| 2015 Western & Southern Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 15–23 | 
| Edition | 114th (men) / 87th (women) | 
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) | 
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | 
| Location | Mason, Ohio, United States | 
| Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center | 
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| .svg.png.webp) Roger Federer | |
| Women's singles | |
|  Serena Williams | |
| Men's doubles | |
| .svg.png.webp) Daniel Nestor /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin | |
| Women's doubles | |
|  Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan | |
The 2015 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts August 15–23, 2015. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, as well as a 2015 US Open Series event. The 2015 tournament was the men's 114th edition and the women's 87th 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.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions and both successfully defended their titles.
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[1] | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles[1] | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles[2] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 
| Women's doubles[2] | 5 | — | — | — | — | 
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Men's singles[3][4] | $731,000 | $358,375 | $180,370 | $91,715 | $47,625 | $25,110 | $13,555 | $3,125 | $1,590 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles[5][6] | $495,000 | $240,500 | $120,500 | $57,380 | $27,640 | $14,160 | $7,640 | $3,105 | $1,880 | 
| Men's doubles[7] | $226,350 | $110,820 | $55,580 | $28,530 | $14,750 | $7,780 | — | — | — | 
| Women's doubles[8] | $141,600 | $71,530 | $35,410 | $17,825 | $9,035 | $4,460 | — | — | — | 
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 | 
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 | 
|  GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 3 | 
|  JPN | |||
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 5 | 5 | 
|  CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 6 | 
|  CRO | Marin Čilić | 8 | 7 | 
|  ESP | Rafael Nadal | 9 | 8 | 
| .svg.png.webp) CAN | Milos Raonic | 10 | 9 | 
|  FRA | Gilles Simon | 11 | 10 | 
|  USA | John Isner | 12 | 11 | 
|  FRA | Richard Gasquet | 13 | 12 | 
| .svg.png.webp) BEL | David Goffin | 14 | 13 | 
|  FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 14 | 
|  RSA | Kevin Anderson | 16 | 15 | 
|  BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 17 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
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
.svg.png.webp) Thanasi Kokkinakis Thanasi Kokkinakis
 Denis Kudla Denis Kudla
 Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun
 Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut
.svg.png.webp) Vasek Pospisil Vasek Pospisil
 Alexander Zverev Alexander Zverev
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 David Ferrer → replaced by David Ferrer → replaced by João Sousa João Sousa
 Guillermo García López → replaced by Guillermo García López → replaced by Gilles Müller Gilles Müller
 Tommy Haas → replaced by Tommy Haas → replaced by Jerzy Janowicz Jerzy Janowicz
 Juan Mónaco → replaced by Juan Mónaco → replaced by Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý
 Kei Nishikori → replaced by Kei Nishikori → replaced by Benoît Paire Benoît Paire
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  USA | Bob Bryan |  USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 | 
|  CRO | Ivan Dodig |  BRA | Marcelo Melo | 7 | 2 | 
|  NED | Jean-Julien Rojer |  ROU | Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 | 
|  ITA | Simone Bolelli |  ITA | Fabio Fognini | 16 | 4 | 
|  IND | Rohan Bopanna |  ROU | Florin Mergea | 18 | 5 | 
|  POL | Marcin Matkowski |  SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 23 | 6 | 
|  GBR | Jamie Murray | .svg.png.webp) AUS | John Peers | 31 | 7 | 
| .svg.png.webp) CAN | Vasek Pospisil |  USA | Jack Sock | 32 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 | 
|  RUS | |||
|  ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 3 | 
|  CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 | 
|  DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 5 | 
|  SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 6 | 
|  CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 7 | 7 | 
|  CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 8 | 
|  ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 9 | 9 | 
|  ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 10 | 
|  GER | Angelique Kerber | 11 | 11 | 
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 13 | 12 | 
|  POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 14 | 13 | 
|  UKR | Elina Svitolina | 15 | 14 | 
|  GER | Andrea Petkovic | 16 | 15 | 
|  ITA | Sara Errani | 17 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 Tímea Babos Tímea Babos
 Mona Barthel Mona Barthel
 Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
 Lauren Davis Lauren Davis
.svg.png.webp) Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua
 Julia Görges Julia Görges
 Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká
 Ana Konjuh Ana Konjuh
 Christina McHale Christina McHale
 Yulia Putintseva Yulia Putintseva
 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
 Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Shvedova
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Svetlana Kuznetsova (left lower leg injury) → replaced by Svetlana Kuznetsova (left lower leg injury) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova Tsvetana Pironkova
 Ekaterina Makarova (right lower leg injury) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova (right lower leg injury) → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko Varvara Lepchenko
 Maria Sharapova (right upper leg injury) → replaced by Maria Sharapova (right upper leg injury) → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- During the tournament
 Venus Williams (viral illness) Venus Williams (viral illness)
Retirements
 Victoria Azarenka (left thigh injury) Victoria Azarenka (left thigh injury)
.svg.png.webp) Belinda Bencic (right wrist injury) Belinda Bencic (right wrist injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .svg.png.webp) SUI | Martina Hingis |  IND | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 | 
|  HUN | Tímea Babos |  FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 2 | 
|  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik |  FRA | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 3 | 
| .svg.png.webp) AUS | Casey Dellacqua |  KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 31 | 4 | 
|  USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | .svg.png.webp) AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 32 | 5 | 
|  RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |  CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 34 | 6 | 
|  CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková |  CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 36 | 7 | 
|  ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza |  ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 38 | 8 | 
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Finals
Men's singles
.svg.png.webp) Roger Federer defeated Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 Novak Djokovic, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Women's singles
 Serena Williams defeated Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Simona Halep 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Men's doubles
.svg.png.webp) Daniel Nestor / Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Marcin Matkowski / Marcin Matkowski / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–2 Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–2
Women's doubles
 Chan Hao-ching / Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan defeated Chan Yung-jan defeated.svg.png.webp) Casey Dellacqua / Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova, 7–5, 6–4 Yaroslava Shvedova, 7–5, 6–4
References
- 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.
- ↑ "ATP Main Draw Singles" (PDF). atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "ATP Qualifying Singles" (PDF). atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "WTA Main Draw Singles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "WTA Qualifying Singles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-23. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "ATP Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "WTA Main Draw Doubles" (PDF). wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-23. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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