Masters · clay court · Rome · May 5, 2026 – May 17, 2026.
Defending Champion (2025): Carlos Alcaraz · Jasmine Paolini.
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The Italian Open is one of clay-court tennis's oldest pillars, founded in 1930 and staged for decades at Rome's Foro Italico, the Mussolini-era sports complex whose Stadio dei Marmi is ringed by towering marble statues. It sits in the heart of the European clay swing — the final 1000-level stop before the French Open — and has long served as the last full-scale dress rehearsal for Roland-Garros, slotting in after Madrid and Monte Carlo.
What sets Rome apart from its clay siblings is the dirt itself. Played near sea level on slower, heavier red clay, the Foro Italico rewards patience and topspin over the thinner, faster bounce of altitude-aided Madrid. The intimate, amphitheatre setting and a famously partisan Italian crowd give the venue a character closer to a Grand Slam than a tune-up — a combined ATP/WTA event expanded in recent years to a near-fortnight format spanning the May calendar.
The recent champions roll reflects that prestige. On the men's side, Jannik Sinner took the 2026 title with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Casper Ruud, the first Italian man to lift the trophy at home. The women's draw has produced its own marquee finals: Jasmine Paolini won in 2025, and Iga Swiatek beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-3 to take the 2024 edition. Daniil Medvedev — rarely a clay threat — broke through for the 2023 men's title, a reminder that Rome's surface doesn't only reward the dirt-ballers.
For 2026 the event again runs as a sprawling joint showcase from May 5 to 17, with Sinner and Paolini entering as the defending home champions — a rare double for Italian tennis on its biggest domestic stage.