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The 2021 WTA Cincinnati Open will be played in Cincinnati, Ohio from 16-22 August. Watch and bet on WTA Cincinnati Open tennis matches live and get Western & Southern Open live stream access with livetennis.com.
WTA Cincinnati Open Live Streaming
WTA Cincinnati Open tennis will be live from Cincinnati from 16-22 August 2021 with play starting around 11am local/4pm BST. Bookmaker bet365 are offering customers the opportunity to watch a live stream of the matches alongside in-play betting.
Watch and bet on WTA Western & Southern Open tennis live at bet365 > live streaming > tennis (geo-restrictions apply; funded account required or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify)
How to watch & bet on WTA Cincinnati live streams with bet365
2. Sign into your account or register for a new one
3. Select Live Streaming
4. Select ‘Tennis’ from the ‘All Sports’ dropdown menu
5. Enjoy a live stream & in-play betting for WTA Cincinnati Open tennis, live from Cincinnati from 16-22 August 2021
PLEASE NOTE: You must have a funded account or have placed a bet in the last 24 hours in order to watch tennis; geo-restrictions apply.
WTA Cincinnati Open Tournament Schedule
Western & Southern Open 2021
| Date – Time | Event Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 15 August 16.00 BST | Men’s & women’s R1 matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Monday 16 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s R1 matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Tuesday 17 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s R2 matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Wednesday 18 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s R2 matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Thursday 19 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s R16 matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Friday 20 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s QF matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Saturday 21 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s SF matches | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Sunday 22 August 16:00 BST | Men’s & women’s final | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
All singles and doubles matches are available to stream live via bet365 for customers with funded accounts.
When is the WTA Cincinnati Open 2020?
The 2021 WTA Cincinnati Open takes place from 16-22 August, two weeks before the US Open.
In 2020, for just the fifth time in the history of the tournament now known as the Western & Southern Open, which stretches back to 1899, the event was played outside the Cincinnati area; but the tournament returns to its traditional home of Cincinnati in 2021.
Qualifying for the WTA Cincinnati Open will be played 14-15 August, with main-draw women’s matches beginning on 16 August.
WTA Cincinnati Open Player Performance
Who are the best-performing female players at the Western & Southern Open?
| Player | Titles | Finals | 2020 results | Win-loss |
| Serena Williams | 2 (2014-15) | 1 (2013) | R16 (lost to Maria Sakkari) | 23-6 |
| Victoria Azarenka | 2 (2013, 2020) | – | Champion (d. Naomi Osaka) | 16-5 |
| Madison Keys | 1 (2019) | – | R32 (lost to Ons Jabeur) | 15-6 |
| Kiki Bertens | 1 (2018) | – | Did not play | 9-5 |
| Garbine Muguruza | 1 (2017) | – | Did not play | 8-6 |
| Karolina Pliskova | 1 (2016) | – | R32 (lost to Veronika Kudermetova) | 14-8 |
| Kim Clijsters | 1 (2010) | – | Did not play | 8-1 |
| Simona Halep | – | 3 (2015, 2017-18) | Did not play | 22-9 |
| Angelique Kerber | – | 2 (2012, 2016) | Did not play | 13-9 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | – | 1 (2019) | Did not play | 15-9 |
| Naomi Osaka | – | 1 (2020) | Runner-up (walkover to Victoria Azarenka) | 7-3 |
WTA Cincinnati Open Tournament Information
| ATP Cincinnati Masters | Western & Southern Open |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16-22 August 2021 |
| Location | Mason, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Venue | Linder Family Tennis Centre |
| Surface | Outdoor hard court |
| Category | ATP Masters 1000/WTA 1000 |
| Draw size | 56 singles/24 doubles |
| First played | 1899 |
| Most titles | Men: Roger Federer (7)
Women: Serena Williams/Victoria Azarenka (2) |
| Prize money | ATP: US$6,735,690
WTA: US$2,944,486 |
| Reigning champions | Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic
Women’s singles: Victoria Azarenka Men’s doubles: Pablo Carreno Busta/Alex de Minaur Women’s doubles: Kveta Peschke/Demi Schuurs |
About the Cincinnati Open
The women’s tournament in Cincinnati has as long a history as the men’s; both were first played in 1899, with Myrtle McAteer claiming the title. But it hasn’t quite been an uninterrupted history. Although names that loom large in tennis history, like those of Alice Marble, Julie Heldman, Virginia Wade, Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong, appear on the list of champions, the women’s tournament was not played between 1974 and 1987 and again between 1988 and 2003.
When WTA Tour tennis returned to Cincinnati in 2004, Lindsay Davenport of the USA became its first champion. In 2009, the tournament – now known as the Western & Southern Open – became a Premier-5, and in 2011 it was finally combined with the men’s tournament, becoming the last big event before the US Open for both men and women.
Since becoming a Premier-5 event in 2009, seven of the Western & Southern Open’s women champions have been players who have held the WTA world no. 1 ranking at the same time. Two players have captured the WTA Cincinnati Open and US Open titles in the same year: Kim Clijsters (2010) and Serena Williams (2014).
For some time, Williams was the only player to have won multiple Western & Southern Open titles in its modern incarnation, going back-to-back in 2014-15 with victories over Ana Ivanovic and Simona Halep. Halep herself has made the Western & Southern Open final three times without winning it, finishing runner-up to Williams in 2015, Garbine Muguruza in 2017 and Kiki Bertens in 2018.
In 2019, Madison Keys became the latest home-grown champion in Cincinnati when she made a storming run through the draw, beating Muguruza, Halep, Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova on her way to the title.
Usually played at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, the Western & Southern Open was relocated from the Cincinnati suburb to New York in 2020 before returning to Cincinnati in 2021.
Victoria Azarenka won the 2020 Western & Southern Open when she received a walkover from Naomi Osaka in the final; the pair would meet two weeks later in the final of the US Open. Azarenka tied Serena Williams’s Open Era record of two titles, her second coming seven years after her first.
WTA Cincinnati Open Ranking Points
Here is a breakdown of the ranking points awarded by the WTA Tour for reaching various rounds at a WTA 1000 event like the Western & Southern Open.
| Round | Points |
| Champion | 900 |
| Final | 585 |
| Semifinal | 350 |
| Quarterfinal | 190 |
| R16 | 105 |
| R32 | 60 |
| R64 | 1 |
WTA Cincinnati Open Champions
Here is a complete list of players who have triumphed at the Western & Southern Open.
Former Cincinnati champions
| Year | Men’s Champion | Men’s Runner-up | Women’s Champion | Women’s Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | William Harris | Tom Gorman | Linda Tuero | Tory Fretz |
| 1969 | Cliff Richey | Allan Stone | Lesley Turner Bowrey | Gail Chanfreau |
| 1970 | Ken Rosewall | Cliff Richey | Rosemary Casals | Nancy Richey |
| 1971 | Stan Smith | Juan Gisbert Sr. | Virginia Wade | Linda Tuero |
| 1972 | Jimmy Connors | Guillermo Vilas | Margaret Court | Evonne Goolagong |
| 1973 | Ilie Nastase | Manuel Orantes | Evonne Goolagong | Chris Evert |
| 1974 | Marty Riessen (3) | Robert Luiz | Not played | Not played |
| 1975 | Tom Gorman | Sherwood Stewart | Not played | Not played |
| 1976 | Roscoe Tanner | Eddie Dibbs | Not played | Not played |
| 1977 | Harold Solomon | Mark Cox | Not played | Not played |
| 1978 | Eddie Dibbs | Raul Ramirez | Not played | Not played |
| 1979 | Peter Fleming | Roscoe Tanner | Not played | Not played |
| 1980 | Harold Solomon (2) | Francisco Gonzalez | Not played | Not played |
| 1981 | John McEnroe | Chris Lewis | Not played | Not played |
| 1982 | Ivan Lendl | Steve Denton | Not played | Not played |
| 1983 | Mats Wilander | John McEnroe | Not played | Not played |
| 1984 | Mats Wilander (2) | Anders Jarryd | Not played | Not played |
| 1985 | Boris Becker | Mats Wilander | Not played | Not played |
| 1986 | Mats Wilander (3) | Jimmy Connors | Not played | Not played |
| 1987 | Stefan Edberg | Boris Becker | Not played | Not played |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander (4) | Stefan Edberg | Barbara Potter | Helen Kelesi |
| 1989 | Brad Gilbert | Stefan Edberg | Not played | Not played |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg (2) | Brad Gilbert | Not played | Not played |
| 1991 | Guy Forget | Pete Sampras | Not played | Not played |
| 1992 | Pete Sampras | Ivan Lendl | Not played | Not played |
| 1993 | Michael Chang | Stefan Edberg | Not played | Not played |
| 1994 | Michael Chang (2) | Stefan Edberg | Not played | Not played |
| 1995 | Andre Agassi | Michael Chang | Not played | Not played |
| 1996 | Andre Agassi (2) | Michael Chang | Not played | Not played |
| 1997 | Pete Sampras (2) | Thomas Muster | Not played | Not played |
| 1998 | Patrick Rafter | Pete Sampras | Not played | Not played |
| 1999 | Pete Sampras (3) | Pat Rafter | Not played | Not played |
| 2000 | Thomas Enqvist | Tim Henman | Not played | Not played |
| 2001 | Gustavo Kuerten | Patrick Rafter | Not played | Not played |
| 2002 | Carlos Moya | Lleyton Hewitt | Not played | Not played |
| 2003 | Andy Roddick | Mardy Fish | Not played | Not played |
| 2004 | Andre Agassi (3) | Lleyton Hewitt | Lindsday Davenport | Vera Zvonareva |
| 2005 | Roger Federer | Andy Roddick | Patty Schnyder | Akiko Morigami |
| 2006 | Andy Roddick (2) | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Vera Zvonareva | Katarina Srebotnik |
| 2007 | Roger Federer (2) | James Blake | Anna Chakvetadze | Akiko Morigami |
| 2008 | Andy Murray | Novak Djokovic | Nadia Petrova | Nathalie Dechy |
| 2009 | Roger Federer (3) | Novak Djokovic | Jelena Jankovic | Dinara Safina |
| 2010 | Roger Federer (4) | Mardy Fish | Kim Clijsters | Maria Sharapova |
| 2011 | Andy Murray (2) | Novak Djokovic | Maria Sharapova | Jelena Jankovic |
| 2012 | Roger Federer (5) | Novak Djokovic | Li Na | Angelique Kerber |
| 2013 | Rafael Nadal | John Isner | Victoria Azarenka | Serena Williams |
| 2014 | Roger Federer (6) | David Ferrer | Serena Williams | Ana Ivanovic |
| 2015 | Roger Federer (7) | Novak Djokovic | Serena Williams (2) | Simona Halep |
| 2016 | Marin Cilic | Andy Murray | Karolina Pliskova | Angelique Kerber |
| 2017 | Grigor Dimitrov | Nick Kyrgios | Garbine Muguruza | Simona Halep |
| 2018 | Novak Djokovic | Roger Federer | Kiki Bertens | Simona Halep |
| 2019 | Daniil Medvedev | David Goffin | Madison Keys | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| 2020 | Novak Djokovic | Milos Raonic | Victoria Azarenka | Naomi Osaka |
WTA Cincinnati tennis is live from Mason, Ohio from 16-22 August, with play starting around 11am local/4pm BST. Bookmaker bet365 are offering customers the opportunity to watch a live stream of the matches alongside in-play betting.
Watch and bet on WTA tennis live at bet365 > live streaming > tennis (geo-restrictions apply; funded account required or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify)
How to watch & bet on WTA tennis
1. Visit the bet365 website
2. Sign into your account or register for a new one
3. Select Live Streaming
4. Select ‘Tennis’ from the ‘All Sports’ drop down menu
5. Enjoy a live stream & in-play betting for WTA Cincinnati Open tennis, live from Cincinnati from 16-22 August 2021
PLEASE NOTE: You must have a funded account or have placed a bet in the last 24 hours in order to watch tennis; geo-restrictions apply.
