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 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 Open and took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.

2019 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 12–18
Edition118th (men) / 91st (women)
CategoryATP Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Russia Daniil Medvedev
Women's singles
United States Madison Keys
Men's doubles
Croatia Ivan Dodig / Slovakia Filip Polášek
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká / Slovenia Andreja Klepač
← 2018 · Cincinnati Open · 2020 →

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[3] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's doubles[3] 0
Women's singles[4] 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's doubles[4] 5

Prize money edit

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
Women's doubles $143,600 $72,534 $35,910 $18,075 $9,170 $4,530

ATP singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements edit

ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

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 edit

Before the tournament

Retirements edit

WTA doubles main-draw entrants edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals edit

During the tournament

Champions edit

Men's singles edit

Women's singles edit

Men's doubles edit

Women's doubles edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Western & Southern Open 2019".

External links edit