| 2017 Western & Southern Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 14–20 | 
| Edition | 116th (men) / 89th (women) | 
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) | 
| Surface | Hard | 
| Location | Mason, Ohio, United States | 
| Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center | 
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
|  Grigor Dimitrov | |
| Women's singles | |
|  Garbiñe Muguruza | |
| Men's doubles | |
|  Pierre-Hugues Herbert /  Nicolas Mahut | |
| Women's doubles | |
|  Chan Yung-jan / .svg.png.webp) Martina Hingis | |
The 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14–20, 2017.[1] It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour.[2][3] The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2017 US Open Series. The 2017 tournament was the 116th men's edition and the 89th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.
Marin Čilić and Karolína Plíšková were the defending champions in men's and women's singles titles. Čilić withdrew due to an adductor injury before the tournament began, while Plíšková lost in the semifinals to Garbiñe Muguruza.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles[4] | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles[4] | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles[5] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 
| Women's doubles[5] | 5 | — | — | — | — | 
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles[6] | $954,225 | $467,880 | $235,480 | $119,740 | $62,180 | $32,780 | $17,700 | $4,080 | $2,075 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles[7] | $522,450 | $260,970 | $128,330 | $60,105 | $29,100 | $14,965 | $7,850 | $ | $ | 
| Men's doubles[6] | $295,500 | $144,670 | $72,570 | $37,250 | $19,250 | $10,160 | — | — | — | 
| Women's doubles[8] | $149,635 | $75,575 | $37,278 | $18,830 | $9,545 | $4,715 | — | — | — | 
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 7, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of August 14, 2017.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Rafael Nadal | 7,555 | 90 | 180 | 7,645 | Quarterfinals lost to .svg.png.webp) Nick Kyrgios | 
| .svg.png.webp) Roger Federer | 7,145 | 0 | 0 | 7,145 | Withdrew due to back injury | ||
| 3 | 8 |  Dominic Thiem | 4,030 | 180 | 180 | 4,030 | Quarterfinals lost to  David Ferrer | 
| 4 | 7 |  Alexander Zverev | 4,470 | 10 | 10 | 4,470 | Second round lost to  Frances Tiafoe [WC] | 
|  Kei Nishikori | 3,285 | 90 | 0 | 3,205 | Withdrew due to right wrist injury | ||
| .svg.png.webp) Milos Raonic | 3,230 | 360 | 0 | 2,870 | Withdrew due to left wrist injury | ||
| 7 | 11 |  Grigor Dimitrov | 3,070 | 360 | 1,000 | 3,710 | Champion, defeated .svg.png.webp) Nick Kyrgios | 
| 8 | 12 |  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2,770 | 90 | 10 | 2,690 | Second round lost to  Ivo Karlović | 
| 9 | 13 | .svg.png.webp) David Goffin | 2,560 | 45 | 10 | 2,525 | First round lost to .svg.png.webp) Nick Kyrgios | 
| 10 | 15 |  Tomáš Berdych | 2,390 | 90 | 10 | 2,310 | First round lost to  Juan Martín del Potro | 
| 11 | 17 |  Pablo Carreño Busta | 2,305 | 10 | 90 | 2,385 | Third round lost to  David Ferrer | 
| 12 | 14 |  Roberto Bautista Agut | 2,425 | 10 | 10 | 2,425 | First round lost to  Jared Donaldson [WC] | 
| 13 | 16 |  Jack Sock | 2,335 | 0 | 10 | 2,345 | First round lost to  Yūichi Sugita | 
| 14 | 19 |  John Isner | 2,110 | 10 | 360 | 2,460 | Semifinals lost to  Grigor Dimitrov [7] | 
| 15 | 20 |  Sam Querrey | 2,060 | 10 | 45 | 2,095 | Second round lost to  Adrian Mannarino | 
| 16 | 22 |  Gilles Müller | 1,885 | 0 | 45 | 1,930 | Second round lost to  Albert Ramos Viñolas | 
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov
 Christopher Eubanks Christopher Eubanks
 Mitchell Krueger Mitchell Krueger
 Maximilian Marterer Maximilian Marterer
.svg.png.webp) John-Patrick Smith John-Patrick Smith
 João Sousa João Sousa
 Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Youzhny
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Marin Čilić →replaced by Marin Čilić →replaced by Chung Hyeon Chung Hyeon
 Pablo Cuevas →replaced by Pablo Cuevas →replaced by Kyle Edmund Kyle Edmund
 Novak Djokovic (elbow injury) →replaced by Novak Djokovic (elbow injury) →replaced by Borna Ćorić[9] Borna Ćorić[9]
.svg.png.webp) Roger Federer (back injury) →replaced by Roger Federer (back injury) →replaced by Thomas Fabbiano Thomas Fabbiano
 Andy Murray (hip injury) →replaced by Andy Murray (hip injury) →replaced by Daniil Medvedev Daniil Medvedev
 Gaël Monfils →replaced by Gaël Monfils →replaced by Ramkumar Ramanathan Ramkumar Ramanathan
 Kei Nishikori (right wrist injury) →replaced by Kei Nishikori (right wrist injury) →replaced by Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević
 Lucas Pouille →replaced by Lucas Pouille →replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili Nikoloz Basilashvili
.svg.png.webp) Milos Raonic (left wrist injury) →replaced by Milos Raonic (left wrist injury) →replaced by Christian Harrison Christian Harrison
 Gilles Simon →replaced by Gilles Simon →replaced by Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý
.svg.png.webp) Stan Wawrinka (knee injury) →replaced by Stan Wawrinka (knee injury) →replaced by Benoît Paire Benoît Paire
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  FIN | Henri Kontinen | .svg.png.webp) AUS | John Peers | 5 | 1 | 
|  POL | Łukasz Kubot |  BRA | Marcelo Melo | 5 | 2 | 
|  GBR | Jamie Murray |  BRA | Bruno Soares | 11 | 3 | 
|  USA | Bob Bryan |  USA | Mike Bryan | 14 | 4 | 
|  FRA | Pierre-Hugues Herbert |  FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 22 | 5 | 
|  RSA | Raven Klaasen |  USA | Rajeev Ram | 27 | 6 | 
|  IND | Rohan Bopanna |  CRO | Ivan Dodig | 31 | 7 | 
|  AUT | Oliver Marach |  CRO | Mate Pavić | 34 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 1 | 
|  ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 | 
|  GER | Angelique Kerber | 3 | 3 | 
|  ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 | 
|  UKR | Elina Svitolina | 5 | 5 | 
|  DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | 
|  GBR | Johanna Konta | 7 | 7 | 
|  RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 8 | 
|  USA | Venus Williams | 9 | 9 | 
|  POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 10 | 10 | 
|  SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 11 | 11 | 
|  LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 12 | 12 | 
|  FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 13 | 
|  CZE | Petra Kvitová | 14 | 14 | 
|  LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 16 | 15 | 
|  USA | Madison Keys | 17 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
.svg.png.webp) Françoise Abanda Françoise Abanda
.svg.png.webp) Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh Barty
 Verónica Cepede Royg Verónica Cepede Royg
 Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi
 Beatriz Haddad Maia Beatriz Haddad Maia
 Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić
 Varvara Lepchenko Varvara Lepchenko
 Magda Linette Magda Linette
 Monica Puig Monica Puig
 Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Sasnovich
 Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend
 Donna Vekić Donna Vekić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Maria Sharapova →replaced by Maria Sharapova →replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva Natalia Vikhlyantseva
.svg.png.webp) Samantha Stosur →replaced by Samantha Stosur →replaced by Julia Görges Julia Görges
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  RUS |  RUS | ||||
|  TPE | Chan Yung-jan | .svg.png.webp) SUI | Martina Hingis | 11 | 2 | 
|  CZE | Lucie Šafářová |  CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 12 | 3 | 
|  IND | Sania Mirza |  CHN | Peng Shuai | 19 | 4 | 
|  HUN | Tímea Babos |  CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | 26 | 5 | 
|  CZE | Lucie Hradecká |  CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 30 | 6 | 
| .svg.png.webp) AUS | Ashleigh Barty | .svg.png.webp) AUS | Casey Dellacqua | 30 | 7 | 
|  USA | Abigail Spears |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 45 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of August 7, 2017
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Champions
Men's singles
 Grigor Dimitrov def. Grigor Dimitrov def..svg.png.webp) Nick Kyrgios, 6–3, 7–5 Nick Kyrgios, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles
 Garbiñe Muguruza def. Garbiñe Muguruza def. Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0 Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0
Men's doubles
 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Nicolas Mahut def. Jamie Murray / Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 Bruno Soares, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Women's doubles
 Chan Yung-jan / Chan Yung-jan /.svg.png.webp) Martina Hingis def. Martina Hingis def. Hsieh Su-wei / Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] Monica Niculescu, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
References
- ↑ "2017 Day Schedule || Western & Southern Open". wsopen.com. USTA. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Cincinnati". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- 1 2 "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- 1 2 "ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Points & Prize Money". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 WTA Western & Southern Open and prize breakdown".
- ↑ "WTA Western & Southern open main draw doubles" (PDF). WTA Tennis. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ "Djokovic Ends 2017 Season Due To Elbow Injury". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Sore left arm keeps Sharapova out of Cincinnati event". sports.inquirer.net. August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.