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2016 Western and Southern Open

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Date
  
August 15 – 21

Surface
  
Hard

Edition
  
115th (men) / 88th (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women)

Location
  
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Venue
  
Lindner Family Tennis Center

The 2016 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 15–21, 2016. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2016 US Open Series. The 2016 tournament was the 115th men's edition and the 88th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio (a northern suburb of Cincinnati), United States.

Contents

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the two-time defending champions in Men's and Women's singles titles, but neither of them defended their titles. They withdrew due to a knee injury and shoulder inflammation, respectively.

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

    • Other entrants

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

  • Jared Donaldson
  • Taylor Fritz
  • Reilly Opelka
  • Fernando Verdasco

    • The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

  • Nikoloz Basilashvili
  • Malek Jaziri
  • John Millman
  • Yūichi Sugita
  • Jiří Veselý
  • Mikhail Youzhny
  • Mischa Zverev

    • The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Adrian Mannarino

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Novak Djokovic (wrist injury) →replaced by Andreas Seppi
  • Roger Federer (rehabilitation from knee injury) →replaced by Vasek Pospisil
  • Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
  • Andrey Kuznetsov →replaced by Nicolás Almagro
  • Gilles Müller →replaced by Nicolas Mahut
  • Jack Sock →replaced by Borna Ćorić
  • Janko Tipsarević (fatigue) →replaced by Adrian Mannarino
    • During the tournament
  • Gaël Monfils (back injury)

    • Retirements

  • Borna Ćorić
  • Alexandr Dolgopolov (back injury)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Brian Baker / Ryan Harrison
  • Eric Butorac / Taylor Fritz

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Sam Querrey (back injury)
  • Stan Wawrinka (illness)
    • During the tournament
  • Milos Raonic (illness)

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

    • Other entrants

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

  • Louisa Chirico
  • Christina McHale
  • Serena Williams

    • The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

  • Tímea Babos
  • Annika Beck
  • Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Eugenie Bouchard
  • Alizé Cornet
  • Varvara Flink
  • Daria Gavrilova
  • Kurumi Nara
  • Alison Riske
  • Donna Vekić
  • Zhang Shuai
  • Zheng Saisai

    • The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • Misaki Doi
  • Viktorija Golubic
  • Johanna Larsson
  • Tsvetana Pironkova

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Jelena Janković →replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
  • Petra Kvitová (right leg injury) →replaced by Viktorija Golubic
  • Ekaterina Makarova (change of schedule) →replaced by Johanna Larsson
  • Mónica Puig (lower back) →replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
  • Sloane Stephens →replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
  • Serena Williams →replaced by Misaki Doi

    • Retirements

  • Alizé Cornet

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Belinda Bencic / Kirsten Flipkens
  • Lauren Davis / Varvara Lepchenko
  • Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina

    • Withdrawals

    During the tournament
  • Kiki Bertens (illness)
  • Carla Suárez Navarro (left leg injury)

    • Men's singles

  • Marin Čilić def. Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–5

    • Women's singles

  • Karolína Plíšková def. Angelique Kerber, 6–3, 6–1

    • Men's doubles

  • Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo def. Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]

    • Women's doubles

  • Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová def. Martina Hingis / Coco Vandeweghe, 7–5, 6–4

    • References

    2016 Western & Southern Open Wikipedia
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