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Telecom Italia Masters


The Rome Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is a Tennis Masters Series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's competition is a Tier 1 event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour. The two competitions are currently held in separate weeks in the April-May period. The tournament is played on clay courts. The event was previously known as the Italian Open. Its current sponsored name is the Telecom Italia Masters.

The Italian tennis championship was first held in 1930 in Milan, where it was played until 1934 before being moved to the Foro Italico in Rome in 1935. No event was held between 1936 and 1949. The competition resumed in 1950. It became an "Open" event in 1969. Many people consider the Rome Masters to be the second most prestigious clay court tennis tournament in the world after the French Open.

Past Results

Singles Finals Since 1969

Year

Champion

Runner-up

Score in final

2005

Rafael Nadal

Guillermo Coria

6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6

2004

Carlos Moya

David Nalbandian

6-3, 6-3, 6-1

2003

Felix Mantilla

Roger Federer

7-5, 6-2, 7-6

2002

Andre Agassi

Tommy Haas

6-3, 6-3, 6-0

2001

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Gustavo Kuerten

3-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

2000

Magnus Norman

Gustavo Kuerten

6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

1999

Gustavo Kuerten

Patrick Rafter

6-4, 7-5, 7-6

1998

Marcelo Rios

Albert Costa

w/o (injury)

1997

Alex Corretja

Marcelo Rios

7-5, 7-5, 6-3

1996

Thomas Muster

Richard Krajicek

6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

1995

Thomas Muster

Sergi Bruguera

3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3

1994

Pete Sampras

Boris Becker

6-1, 6-2, 6-2

1993

Jim Courier

Goran Ivanisevic

6-1, 6-2, 6-2

1992

Jim Courier

Carlos Costa

7-6, 6-0, 6-4

1991

Emilio Sanchez

Alberto Mancini

6-3, 6-1, 3-0 (retired)

1990

Thomas Muster

Andrei Chesnokov

6-1, 6-3, 6-1

1989

Alberto Mancini

Andre Agassi

6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1

1988

Ivan Lendl

Guillermo Perez-Roldan

2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

1987

Mats Wilander

Martin Jaite

6-3, 6-4, 6-4

1986

Ivan Lendl

Emilio Sanchez

7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

1985

Yannick Noah

Miloslav Mecir

6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6

1984

Andres Gomez

Aaron Krickstein

2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

1983

Jimmy Arias

Jose Higueras

6-2, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4

1982

Andres Gomez

Eliot Teltscher

6-2, 6-3, 6-2

1981

Jose-Luis Clerc

Victor Pecci

6-3, 6-4, 6-0

1980

Guillermo Vilas

Yannick Noah

6-0, 6-4, 6-4

1979

Vitas Gerulaitis

Guillermo Vilas

6-7, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

1978

Bjorn Borg

Adriano Panatta

1-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3

1977

Vitas Gerulaitis

Antonio Zugarelli

6-2, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6

1976

Adriano Panatta

Guillermo Vilas

2-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6

1975

Raul Ramirez

Manuel Orantes

7-6, 7-5, 7-5

1974

Bjorn Borg

Ilie Nastase

6-3, 6-4, 6-2

1973

Ilie Nastase

Manuel Orantes

6-1, 6-1, 6-1

1972

Manuel Orantes

Jan Kodes

4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-2

1971

Rod Laver

Jan Kodes

7-5, 6-3, 6-3

1969

John Newcombe

Tony Roche

6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3