The 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14–20, 2017.[1] It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour.[2][3] The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2017 US Open Series. The 2017 tournament was the 116th men's edition and the 89th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.
| 2017 Western & Southern Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 14–20 |
| Edition | 116th (men) / 89th (women) |
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Mason, Ohio, United States |
| Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Grigor Dimitrov | |
| Women's singles | |
 Garbiñe Muguruza | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Chan Yung-jan /  Martina Hingis | |
Marin Čilić and Karolína Plíšková were the defending champions in men's and women's singles titles. Čilić withdrew due to an adductor injury before the tournament began, while Plíšková lost in the semifinals to Garbiñe Muguruza.
Points and prize money edit
Point distribution edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles[4] | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles[4] | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles[5] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles[5] | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles[6] | $954,225 | $467,880 | $235,480 | $119,740 | $62,180 | $32,780 | $17,700 | $4,080 | $2,075 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles[7] | $522,450 | $260,970 | $128,330 | $60,105 | $29,100 | $14,965 | $7,850 | $ | $ |
| Men's doubles[6] | $295,500 | $144,670 | $72,570 | $37,250 | $19,250 | $10,160 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles[8] | $149,635 | $75,575 | $37,278 | $18,830 | $9,545 | $4,715 | — | — | — |
ATP singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 7, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of August 14, 2017.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rafael Nadal
|
7,555 | 90 | 180 | 7,645 | Quarterfinals lost to  Nick Kyrgios
|
| Roger Federer |
7,145 | 0 | 0 | 7,145 | Withdrew due to back injury | ||
| 3 | 8 |  Dominic Thiem
|
4,030 | 180 | 180 | 4,030 | Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer
|
| 4 | 7 |  Alexander Zverev
|
4,470 | 10 | 10 | 4,470 | Second round lost to  Frances Tiafoe [WC]
|
 Kei Nishikori |
3,285 | 90 | 0 | 3,205 | Withdrew due to right wrist injury | ||
 Milos Raonic |
3,230 | 360 | 0 | 2,870 | Withdrew due to left wrist injury | ||
| 7 | 11 | Grigor Dimitrov
|
3,070 | 360 | 1,000 | 3,710 | Champion, defeated Nick Kyrgios
|
| 8 | 12 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
|
2,770 | 90 | 10 | 2,690 | Second round lost to  Ivo Karlović
|
| 9 | 13 |  David Goffin
|
2,560 | 45 | 10 | 2,525 | First round lost to Nick Kyrgios
|
| 10 | 15 |  Tomáš Berdych
|
2,390 | 90 | 10 | 2,310 | First round lost to  Juan Martín del Potro
|
| 11 | 17 | Pablo Carreño Busta
|
2,305 | 10 | 90 | 2,385 | Third round lost to David Ferrer
|
| 12 | 14 | Roberto Bautista Agut
|
2,425 | 10 | 10 | 2,425 | First round lost to Jared Donaldson [WC]
|
| 13 | 16 | Jack Sock
|
2,335 | 0 | 10 | 2,345 | First round lost to Yūichi Sugita
|
| 14 | 19 | John Isner
|
2,110 | 10 | 360 | 2,460 | Semifinals lost to Grigor Dimitrov [7]
|
| 15 | 20 | Sam Querrey
|
2,060 | 10 | 45 | 2,095 | Second round lost to Adrian Mannarino
|
| 16 | 22 |  Gilles Müller
|
1,885 | 0 | 45 | 1,930 | Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas
|
Other entrants edit
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Christopher Eubanks- Mitchell Krueger
Maximilian Marterer
John-Patrick Smith
João Sousa
Mikhail Youzhny
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Marin Čilić →replaced by 
Chung Hyeon
Pablo Cuevas →replaced by 
Kyle Edmund
Novak Djokovic (elbow injury) →replaced by Borna Ćorić[9]
Roger Federer (back injury) →replaced by 
Thomas Fabbiano- Andy Murray (hip injury) →replaced by Daniil Medvedev
Gaël Monfils →replaced by 
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Kei Nishikori (right wrist injury) →replaced by Janko Tipsarević- Lucas Pouille →replaced by
Nikoloz Basilashvili 
Milos Raonic (left wrist injury) →replaced by Christian Harrison- Gilles Simon →replaced by
Jiří Veselý - Stan Wawrinka (knee injury) →replaced by Benoît Paire
ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FIN
|
Henri Kontinen | AUS
|
John Peers | 5 | 1 |
 POL
|
Łukasz Kubot |  BRA
|
Marcelo Melo | 5 | 2 |
 GBR
|
Jamie Murray | BRA
|
Bruno Soares | 11 | 3 |
| USA
|
Bob Bryan | USA
|
Mike Bryan | 14 | 4 |
| FRA
|
Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA
|
Nicolas Mahut | 22 | 5 |
 RSA
|
Raven Klaasen | USA
|
Rajeev Ram | 27 | 6 |
 IND
|
Rohan Bopanna | CRO
|
Ivan Dodig | 31 | 7 |
| AUT
|
Oliver Marach | CRO
|
Mate Pavić | 34 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals edit
- During the tournament
WTA singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 1 |
 ROU
|
Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
| GER
|
Angelique Kerber | 3 | 3 |
| ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 |
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 5 | 5 |
 DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 |
| GBR
|
Johanna Konta | 7 | 7 |
 RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 8 |
| USA
|
Venus Williams | 9 | 9 |
| POL
|
Agnieszka Radwańska | 10 | 10 |
 SVK
|
Dominika Cibulková | 11 | 11 |
 LAT
|
Jeļena Ostapenko | 12 | 12 |
| FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 13 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 14 | 14 |
| LAT
|
Anastasija Sevastova | 16 | 15 |
| USA
|
Madison Keys | 17 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants edit
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Françoise Abanda
- Ashleigh Barty
Verónica Cepede Royg- Camila Giorgi
Beatriz Haddad Maia- Aleksandra Krunić
- Varvara Lepchenko
Magda Linette
Monica Puig
Aliaksandra Sasnovich- Taylor Townsend
- Donna Vekić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
- Maria Sharapova →replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
- Samantha Stosur →replaced by Julia Görges
WTA doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS |
RUS |
||||
| TPE
|
Chan Yung-jan | SUI
|
Martina Hingis | 11 | 2 |
| CZE
|
Lucie Šafářová | CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 12 | 3 |
| IND
|
Sania Mirza |  CHN
|
Peng Shuai | 19 | 4 |
 HUN
|
Tímea Babos | CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | 26 | 5 |
| CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | CZE
|
Kateřina Siniaková | 30 | 6 |
| AUS
|
Ashleigh Barty | AUS
|
Casey Dellacqua | 30 | 7 |
| USA
|
Abigail Spears |  SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | 45 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants edit
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Champions edit
Men's singles edit
Grigor Dimitrov def. Nick Kyrgios, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles edit
Garbiñe Muguruza def. 
Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0
Men's doubles edit
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Women's doubles edit
Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis def. Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
References edit
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- ^ "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Cincinnati". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ a b "ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Points & Prize Money". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 WTA Western & Southern Open and prize breakdown".
- ^ "WTA Western & Southern open main draw doubles" (PDF). WTA Tennis. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Djokovic Ends 2017 Season Due To Elbow Injury". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "Sore left arm keeps Sharapova out of Cincinnati event". sports.inquirer.net. August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.