2018 Western & Southern Open
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{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Western & Southern Open|
| date = August 13–19
| edition = 117th (men) / 90th (women)
| surface = Hard
| location = Mason, Ohio, United States
| venue=Lindner Family Tennis Center
| category = {{nowrap|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)}}
WTA Premier 5 (women)
| champms = {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic
| champws = {{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens
| champmd = {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray / {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares
| champwd = {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká / {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview|title=Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview|website=atworldtour.com|publisher=ATP Tour, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728175422/http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2017-cincinnati|title=2017 Cincinnati|website=wtatennis.com|publisher=WTA Tour, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728175839/http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2017-cincinnati|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2017}} 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 Open.
Points and prize money
=Point distribution=
class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event
|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|W|Win}} |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}} |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}} |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}} |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}} |
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 |
---|
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
|5 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
=Prize money=
class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|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{{Cite web|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview?detailTab=points|title=Western & Southern Open 2018}}
|$1,020,425 |$500,340 |$251,815 |$128,050 |$66,490 |$35,055 |$18,930 |$4,360 |$2,220 |
---|
style=background:#ededed|Women's singles
|$501,975 |$243,920 |$122,190 |$58,185 |$28,030 |$14,360 |$7,745 |$3,150 |$1,905 |
style=background:#ededed|Men's doubles{{Cite web|url=https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview?detailTab=points|title=Western & Southern Open 2018}}
|$316,000 |$154,710 |$77,600 |$39,830 |$20,590 |$10,860 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles
|$143,600 |$72,534 |$35,910 |$18,075 |$9,170 |$4,530 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
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.
class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:30px;" |Seed ! style="width:30px;" |Rank ! style="width:260px;"|Player ! style="width:90px;" |Points before ! style="width:110px;"|Points defending ! style="width:70px;" |Points won ! style="width:90px;" |Points after ! style="width:350px;" class="unsortable"|Status |
style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | | style="text-align:center;" | 10,220 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 10,040 | Withdrew due to schedule change |
style="background:#fcc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer | style="text-align:center;" | 6,480 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 600 | style="text-align:center;" | 7,080 | Runner-up, lost to {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic [10] |
style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 | {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev | style="text-align:center;" | 4,845 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,845 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|NED}} Robin Haase |
style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro | style="text-align:center;" | 5,410 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 5,500 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin [11] |
style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov | style="text-align:center;" | 4,700 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,790 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic [10] |
style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 | {{flagicon|RSA}} Kevin Anderson | style="text-align:center;" | 4,535 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,615 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin [11] |
style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 | {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić | style="text-align:center;" | 4,085 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,445 | Semifinals lost to {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic [10] |
style="text-align:center;" | | style="text-align:center;" | | | style="text-align:center;" | 3,665 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,485 | Withdrew due to illness |
style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 | {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner | style="text-align:center;" | 3,570 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,220 | First round lost to {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey |
style="background:#cfc;"
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic | style="text-align:center;" | 3,445 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,000 | style="text-align:center;" | 4,445 | Champion, defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] |
style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 | {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin | style="text-align:center;" | 3,085 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 360 | style="text-align:center;" | 3,435 | Semifinals retired against {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer [2] |
style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Schwartzman | style="text-align:center;" | 2,380 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,380 | First round lost to {{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka [WC] |
style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Carreño Busta | style="text-align:center;" | 2,290 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 180 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,380 | Quarterfinals lost to {{flagicon|CRO}} Marin Čilić [6] |
style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kyle Edmund | style="text-align:center;" | 1,950 | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,985 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Shapovalov |
style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Kyrgios | style="text-align:center;" | 1,855 | style="text-align:center;" | 600 | style="text-align:center;" | 90 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,345 | Third round lost to {{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martín del Potro [3] |
style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Pouille | style="text-align:center;" | 1,870 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 1,915 | Second round lost to {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Mayer |
===Withdrawals===
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:30px;" |Rank ! style="width:185px;" |Player ! style="width:75px;" |Points before ! style="width:75px;" |Points defending ! style="width:75px;" |Points after ! style="width:200px;" |Reason |
style="text-align:center;" | 14
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini | style="text-align:center;" | 2,145 | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | style="text-align:center;" | 2,190† | align="left"|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=
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Murray{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2018/07/andy-murray-victoria-azarenka-receive-cincinnati-wild-cards/75580/|title=Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka receive Cincinnati wild cards}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} Frances Tiafoe
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Stan Wawrinka
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Marius Copil
- {{flagicon|POL}} Hubert Hurkacz
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bradley Klahn
- {{flagicon|USA}} Denis Kudla
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Dušan Lajović
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Medvedev
- {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Mmoh
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo García López
- {{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Paire
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Berdych → replaced by {{flagicon|POR}} João Sousa
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Fognini → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Chardy
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils → replaced by {{flagicon|HUN}} Márton Fucsovics
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal → replaced by {{flagicon|TUN}} Malek Jaziri
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem → replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} Guillermo García López
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|BEL}} David Goffin
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
class="sortable wikitable" |
width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
---|
{{flag|AUT}}
|{{flag|CRO}} |5 |1 |
{{flagu|USA}}
|{{flagu|USA}} |9 |2 |
{{flag|FIN}}
|{{flag|AUS}} |9 |3 |
style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|GBR}} |{{flag|BRA}} |19 |4 |
{{flag|POL}}
|{{flag|BRA}} |25 |5 |
{{flag|NED}}
|{{flag|ROU}} |28 |6 |
style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|COL}} |{{flag|COL}} |31 |7 |
{{flag|FRA}}
|{{flag|FRA}} |32 |8 |
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
=Other entrants=
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrison / {{flagicon|USA}} Nicholas Monroe
- {{flagicon|USA}} Mackenzie McDonald / {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Mayer / {{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ramos Viñolas
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominic Thiem
;During the tournament
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Peya
WTA singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
class="sortable wikitable" |
width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
---|
style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|ROU}} |1 |1 |
{{flag|DEN}}
|2 |2 |
{{flagu|USA}}
|3 |3 |
{{flag|GER}}
|4 |4 |
{{flag|UKR}}
|5 |5 |
{{flag|FRA}}
|6 |6 |
{{flag|ESP}}
|7 |7 |
{{flag|CZE}}
|8 |8 |
{{flag|CZE}}
|9 |9 |
{{flag|GER}}
|10 |10 |
{{flag|LAT}}
|11 |11 |
{{flag|RUS}}
|12 |12 |
{{flagu|USA}}
|13 |13 |
| | |
{{flag|BEL}}
|15 |15 |
{{flag|AUS}}
|16 |16 |
{{flag|JPN}}
|17 |17 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
=Other entrants=
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Anisimova
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsopen.com/news/western__southern_open_wild_cards_awarded_to_mattek-sands_kuznetsova_vondrousova_and_anisimova/|title=WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN WILD CARDS AWARDED TO MATTEK-SANDS, KUZNETSOVA, VONDROUSOVA AND ANISIMOVA|website=www.wsopen.com|access-date=2018-08-07|archive-date=2018-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220417/https://www.wsopen.com/news/western__southern_open_wild_cards_awarded_to_mattek-sands_kuznetsova_vondrousova_and_anisimova/|url-status=dead}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Ana Bogdan
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet
- {{flagicon|EST}} Kaia Kanepi
- {{flagicon|USA}} Allie Kiick
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Viktória Kužmová
- {{flagicon|USA}} Varvara Lepchenko
- {{flagicon|GER}} Tatjana Maria
- {{flagicon|CRO}} Petra Martić
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ajla Tomljanović
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Stefanie Vögele
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Collins
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková → replaced by {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková
- {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
class="sortable wikitable" |
width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
---|
{{flag|CZE}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |6 |1 |
{{flag|HUN}}
|{{flag|FRA}} |11 |2 |
{{flag|CZE}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |15 |3 |
{{flag|SLO}}
|{{flag|ESP}} |26 |4 |
{{flagu|USA}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |30 |5 |
style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|BEL}} |{{flag|NED}} |45 |6 |
style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|CZE}} |{{flag|RUS}} |52 |7 |
{{flag|ROU}}
|{{flag|ROU}} |57 |8 |
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
=Other entrants=
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Brady / {{flagicon|USA}} Caroline Dolehide
- {{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Davis / {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Kaitlyn Christian / {{flagicon|USA}} Sabrina Santamaria
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Champions
=Men's singles=
{{main|2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles}}
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic def. {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4
=Women's singles=
{{main|2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles}}
- {{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens def. {{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
=Men's doubles=
{{main|2018 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray / {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares def. {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Cabal / {{flagicon|COL}} Robert Farah, 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
=Women's doubles=
{{main|2018 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles}}
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká / {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova def. {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs, 6–2, 7–5
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.wsopen.com}}
{{Cincinnati Masters tournaments}}
{{2018 ATP World Tour}}
{{2018 WTA Tour}}
{{2018 US Open Series}}
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