2021 Western & Southern Open

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]

2021 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 15–22
Edition120th (men) / 93rd (women)
CategoryATP Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA 1000 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Germany Alexander Zverev
Women's singles
Australia Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles
Spain Marcel Granollers / Argentina Horacio Zeballos
Women's doubles
Australia Samantha Stosur / China Zhang Shuai
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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

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Men's singles

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Women's singles

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This was Barty's 13th WTA singles title, and fifth of the year.

Men's doubles

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Women's doubles

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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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
1 2   Daniil Medvedev 10,620 1,000 360 9,980 Semifinals lost to   Andrey Rublev [4]
2 3   Stefanos Tsitsipas 8,350 360 360 8,350 Semifinals lost to   Alexander Zverev [3]
3 5   Alexander Zverev 7,250 10 1000 8,240 Champion, defeated   Andrey Rublev [4]
4 7   Andrey Rublev 6,005 205 600 6,400 Runner-up, lost to   Alexander Zverev [3]
5 8   Matteo Berrettini 5,533 90 90 5,533 Third round lost to   Félix Auger-Aliassime [12]
6 10   Denis Shapovalov 3,625 45+90 10+45 3,580^ Second round lost to   Benoît Paire
7 12   Pablo Carreño Busta 3,260 115 180 3,325 Quarterfinals lost to   Daniil Medvedev [1]
8 11   Casper Ruud 3,310 35 180 3,455 Quarterfinals lost to   Alexander Zverev [3]
9 13   Hubert Hurkacz 3,253 10+250 90+45 3,128 Third round lost to   Pablo Carreño Busta [7]
10 14   Diego Schwartzman 2,980 90 90 2,980 Third round lost to   Casper Ruud [8]
11 15   Jannik Sinner 2,745 (40) 45 2,750 Second round lost to   John Isner
12 17   Félix Auger-Aliassime 2,693 45 180 2,828 Quarterfinals lost to   Stefanos Tsitsipas [2]
13 16   Roberto Bautista Agut 2,720 360 10 2,405^ First round lost to   Grigor Dimitrov
14 18   Alex de Minaur 2,600 90 45 2,555 Second round lost to   Gaël Monfils
15 19   David Goffin 2,513 600 10 1,933^ First round lost to   Guido Pella [PR]
16 20   Cristian Garín 2,475 10 10 2,510^ First round lost to   Tommy Paul [Q]

† 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

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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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  CRO Nikola Mektić   CRO Mate Pavić 3 1
  ESP Marcel Granollers   ARG Horacio Zeballos 12 2
  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal   COL Robert Farah 13 3
  USA Rajeev Ram   GBR Joe Salisbury 19 4
  GER Kevin Krawietz   ROU Horia Tecău 37 5
  AUS John Peers   SVK Filip Polášek 37 6
  POL Łukasz Kubot   BRA Marcelo Melo 37 7
  RSA Raven Klaasen   JPN Ben McLachlan 51 8
  • Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as an alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
  JPN Naomi Osaka 2 2
  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 3 3
  UKR Elina Svitolina 5 4
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 5
  POL Iga Świątek 7 6
  CAN Bianca Andreescu 8 7
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 9 8
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 10 9
   SUI Belinda Bencic 11 10
  CZE Petra Kvitová 12 11
  ROU Simona Halep 13 12
  USA Jennifer Brady 14 13
  BLR Victoria Azarenka 15 14
  BEL Elise Mertens 16 15
  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 17 16
  • 1 Rankings are as of August 9, 2021

Other entrants

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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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During 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
  TPE Hsieh Su-wei   BEL Elise Mertens 3 1
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková   CZE Kateřina Siniaková 11 2
  JPN Shuko Aoyama   JPN Ena Shibahara 18 3
  USA Nicole Melichar   NED Demi Schuurs 23 4
  CHI Alexa Guarachi   USA Desirae Krawczyk 33 5
  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski   BRA Luisa Stefani 37 6
  TPE Chan Hao-ching   TPE Latisha Chan 40 7
  CRO Darija Jurak   SLO Andreja Klepač 44 8
  • Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

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[10] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
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

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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
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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  2. ^ "Western & Southern Open". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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  4. ^ "Cincinnati Marks Beginning of 'Return to Normal' for FedEx ATP Rankings Logic". ATPtour.com. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Thiem, Wawrinka Withdraw From Cincinnati Due To Injuries". ATP. July 29, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Bardahl, Jayna (July 21, 2021). "Caty McNally awarded wild card to 2021 Western & Southern Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "Western & Southern Open Wild Cards Awarded To Sloane Stephens, Venus Williams". Tennis Panorama. July 30, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
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