2019 Western & Southern Open

The 2019 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 12–18, 2019. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2019 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour.[1][2] The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2019 US Open Series. The 2019 tournament was the 118th men's edition and the 91st women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters and took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.

2019 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 12 – 18
Edition118th (men) / 91st (women)
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Daniil Medvedev
Women's Singles
Madison Keys
Men's Doubles
Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek
Women's Doubles
Lucie Hradecká / Andreja Klepač

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[3] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's Doubles[3] 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles[4] 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's Doubles[4] 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[5] $1,114,225 $564,005 $289,290 $149,100 $74,695 $39,120 $22,045 $8,435 $4,220
Women's Singles $544,500 $269,576 $122,850 $62,660 $30,330 $15,600 $8,300 $5,100 $3,090
Men's Doubles[5] $331,300 $161,680 $81,040 $41,280 $21,780 $11,660 N/A N/A N/A
Women's Doubles $143,600 $72,534 $35,910 $18,075 $9,170 $4,530 N/A N/A N/A

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 5, 2019. Rankings and points before are as of August 12, 2019.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Novak Djokovic 12,325 1,000 360 11,685 Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev [9]
2 2 Rafael Nadal 7,945 0 0 7,945 Withdrew due to fatigue
3 3 Roger Federer 7,460 600 90 6,950 Third round lost to Andrey Rublev [Q]
4 4 Dominic Thiem 4,925 0 0 4,925 Withdrew due to illness
5 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,455 10 10 3,455 Second round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff
6 5 Kei Nishikori 4,040 45 10 4,005 Second round lost to Yoshihito Nishioka [Q]
7 6 Alexander Zverev 4,005 10 10 4,005 Second round lost to Miomir Kecmanović [Q]
8 9 Karen Khachanov 2,890 90 90 2,890 Third round lost to Lucas Pouille
9 8 Daniil Medvedev 3,230 35 1,000 4,195 Champion, defeated David Goffin [16]
10 10 Fabio Fognini 2,555 (45)† 0 2,510 Withdrew due to ankle Injury
11 11 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,395 0 180 2,575 Quarterfinals lost to Richard Gasquet [PR]
12 13 Borna Ćorić 2,195 45 10 2,160 First round lost to Reilly Opelka [WC]
13 16 John Isner 2,040 10 45 2,075 Second round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta [Q]
14 18 Marin Čilić 1,940 360 10 1,590 First round lost to Radu Albot
15 17 Nikoloz Basilashvili 2,020 (45)‡ 10 1,985 First round lost to Andrey Rublev [Q]
16 19 David Goffin 1,815 360 600 2,055 Runner-up, lost to Daniil Medvedev [9]

† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawals

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Reason
12 Juan Martín del Potro 2,230 180 2,050 Knee Injury
14 Kevin Anderson 2,140 90 2,050 Knee injury

Other entrants

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

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 2 1
 POL Łukasz Kubot  BRA Marcelo Melo 9 2
 RSA Raven Klaasen  NZL Michael Venus 15 3
 NED Jean-Julien Rojer  ROU Horia Tecău 23 4
 FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert  FRA Nicolas Mahut 27 5
 CRO Mate Pavić  BRA Bruno Soares 28 6
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 29 7
 USA Mike Bryan  USA Bob Bryan 34 8
  • Rankings are as of August 5, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
 JPN Naomi Osaka 2 2
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 3 3
 ROU Simona Halep 4 4
 NED Kiki Bertens 5 5
 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6
 UKR Elina Svitolina 7 7
 USA Sloane Stephens 8 8
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 9 9
 USA Serena Williams 10 10
 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 11 11
  SUI Belinda Bencic 12 12
 GER Angelique Kerber 13 13
 GBR Johanna Konta 14 14
 CHN Wang Qiang 16 15
 USA Madison Keys 17 16
  • 1 Rankings are as of August 5, 2019

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
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  CZE Barbora Strýcová 6 1
 BEL Elise Mertens  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 19 2
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 20 3
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  CHN Xu Yifan 20 4
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld  NED Demi Schuurs 28 5
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Latisha Chan 30 6
 USA Nicole Melichar  CZE Květa Peschke 37 7
 CZE Lucie Hradecká  SLO Andreja Klepač 49 8
  • Rankings are as of August 5, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals
During the tournament

Champions

Men's singles
Main article: 2019 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2019 Western & Southern Open – Women's Singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2019 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2019 Western & Southern Open – Women's Doubles

References
  1. "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  2. "Western & Southern Open". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  5. "Western & Southern Open 2019".
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