:2014 Western & Southern Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2014|Western & Southern Open|

| date = August 11–17

| edition = 113th (men) / 86th (women)

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = Mason, Ohio, United States

| venue=Lindner Family Tennis Center

| category = {{nowrap|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)}}
WTA Premier 5 (women)

| champms = {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer

| champws = {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams

| champmd = {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan / {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan

| champwd = {{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Kops-Jones / {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears

| main_name = Cincinnati Masters

}}

The 2014 Western & Southern Open (the Cincinnati Masters) was a men's and women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts August 11–17, 2014. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2014 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. The 2014 tournament was the men's 113th edition and the women's 86th edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.

Rafael Nadal and Victoria Azarenka were the defending champions, but both had to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries.

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

style="background:#ededed;"\|Men's singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx\|access-date=25 February 2013\|title=Rankings explained\|publisher=atpworldtour.com}} \|rowspan=2\|1000 \|rowspan=2\|600 \|rowspan=2\|360 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|90 \|45 \|10 \|25 \|16 \|0
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style="background:#ededed;"\|Men's doubles \|0 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|access-date=25 February 2012 \|title=Rankings explained \|publisher=WTA \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|archive-date=14 December 2012 }} \|rowspan=2\|900 \|rowspan=2\|585 \|rowspan=2\|350 \|rowspan=2\|190 \|rowspan=2\|105 \|60 \|1 \|30 \|20 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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style=background:#ededed\|Men's singles \|$638,850 \|$313,240 \|$157,645 \|$80,165 \|$41,625 \|$21,945 \|$11,850 \|$2,730 \|$1,390
style=background:#ededed\|Women's singles \|$467,300 \|$227,000 \|$113,770 \|$54,170 \|$26,090 \|$13,370 \|$7,215 \|$2,930 \|$1,775
style=background:#ededed\|Men's doubles \|$197,830 \|$96,860 \|$48,580 \|$24,940 \|$12,890 \|$6,800 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}
style=background:#ededed\|Women's doubles \|$133,700 \|$67,530 \|$33,430 \|$16,830 \|$8,530 \|$4,210 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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|width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#ededed|Men's singles

|$638,850

|$313,240

|$157,645

|$80,165

|$41,625

|$21,945

|$11,850

|$2,730

|$1,390

style=background:#ededed|Women's singles

|$467,300

|$227,000

|$113,770

|$54,170

|$26,090

|$13,370

|$7,215

|$2,930

|$1,775

style=background:#ededed|Men's doubles

|$197,830

|$96,860

|$48,580

|$24,940

|$12,890

|$6,800

|{{n/a}}

style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles

|$133,700

|$67,530

|$33,430

|$16,830

|$8,530

|$4,210

|{{n/a}}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="60"\| Country ! width="140"\| Player ! Ranking ! Seed
{{flag\|SRB}} \| Novak Djokovic \| 1 \| 1
{{flag\|SUI}} \| Roger Federer \| 3 \| 2
{{flag\|SUI}} \| Stan Wawrinka \| 4 \| 3
{{flag\|CZE}} \| Tomáš Berdych \| 5 \| 4
{{flag\|CAN}} \| Milos Raonic \| 6 \| 5
{{flag\|ESP}} \| David Ferrer \| 7 \| 6
{{flag\|BUL}} \| Grigor Dimitrov \| 8 \| 7
{{flag\|GBR}} \| Andy Murray \| 9 \| 8
{{flag\|LAT}} \| Ernests Gulbis \| 12 \| 9
~~{{flag\|FRA}}~~ \| ~~Richard Gasquet~~ \| 13 \| 10
{{flagu\|USA}} \| John Isner \| 14 \| 11
{{flag\|FRA}} \| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga \| 15 \| 12
{{flag\|ESP}} \| Roberto Bautista Agut \| 16 \| 13
{{flag\|CRO}} \| Marin Čilić \| 18 \| 14
{{flag\|ITA}} \| Fabio Fognini \| 19 \| 15
{{flag\|ESP}} \| Tommy Robredo \| 20 \| 16

class="sortable wikitable"

width="60"| Country

! width="140"| Player

! Ranking

! Seed

| Novak Djokovic

| 1

| Roger Federer

| 3

| 2

| Stan Wawrinka

| 4

| 3

| Tomáš Berdych

| 5

| 4

| Milos Raonic

| 6

| 5

| David Ferrer

| 7

| 6

| Grigor Dimitrov

| 8

| 7

| Andy Murray

| 9

| 8

| Ernests Gulbis

| 12

| 9

~~{{flag|FRA}}~~

| ~~Richard Gasquet~~

| 13

| 10

| John Isner

| 14

| 11

| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

| 15

| 12

| Roberto Bautista Agut

| 16

| 13

| Marin Čilić

| 18

| 14

| Fabio Fognini

| 19

| 15

| Tommy Robredo

| 20

| 16

Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

=Other entrants=

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Robby Ginepri
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Johnson
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Melzer

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Becker
{{flagicon|USA}} Chase Buchanan
{{flagicon|RUS}} Teymuraz Gabashvili
{{flagicon|AUS}} Marinko Matosevic
{{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Paire
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bernard Tomic
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Ward

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|SLO}} Blaž Rola

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Almagro (foot injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|UZB}} Denis Istomin
{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Berlocq → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Édouard Roger-Vasselin
{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Kližan
{{flagicon|UKR}} Alexandr Dolgopolov (knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Benneteau
{{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Gasquet (abdominal injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|SLO}} Blaž Rola
{{flagicon|GER}} Tommy Haas (shoulder injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} Lu Yen-hsun
{{flagicon|GER}} Florian Mayer (groin injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt
{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal (wrist injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Simon
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Nishikori (foot injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Mahut
{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Bob Bryan \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Mike Bryan \|2 \|1
{{flag\|AUT}} \|Alexander Peya \|{{flag\|BRA}} \|Bruno Soares \|6 \|2
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Daniel Nestor \|{{flag\|SRB}} \|Nenad Zimonjić \|11 \|3
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Ivan Dodig \|{{flag\|BRA}} \|Marcelo Melo \|16 \|4
{{flag\|IND}} \|Leander Paes \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Radek Štěpánek \|20 \|5
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Julien Benneteau \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Édouard Roger-Vasselin \|22 \|6
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Marcel Granollers \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|Marc López \|28 \|7
{{flag\|ESP}} \|David Marrero \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|Fernando Verdasco \|28 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flagu|USA}}

|{{flag|BRA}}

|{{flag|SRB}}

|11

|{{flag|BRA}}

|16

|{{flag|CZE}}

|20

|{{flag|FRA}}

|Édouard Roger-Vasselin

|22

|{{flag|ESP}}

|28

|{{flag|ESP}}

|28

Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Johnson / {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey
{{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald / {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Smyczek

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray / {{flagicon|AUS}} John Peers

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Llodra (right elbow injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="60"\| Country ! width="140"\| Player ! Ranking ! Seeds
{{flagu\|USA}} \| Serena Williams \| 1 \| 1
{{flag\|ROU}} \| Simona Halep \| 3 \| 2
{{flag\|CZE}} \| Petra Kvitová \| 4 \| 3
{{flag\|POL}} \| Agnieszka Radwańska \| 5 \| 4
{{flag\|RUS}} \| Maria Sharapova \| 6 \| 5
{{flag\|GER}} \| Angelique Kerber \| 7 \| 6
{{flag\|CAN}} \| Eugenie Bouchard \| 8 \| 7
{{flag\|SRB}} \| Jelena Janković \| 9 \| 8
{{flag\|SRB}} \| Ana Ivanovic \| 10 \| 9
~~{{flag\|BLR}}~~ \| ~~Victoria Azarenka~~ \| 11 \| 10
{{flag\|SVK}} \| Dominika Cibulková \| 12 \| 11
{{flag\|DEN}} \| Caroline Wozniacki \| 13 \| 12
{{flag\|ITA}} \| Flavia Pennetta \| 14 \| 13
{{flag\|ITA}} \| Sara Errani \| 15 \| 14
{{flag\|ESP}} \| Carla Suárez Navarro \| 16 \| 15
{{flag\|CZE}} \| Lucie Šafářová \| 17 \| 16

class="sortable wikitable"

width="60"| Country

! width="140"| Player

! Ranking

! Seeds

| Serena Williams

| 1

| Simona Halep

| 3

| 2

| Petra Kvitová

| 4

| 3

| Agnieszka Radwańska

| 5

| 4

| Maria Sharapova

| 6

| 5

| Angelique Kerber

| 7

| 6

| Eugenie Bouchard

| 8

| 7

| Jelena Janković

| 9

| 8

| Ana Ivanovic

| 10

| 9

~~{{flag|BLR}}~~

| ~~Victoria Azarenka~~

| 11

| 10

| Dominika Cibulková

| 12

| 11

| Caroline Wozniacki

| 13

| 12

| Flavia Pennetta

| 14

| 13

| Sara Errani

| 15

| 14

| Carla Suárez Navarro

| 16

| 15

| Lucie Šafářová

| 17

| 16

Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

=Other entrants=

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic
{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Davis
{{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|GER}} Annika Beck
{{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas
{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs
{{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog
{{flagicon|ITA}} Karin Knapp
{{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier
{{flagicon|RSA}} Chanelle Scheepers
{{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend
{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson
{{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|GER}} Mona Barthel

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka (knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} Mona Barthel
{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Na (knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} Romina Oprandi
{{flagicon|AUT}} Yvonne Meusburger → replaced by {{flagicon|BUL}} Tsvetana Pironkova

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Sara Errani \|{{flag\|ITA}} \|Roberta Vinci \|2 \|1
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Hsieh Su-wei \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Peng Shuai \|7 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|{{flag\|SLO}} \|Katarina Srebotnik \|13 \|3
{{flag\|ZIM}} \|Cara Black \|{{flag\|IND}} \|Sania Mirza \|15 \|4
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Ekaterina Makarova \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Elena Vesnina \|17 \|5
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|27 \|6
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Raquel Kops-Jones \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Abigail Spears \|36 \|7
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Alla Kudryavtseva \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|Anastasia Rodionova \|40 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|ITA}}

|{{flag|CHN}}

|{{flag|SLO}}

|13

|{{flag|IND}}

|15

|{{flag|RUS}}

|17

|{{flag|FRA}}

|27

|{{flagu|USA}}

|36

|{{flag|AUS}}

|40

Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs / {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske
{{flagicon|USA}} Melanie Oudin / {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|GEO}} Oksana Kalashnikova / {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Savchuk

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai (right arm injury)

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|POL}} Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (right calf injury)
{{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic (lumbar spine injury)

Finals

=Men's singles=

{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} David Ferrer, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

=Women's singles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams defeated {{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Ivanovic, 6–4, 6–1

=Men's doubles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan / {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan defeated {{flagicon|CAN}} Vasek Pospisil / {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock, 6–3, 6–2

=Women's doubles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Raquel Kops-Jones / {{flagicon|USA}} Abigail Spears defeated {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–0, ret.

References

External links

[http://www.cincytennis.com/ Official website]
[http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile]