2016 Western & Southern Open

The 2016 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 15–21, 2016. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2016 US Open Series. The 2016 tournament was the 115th men's edition and the 88th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a northern suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.

2016 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 15 – 21
Edition115th (men) / 88th (women)
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Marin Čilić
Women's Singles
Karolína Plíšková
Men's Doubles
Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo
Women's Doubles
Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the two-time defending champions in Men's and Women's singles titles, but neither of them defended their titles. They withdrew due to a knee injury and shoulder inflammation, respectively.

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's Singles[1] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's Doubles[1] 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles[2] 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's Doubles[2] 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles[3] $834,000 $409,270 $205,980 $104,740 $54,390 $28,675 $15,480 $3,570 $1,820
Women's Singles $515,000 $247,320 $123,665 $58,390 $29,320 $15,205 $12,205 $3,230 $1,960
Men's Doubles[3] $258,500 $126,550 $63,470 $32,580 $16,840 $8,890 N/A N/A N/A
Women's Doubles $147,700 $74,600 $36,670 $18,590 $9,415 $4,650 N/A N/A N/A

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking Seed
 GBR Andy Murray 2 1
  SUI Stan Wawrinka 4 2
 ESP Rafael Nadal 5 3
 CAN Milos Raonic 6 4
 JPN Kei Nishikori 7 5
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 8 6
 FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 7
 AUT Dominic Thiem 10 8
 FRA Gaël Monfils 11 9
 ESP David Ferrer 12 10
 BEL David Goffin 13 11
 CRO Marin Čilić 14 12
 FRA Richard Gasquet 15 13
 AUS Nick Kyrgios 16 14
 ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 17 15
 ESP Feliciano López 18 16
  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert  FRA Nicolas Mahut 3 1
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 11 2
 GBR Jamie Murray  BRA Bruno Soares 12 3
 CRO Ivan Dodig  BRA Marcelo Melo 14 4
 NED Jean-Julien Rojer  ROU Horia Tecău 23 5
 CAN Daniel Nestor  CAN Vasek Pospisil 26 6
 IND Rohan Bopanna  ROU Florin Mergea 29 7
 RSA Raven Klaasen  USA Rajeev Ram 34 8
  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking Seeds
 USA Serena Williams 1 1
 GER Angelique Kerber 2 2
 ROU Simona Halep 3 3
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 4 4
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 5
 ITA Roberta Vinci 8 6
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 10 7
 SVK Dominika Cibulková 11 8
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 12 9
 GBR Johanna Konta 13 10
 CZE Petra Kvitová 14 11
  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 15 12
  SUI Belinda Bencic 16 13
 AUS Samantha Stosur 17 14
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 18 15
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 19 16
 UKR Elina Svitolina 20 17
  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 FRA Caroline Garcia  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 7 1
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Chan Yung-jan 12 2
 HUN Timea Babos  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 17 3
  SUI Martina Hingis  USA Coco Vandeweghe 26 4
 GER Julia Görges  CZE Karolína Plíšková 28 5
 USA Raquel Atawo  USA Abigail Spears 34 6
 IND Sania Mirza  CZE Barbora Strýcová 40 7
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zheng Saisai 40 8
  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals
During the tournament

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's Singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's Doubles

References
  1. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. "ATP W&S Open Points & Prize Money". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.


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