2018 Western & Southern Open


The 2018 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 13–19, 2018. It took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2018 US Open Series. The 2018 tournament was the 117th men's edition and the 90th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Men's Singles$1,020,425$500,340$251,815$128,050$66,490$35,055$18,930$4,360$2,220
Women's Singles$501,975$243,920$122,190$58,185$28,030$14,360$7,745$3,150$1,905
Men's Doubles$316,000$154,710$77,600$39,830$20,590$10,860
Women's Doubles$143,600$72,534$35,910$18,075$9,170$4,530

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 6, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of August 13, 2018.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11 Rafael Nadal10,220180010,040Withdrew due to schedule change
22 Roger Federer6,48006007,080Runner-up, lost to Novak Djokovic
34 Alexander Zverev4,84510104,845Second round lost to Robin Haase
43 Juan Martín del Potro5,410901805,500Quarterfinals lost to David Goffin
55 Grigor Dimitrov4,7001,000903,790Third round lost to Novak Djokovic
66 Kevin Anderson4,53510904,615Third round lost to David Goffin
77 Marin Čilić4,08503604,445Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic
88 Dominic Thiem3,66518003,485Withdrew due to illness
99 John Isner3,570360103,220First round lost to Sam Querrey
1010 Novak Djokovic3,44501,0004,445Champion, defeated Roger Federer
1111 David Goffin3,085103603,435Semifinals retired against Roger Federer
1212 Diego Schwartzman2,38010102,380First round lost to Stan Wawrinka
1313 Pablo Carreño Busta2,290901802,380Quarterfinals lost to Marin Cilic
1416 Kyle Edmund1,95010451,985Second round lost to Denis Shapovalov
1518 Nick Kyrgios1,855600901,345Third round lost to Juan Martin del Potro
1617 Lucas Pouille1,8700451,915Second round lost to Leonardo Mayer

Withdrawals

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterReason
14 Fabio Fognini2,145452,190†Fatigue

† Fognini is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged.

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:
;Before the tournament

Seeds

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
;Before the tournament
;During the tournament

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Simona Halep11
Caroline Wozniacki22
Sloane Stephens33
Angelique Kerber44
Elina Svitolina55
Caroline Garcia66
Garbiñe Muguruza77
Petra Kvitová88
Karolína Plíšková99
Julia Görges1010
Jeļena Ostapenko1111
Daria Kasatkina1212
Madison Keys1313
Venus Williams1414
Elise Mertens1515
Ashleigh Barty1616
Naomi Osaka1717

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 player received entry as a lucky loser:
;Before the tournament

Seeds

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
;Before the tournament

Men's singles