Everything to know about the final Rome

Coco Gauff enters the 2026 Internazionali BNL d’Italia final searching for redemption after falling at this stage a 12 months in the past. Across the web, Elina Svitolina is chasing her first Rome title since 2018 and her third general.

Before their third assembly of the season on the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz, this is every part you want to know about Saturday’s final, from order of play to prize cash and a championship preview.

When are the Rome singles and doubles endings?

Both finals shall be performed on Campo Centrale. The singles final is scheduled for five pm native time (4 pm BST, 11 am EDT) on Saturday, May 16. The doubles final follows Sunday, May 17 at 12 pm native time (11 am BST, 6 am EDT).

How did every singles participant attain the championship?

Coco Gauff

First Round: Bye

Second Round: def. Tereza Valentova 6-3, 6-4

Third Round: def. Solana Sierra 5-7, 6-0, 6-4

Fourth Round: def. No. 16 Iva Jovic 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

Quarterfinals: def. No. 8 Mirra Andreeva 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Semifinals: def. No. 26 Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3

Gauff is into her second final of 2026 after reaching the Miami championship match, the place she misplaced to Aryna Sabalenka. Last 12 months’s runner-up has escaped a number of jams in her run to the finish. She rallied from a double-break deficit in the third set in opposition to Sierra, saved match level in opposition to Jovic and got here again from a set down for a 3rd straight match in opposition to Andreeva.

Elina Svitolina

First Round: Bye

Second Round: def. Noemi Basiletti 6-1, 6-3

Third Round: def. No. 32 Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-2

Fourth Round: def. Nikola Bartunkova 6-2, 6-3

Quarterfinals: def. No. 2 Elena Rybakina 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Semifinals: def. No. 4 Iga Swiatek 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

Svitolina cruised via her first three opponents earlier than Rybakina stopped her chilly in the opening set of the quarterfinals. But the two-time Rome champion responded, saving 16 of 20 break factors to upset the World No. 2. Gauff backed it up with an excellent greater win over Swiatek to attain her second WTA 1000 final of the season, following her runner-up end in Dubai.

What rating factors and prize cash are at stake?

In addition to the winner’s trophy, the singles champion will earn €1,055,285 (approx. $1.23 million USD), whereas the singles runner-up will obtain €549,335 ($640,000). The double champions will take house €368,630 ($429,000), with the runners-up incomes €195,160 ($227,000).

All prize cash shall be paid out in USD forex.

As with all WTA 1000 occasions, champions in each attracts obtain 1,000 rating factors towards the PIF WTA Rankings and the Race to the WTA Finals. Rankings motion relies on web acquire from the earlier 12 months. Finalists obtain 650 factors.

A win would transfer Svitolina to No. 3 in the race (No. 4 with a loss). Gauff would rise from No. 8 to No. 5 in the race with a win, or to No. 6 with a loss.

Gauff vs. Svitolina championship preview

Saturday’s final units up a compelling cat-and-mouse sport between Gauff and Svitolina. Gauff has but to win the champion’s trophy in Rome however owns the most up-to-date expertise in the final on Campo Centrale, having reached this stage final 12 months. Svitolina hasn’t been right here in eight years, but the two-time Rome champion is aware of how to win in the Italian capital.

There shall be no surprises between them. They’ve met 5 instances, with Svitolina holding a 3-2 edge in the head-to-head rivalry after successful each of their matchups this season. Their most up-to-date matchup, a chaotic Dubai semifinal, ended with Svitolina successful 6-4, 6-7 (13), 6-4, a match wherein Gauff saved four match points in a 15-13 second-set tiebreak earlier than falling in the resolve.

Suffice to say, Svitolina is aware of what it is going to take to beat Gauff for a straight third time.

“I definitely have a game plan. Not now exactly, but I will have it,” she said of facing Gauff again. “We’ve played many times. It’s not a surprise. We both know the way we bring the fight. Our last match was something out of this world. I’m going to rewatch that to find the ways — some tactics. I want to enjoy this win tonight. Tomorrow it’s a day off so I can rest, prepare, and be ready for the final.”

Svitolina enters the final with loads of momentum. Her two wins over Gauff this season are a part of a 27-7 document, and he or she has already reached two WTA 1000 finals in 2026 — Dubai and now Rome. She additionally gained the Auckland title in January. A victory Saturday would give the 31-year-old a milestone twentieth profession title.

Standing in her method is a assured, and subsequently harmful, Gauff.

“Overall, I feel like my game is getting better,” Gauff mentioned after her semifinal win. “There are moments that I still can fine-tune and do better at. I definitely think it’s [headed] in the right direction.”

Gauff, like Svitolina, has a formidable document in WTA finals. She is 11-4 in championship matches, good for a 73% win charge that sits simply behind Svitolina’s 79%. Three of these losses have come on clay, however she gained her most up-to-date final on the floor on the sport’s largest stage ultimately 12 months’s French Open. Svitolina, in the meantime, is an ideal 7-0 in WTA clay-court finals.

All indicators level to a nail-biter deciding who reigns in Rome. So tune in on Saturday and luxuriate in the present.