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===Seeds===
===Seeds===
The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of August 9, 2021. Points before are as of August 16, 2021.
The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of August 9, 2021. Points before are as of August 16, 2021. Players will drop either their 2019 points or 2020 points, whichever is greater. Players will count either their 2021 points or 50% of their 2020 points, whichever is greater. In addition, because there are no mandatory tournaments in 2021, players may count their next best result instead if that result is better.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/fedex-atp-rankings-adjustments-faq|title= FedEx ATP Rankings COVID-19 Adjustments FAQ|website=ATP|date=3 March 2021|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>

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For the first time since the ATP Tour resumed from its pandemic suspension in August 2020, ATP Rankings points will be added and dropped per traditional methodology beginning 23 August 2021 (the rankings after the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati).
A player's current Western & Southern Open ATP Ranking points will drop 23 August 2021 and be replaced with points earned by the player at this year's Western & Southern Open. Those new points will stay on a player's breakdown for 52 weeks, dropping 22 August 2022. As well, players who currently have Western & Southern Open points in their breakdown and do not compete in this year’s event will also have their existing Cincinnati ranking points drop on 23 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.atptour.com/en/news/fedex-atp-rankings-methodology-returns-to-normal|title= Cincinnati Marks Beginning of 'Return to Normal' for FedEx ATP Rankings Logic|website=ATPtour.com|date=August 4, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>


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Revision as of 07:06, 9 August 2021

2021 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 16 – 22
Edition120th (men) / 93rd (women)
CategoryATP Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA 1000 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
2020 Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta / Australia Alex de Minaur
Women's doubles
Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Netherlands Demi Schuurs
← 2020 · Western & Southern Open · 2022 →

The 2021 Western & Southern Open is a scheduled men's and women's tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts from August 16–22, 2021, as part of the US Open Series. It is a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2021 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour.[1][2]

The 2021 tournament will be the 120th men's edition and the 93rd women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters and will take place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States, making its return to Ohio for the first time since the 2019 tournament after being held in New York City, New York for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It is expected to operate a full spectator capacity as participants are required to have tested negative for COVID-19 or to be fully vaccinated.[3]

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 — — — —

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Men's Singles
  • TBD vs. TBD

Women's singles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's Singles
  • TBD vs. TBD

Men's doubles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles
  • TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

Women's doubles

Main article: 2021 Western & Southern Open – Women's Doubles
  • TBD / TBD vs. TBD / TBD

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Rankings are as of August 9, 2021. Points before are as of August 16, 2021.

For the first time since the ATP Tour resumed from its pandemic suspension in August 2020, ATP Rankings points will be added and dropped per traditional methodology beginning 23 August 2021 (the rankings after the 2021 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati). A player's current Western & Southern Open ATP Ranking points will drop 23 August 2021 and be replaced with points earned by the player at this year's Western & Southern Open. Those new points will stay on a player's breakdown for 52 weeks, dropping 22 August 2022. As well, players who currently have Western & Southern Open points in their breakdown and do not compete in this year’s event will also have their existing Cincinnati ranking points drop on 23 August 2021.[6]

Seed Rank Player Points before 2019 Points defending 2020 Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Serbia Novak Djokovic 360 1,000 10 Second round vs
2 2 Russia Daniil Medvedev 1,000 180 10 Second round vs
3 3 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 10 360 10 Second round vs
4 4 Spain Rafael Nadal 0 0 10 Second round vs
5 5 Germany Alexander Zverev 10 10 10 Second round vs
6 7 Russia Andrey Rublev 205 10 10 Second round vs
7 8 Italy Matteo Berrettini 10 90 10 Second round vs
8 10 Canada Denis Shapovalov 45 45 10 Second round vs
9 11 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 105 45 10 First round vs
10 12 Norway Casper Ruud 35 10 10 First round vs
11 13 Poland Hubert Hurkacz 10 10 10 First round vs
12 14 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 90 45 10 First round vs
13 15 Italy Jannik Sinner 0 (40)† 10 First round vs
14 16 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 10 45 10 First round vs
15 17 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 180 360 10 First round vs
16 18 Australia Alex de Minaur 90 10 10 First round vs

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2020. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

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:

Withdrawals

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CRO Nikola Mektić  CRO Mate Pavić 3 1
 ESP Marcel Granollers  ARG Horacio Zeballos 12 2
 COL Juan Sebastián Cabal  COL Robert Farah 13 3
 USA Rajeev Ram  GBR Joe Salisbury 18 4
 POL Łukasz Kubot  BRA Marcelo Melo 35 5
 GER Kevin Krawietz  ROU Horia Tecău 36 6
 AUS John Peers  SVK Filip Polášek 37 7
 FRA Nicolas Mahut  FRA Fabrice Martin 41 8
  • Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 1 1
 JPN Naomi Osaka 2 2
 BLR Aryna Sabalenka 3 3
 USA Sofia Kenin 4 4
 UKR Elina Svitolina 5 5
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6
 POL Iga Świątek 7 7
 CAN Bianca Andreescu 8 8
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 9 9
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková 10 10
  SUI Belinda Bencic 11 11
 CZE Petra Kvitová 12 12
 ROU Simona Halep 13 13
 USA Jennifer Brady 14 14
 BLR Victoria Azarenka 15 15
 BEL Elise Mertens 16 16
  • 1 Rankings are as of August 9, 2021

Other entrants

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

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Hsieh Su-wei  BEL Elise Mertens 3 1
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 11 2
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Ena Shibahara 18 3
 USA Nicole Melichar  NED Demi Schuurs 23 4
 CHI Alexa Guarachi  USA Desirae Krawczyk 32 5
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  BRA Luisa Stefani 37 6
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Latisha Chan 40 7
 CRO Darija Jurak  SLO Andreja Klepač 47 8
  • Rankings are as of August 9, 2021.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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References

  1. ^ "Masters 1000 Cincinnati - Overview". atptour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Western & Southern Open". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "FULL CAPACITY PLANNED FOR 2021 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN". Western and Southern Open. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Cincinnati Marks Beginning of 'Return to Normal' for FedEx ATP Rankings Logic". ATPtour.com. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Zagoria, Adam (August 7, 2021). "Knee Injury Forces Roger Federer To Withdraw From Toronto And Cincinnati; U.S. Open In Question". Forbes. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Thiem, Wawrinka Withdraw From Cincinnati Due To Injuries". ATP. July 29, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Bardahl, Jayna (July 21, 2021). "Caty McNally awarded wild card to 2021 Western & Southern Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Western & Southern Open Wild Cards Awarded To Sloane Stephens, Venus Williams". Tennis Panorama. July 30, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
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