Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome Masters Draw 2026

The Internazionali BNL d’Italia returns to the iconic Foro Italico this week, and there is no defending champion in the tie with Alcaraz missing both here and Roland Garros.

Thus, Jannik Sinner is the clear favourite, chasing a Career Golden Masters and wants to dominate at home.

But with Novak Djokovic back from injury, Alexander Zverev looking to bounce back from his final loss in Madrid, and a dangerous support crew ready to pounce, nothing is guaranteed.

While you’d be hard-pressed to see anyone other than Italy’s Numero Uno leave Rome with the title, his game seems to be on a different level than anyone else’s right now.

Fresh from his Madrid title, Sinner sits atop a top half that looks manageable, while the bottom half has Zverev anchored against a tricky field.

The middle sections are wide open, with tricky matches for Daniil Medvedev, questions surrounding Djokovic’s sharpness and plenty of dangerous clay specialists lurking.

Full draw, seeds, key stories and section by section below.

Tournament information

Italian Open 2026 Seeds

Seeds

Wild Cards

Protected Ranking

Socket

Pangs

Lucky Losers

2026 Rum Master Draw

Upper half

Lower half

PDF drawing

Thoughts on the draw

Top quarter

Seeded Players: (1) Jannik Sinner, (5) Ben Shelton, (12) Andrey Rublev, (15) Arthur Fils, (20) Frances Tiafoe, (21) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, (26) Jakub Mensik, (30) Brandon Nakashima.

This episode revolves around Sinner, who is coming off a dominant Masters winning streak and with the added motivation of completing the Career Golden Masters on home soil.

His opening rounds are manageable, but a potential third-round meeting with Mensik stands out, considering the Czech is one of the few players to beat him this season.

Fils looms as a fourth-round opponent, although Sinner handled him comfortably in Madrid, while Shelton is the main alternate threat with his improved clay game. Rublev’s presence adds some depth, but he hasn’t consistently delivered in a long time.

Overall, this looks like another title for the top seed, with only a couple of genuine dangers early on, and I can’t see who takes him out, barring some sort of fatigue/injury? Even in Madrid, he didn’t play that well in the previous rounds, but nobody came close.

Second quarter

Seeded Players: (4) Felix Auger-Aliassime, (7) Daniil Medvedev, (10) Flavio Cobolli, (14) Valentin Vacherot, (17) Cameron Norrie, (24) Tomas Martin Etcheverry, (27) Joao Fonseca, (28) Corentin Moutet.

This is the most open quarter of the draw. Auger-Aliassime could face Shapovalov early, while Medvedev has arguably the toughest start of any top seed against Tsitsipas or Machac, effectively a second week level in round one.

Cobolli and Etcheverry are both dangerous clay courts that could capitalize if higher seeds falter, while Fonseca remains a potential disruptor with the ability to take out established names.

If Medvedev survives his early tests, he will likely be the favorite to advance as a former champion, but it has been a while since he delivered any real tennis on clay.

Third quarter

Seeded Players: (3) Novak Djokovic, (8) Lorenzo Musetti, (11) Jiri Lehecka, (13) Karen Khachanov, (22) Arthur Rinderknech, (23) Casper Ruud, (25) Francisco Cerundolo, (31) Ugo Humbert.

All eyes here are on Djokovic, who returns from injury and faces a relatively mild opening, but questions remain about his level and match sharpness.

Musetti, backed by the Rome crowd, is a serious threat and a natural clayman who can take advantage if Djokovic is below his best.

The scheduled third-round clash between Ruud and Lehecka is crucial, with the winner likely to emerge as Djokovic’s biggest obstacle en route to the semi-finals.

Cerundolo is another dangerous floater who could upset the seedings, and he’s made the quarters in Rome before, so he could threaten Musetti in round three.

Regardless, this quarter has a clear favorite on paper, but also plenty of realistic upset paths if Djokovic isn’t fully dialed.

Lower quarter

Seeded Players: (2) Alexander Zverev, (6) Alex de Minaur, (9) Alexander Bublik, (16) Tommy Paul, (18) Luciano Darderi, (19) Learner Tien, (29) Tallon Griekspoor, (32) Rafael Jodar.

Zverev anchors the bottom quarter and, despite a heavy loss to Sinner in Madrid, still looks good to go deep in a tournament in which he has historically performed well.

His early rounds are not straightforward, with Altmaier or Zhang able to test him immediately, while a scheduled quarter-final against De Minaur could be tricky. But if he is right that there is a gap between himself and the rest of the field, then he should move on.

Bublik remains unpredictable, while Paul, Griekspoor and Darderi offer solid but not overwhelming opposition. The wildcard story is Jodar, who already beat De Minaur in Madrid and could do it again.

Interesting matches in the first round