While many of the Masters events have been extended from a week to ten-day tournaments, only the four Grand Slams - Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open - are full fortnights.
Spain have the Mutua Madrid Masters directly before the Italian Open with the final in 2025 on May 4, two weeks before the Rome final on May 18.
Tennis in Italy is enjoying a boom with the success of world No1 Jannik Sinner - despite his three-month doping ban - plus ten more men inside the top 100 and Jasmine Paolini flying the flag for the women.
But the FITP apparently dream of acquiring the week in the tennis calendar currently occupied by Madrid to expand the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to a two-week tournament plus qualifying and prep days.
Italy host one of the nine Masters 1000 events in Rome each May - the highest level below the four Grand Slams.
