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  • Also known as the Internazionali D'Italia.

  • Venue: Ford Italico, Rome, 4-17 May, 2026

  • Men’s Singles

    • Jannik Sinner (Italian) won the Italian Open title, defeating Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

    • Sinner became the 2nd Italian man after Adriano Panatta (1976) to win the tournament.

    • He also became only the second player after Novak Djokovic to complete the Career Golden Masters (all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles).

    • This was Sinner’s 6th straight Masters 1000 title and his 10th overall. 

  • Women’s Singles

    • Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) won the Italian Open title, defeating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 in the final.

    • Svitolina also defeated World No. 2 Elena Rybakina and World No. 3 Iga Swiatek during the tournament.

    • It was her third Italian Open title and first clay-court title of the season ahead of the French Open.

 

    • Australian Open, French Open, US Open, Wimbledon Open.

    • They are jointly called Grand Slam tournaments.

  • Why this special treatment?

    • In the initial decades of tennis’ emergence as a global sport, Australia, France, Britain and the US were the dominant forces

    • This period of dominance, lasting three-quarters of a century, prompted the national championships of the four countries to be termed Grand Slam tournaments.

  • Note: Recent success by Italian tennis prompted calls to recognise the Italian Open, already a prestigious clay tournament, as a fifth Grand Slam. 

    • Currently Italian Open is ATP Masters 1000 title

 

All 9 ATP Masters 1000 Titles

Courtsey: ATP Tour