2017 Western & Southern Open

Further information on singles results at: Men's singles draw and Women's singles draw

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.

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
Grigor Dimitrov
Women's singles
Garbiñe Muguruza
Men's doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis

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	Rafael Nadal	7,555	90	180	7,645	Quarterfinals lost to Nick Kyrgios
2	3	Roger Federer	7,145	0	0	7,145	Withdrew due to back injury
3	8	Dominic Thiem	4,030	180	180	4,030	Quarterfinals lost to David Ferrer
4	7	Alexander Zverev	4,470	10	10	4,470	Second round lost to Frances Tiafoe [WC]
5	9	Kei Nishikori	3,285	90	0	3,205	Withdrew due to right wrist injury
6	10	Milos Raonic	3,230	360	0	2,870	Withdrew due to left wrist injury
7	11	Grigor Dimitrov	3,070	360	1,000	3,710	Champion, defeated Nick Kyrgios
8	12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,770	90	10	2,690	Second round lost to Ivo Karlović
9	13	David Goffin	2,560	45	10	2,525	First round lost to Nick Kyrgios
10	15	Tomáš Berdych	2,390	90	10	2,310	First round lost to Juan Martín del Potro
11	17	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,305	10	90	2,385	Third round lost to David Ferrer
12	14	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,425	10	10	2,425	First round lost to Jared Donaldson [WC]
13	16	Jack Sock	2,335	0	10	2,345	First round lost to Yūichi Sugita
14	19	John Isner	2,110	10	360	2,460	Semifinals lost to Grigor Dimitrov [7]
15	20	Sam Querrey	2,060	10	45	2,095	Second round lost to Adrian Mannarino
16	22	Gilles Müller	1,885	0	45	1,930	Second round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas

Other entrants

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

• Jared Donaldson
• Stefan Kozlov
• Tommy Paul
• Frances Tiafoe

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:

• Thomas Fabbiano
• Christian Harrison
• Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Janko Tipsarević

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
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	5	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	5	2
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	11	3
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	14	4
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	22	5
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	27	6
IND	Rohan Bopanna	CRO	Ivan Dodig	31	7
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	34	8

• Rankings are as of August 7, 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jared Donaldson / Stefan Kozlov
• Jack Sock / Jackson Withrow

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Roberto Bautista Agut

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeds
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	1	1
ROU	Simona Halep	2	2
GER	Angelique Kerber	3	3
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	4
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	5
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
GBR	Johanna Konta	7	7
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	8	8
USA	Venus Williams	9	9
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	10	10
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	11	11
LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	12	12
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	13
CZE	Petra Kvitová	14	14
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	16	15
USA	Madison Keys	17	16

• Rankings are as of August 7, 2017

Other entrants

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

• Océane Dodin
• Maria Sharapova^[10]
• Sloane Stephens

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:

• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

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
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	7	1
TPE	Chan Yung-jan	SUI	Martina Hingis	11	2
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	12	3
IND	Sania Mirza	CHN	Peng Shuai	19	4
HUN	Tímea Babos	CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	26	5
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	30	6
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	AUS	Casey Dellacqua	30	7
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	45	8

• Rankings are as of August 7, 2017

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Alexa Glatch / Caty McNally

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Lesia Tsurenko

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2017 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

• Grigor Dimitrov def. Nick Kyrgios, 6–3, 7–5

Women's singles

Main article: 2017 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles

• Garbiñe Muguruza def. Simona Halep, 6–1, 6–0

Men's doubles

Main article: 2017 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2017 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

• Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis def. Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

References

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4. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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9. "Djokovic Ends 2017 Season Due To Elbow Injury". atworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. July 26, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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External links

• Official website