| 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 | |
| Women's singles | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Women's doubles | |
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 | 7,555 | 90 | 180 | 7,645 | Quarterfinals lost to  | |
| 7,145 | 0 | 0 | 7,145 | Withdrew due to back injury | |||
| 3 | 8 | 4,030 | 180 | 180 | 4,030 | Quarterfinals lost to  | |
| 4 | 7 | 4,470 | 10 | 10 | 4,470 | Second round lost to  | |
| 3,285 | 90 | 0 | 3,205 | Withdrew due to right wrist injury | |||
| 3,230 | 360 | 0 | 2,870 | Withdrew due to left wrist injury | |||
| 7 | 11 | 3,070 | 360 | 1,000 | 3,710 | Champion, defeated  | |
| 8 | 12 | 2,770 | 90 | 10 | 2,690 | Second round lost to  | |
| 9 | 13 | 2,560 | 45 | 10 | 2,525 | First round lost to  | |
| 10 | 15 | 2,390 | 90 | 10 | 2,310 | First round lost to  | |
| 11 | 17 | 2,305 | 10 | 90 | 2,385 | Third round lost to  | |
| 12 | 14 | 2,425 | 10 | 10 | 2,425 | First round lost to  | |
| 13 | 16 | 2,335 | 0 | 10 | 2,345 | First round lost to  | |
| 14 | 19 | 2,110 | 10 | 360 | 2,460 | Semifinals lost to  | |
| 15 | 20 | 2,060 | 10 | 45 | 2,095 | Second round lost to  | |
| 16 | 22 | 1,885 | 0 | 45 | 1,930 | Second round lost to  | 
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
 Christopher Eubanks
 Mitchell Krueger
 Maximilian Marterer
 John-Patrick Smith
 João Sousa
 Mikhail Youzhny
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 
 Marin Čilić →replaced by 
 Chung Hyeon
 Pablo Cuevas →replaced by 
 Kyle Edmund
 Novak Djokovic (elbow injury) →replaced by 
 Borna Ćorić[9]
 Roger Federer (back injury) →replaced by 
 Thomas Fabbiano
 Andy Murray (hip injury) →replaced by 
 Daniil Medvedev
 Gaël Monfils →replaced by 
 Ramkumar Ramanathan
 Kei Nishikori (right wrist injury) →replaced by 
 Janko Tipsarević
 Lucas Pouille →replaced by 
 Nikoloz Basilashvili
 Milos Raonic (left wrist injury) →replaced by 
 Christian Harrison
 Gilles Simon →replaced by 
 Jiří Veselý
 Stan Wawrinka (knee injury) →replaced by 
 Benoît Paire
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Kontinen | John Peers | 5 | 1 | ||
| Łukasz Kubot | Marcelo Melo | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jamie Murray | Bruno Soares | 11 | 3 | ||
| Bob Bryan | Mike Bryan | 14 | 4 | ||
| Pierre-Hugues Herbert | Nicolas Mahut | 22 | 5 | ||
| Raven Klaasen | Rajeev Ram | 27 | 6 | ||
| Rohan Bopanna | Ivan Dodig | 31 | 7 | ||
| Oliver Marach | 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 1 | |
| Simona Halep | 2 | 2 | |
| Angelique Kerber | 3 | 3 | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 | |
| Elina Svitolina | 5 | 5 | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 6 | |
| Johanna Konta | 7 | 7 | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 8 | |
| Venus Williams | 9 | 9 | |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 10 | 10 | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 11 | 11 | |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 12 | 12 | |
| Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 13 | |
| Petra Kvitová | 14 | 14 | |
| Anastasija Sevastova | 16 | 15 | |
| 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:
 Françoise Abanda
 Ashleigh Barty
 Verónica Cepede Royg
 Camila Giorgi
 Beatriz Haddad Maia
 Aleksandra Krunić
 Varvara Lepchenko
 Magda Linette
 Monica Puig
 Aliaksandra Sasnovich
 Taylor Townsend
 Donna Vekić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 
 Maria Sharapova →replaced by 
 Natalia Vikhlyantseva
 Samantha Stosur →replaced by 
 Julia Görges
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan Yung-jan | Martina Hingis | 11 | 2 | ||
| Lucie Šafářová | Barbora Strýcová | 12 | 3 | ||
| Sania Mirza | Peng Shuai | 19 | 4 | ||
| Tímea Babos | Andrea Hlaváčková | 26 | 5 | ||
| Lucie Hradecká | Kateřina Siniaková | 30 | 6 | ||
| Ashleigh Barty | Casey Dellacqua | 30 | 7 | ||
| Abigail Spears | 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. 
 Nick Kyrgios, 6–3, 7–5
Women's singles
 Garbiñe Muguruza def. 
 Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0
Men's doubles
 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / 
 Nicolas Mahut def. 
 Jamie Murray / 
 Bruno Soares, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Women's doubles
 Chan Yung-jan / 
 Martina Hingis def. 
 Hsieh Su-wei / 
 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.