2021 Western & Southern Open | |
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Date | August 15–22 |
Edition | 120th (men) / 93rd (women) |
Category | ATP Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA 1000 (women) |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Mason, Ohio, United States |
Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
Champions | |
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The 2021 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 15–22, 2021, as part of the US Open Series. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.[1][2]
The 2021 tournament was the 120th men's edition and the 93rd 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, making its return to Ohio for the first time since the 2019 tournament after being held in New York City for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It operated at full spectator capacity as participants were required to have tested negative for COVID-19 or be fully vaccinated.[3]
Champions
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Alexander Zverev def.
Andrey Rublev, 6–2, 6–3
Women's singles
[edit]Ashleigh Barty def.
Jil Teichmann, 6–3, 6–1
This was Barty's 13th WTA singles title, and fifth of the year.
Men's doubles
[edit]Marcel Granollers /
Horacio Zeballos def.
Steve Johnson /
Austin Krajicek, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Women's doubles
[edit]Samantha Stosur /
Zhang Shuai def.
Gabriela Dabrowski /
Luisa Stefani, 7–5, 6–3
ATP singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]The following were the seeded players. Seedings were based on ATP rankings as of August 9, 2021. Rank and points before were as of August 16, 2021.
For the first time since the ATP Tour resumed from its pandemic suspension in August 2020, ATP rankings points were added and dropped per traditional methodology beginning 23 August 2021 (the rankings after the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati). A player's current Western & Southern Open ATP ranking points (the greater from 2019 and 2020) dropped 23 August 2021 and were replaced with points earned by the player at this year's Western & Southern Open. Those new points would stay on a player's breakdown for 52 weeks, dropping 22 August 2022. Players who had Western & Southern Open points in their breakdown and did not compete in this year's event also had their existing Cincinnati ranking points drop on 23 August 2021.[4]
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending from 2019 or 2020 | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
10,620 | 1,000 | 360 | 9,980 | Semifinals lost to ![]() |
2 | 3 | ![]() |
8,350 | 360 | 360 | 8,350 | Semifinals lost to ![]() |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
7,250 | 10 | 1000 | 8,240 | Champion, defeated ![]() |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
6,005 | 205 | 600 | 6,400 | Runner-up, lost to ![]() |
5 | 8 | ![]() |
5,533 | 90 | 90 | 5,533 | Third round lost to ![]() |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
3,625 | 45+90† | 10+45 | 3,580^ | Second round lost to ![]() |
7 | 12 | ![]() |
3,260 | 115 | 180 | 3,325 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
8 | 11 | ![]() |
3,310 | 35 | 180 | 3,455 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
9 | 13 | ![]() |
3,253 | 10+250† | 90+45 | 3,128 | Third round lost to ![]() |
10 | 14 | ![]() |
2,980 | 90 | 90 | 2,980 | Third round lost to ![]() |
11 | 15 | ![]() |
2,745 | (40)‡ | 45 | 2,750 | Second round lost to ![]() |
12 | 17 | ![]() |
2,693 | 45 | 180 | 2,828 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
13 | 16 | ![]() |
2,720 | 360 | 10 | 2,405^ | First round lost to ![]() |
14 | 18 | ![]() |
2,600 | 90 | 45 | 2,555 | Second round lost to ![]() |
15 | 19 | ![]() |
2,513 | 600 | 10 | 1,933^ | First round lost to ![]() |
16 | 20 | ![]() |
2,475 | 10 | 10 | 2,510^ | First round lost to ![]() |
† The player is also defending points from the 2019 Winston-Salem Open, which was played during this calendar week in 2019.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019 or 2020. Accordingly, points for his 19th best result are deducted instead.
^ Because the 2021 tournament was non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result in place of the points won in this tournament.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Carlos Alcaraz
Kevin Anderson
Richard Gasquet
Marcos Giron
Corentin Moutet
Yoshihito Nishioka
Tommy Paul
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Borna Ćorić → replaced by
Sebastian Korda
Novak Djokovic → replaced by
Jan-Lennard Struff
Roger Federer[6] → replaced by
Federico Delbonis
Adrian Mannarino → replaced by
Miomir Kecmanović
John Millman → replaced by
Dominik Koepfer
Rafael Nadal → replaced by
Guido Pella
Kei Nishikori → replaced by
Laslo Đere
Milos Raonic → replaced by
Benoît Paire
Dominic Thiem[7] → replaced by
Dominik Koepfer
Stan Wawrinka[7] → replaced by
Dušan Lajović
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Nikola Mektić | ![]() |
Mate Pavić | 3 | 1 |
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Marcel Granollers | ![]() |
Horacio Zeballos | 12 | 2 |
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Juan Sebastián Cabal | ![]() |
Robert Farah | 13 | 3 |
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Rajeev Ram | ![]() |
Joe Salisbury | 19 | 4 |
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Kevin Krawietz | ![]() |
Horia Tecău | 37 | 5 |
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John Peers | ![]() |
Filip Polášek | 37 | 6 |
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Łukasz Kubot | ![]() |
Marcelo Melo | 37 | 7 |
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Raven Klaasen | ![]() |
Ben McLachlan | 51 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as an alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Wesley Koolhof /
Jean-Julien Rojer → replaced by
Wesley Koolhof /
Jan-Lennard Struff
Nicolas Mahut /
Fabrice Martin → replaced by
Filip Krajinović /
Fabrice Martin
Jamie Murray /
Max Purcell → replaced by
Aslan Karatsev /
Dušan Lajović
Denis Shapovalov /
Jack Sock → replaced by
Marcelo Arévalo /
Fabio Fognini
WTA singles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
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Naomi Osaka | 2 | 2 |
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Aryna Sabalenka | 3 | 3 |
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Elina Svitolina | 5 | 4 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 5 |
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Iga Świątek | 7 | 6 |
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Bianca Andreescu | 8 | 7 |
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Garbiñe Muguruza | 9 | 8 |
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Barbora Krejčíková | 10 | 9 |
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Belinda Bencic | 11 | 10 |
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Petra Kvitová | 12 | 11 |
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Simona Halep | 13 | 12 |
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Jennifer Brady | 14 | 13 |
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Victoria Azarenka | 15 | 14 |
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Elise Mertens | 16 | 15 |
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- 1 Rankings are as of August 9, 2021
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following player received entry using a special exempt into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Caroline Garcia
Hsieh Su-wei
Jasmine Paolini
Liudmila Samsonova
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Heather Watson
Zhang Shuai
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Sofia Kenin[5] → replaced by
Magda Linette
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Rebecca Peterson
Serena Williams[5] → replaced by
Dayana Yastremska
- During the tournament
Simona Halep (right adductor injury)
Retirements
[edit]Paula Badosa (right shoulder injury)
Jennifer Brady (right knee injury)
Danielle Collins (exhaustion)
Petra Kvitová (stomach issue)
Karolína Muchová (abdominal injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Hsieh Su-wei | ![]() |
Elise Mertens | 3 | 1 |
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Barbora Krejčíková | ![]() |
Kateřina Siniaková | 11 | 2 |
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Shuko Aoyama | ![]() |
Ena Shibahara | 18 | 3 |
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Nicole Melichar | ![]() |
Demi Schuurs | 23 | 4 |
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Alexa Guarachi | ![]() |
Desirae Krawczyk | 33 | 5 |
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Gabriela Dabrowski | ![]() |
Luisa Stefani | 37 | 6 |
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Chan Hao-ching | ![]() |
Latisha Chan | 40 | 7 |
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Darija Jurak | ![]() |
Andreja Klepač | 44 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Sofia Kenin /
Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by
Jeļena Ostapenko /
Jil Teichmann
Veronika Kudermetova /
Elena Vesnina → replaced by
Anna Blinkova /
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
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[10] | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
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Men's doubles[10] | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
Women's singles[11] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
Women's doubles[11] | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | $654,815 | $354,720 | $197,710 | $116,655 | $68,325 | $41,500 | $23,650 | $12,595 | $6,655 |
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Women's singles | $255,220 | $188,945 | $100,250 | $47,820 | $24,200 | $15,330 | $12,385 | $7,258 | $3,745 |
Men's doubles* | $159,030 | $102,000 | $63,960 | $40,710 | $23,260 | $12,910 | — | — | — |
Women's doubles* | $77,200 | $50,700 | $31,700 | $15,900 | $10,020 | $7,490 | — | — | — |
*per team
References
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- ^ Zagoria, Adam (August 7, 2021). "Knee Injury Forces Roger Federer To Withdraw From Toronto And Cincinnati; U.S. Open In Question". Forbes. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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- ^ Bardahl, Jayna (July 21, 2021). "Caty McNally awarded wild card to 2021 Western & Southern Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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