Rome - ATP early results

Rome, for the next week, is the final major lead up event before Roland Garros, and captures both men’s and women’s tennis.

Internazionali BNL d'Italia - an ATP Masters 1000 category tournament, on Red Clay, in Rome, Italy, 11-19 May 2019.

Defending champion:

Rafa Nadal (1) who defeated Alexander Zverev (2) 6-1 1-6 6-3

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Kevin Anderson replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin 

- John Isner replaced by Radu Albot 

- Milos Raonic replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff 

Novak Djokovic, world number 1, is top seed.

The other 15 seeds are all in the top 19

The top 8 seeds have first round byes.

Early first round results 

- Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Gilles Simon 6-2 3-6 6-3

- Wildcard Matteo Berrettini defeated Lucas Pouille 6-2 6-4

- Wildcard Jannik Sinner defeated Steve Johnson 1-6 6-1 7-5

- Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Andreas Seppi 6-1 3-6 6-1

- Nikoloz Basilashvili (14) defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-1 7-6(2)

- Denis Shapovalov defeated Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3 7-6(5)

- Marco Cecchinato (16) defeated Alex de Minaur 4-6 6-3 6-1

- Qualifier Casper Ruud defeated qualifier Daniel Evans 7-5 0-6 6-3

- Qualifier Albert Ramos-Viñolas defeated Gaël Monfils (15) 6-3 6-1

- Borna Coric (13) defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

- Fernando Verdasco defeated Kyle Edmund 4-6 6-4 6-2

- Karen Khachanov (11) defeated wildcard Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3

- Laslo Djere defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4

- Qualifier Cameron Norrie defeated John Millman 3-6 6-3 6-4

- Fabio Fognini (10) defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-4

- Richard Gasquet and Jeremy Chardy are tied at 1-6 6-4 and rain has interrupted that match.