2023 Italian Open – Men's singles

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 8 May 2023. Rankings and points before are as of 8 May 2023.

Because the men's tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are defending points from the 2022 Italian Open, as well as tournaments that took place during the week of 16 May 2022 (Geneva and Lyon). Points from the 2022 Italian Open are listed first in the "Points defending" column.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	6,775	1,000	180	5,955	Quarterfinals lost to Holger Rune [7]
2	2	Carlos Alcaraz	6,770	0	45	6,815	Third round lost to Fábián Marozsán [Q]
3	3	Daniil Medvedev	5,330	0	1,000	6,330	Champion, defeated Holger Rune [7]
4	4	Casper Ruud	5,165	360+250	360+0	4,915	Semifinals lost to Holger Rune [7]
5	5	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5,015	600	360	4,775	Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [3]
6	6	Andrey Rublev	4,190	10	90	4,270	Fourth round lost to Yannick Hanfmann [Q]
7	7	Holger Rune	3,865	90†	600	4,375	Runner-up, lost to Daniil Medvedev [3]
8	8	Jannik Sinner	3,525	180	90	3,435	Fourth round lost to Francisco Cerúndolo [24]
9	9	Taylor Fritz	3,380	0	10	3,390	Second round lost to Yannick Hanfmann [Q]
10	10	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3,235	180	10	3,065	Second round lost to Alexei Popyrin [Q]
11	11	Karen Khachanov	3,025	90	10	2,945	Second round lost to Grégoire Barrère
12	12	Frances Tiafoe	2,755	10	45	2,790	Third round lost to Lorenzo Musetti [18]
13	13	Cameron Norrie	2,680	45+250	90+45	2,520	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
14	15	Hubert Hurkacz	2,525	10	10	2,525	Second round lost to J. J. Wolf
15	16	Borna Ćorić	2,240	10	180	2,410	Quarterfinals lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [5]
16	17	Tommy Paul	2,170	45	10	2,135	Second round lost to Cristian Garín
17	18	Alex de Minaur	1,995	90+90	10+45	1,870	Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics
18	19	Lorenzo Musetti	1,960	(10)‡	90	2,040	Fourth round lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [5]
19	22	Alexander Zverev	1,630	360	90	1,360	Fourth round lost to Daniil Medvedev [3]
20	24	Dan Evans	1,480	10	10	1,480	Second round lost to Roberto Carballés Baena
21	25	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,475	0	10	1,485	Second round lost to Marco Cecchinato
22	29	Sebastian Korda	1,265	10	10	1,265	Second round lost to Roman Safiullin [Q]
23	30	Botic van de Zandschulp	1,250	45	10	1,215	Second round lost to Laslo Djere
24	31	Francisco Cerúndolo	1,200	35	180	1,345	Quarterfinals lost to Casper Ruud [4]
25	32	Yoshihito Nishioka	1,171	0	10	1,181	Second round lost to Lorenzo Sonego
26	33	Grigor Dimitrov	1,125	45	45	1,125	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
27	34	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	1,115	45	45	1,115	Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [6]
28	35	Ben Shelton	1,095	(10)‡	10	1,095	Second round lost to Alexander Bublik
29	36	Tallon Griekspoor	1,091	35+45	0+13	1,024	Withdrew due to a right ankle to injury
30	37	Miomir Kecmanović	1,055	10	10	1,055	Second round lost to Fabio Fognini [WC]
31	38	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	1,016	20§	45	1,041	Third round lost to Daniil Medvedev [3]
32	39	Jiří Lehečka	992	(8)‡	10	994	Second round lost to Fábián Marozsán [Q]

† The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2022, but is defending points from Lyon.
‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2022. Points for his 19th best result will be deducted instead.
§ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2022, but is defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour event (Heilbronn).

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropped	Points after	Withdrawal reason
14	Rafael Nadal	2,535	90	2,445	Hip injury
20	Matteo Berrettini	1,832	0	1,832	Abdominal injury
21	Pablo Carreño Busta	1,785	45	1,740	Elbow injury
23	Marin Čilić	1,600	90	1,510	Knee injury
26	Nick Kyrgios	1,465	0	1,465	Left knee injury
27	Denis Shapovalov	1,390	180	1,210	Knee injury

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• Main draw