2018 Italian Open (tennis)

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 7 May 2018. Rankings and points before are as of 14 May 2018.

Seed[7]	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Rafael Nadal	7,950	180	1000	8,770	Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev [2]
2	3	Alexander Zverev	6,015	1,000	600	5,615	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
3	4	Grigor Dimitrov	4,870	10	10	4,870	Second round lost to Kei Nishikori
4	5	Marin Čilić	4,770	180	360	4,950	Semifinals lost to Alexander Zverev [2]
5	6	Juan Martín del Potro	4,540	180	90	4,450	Third round retired against David Goffin [9]
6	8	Dominic Thiem	3,545	360	10	3,195	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini
7	7	Kevin Anderson	3,660	35	10	3,635	Second round retired against Aljaž Bedene
8	9	John Isner	3,305	360	10	2,955	Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
9	10	David Goffin	2,930	90	180	3,020	Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev
10	11	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,280	45	180	2,415	Quarterfinals lost to Marin Čilić [4]
11	18	Novak Djokovic	1,905	600	360	1,665	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
12	12	Sam Querrey	2,220	90	10	2,140	First round lost to Peter Gojowczyk
13	14	Jack Sock	2,155	90	45	2,110	Second round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
14	15	Diego Schwartzman	2,130	10	45	2,165	Second round lost to Benoît Paire
15	17	Tomáš Berdych	1,980	90	10	1,900	First round lost to Denis Shapovalov
16	16	Lucas Pouille	1,995	10	45	2,030	Second round lost to Kyle Edmund

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Reason
1	Roger Federer	9,670	0	8,670	Scheduling
13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,210	10	2,120	Personal

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Matteo Berrettini
• Marco Cecchinato
• Andreas Seppi
• Lorenzo Sonego

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Filippo Baldi
• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Federico Delbonis
• Nicolás Jarry
• Malek Jaziri
• Frances Tiafoe
• Stefanos Tsitsipas

Before the tournament

• Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by Steve Johnson
• Hyeon Chung → replaced by Alexandr Dolgopolov
• Roger Federer → replaced by Denis Shapovalov
• Filip Krajinović → replaced by Aljaž Bedene
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Ryan Harrison
• Andy Murray → replaced by Leonardo Mayer
• Milos Raonic → replaced by Peter Gojowczyk
• Andrey Rublev → replaced by Daniil Medvedev
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Benoît Paire

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	3	1
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	7	2
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	10	3
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	15	4
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	27	5
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	37	6
IND	Rohan Bopanna	FRA	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	44	7
ESP	Feliciano López	ESP	Marc López	46	8

• Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
• Julian Ocleppo / Andrea Vavassori

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa

Before the tournament

• Bob Bryan

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	1	1
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	2	2
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	4	4
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	5	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
FRA	Caroline Garcia	7	7
USA	Venus Williams	8	8
USA	Sloane Stephens	9	9
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	10
GER	Angelique Kerber	11	11
USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	13	12
USA	Madison Keys	14	13
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	15	14
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	17	15
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	18	16
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	19	17

• Rankings are as of 7 May 2018.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Sara Errani
• Camilla Rosatello
• Francesca Schiavone
• Samantha Stosur
• Roberta Vinci

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Victoria Azarenka
• Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Danielle Collins
• Polona Hercog
• Hsieh Su-wei
• Kaia Kanepi
• Ajla Tomljanović
• Alison Van Uytvanck
• Donna Vekić
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Zarina Diyas
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Aryna Sabalenka

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Elena Vesnina
• Julia Görges → replaced by Tímea Babos
• Petra Kvitová → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Aryna Sabalenka
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Maria Sakkari
• Serena Williams → replaced by Zarina Diyas

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	4	1
CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	17	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	18	3
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	25	4
TPE	Latisha Chan	USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	32	5
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	33	6
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	34	7
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	NED	Demi Schuurs	35	8

• Rankings are as of May 7, 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Deborah Chiesa / Alice Matteucci
• Sara Errani / Martina Trevisan
• Olga Savchuk / Elina Svitolina

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Johanna Konta / Zhang Shuai

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

• Rafael Nadal def. Alexander Zverev, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3[2]

• Elina Svitolina def. Simona Halep, 6–0, 6–4[3]

• Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. Pablo Carreño Busta / João Sousa, 3–6, 6–4, [10–4]

• Ashleigh Barty / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–4