{{further|topic=singles results at|2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles|l1=Men's singles draw|2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles|l2=Women's singles draw}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox tennis event|2016|Western & Southern Open| | date = August 15–21 | edition = 115th (men) / 88th (women) | surface = [[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location = [[Mason, Ohio]], United States | venue=[[Lindner Family Tennis Center]] | category = {{nowrap|[[ATP World Tour Masters 1000]] (men)}}<br>[[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier 5]] (women) | champms = {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] | champws = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] | champmd = {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Dodig]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] | champwd = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]] | main_name = Cincinnati Masters }}
The '''2016 Western & Southern Open''' was a men's and women's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[hard court]]s from August 15–21, 2016. It was a [[ATP World Tour Masters 1000|Masters 1000]] tournament on the [[2016 ATP World Tour]] and a [[WTA Premier tournaments|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|Mason]] (a northern suburb of [[Cincinnati]]), [[Ohio]], United States.
[[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.
==Points and prize money==
===Point distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|'''W'''|Win}} |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}} |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}} |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}} |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}} |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Men's singles<ref name="ATP points">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx|access-date=25 February 2013|title=Rankings explained|publisher=atpworldtour.com}}</ref> |rowspan=2|1000 |rowspan=2|600 |rowspan=2|360 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|90 |45 |10 |25 |16 |0 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Men's doubles<ref name="ATP points"/> |0 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles<ref name="WTA points">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |access-date=25 February 2012 |title=Rankings explained |publisher=WTA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |archive-date=14 December 2012 }}</ref> |rowspan=2|900 |rowspan=2|585 |rowspan=2|350 |rowspan=2|190 |rowspan=2|105 |60 |1 |30 |20 |1 |- !style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles<ref name="WTA points"/> |5 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}
===Prize money=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#ededed|Men's singles<ref name="ATP MDD">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview?detailTab=points|access-date=13 July 2016|title=ATP W&S Open Points & Prize Money|publisher=atpworldtour.com}}</ref> |$834,000 |$409,270 |$205,980 |$104,740 |$54,390 |$28,675 |$15,480 |$3,570 |$1,820 |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's singles |$515,000 |$247,320 |$123,665 |$58,390 |$29,320 |$15,205 |$12,205 |$3,230 |$1,960 |- !style=background:#ededed|Men's doubles<ref name="ATP MDD"/> |$258,500 |$126,550 |$63,470 |$32,580 |$16,840 |$8,890 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |- !style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles |$147,700 |$74,600 |$36,670 |$18,590 |$9,415 |$4,650 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}
==ATP singles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Ranking ! Seed |- style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Andy Murray]] |2 |1 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Stan Wawrinka]] |4 |2 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Rafael Nadal]] |5 |3 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Milos Raonic]] |6 |4 |- |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Kei Nishikori]] |7 |5 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Tomáš Berdych]] |8 |6 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] |9 |7 |- |{{flag|AUT}} |[[Dominic Thiem]] |10 |8 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Gaël Monfils]] |11 |9 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[David Ferrer]] |12 |10 |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[David Goffin]] |13 |11 |- style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Marin Čilić]] |14 |12 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Richard Gasquet]] |15 |13 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Nick Kyrgios]] |16 |14 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Roberto Bautista Agut]] |17 |15 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Feliciano López]] |18 |16 |} * Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
===Other entrants=== The following players received [[wild card (tennis)|wild card]]s into the main singles draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jared Donaldson]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Fritz]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]]
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Benneteau]] * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Mónaco]]
The following players received entry from the singles [[qualifying draw (tennis)|qualifying draw]]: * {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nikoloz Basilashvili]] * {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Malek Jaziri]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Millman]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yūichi Sugita]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Veselý]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Youzhny]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Mischa Zverev]]
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]]
===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]] (wrist injury) →replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andreas Seppi]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]] (rehabilitation from knee injury) →replaced by {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Vasek Pospisil]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] →replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pablo Carreño Busta]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)|Andrey Kuznetsov]] →replaced by {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nicolás Almagro]] * {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Gilles Müller]] →replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nicolas Mahut]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]] →replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Borna Ćorić]] * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Janko Tipsarević]] (fatigue) →replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Adrian Mannarino]]
;During the tournament * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gaël Monfils]] (back injury)
===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Borna Ćorić]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alexandr Dolgopolov]] (back injury)
==ATP doubles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Nicolas Mahut]] |3 |1 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Bob Bryan]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Mike Bryan]] |11 |2 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Jamie Murray]] |{{flag|BRA}} |[[Bruno Soares]] |12 |3 |- style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Ivan Dodig]] |{{flag|BRA}} |[[Marcelo Melo]] |14 |4 |- style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|NED}} |[[Jean-Julien Rojer]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Horia Tecău]] |23 |5 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Daniel Nestor]] |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Vasek Pospisil]] |26 |6 |- |{{flag|IND}} |[[Rohan Bopanna]] |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Florin Mergea]] |29 |7 |- |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Raven Klaasen]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Rajeev Ram]] |34 |8 |} * Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Baker (tennis)|Brian Baker]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Harrison]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Butorac]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Fritz]]
===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Querrey]] (back injury) * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stan Wawrinka]] (illness)
;During the tournament * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]] (illness)
==WTA singles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Ranking ! Seeds |- |<s>{{flagu|USA}}</s> |<s>[[Serena Williams]]</s> |<s>1</s> |<s>1</s> |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|GER}} |[[Angelique Kerber]] |2 |2 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Simona Halep]] |3 |3 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Garbiñe Muguruza]] |4 |4 |- |{{flag|POL}} |[[Agnieszka Radwańska]] |5 |5 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Roberta Vinci]] |8 |6 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] |10 |7 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Dominika Cibulková]] |11 |8 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Carla Suárez Navarro]] |12 |9 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Johanna Konta]] |13 |10 |- |<s>{{flag|CZE}}</s> |<s>[[Petra Kvitová]]</s> |<s>14</s> |<s>11</s> |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Timea Bacsinszky]] |15 |12 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Belinda Bencic]] |16 |13 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |17 |14 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Karolína Plíšková]] |18 |15 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] |19 |16 |- |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Elina Svitolina]] |20 |17 |} * Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
===Other entrants=== The following players received [[wild card (tennis)|wild card]]s into the main singles draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louisa Chirico]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christina McHale]] * {{flagicon|USA}} <s>[[Serena Williams]]</s> (''Withdrew due to shoulder injury'')
The following players received entry from the singles [[qualifying draw (tennis)|qualifying draw]]: * {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tímea Babos]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Annika Beck]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Bondarenko]] * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eugenie Bouchard]] * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Varvara Flink]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daria Gavrilova]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kurumi Nara]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alison Riske]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Shuai]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]]
The following players received entry as lucky losers: * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misaki Doi]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Viktorija Golubic]] * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johanna Larsson]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Tsvetana Pironkova]]
===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Anna Karolína Schmiedlová]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] (right leg injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Viktorija Golubic]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]] (change of schedule) → replaced by {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Johanna Larsson]] * {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Monica Puig]] (lower back) → replaced by {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Tsvetana Pironkova]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]] → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misaki Doi]]
===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]]
==WTA doubles main-draw entrants==
===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank<sup>1</sup> ! Seed |- |{{flag|FRA}} | [[Caroline Garcia]] |{{flag|FRA}} | [[Kristina Mladenovic]] | 7 |1 |- |{{flag|TPE}} | [[Chan Hao-ching]] |{{flag|TPE}} | [[Chan Yung-jan]] | 12 |2 |- |{{flag|HUN}} | [[Tímea Babos]] |{{flag|KAZ}} | [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] | 17 |3 |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|SUI}} | [[Martina Hingis]] |{{flagu|USA}} | [[CoCo Vandeweghe]] | 26 |4 |- |{{flag|GER}} | [[Julia Görges]] |{{flag|CZE}} | [[Karolína Plíšková]] | 28 |5 |- |{{flagu|USA}} | [[Raquel Atawo]] |{{flagu|USA}} | [[Abigail Spears]] | 34 |6 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|IND}} | [[Sania Mirza]] |{{flag|CZE}} | [[Barbora Strýcová]] | 40 |7 |- |{{flag|CHN}} | [[Xu Yifan]] |{{flag|CHN}} | [[Zheng Saisai]] | 40 |8 |} * Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Belinda Bencic]] / {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lauren Davis]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Varvara Lepchenko]] * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daria Gavrilova]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daria Kasatkina]]
===Withdrawals=== ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] (illness) * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carla Suárez Navarro]] (left leg injury)
==Finals==
===Men's singles=== {{main|2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles}} * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Marin Čilić]] defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Murray]], 6–4, 7–5
===Women's singles=== {{main|2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] defeated {{flagicon|GER}} [[Angelique Kerber]], 6–3, 6–1
===Men's doubles=== {{main|2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles}} * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Dodig]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] defeated {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jean-Julien Rojer]] / {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Horia Tecău]], 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, [10–6]
===Women's doubles=== {{main|2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles}} * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]] defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[CoCo Vandeweghe]], 7–5, 6–4
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.cincytennis.com}}
{{Cincinnati Masters tournaments}} {{2016 ATP World Tour}} {{2016 WTA Tour}} {{2016 US Open Series}}
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