{"id":620608,"date":"2026-05-03T06:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620608\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:39:11","slug":"sinner-djokovic-star-alcaraz-leads-withdrawals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620608\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner, Djokovic star; Alcaraz leads withdrawals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Open is the third clay-court Masters 1000 event of the ATP season, and Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic star on the 2026 entry list.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz is the reigning champion having beaten Sinner in the 2025 final, but the Spaniard will not defend his title due to a wrist injury.<\/p>\n<p>ATP main draw action will be staged from May 6-17 at this year\u2019s Italian Open, which will be the 82nd edition of the prestigious tournament at the Foro Italico.<\/p>\n<p>How many players will feature in the main draw?<\/p>\n<p>The Italian Open men\u2019s singles main draw will feature 96 players, a total made up of 79 direct entrants, 12 qualifiers and five wildcards.<\/p>\n<p>Which players have received wildcards?<\/p>\n<p>The five wildcard recipients are all Italian: Matteo Arnaldi, Gianluca Cadenasso, Federico Cina, Francesco Maestrelli and Luca Nardi.<\/p>\n<p>Have any big names withdrawn?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to world No 2 Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Jack Draper and Holger Rune have all pulled out of Rome.<\/p>\n<p>ATP Tour News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-italian-open-update-madrid-tired-admission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner gives Italian Open update after \u2018tired\u2019 admission at Madrid Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/madrid-open-atp-rankings-winners-losers-sinner-outstrips-alcaraz-fils-top-20-blockx-34-ruud-10-draper-22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid Open ATP Rankings Winners &amp; Losers: Sinner outstrips Alcaraz; Fils up, Blockx +34, Ruud -10, Draper -22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>When is the draw?<\/p>\n<p>The Italian Open men\u2019s singles draw will be made on Monday 4 May.<\/p>\n<p>Which former champions will play?<\/p>\n<p>Three Italian Open champions are on the entry list: Zverev (2017 and 2024), Djokovic (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022), and Daniil Medvedev (2023).<\/p>\n<p>Have any players used a protected ranking to enter?<\/p>\n<p>Players who have been unable to compete in any tournaments due to injury for a minimum of six months are eligible to use the ATP protected ranking system.<\/p>\n<p>The protected ranking will be determined by the player\u2019s average ranking position during the first three months of their injury. They can use the protected ranking to enter nine tournaments and for a period of nine months from the first event they play after returning.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang Zhizhen has used a protected ranking to enter.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Italian Open ATP Singles Entry List<\/p>\n<p>1) Jannik Sinner<br \/>2) Alexander Zverev<br \/>3) Novak Djokovic<br \/>4) Felix Auger-Aliassime<br \/>5) Ben Shelton<br \/>6) Alex de Minaur<br \/>7) Daniil Medvedev<br \/>8) Lorenzo Musetti<br \/>9) Alexander Bublik<br \/>10) Flavio Cobolli<br \/>11) Jiri Lehecka<br \/>12) Andrey Rublev<br \/>13) Karen Khachanov<br \/>14) Valentin Vacherot<br \/>15) Arthur Fils<br \/>16) Tommy Paul<br \/>17) Cameron Norrie<br \/>18) Luciano Darderi ARG<br \/>19) Learner Tien<br \/>20) Frances Tiafoe<br \/>21) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<br \/>22) Arthur Rinderknech<br \/>23) Casper Ruud<br \/>24) Tomas Martin Etcheverry<br \/>25) Francisco Cerundolo<br \/>26) Jakub Mensik<br \/>27) Joao Fonseca<br \/>28) Corentin Moutet<br \/>29) Tallon Griekspoor<br \/>30) Brandon Nakashima<br \/>31) Ugo Humbert<br \/>32) Rafael Jodar<br \/>Alex Michelsen<br \/>Gabriel Diallo<br \/>Jaume Munar<br \/>Denis Shapovalov<br \/>Alejandro Tabilo<br \/>Mariano Navone<br \/>Fabian Marozsan<br \/>Alexei Popyrin<br \/>Terence Atmane<br \/>Adrian Mannarino<br \/>Zizou Bergs<br \/>Stefanos Tsitsipas<br \/>Daniel Altmaier<br \/>Nuno Borges<br \/>Marin Cilic<br \/>Botic van de Zandschulp<br \/>Tomas Machac<br \/>Ethan Quinn<br \/>Yannick Hanfmann<br \/>Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<br \/>Marton Fucsovics<br \/>Miomir Kecmanovic<br \/>Zhang Zhizhen (PR)<br \/>Ignacio Buse<br \/>Roman Andres Burruchaga<br \/>Camilo Ugo Carabelli<br \/>Jenson Brooksby<br \/>Sebastian Baez<br \/>Lorenzo Sonego<br \/>Marcos Giron<br \/>Juan Manuel Cerundolo<br \/>Thiago Agustin Tirante<br \/>Valentin Royer<br \/>Hubert Hurkacz<br \/>Vit Kopriva<br \/>Marco Trungelliti<br \/>Alexander Shevchenko<br \/>Jan-Lennard Struff<br \/>Mattia Bellucci<br \/>Damir Dzumhur<br \/>Sebastian Ofner<br \/>Hamad Medjedovic<br \/>Zachary Svajda<br \/>Roberto Bautista Agut<br \/>Aleksandar Vukic<br \/>Alexandre Muller<br \/>Matteo Berrettini<br \/>(WC) Matteo Arnaldi<br \/>(WC) Gianluca Cadenasso<br \/>(WC) Federico Cina<br \/>(WC) Francesco Maestrelli<br \/>(WC) Luca Nardi<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-drop-shot-admission-madrid-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid Open: Jannik Sinner makes Carlos Alcaraz comment as he reveals how he is \u2018trying to improve\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Open is the third clay-court Masters 1000 event of the ATP season, and Jannik Sinner and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-620608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}