The 2021 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome will run from May 10th till May 16th featuring the worlds best including Barty, Osaka and Halep.
The first WTA 1000 event on clay will be held in Rome and it will feature the strongest field of play since the Australian Open with all the best in the world attending. The event will start on May 10th and it will run till May 16th. The best in the world will attend the event headlined by world number one Ashleigh Barty.
Besides her, we will see all of the top 10 in the world including Osaka, Halep, Svitolina, Kenin, Andreescu, Williams and many more. All of them will be fighting to win that trophy which yields a hefty 1000 WTA points. Last year the event was held without crowds due to the pandemic and much later in the year than usual.
This time around it returns to the usual spot ahead of the French Open. The defending champion is Simona Halep which was her first title. In the past 10 years, the event was won 3 times by Serena Williams and two times by Elina Svitolina which will both play as well. Check out the full entry list below.
1 BARTY, ASHLEIGH (AUS) 1
2 OSAKA, NAOMI (JPN) 2
3 HALEP, SIMONA (ROU) 3
4 KENIN, SOFIA (USA) 4
5 SVITOLINA, ELINA (UKR) 5
6 ANDREESCU, BIANCA (CAN) 6
7 SABALENKA, ARYNA (BLR) 7
8 WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 8
9 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA (CZE) 9
10 KVITOVA, PETRA (CZE) 10
11 BERTENS, KIKI (NED) 11
12 BENCIC, BELINDA (SUI) 12
13 MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE (ESP) 13
14 BRADY, JENNIFER (USA) 14
15 AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 15
16 SWIATEK, IGA (POL) 16
17 MERTENS, ELISE (BEL) 17
18 KONTA, JOHANNA (GBR) 18
19 SAKKARI, MARIA (GRE) 19
20 VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA (CZE) 20
21 MARTIC, PETRA (CRO) 21
22 MUCHOVA, KAROLINA (CZE) 22
23 RYBAKINA, ELENA (KAZ) 23
24 KEYS, MADISON (USA) 24
25 KERBER, ANGELIQUE (GER) 25
26 KONTAVEIT, ANETT (EST) 26
27 RISKE, ALISON (USA) 28
28 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA (RUS) 29
29 PUTINTSEVA, YULIA (KAZ) 30
30 YASTREMSKA, DAYANA (UKR) 32
31 PEGULA, JESSICA (USA) 33
32 ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA (RUS) 34
33 ZHENG, SAISAI (CHN) 34 SR
34 GAUFF, CORI (USA) 35
35 KASATKINA, DARIA (RUS) 37
36 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA (CZE) 38
37 ANISIMOVA, AMANDA (USA) 39
38 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA (RUS) 40
39 ZHANG, SHUAI (CHN) 41
40 TEICHMANN, JIL (SUI) 42
41 PODOROSKA, NADIA (ARG) 45
42 ROGERS, SHELBY (USA) 46
Main Draw Alternates
1 SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA (LAT) 47
2 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA (KAZ) 47 SR
3 SORRIBES TORMO, SARA (ESP) 48
4 WANG, QIANG (CHN) 50
5 LINETTE, MAGDA (POL) 51