2018 Italian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2018 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Alexander Zverev
Score	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	56 (7 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16
Events

Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Alexander Zverev^[1] in the final, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2018 Italian Open. It was his record-extending eighth Italian Open title and his record-extending 32nd Masters title overall. With the win, Nadal also regained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking.

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After failing to defend his runner-up points from the previous year, Novak Djokovic fell outside the Top 20 in rankings for the first time since October 2, 2006.

This was the last professional tournament for former world No. 13 Alexandr Dolgopolov. He lost in the first round to Djokovic.

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Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Rafael Nadal	4	6	6

	Fabio Fognini	6	1	2
					1	Rafael Nadal	7⁷	6

					11	Novak Djokovic	6⁴	3
	Kei Nishikori	6	1	3

11	Novak Djokovic	2	6	6
									1	Rafael Nadal	6	1	6

									2	Alexander Zverev	1	6	3
10	Pablo Carreño Busta	3	3

4	Marin Čilić	6	6
					4	Marin Čilić	6¹³	5

					2	Alexander Zverev	7¹⁵	7
9	David Goffin	4	6	3

2	Alexander Zverev	6	3	6

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	R Nadal	6	6
	F Verdasco	3	1			D Džumhur	1	0
	D Džumhur	6	6							1	R Nadal	6	6
	D Medvedev	6	4	1							D Shapovalov	4	1
	R Haase	3	6	6		R Haase	6³	7⁷	3
	D Shapovalov	1	6	7⁷		D Shapovalov	7⁷	6⁵	6
15	T Berdych	6	3	6⁵										1	R Nadal	4	6	6
12	S Querrey	2	6⁷												F Fognini	6	1	2
	P Gojowczyk	6	7⁹			P Gojowczyk	6	6
WC	L Sonego	2	7⁷	6	WC	L Sonego	3	4
	A Mannarino	6	6⁴	3							P Gojowczyk	4	4
	F Fognini	6	6								F Fognini	6	6
	G Monfils	3	1			F Fognini	6	1	6
					6	D Thiem	4	6	3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					3	G Dimitrov	7⁷	5	4
	K Nishikori	7⁷	6			K Nishikori	6⁴	7	6
	F López	6⁵	4								K Nishikori	6	6
	K Khachanov	5	7⁹	6⁶							P Kohlschreiber	1	2
	P Kohlschreiber	7	6⁷	7⁸		P Kohlschreiber	6	6
	D Ferrer	3	4		13	J Sock	4	3
13	J Sock	6	6												K Nishikori	6	1	3
11	N Djokovic	6	6											11	N Djokovic	2	6	6
	A Dolgopolov	1	3		11	N Djokovic	6	6
Q	N Basilashvili	6	4	6	Q	N Basilashvili	4	2
Q	F Baldi	4	6	4						11	N Djokovic	6	7
Q	F Delbonis	6	5	1							A Ramos Viñolas	1	5
	A Ramos Viñolas	2	7	6		A Ramos Viñolas	6⁵	7⁷	7⁷
					8	J Isner	7⁷	6²	6⁵

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	K Anderson	4	0^r
	A Bedene	6	6			A Bedene	6	0
	G Müller	4	4								A Bedene	4	7⁷	2
	S Wawrinka	4	4							10	P Carreño Busta	6	6³	6
	S Johnson	6	6			S Johnson	4	6	4
	J Donaldson	4	6	0	10	P Carreño Busta	6	2	6
10	P Carreño Busta	6	3	6											10	P Carreño Busta	3	3
14	D Schwartzman	6	6												4	M Čilić	6	6
Q	N Jarry	4	1		14	D Schwartzman	6	4	2
	B Paire	6	6			B Paire	2	6	6
	R Gasquet	4	4								B Paire	3	4
	R Harrison	7⁷	6							4	M Čilić	6	6
	Y Sugita	6⁵	3			R Harrison	7⁷	1	6¹
					4	M Čilić	6³	6	7⁷

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	JM del Potro	7	6
	B Ćorić	1^r			Q	S Tsitsipas	5	3
Q	S Tsitsipas	4								5	JM del Potro	2	5^r
	P Cuevas	6	5	4						9	D Goffin	6	4
WC	M Cecchinato	2	7	6	WC	M Cecchinato	7	2	2
	L Mayer	1	2		9	D Goffin	5	6	6
9	D Goffin	6	6											9	D Goffin	4	6	3
16	L Pouille	6	3	7⁷										2	A Zverev	6	3	6
WC	A Seppi	2	6	6³	16	L Pouille	2	6³
Q	M Jaziri	3	6	3		K Edmund	6	7⁷
	K Edmund	6	3	6							K Edmund	5	6¹¹
WC	M Berrettini	6	7⁷							2	A Zverev	7	7¹³
Q	F Tiafoe	3	6¹		WC	M Berrettini	5	2
					2	A Zverev	7	6

First round					Qualifying competition

1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	6	7⁷

	Mikhail Kukushkin	7	3	6⁵
					1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7¹¹	6

						Dušan Lajović	6⁹	4
	Dušan Lajović	7	3	6

11	Florian Mayer	5	6	2

First round					Qualifying competition

2	João Sousa	6	6

	Horacio Zeballos	4	0
					2	João Sousa	4	3

					8	Nicolás Jarry	6	6
	Nicolás Kicker	7⁷	5	6⁷

8	Nicolás Jarry	6³	7	7⁹

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Mischa Zverev	6	6

WC	Andrea Pellegrino	1	2
				3	Mischa Zverev	6	3	4

				13	Federico Delbonis	3	6	6
	Cameron Norrie	2	0

13	Federico Delbonis	6	6

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Frances Tiafoe	3	7	6

WC	Salvatore Caruso	6	5	4
					4	Frances Tiafoe	w/o

					14	Viktor Troicki
	Thomas Fabbiano	5	3

14	Viktor Troicki	7	6

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Julien Benneteau	6	6

WC	Liam Caruana	2	0
					5	Julien Benneteau	6	5	4

					12	Nikoloz Basilashvili	3	7	6
	Marius Copil	4	6	2

12	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6	3	6

First round					Qualifying competition

6	Márton Fucsovics	6⁴	7⁷	5

WC	Filippo Baldi	7⁷	6⁵	7
					WC	Filippo Baldi	4	6	7⁷

					10	Guillermo García López	6	4	6⁵
	Ruben Bemelmans	3	1

10	Guillermo García López	6	6

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Malek Jaziri	6	6

	Evgeny Donskoy	3	2
					7	Malek Jaziri	6	3	6

						Mikhail Youzhny	4	6	3
	Mikhail Youzhny	6	3	6

9	Taylor Fritz	4	6	4

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

References

External links

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

References

External links