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2018 Western & Southern Open

Further information on singles results at: Men's singles draw and Women's singles draw

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.[1][2] 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.

2018 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 13–19
Edition117th (men) / 90th (women)
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Men's doubles
United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká / Russia Ekaterina Makarova
← 2017 · Western & Southern Open · 2019 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles[3] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's doubles[3] 0 — — — —
Women's singles[4] 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's doubles[4] 5 — — — —

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Men's singles[5] $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[6] $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

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Seeds

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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.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1   Rafael Nadal 10,220 180 0 10,040 Withdrew due to schedule change
2 2   Roger Federer 6,480 0 600 7,080 Runner-up, lost to   Novak Djokovic [10]
3 4   Alexander Zverev 4,845 10 10 4,845 Second round lost to   Robin Haase
4 3   Juan Martín del Potro 5,410 90 180 5,500 Quarterfinals lost to   David Goffin [11]
5 5   Grigor Dimitrov 4,700 1,000 90 3,790 Third round lost to   Novak Djokovic [10]
6 6   Kevin Anderson 4,535 10 90 4,615 Third round lost to   David Goffin [11]
7 7   Marin Čilić 4,085 0 360 4,445 Semifinals lost to   Novak Djokovic [10]
8 8   Dominic Thiem 3,665 180 0 3,485 Withdrew due to illness
9 9   John Isner 3,570 360 10 3,220 First round lost to   Sam Querrey
10 10   Novak Djokovic 3,445 0 1,000 4,445 Champion, defeated   Roger Federer [2]
11 11   David Goffin 3,085 10 360 3,435 Semifinals retired against   Roger Federer [2]
12 12   Diego Schwartzman 2,380 10 10 2,380 First round lost to   Stan Wawrinka [WC]
13 13   Pablo Carreño Busta 2,290 90 180 2,380 Quarterfinals lost to   Marin Čilić [6]
14 16   Kyle Edmund 1,950 10 45 1,985 Second round lost to   Denis Shapovalov
15 18   Nick Kyrgios 1,855 600 90 1,345 Third round lost to   Juan Martín del Potro [3]
16 17   Lucas Pouille 1,870 0 45 1,915 Second round lost to   Leonardo Mayer

Withdrawals

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The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Reason
14   Fabio Fognini 2,145 45 2,190† Fatigue

† Fognini is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (90 points) in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged.

Other entrants

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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:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  AUT Oliver Marach   CRO Mate Pavić 5 1
  USA Mike Bryan   USA Jack Sock 9 2
  FIN Henri Kontinen   AUS John Peers 9 3
  GBR Jamie Murray   BRA Bruno Soares 19 4
  POL Łukasz Kubot   BRA Marcelo Melo 25 5
  NED Jean-Julien Rojer   ROU Horia Tecău 28 6
  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal   COL Robert Farah 31 7
  FRA Nicolas Mahut   FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 32 8
  • Rankings are as of August 6, 2018

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  ROU Simona Halep 1 1
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2 2
  USA Sloane Stephens 3 3
  GER Angelique Kerber 4 4
  UKR Elina Svitolina 5 5
  FRA Caroline Garcia 6 6
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 7 7
  CZE Petra Kvitová 8 8
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 9 9
  GER Julia Görges 10 10
  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 11 11
  RUS Daria Kasatkina 12 12
  USA Madison Keys 13 13
  USA Venus Williams 14 14
  BEL Elise Mertens 15 15
  AUS Ashleigh Barty 16 16
  JPN Naomi Osaka 17 17
  • 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2018

Other entrants

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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:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková   CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 1
  HUN Tímea Babos   FRA Kristina Mladenovic 11 2
  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková   CZE Barbora Strýcová 15 3
  SLO Andreja Klepač   ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 26 4
  USA Nicole Melichar   CZE Květa Peschke 30 5
  BEL Elise Mertens   NED Demi Schuurs 45 6
  CZE Lucie Hradecká   RUS Ekaterina Makarova 52 7
  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu   ROU Monica Niculescu 57 8
  • Rankings are as of August 6, 2018

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Champions

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Men's singles

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Main article: 2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

Women's singles

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Main article: 2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles

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Main article: 2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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Main article: 2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

References

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  1. ^ "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Cincinnati". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Western & Southern Open 2018".
  6. ^ "Western & Southern Open 2018".
  7. ^ a b "Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka receive Cincinnati wild cards".
  8. ^ a b c d "WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN WILD CARDS AWARDED TO MATTEK-SANDS, KUZNETSOVA, VONDROUSOVA AND ANISIMOVA". www.wsopen.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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