Rome Open Main Draw Set for Monday, May 4 With 96 Players
The rome open main draw for both men’s and women’s singles will take place on Monday, May 4, with the women’s draw scheduled for 11:00 CET and the men’s draw set to follow immediately after. That draw sets a 96-player field across both singles events, with qualifiers, wildcards and seeded players all sorting into place before matches begin on Tuesday, May 5.
Nuria Brancaccio and the women’s draw
Nuria Brancaccio is among the women listed for the main draw, one of seven women named with one spot still open in that section. The women’s field includes 76 top-ranked players, 12 qualifiers, eight wildcards and 32 byes, with the top 32 players seeded and protected from facing another seeded opponent before the third round.
Those seedings will be set from the rankings on May 4, which gives Monday’s draw added weight for players trying to avoid an early collision. Seeded players also receive a first-round bye, so the bracket on draw day shapes not just who plays whom, but who waits for the first round to pass.
Qualifying at Foro Italico
Qualifying starts on Monday, May 4, and runs through Tuesday, May 5, with 48 spots available in each draw and only the top 12 from each category advancing to the main draw. The opening schedule has the men’s and women’s first qualifying rounds on Monday, then the women’s first round and the final qualifying round for both tours on Tuesday.
The men’s main draw includes 79 top-ranked players, 12 qualifiers, five wildcards and 32 byes, with five men already listed in that section. Matteo Arnaldi, Federico Cina, Francesco Maestrelli, Luca Nardi and Gianluca Cadenasso are among them, giving the home contingent a visible place in the bracket before the first ball is struck.
Rome Open finals arrive late
The main stage of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia begins on Tuesday, May 5, with the women’s matches opening first and the men’s main draw starting a day later. From there, the tournament stretches through a busy sequence of rounds on May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 before the women’s singles final on Saturday, May 16 and the men’s title match on Sunday, May 17.
For players, Monday’s draw is the pivot point. Brackets, byes and seed placement all settle at once, and the two-round qualifying path will decide the final 24 places still up for grabs across the men’s and women’s fields.
