Italian Open finals at Foro Italico

Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori gave the Foro Italico home crowd a title on Sunday, beating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 7-6(8), 3-7, 10-3 in the ATP doubles final on Campo Centrale. The win made Bolelli and Vavassori the first Italian team in the Open Era to win the Rome doubles title, according to the ATP. Earlier on Sunday, Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won the WTA doubles final 6-3, 6-3 over Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez. The ATP singles final between Jannik Sinner and Casper Ruud was scheduled for not before 5 p.m. local time in Rome, the ATP said. ### Which finals were on the schedule at Foro Italico? The ATP said Sunday’s order of play on Campo Centrale began at 12:00 local time with the WTA doubles final. The listed matchup was Storm Hunter and Jessica Pegula or Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider against seventh-seeded Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar-Martinez, with the ATP doubles final set for not before 14:00 and the ATP singles final set for not before 17:00. (atptour.com) The WTA order-of-play page identified May 17 as Day 14, the final day of the Rome event. The tournament overview page described Rome as a WTA 1000 event, while the ATP overview listed the men’s event as an ATP Masters 1000 tournament played at the Foro Italico in Rome. ### Who had already won by mid-afternoon in Rome? Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider won the women’s doubles title in 69 minutes, beating Bucsa and Melichar-Martinez 6-3, 6-3, the WTA said. (atptour.com) The WTA said the pair had fallen one win short in Madrid and then “bounced back in a big way” in Rome for the title. (wtatennis.com) Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori then followed with a two-hour, 19-minute victory in the ATP doubles final. The ATP said the seventh-seeded Italians saved four set points in the opening set and improved their 2026 record in match tie-breaks to 13-1. Bolelli said the Rome title was “a dream come true” after the win in front of the home crowd. (wtatennis.com) Vavassori said the Italians had played “one of the best matches we have ever played” against “one of the strongest teams of the last year,” referring to Granollers and Zeballos. ### Why was the singles final drawing most of the attention? (atptour.com) Jannik Sinner entered Sunday’s singles final as the top seed and world No. 1, according to the ATP’s final-schedule page. Casper Ruud, the No. 23 seed, reached his first Rome final and was set to face Sinner in the last match of the tournament on Campo Centrale. The ATP said Sinner led Ruud 4-0 in their head-to-head series before Sunday’s match. (atptour.com) Their Rome final was scheduled for not before 5 p.m. local time, which the ATP also listed as 11 a.m. Eastern Time in the United States. ATP Tour coverage said Sinner was chasing a Career Golden Masters and a sixth straight ATP Masters 1000 title. That framing came from the ATP’s preview of the final, not from tournament organizers or the players in the schedule itself. (atptour.com) ### What had happened in the women’s singles draw before Sunday? Elina Svitolina won the women’s singles title on Saturday, beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 in the final, the WTA said. (atptour.com) The WTA said the victory gave Svitolina her third Rome title and made her the first Ukrainian player to reach 20 WTA singles titles. WTA coverage said Svitolina also became the oldest player to win three titles at a WTA 1000 event. The title was her first WTA 1000 crown since becoming a mother, according to the WTA’s match report and follow-up coverage. ### Where could fans track the rest of the day? The ATP kept Sunday’s order of play and final schedule on its Rome tournament pages, including the not-before times for the doubles and singles finals. (wtatennis.com) The WTA and the tournament’s official Rome site also carried live scores and order-of-play updates during the day. Sunday’s final scheduled match was Sinner against Ruud on Campo Centrale at the Foro Italico in Rome. (wtatennis.com) The ATP listed that match for not before 17:00 local time on May 17, 2026. (atptour.com)