Cincinnati Masters

The Cincinnati Open (Western & Southern Open) is an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 combined event at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, and the final major warm-up before the US Open. Both singles draws hold 96 players, with the top 32 seeds receiving a bye into the second round. Carlos Alcaraz won the 2025 men’s title but does not defend it, still sidelined by the wrist injury he suffered at the Barcelona Open in April, and Jannik Sinner withdrew on 9 August with a knee injury, leaving Alexander Zverev as top seed, with Félix Auger-Aliassime seeded second. Aryna Sabalenka heads the women’s draw as top seed with Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff leading the other three quarters, and defending champion Iga Świątek seeded seventh in Rybakina’s quarter. Eleventh seed Naomi Osaka withdrew citing fatigue, with Kateřina Siniaková taking her place. The field carries ten Grand Slam champions, five of them past Cincinnati winners. The 2026 titles went to Arthur Fils, who beat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 for a first Masters 1000 and France's first at this level since 2014, and Coco Gauff, who beat Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in the first all-American final here since 1970.