The men's entry list for the 81st edition of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2024 has been published, which will start on April 30th with the pre-qualifications. The qualifications will be played on May 6th and 7th, while the main draw matches of the men's Masters 1000 (prize money, 7,877,020 euros) will begin on May 8th.
The list of 7 Italians in the field at the Foro Italico
Seven Italians will start in this edition. Leading the group is the highly anticipated Jannik Sinner, world number 2, who can fulfill his dream of becoming the first Italian world number 1 at the Foro Italico. Awaiting the official announcement of the wild cards, also certain of a spot in the main draw are Lorenzo Musetti (24), Matteo Arnaldi (38), Lorenzo Sonego (57), Flavio Cobolli (63), Luciano Darderi (64), and Luca Nardi (76). All the champions will be in Rome, from world number 1 Novak Djokovic to Carlos Alcaraz, from the reigning champion Daniil Medvedev who last year at the Foro Italico won his first career title on clay in the major circuit to Rafa Nadal, the most titled in the history of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, who is registered thanks to the protected ranking.
Sinner is participating in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for the sixth time. At the Foro, in 2019, he achieved his first victory in a Masters 1000 against Steve Johnson, then world number 59. His best result remains the quarter-finals of 2022 when he overcame the Spaniard Pedro Martinez, Fabio Fognini and the Serbian Filip Krajinovic, before surrendering to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, at that time world number 5. Musetti has participated four times in total in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, including qualifications and main draw. In 2020, he surprised Stan Wawrinka by becoming the first player born in 2002 to win a match in the ATP circuit. In the main draw at the Foro, he boasts a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, and has reached the round of 16 twice. Arnaldi has participated twice in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia before this year, reaching the first round in 2022 and the second in 2023.
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