2018 Italian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
2018 Italian Open
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Alexander Zverev
Score	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Draw	56 (7 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16

Rafael Nadal defeated defending champion Alexander Zverev^[1] in the final, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2018 Italian Open. It was his record-extending eighth Italian Open title and his record-extending 32nd Masters 1000 title overall. With the win, Nadal also regained the world No. 1 singles ranking.

After failing to defend his runner-up points from the previous year, Novak Djokovic fell outside the top 20 in rankings for the first time since October 2006.

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	4	6	6
		Fabio Fognini	6	1	2
								1	Rafael Nadal	77	6
								11	Novak Djokovic	64	3
		Kei Nishikori	6	1	3
	11	Novak Djokovic	2	6	6
															1	Rafael Nadal	6	1	6
															2	Alexander Zverev	1	6	3
	10	Pablo Carreño Busta	3	3
	4	Marin Čilić	6	6
								4	Marin Čilić	613	5
								2	Alexander Zverev	715	7
	9	David Goffin	4	6	3
	2	Alexander Zverev	6	3	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	R Nadal	6	6
		F Verdasco	3	1					D Džumhur	1	0
		D Džumhur	6	6											1	R Nadal	6	6
		D Medvedev	6	4	1											D Shapovalov	4	1
		R Haase	3	6	6				R Haase	63	77	3
		D Shapovalov	1	6	77				D Shapovalov	77	65	6
	15	T Berdych	6	3	65																	1	R Nadal	4	6	6
	12	S Querrey	2	67																			F Fognini	6	1	2
		P Gojowczyk	6	79					P Gojowczyk	6	6
	WC	L Sonego	2	77	6			WC	L Sonego	3	4
		A Mannarino	6	64	3											P Gojowczyk	4	4
		F Fognini	6	6												F Fognini	6	6
		G Monfils	3	1					F Fognini	6	1	6
								6	D Thiem	4	6	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	G Dimitrov	77	5	4
		K Nishikori	77	6					K Nishikori	64	7	6
		F López	65	4												K Nishikori	6	6
		K Khachanov	5	79	66											P Kohlschreiber	1	2
		P Kohlschreiber	7	67	78				P Kohlschreiber	6	6
		D Ferrer	3	4				13	J Sock	4	3
	13	J Sock	6	6																			K Nishikori	6	1	3
	11	N Djokovic	6	6																		11	N Djokovic	2	6	6
		A Dolgopolov	1	3				11	N Djokovic	6	6
	Q	N Basilashvili	6	4	6			Q	N Basilashvili	4	2
	Q	F Baldi	4	6	4										11	N Djokovic	6	7
	Q	F Delbonis	6	5	1											A Ramos Viñolas	1	5
		A Ramos Viñolas	2	7	6				A Ramos Viñolas	65	77	77
								8	J Isner	77	62	65

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	K Anderson	4	0r
		A Bedene	6	6					A Bedene	6	0
		G Müller	4	4												A Bedene	4	77	2
		S Wawrinka	4	4											10	P Carreño Busta	6	63	6
		S Johnson	6	6					S Johnson	4	6	4
		J Donaldson	4	6	0			10	P Carreño Busta	6	2	6
	10	P Carreño Busta	6	3	6																	10	P Carreño Busta	3	3
	14	D Schwartzman	6	6																		4	M Čilić	6	6
	Q	N Jarry	4	1				14	D Schwartzman	6	4	2
		B Paire	6	6					B Paire	2	6	6
		R Gasquet	4	4												B Paire	3	4
		R Harrison	77	6											4	M Čilić	6	6
		Y Sugita	65	3					R Harrison	77	1	61
								4	M Čilić	63	6	77

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	JM del Potro	7	6
		B Ćorić	1r					Q	S Tsitsipas	5	3
	Q	S Tsitsipas	4												5	JM del Potro	2	5r
		P Cuevas	6	5	4										9	D Goffin	6	4
	WC	M Cecchinato	2	7	6			WC	M Cecchinato	7	2	2
		L Mayer	1	2				9	D Goffin	5	6	6
	9	D Goffin	6	6																		9	D Goffin	4	6	3
	16	L Pouille	6	3	77																	2	A Zverev	6	3	6
	WC	A Seppi	2	6	63			16	L Pouille	2	63
	Q	M Jaziri	3	6	3				K Edmund	6	77
		K Edmund	6	3	6											K Edmund	5	611
	WC	M Berrettini	6	77											2	A Zverev	7	713
	Q	F Tiafoe	3	61				WC	M Berrettini	5	2
								2	A Zverev	7	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	6	77
		Mikhail Kukushkin	7	3	65
								1	Stefanos Tsitsipas	711	6
									Dušan Lajović	69	4
		Dušan Lajović	7	3	6
	11	Florian Mayer	5	6	2

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	João Sousa	6	6
		Horacio Zeballos	4	0
								2	João Sousa	4	3
								8	Nicolás Jarry	6	6
		Nicolás Kicker	77	5	67
	8	Nicolás Jarry	63	7	79

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Mischa Zverev	6	6
	WC	Andrea Pellegrino	1	2
								3	Mischa Zverev	6	3	4
								13	Federico Delbonis	3	6	6
		Cameron Norrie	2	0
	13	Federico Delbonis	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Frances Tiafoe	3	7	6
	WC	Salvatore Caruso	6	5	4
								4	Frances Tiafoe	w/o
								14	Viktor Troicki
		Thomas Fabbiano	5	3
	14	Viktor Troicki	7	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	5	Julien Benneteau	6	6
	WC	Liam Caruana	2	0
								5	Julien Benneteau	6	5	4
								12	Nikoloz Basilashvili	3	7	6
		Marius Copil	4	6	2
	12	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6	3	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	6	Márton Fucsovics	64	77	5
	WC	Filippo Baldi	77	65	7
								WC	Filippo Baldi	4	6	77
								10	Guillermo García López	6	4	65
		Ruben Bemelmans	3	1
	10	Guillermo García López	6	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	7	Malek Jaziri	6	6
		Evgeny Donskoy	3	2
								7	Malek Jaziri	6	3	6
									Mikhail Youzhny	4	6	3
		Mikhail Youzhny	6	3	6
	9	Taylor Fritz	4	6	4

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw