Italian Open 2026 day one summary

Day one of the 2026 Internazionali BNL d’Italia is in the books, and the Roman clay saw 13 matches completed despite the rain interruptions.

Perhaps that’s one advantage of a 12-day Masters tournament: a rain delay doesn’t derail the event, as Rome doesn’t have covered courses until next year.

Still, the early action in the draw produced some good stories: a gutsy comeback win with match point saved for Altmaier, a solid home favorite win for Arnaldi and an upset for Hanfmann over Hurkacz.

Here are all the round of 128 results from day one, followed by the key matches and talking points:

Day one Italian Open 2026 Round of 128 results

Winner	Loser	Do
Jan-Lennard Struff	Francisco Comesana (Q)	6-2 6-4
Zachary Svajda	Marco Trungelliti	0-6 6-4 7-6(4)
Alexander Shevchenko	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6-3 4-6 7-6(5)
Botic from Zandschulp	Alexandre Muller	7-5 6-3
White Nettle	Fabian Marozsan	6-3 6-3
Alejandro Tabilo	Pablo Carreno Busta (Q)	6-2 6-1
Matteo Arnaldi (World Cup)	Jaume Munar	6-3 3-6 6-3
Nuno Borges	Jesper de Jong (Q)	6-3 6-0
Damir Dzumhur	Adrian Mannarino	6-4 6-0
Sebastian Baez	Jenson Brooksby	6-3 7-6(8)
Alexsandar Vukic	Patrick Kypson (Q)	6-3 5-7 6-0
Yannick Hanfmann	Hubert Hurkacz	6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-2
Daniel Altmaier	Zhizhen Zhang (PR)	4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Key Match Recap

Daniel Altmaier def. Zhizhen Zhang (PR) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

Altmaier saved two match points on his own serve (at 3-5, 15/40 in the second set) before closing out the comeback victory. This was his first ATP Masters 1000 match win of the season. He will now face two-time Rome champion Alexander Zverev in R2. Winnable for him if Zverev is not over his Madrid loss.

Matteo Arnaldi (WC) def. Jaume Munar 6-3 3-6 6-3

The home favorite and recent Cagliari Challenger champion claimed his first tour-level victory in 2026. He will take on 6th seed Alex de Minaur.

Yannick Hanfmann def. Hubert Hurkacz 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-2

Today’s biggest notable results. Hanfmann took out the higher-ranked Hurkacz in a tight, high-quality three-seater. The German made the quarterback in 2023, and he’s a bit of a handful on clay, while Hurkacz’s defection is one to study.

Damir Dzumhur def. Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-0

A very one-sided win for Dzumhur. Mannarino fought hard, and I hadn’t realized how bad his record is: 24 straight losses at M1000 and Grand Slam level on the surface. Unbelievable really. Maybe he should drop the string tension to get a little more power? 😁

Alejandro Tabilo def. Pablo Carreno Busta (Q) 6-2 6-1

Dominating performance from Tabilo as he cruised past the experienced Spaniard. It’s incomprehensible that I thought PCB could be the next great Spanish clay court player after Nadal. Yet he has only won one Masters 1000 title, on hard courts!

Rain impact

Jacob Fearnley vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: Suspended at 5-3 in the first set.
Dino Prizmic vs. Marton Fucsovics: Suspended at 6-4 0-0.
Federico Cina vs. Alexander Blockx: Did not start