The organizers of the tournament in Rome drew the tables of the competition, and the players from Romania found their first opponents at the Foro Italico.

Iryna Begu Sorana Kirstya and Ana Bohdan learned about their opponents from WTA Rome

Serial head No. 31 in Rome, Iryna Begu is taken directly to the second round and will play the winner of Xia Wang (75 WTA) and Lucrezia Stefanini (105 WTA). In case of victory, Iryna could face Jessica Pegula (favorite 3).

Sorana Kirstea (34 WTA) will beat Katy Volynets (102 WTA) in the first round. If she gets past the American, our athlete will meet Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20 WTA, Roland Garros-2017 champion) in the second round.

Ana Bohdan (61 WTA) will play a duel in the first round with a qualifier. If she wins, Caroline Garcia (favourite 5) will stand in her way.

It can also reach the main table Gabriela Ruse (152 WTA), who will meet the Brazilian Laura Pigossi (133 WTA) in the first round of qualification.

The last champions from the Italian Forum

2022 – Iga Svyatek

2021 – Iga Svyatek

2020 – Simona Halep

2019 – Karolina Plishkova

2018 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2017 – Elina Svitolina (final with Simona Halep)

2016 – Serena Williams

2015 – Maria Sharapova and others.

Know:

• The Italian competition, founded in 1930, has been won three times by a Romanian athlete: Ilie Nestase, 1970 and 1973 editions, and Simona Halep, 2020.

• They have also been in the finals: Ilie Nestase (1974, losing to Bjorn Borg), Virginia Ruzici (1978, 1980, 1981) and Simona Halep (2017, 2018, losing both times to Elina Svitolina).

WTA Rome takes place from May 9 to 20 on the clay in the Foro Italico complex. His total prize money is $3,572,618 and is in the “WTA 1000” category. Iga Svyatek became the champion of the last two competitions.