTA main draw entrants
Singles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 | 
|  RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 | 
|  BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 3 | 
|  POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 4 | 
|  CHN | Li Na | 5 | 5 | 
|  GER | |||
|  ITA | Sara Errani | 7 | 7 | 
|  CZE | Petra Kvitová | 8 | 8 | 
| .svg.png.webp) AUS | Samantha Stosur | 9 | 9 | 
|  DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 10 | 
|  RUS | Nadia Petrova | 11 | 11 | 
|  RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 12 | 12 | 
|  ITA | Roberta Vinci | 13 | 13 | 
|  SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 15 | 14 | 
|  SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 16 | 15 | 
|  USA | Sloane Stephens | 17 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 Mallory Burdette Mallory Burdette
 Simona Halep Simona Halep
 Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea Hlaváčková
 Mathilde Johansson Mathilde Johansson
 Anabel Medina Garrigues Anabel Medina Garrigues
 Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza
 Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin
 Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Tsurenko
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Mona Barthel Mona Barthel
 Marion Bartoli (foot injury) Marion Bartoli (foot injury)
 Angelique Kerber (abdominal injury) Angelique Kerber (abdominal injury)
 Tamira Paszek (respiratory infection) Tamira Paszek (respiratory infection)
 Yaroslava Shvedova (right arm injury) Yaroslava Shvedova (right arm injury)
 Heather Watson (mononucleosis) Heather Watson (mononucleosis)
- During the tournament
 Maria Sharapova (illness) Maria Sharapova (illness)
Retirements
 Maria Kirilenko Maria Kirilenko
 Ekaterina Makarova (left Achilles tendon injury) Ekaterina Makarova (left Achilles tendon injury)
 Ayumi Morita Ayumi Morita
Doubles
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  ITA | Sara Errani |  ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 | 
|  RUS | Nadia Petrova |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 11 | 2 | 
|  RUS | Ekaterina Makarova |  RUS | Elena Vesnina | 13 | 3 | 
|  USA | Liezel Huber |  ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 25 | 4 | 
|  USA | Raquel Kops-Jones |  USA | Abigail Spears | 29 | 5 | 
|  USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands |  IND | Sania Mirza | 35 | 6 | 
|  GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld |  CZE | Květa Peschke | 40 | 7 | 
|  CHN | Zhang Shuai |  CHN | Zheng Jie | 48 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of May 6, 2013.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 Nastassja Burnett / Nastassja Burnett / Christina McHale Christina McHale
 Maria Elena Camerin / Maria Elena Camerin / Karin Knapp Karin Knapp
 Jelena Janković / Jelena Janković / Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
 Flavia Pennetta / Flavia Pennetta / Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Kuznetsova
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Ekaterina Makarova (left achillis injury) Ekaterina Makarova (left achillis injury)
Champions
Men's singles
 Rafael Nadal def. Rafael Nadal def..svg.png.webp) Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3. Roger Federer, 6–1, 6–3.
Women's singles
 Serena Williams def. Serena Williams def. Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3 Victoria Azarenka, 6–1, 6–3
Men's doubles
 Bob Bryan / Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan def. Mike Bryan def. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–2, 6–3 Rohan Bopanna, 6–2, 6–3
Women's doubles
 Hsieh Su-wei / Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai def. Peng Shuai def. Sara Errani / Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] Roberta Vinci, 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
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