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 World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. 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 Masters and took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Men's Singles$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$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

Seeds

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.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11 Novak Djokovic12,3251,00036011,685Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev
22 Rafael Nadal7,945007,945Withdrew due to fatigue
33 Roger Federer7,460600906,950Third round lost to Andrey Rublev
44 Dominic Thiem4,925004,925Withdrew due to illness
57 Stefanos Tsitsipas3,45510103,455Second round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff
65 Kei Nishikori4,04045104,005Second round lost to Yoshihito Nishioka
76 Alexander Zverev4,00510104,005Second round lost to Miomir Kecmanović
89 Karen Khachanov2,89090902,890Third round lost to Lucas Pouille
98 Daniil Medvedev3,230351,0004,195Champion, defeated David Goffin
1010 Fabio Fognini2,555†02,510Withdrew due to ankle Injury
1111 Roberto Bautista Agut2,39501802,575Quarterfinals lost to Richard Gasquet
1213 Borna Ćorić2,19545102,160First round lost to Reilly Opelka
1316 John Isner2,04010452,075Second round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta
1418 Marin Čilić1,940360101,590First round lost to Radu Albot
1517 Nikoloz Basilashvili2,020‡101,985First round lost to Andrey Rublev
1619 David Goffin1,8153606002,055Runner-up, lost to Daniil Medvedev

† 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

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterReason
12 Juan Martín del Potro2,2301802,050Knee Injury
14 Kevin Anderson2,140902,050Knee injury

Other entrants

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:
;Before the tournament
;During the tournament

Seeds

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

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Ashleigh Barty11
Naomi Osaka22
Karolína Plíšková33
Simona Halep44
Kiki Bertens55
Petra Kvitová66
Elina Svitolina77
Sloane Stephens88
Aryna Sabalenka99
Serena Williams1010
Anastasija Sevastova1111
Belinda Bencic1212
Angelique Kerber1313
Johanna Konta1414
Wang Qiang1615
Madison Keys1716

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:
;During the tournament

Men's singles