# Italian Open — Title History

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:33/italian-open/history
Tour: WTA
Current official name: Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Also known as: Rome Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italian International Championships

The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

Archive scope: Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards.
Historical source: [Italian Tennis Federation honour roll](https://www.fitp.it/media/ibi_repository/2025/20250409_INTERNAZIONALI_BNL_D_ITALIA___ALBO_D_ORO.pdf)
Historical source: [Italian Open finals table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Open_(tennis))

## Summary
- Total editions: 76
- First edition: 1930
- Latest edition: 2026

## Most titles
- Conchita Martínez: 4 (1996, 1995, 1994, 1993)
- Gabriela Sabatini: 4 (1992, 1991, 1989, 1988)
- Serena Williams: 4 (2016, 2014, 2013, 2002)
- Elina Svitolina: 3 (2026, 2018, 2017)
- Iga Swiatek: 3 (2024, 2022, 2021)
- Maria Sharapova: 3 (2015, 2012, 2011)
- Amélie Mauresmo: 2 (2005, 2004)
- Chris Evert: 2 (1975, 1974)
- Jelena Jankovic: 2 (2008, 2007)
- Martina Hingis: 2 (2006, 1998)
*Only Open Era titles from 1968 onwards are counted.*

## Champions by year
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Category |
| ---: | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2026 | Elina Svitolina | Coco Gauff | 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 | WTA 1000 |
| 2025 | Jasmine Paolini | Coco Gauff | 6-4 6-2 | WTA 1000 |
| 2024 | Iga Swiatek | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-2 6-3 | WTA 1000 |
| 2023 | Elena Rybakina | Anhelina Kalinina | 6-4 1-0 | WTA 1000 |
| 2022 | Iga Swiatek | Ons Jabeur | 6-2 6-2 | WTA 1000 |
| 2021 | Iga Swiatek | Karolina Pliskova | 6-0 6-0 | WTA 1000 |
| 2020 | Simona Halep | Karolina Pliskova | 6-0 2-1 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2019 | Karolina Pliskova | Johanna Konta | 6-3 6-4 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2018 | Elina Svitolina | Simona Halep | 6-0 6-4 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2017 | Elina Svitolina | Simona Halep | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2016 | Serena Williams | Madison Keys | 7-6(5) 6-3 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2015 | Maria Sharapova | Carla Suárez Navarro | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2014 | Serena Williams | Sara Errani | 6-3 6-0 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2013 | Serena Williams | Victoria Azarenka | 6-1 6-3 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2012 | Maria Sharapova | Na Li | 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2011 | Maria Sharapova | Samantha Stosur | 6-2 6-4 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2010 | Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez | Jelena Jankovic | 7-6(5) 7-5 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2009 | Dinara Safina | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6-3 6-2 | Premier 5 -> WTA 1000 |
| 2008 | Jelena Jankovic | Alizé Cornet | 6-2 6-2 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2007 | Jelena Jankovic | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 7-5 6-1 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2006 | Martina Hingis | Dinara Safina | 6-2 7-5 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2005 | Amélie Mauresmo | Patty Schnyder | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2004 | Amélie Mauresmo | Jennifer Capriati | 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2003 | Kim Clijsters | Amélie Mauresmo | 3-6 7-6(3) 6-0 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2002 | Serena Williams | Justine Henin | 7-6(6) 6-4 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2001 | Jelena Dokic | Amélie Mauresmo | 7-6(3) 6-1 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 2000 | Monica Seles | Amélie Mauresmo | 6-2 7-6(4) | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1999 | Venus Williams | Mary Pierce | 6-4 6-2 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1998 | Martina Hingis | Venus Williams | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1997 | Mary Pierce | Conchita Martínez | 6-4 6-0 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1996 | Conchita Martínez | Martina Hingis | 6-2 6-3 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1995 | Conchita Martínez | Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 6-3 6-1 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1994 | Conchita Martínez | Martina Navratilova | 7-6 6-4 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1993 | Conchita Martínez | Gabriela Sabatini | 7-5 6-1 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1992 | Gabriela Sabatini | Monica Seles | 7-5 6-4 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1991 | Gabriela Sabatini | Monica Seles | 6-3 6-2 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1990 | Monica Seles | Martina Navratilova | 6-1 6-1 | Tier I -> WTA 1000 |
| 1989 | Gabriela Sabatini | Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | WTA 500 |
| 1988 | Gabriela Sabatini | Helen Kelesi | 6-1 6-7 6-1 | WTA 250 |
| 1987 | Steffi Graf | Gabriela Sabatini | 7-5 4-6 6-0 | WTA 250 |
| 1979 | Tracy Austin | Sylvia Hanika | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1978 | Regina Marsikova | Virginia Ruzici | 7-5 7-5 | WTA 250 |
| 1977 | Janet Newberry | Renata Tomanova | 6-3 7-6(7) | WTA 250 |
| 1976 | Mima Jausovec | Lesley Hunt | 6-1 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1975 | Chris Evert | Martina Navratilova | 6-1 6-0 | WTA 250 |
| 1974 | Chris Evert | Martina Navratilova | 6-3 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1973 | Evonne Goolagong | Chris Evert | 7-6(6) 6-0 | WTA 250 |
| 1972 | Linda Tuero | Olga Morozova | 6-4 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1971 | Virginia Wade | Helga Masthoff | 6-4 6-4 | WTA 250 |
| 1970 | Billie Jean King | Julie Heldman | 6-1 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1969 | Julie Heldman | Kerry Reid | 7-5 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1968 | Lesley Turner | Margaret Court | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | WTA 250 |
| 1967 | Lesley Turner | Maria Bueno | 6–3, 6–3 | — |
| 1966 | Ann Haydon-Jones | Annette Van Zyl | 8–6, 6–1 | — |
| 1965 | Maria Bueno | Nancy Richey | 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 | — |
| 1964 | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6–1, 6–1 | — |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6–3, 6–4 | — |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith | Maria Bueno | 8–6, 5–7, 6–4 | — |
| 1961 | Maria Bueno | Lesley Turner | 6–4, 6–4 | — |
| 1960 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy | Ann Haydon | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 | — |
| 1959 | Christine Truman | Sandra Reynolds | 6–0, 6–1 | — |
| 1958 | Maria Bueno | Lorraine Coghlan | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | — |
| 1957 | Shirley Bloomer | Dorothy Head Knode | 1–6, 9–7, 6–2 | — |
| 1956 | Althea Gibson | Zsuzsa Körmöczy | 6–3, 7–5 | — |
| 1955 | Patricia Ward | Erika Vollmer | 6–4, 6–3 | — |
| 1954 | Maureen Connolly | Patricia Ward | 6–3, 6–0 | — |
| 1953 | Doris Hart | Maureen Connolly | 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 | — |
| 1952 | Susan Partridge | Pat Harrison | 6–3, 7–5 | — |
| 1951 | Doris Hart | Shirley Fry | 6–3, 8–6 | — |
| 1950 | Annelies Ullstein-Bossi | Joan Curry | 6–4, 6–4 | — |
| 1949 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1948 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1947 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1946 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1945 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1944 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1943 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1942 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1941 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1940 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1939 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1938 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1937 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1936 | Singles event not held | ? |  | — |
| 1935 | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | Lucia Valerio | 6–4, 6–1 | — |
| 1934 | Helen Jacobs | Lucia Valerio | 6–3, 6–0 | — |
| 1933 | Elizabeth Ryan | Ida Adamoff | 6–1, 6–1 | — |
| 1932 | Ida Adamoff | Lucia Valerio | 6–4, 7–5 | — |
| 1931 | Lucia Valerio | Dorothy Andrus | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 | — |
| 1930 | Lilí Álvarez | Lucia Valerio | 3–6, 8–6, 6–0 | — |

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:33/italian-open/history
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)