Final round of qualifying, with a matchup between former top-10 veterans Stan Wawrinka and Pablo Carreño Busta worthy of an upgraded court – the new BNP Paribas Arena. But it never happened, Wawrinka pulleed out.

Prizmic, Landaluce and Mérida, the young guys, survived their opening rounds and were vying for a spot in the main draw. Only Landaluce didn’t make it.

Landaluce could be in line for a lucky loser spot; but none have opened up so far.

(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT)

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Internazionali BNL d’Italia 
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)  
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  May 6 – 17, 2026
Prize Money: €8,235,540
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Final results
Men’s qualifying, final round

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(1st-round opponents in brackets)

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Walkovers

[4] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) def [13] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) WALKOVER (Alejandro Tabilo)

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Third set tiebreaks

[3] Patrick Kypson (USA) def [16] Titouan Droguet (FRA) 76 (6) 67 (5) 76 (1) (Aleksandar Vukic)

[10] Daniel Mérida (ESP) def [23] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) 63 36 76 (4) ([Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili)

[14] Jesper de Jong (ESP) def [ALT] Hugo Dellien (BOL) 46 62 76 (4) (Nuno Borges)

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Three-set dramas

[1] Cristian Garin (CHI) def [20] Jan Choinski (GBR) 62 36 62 (Juan Manuel Cerundolo)

[15] Jacob Fearnley (GBR) def [6] Aleksander Kovacevic (USA) 26 62 63  (Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard) 

Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) def [8] Martin Landaluce (ESP) 63 26 62 ([WC] Luca Nardi)

[12] Francisco Comesana (ARG) def [PR] Leandro Riedl (SUI) 64 26 64 (Jan-Lennard Struff)

[ALT] Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) def Jaime Faria (POR) 36 62 63 (Ethan Quinn)

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Other results

[2] Dino Prizmic (CRO) def [WC] Federico Bondioli (ITA) 62 64 (Marton Fucsovics)

[21] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) def [9] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 63 62 ([Q] Daniel Merida) 

Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) def Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR) 64 62 (Miomir Kecmanovic)

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