Cincinnati Open also known as Western and Southern Open founded in 1899. Event is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in USA and is also considered the second largest event in USA after the US open which is the grand slam event.
Cincinnati Open has played at the Linder Family Tennis Center, located in the Cincinnati, Ohio. It features a total of 17 courts including 4 main tennis stadiums- Center court with 11,400 sitting capacity, Grandstand Court with 5000 capacity, Court 2 with 4000 capacity and Court 9 with 2000 sitting capacity.
2022 Western and Southern Open will start from 13th of August and final will play on 21st of August 2022. It will be 121st edition of ATP masters. Cincinnati Open is categorized an ATP 1000 masters level event and it consists of 64 singles draw and 32 doubles draw event. Event held on the outdoor hard court surface of Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio USA.
Cincinnati Open History
In 120 edition, 85 times USA star won singles title of this event
Roger Federer of Switzerland won a record 7 times singles title.
American twin brothers, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won a record 5 times doubles championships.
First 40 edition’s final were all American final clash.
Bobby Riggs of USA and Bryan Grand have 100% winning record in this event.
Boris Becker of Germany is the oldest champion (17y, 8m and 29d) and Ken Rosewall is the oldest Cincinnati champion (35y, 8m and 19d).
Cincinnati Open 2022 Champions
In singles, Croatian star Borna Coric upsets seeded no 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece. Borna defeated tsitsipas the in final with 7-6,6-2. Croatian star wins all his 5 matches against top 20 ranking including Rafael Nadal. This is Borna’s biggest career title in tennis. After winning Cincinnati Open ,he moved from 152 to 29 position the in world ranking.
In double championship, shining pair Rajeev Ram of USA and Joe Salisbury of GBR defeated Michael Venus and Tim Putz in final with straight set 7-6,7-6. This is their 7 title together their in tennis career
Cincinnati Open 2021 Champions
In 2021, German star Alexander Zverev won the singles championship. Zverev played the final against Russian star Andrey Rublev and defeat him in straight sets (6-2, 6-3). Zverev became the second German to win this event after Boris Becker in 1985.
While in the doubles championship, Spanish star Marcel Granollers and Argentine star Horacio Zeballos defeat American pair Steve Johnson and Austin Krajicek in final in straight set (7-6, 7-6).
In 2022, total prize money of Cincinnati open is $6,280,880 where singles winner will receive $970,020 with runner-up receive $529,710 and in doubles side, winner will receive $297,620 and runner-up pair will have $161,670.
