2018 Western & Southern Open
The 2018 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 13–19, 2018. It took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2018 US Open Series. The 2018 tournament was the 117th men's edition and the 90th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's Singles | $1,020,425 | $500,340 | $251,815 | $128,050 | $66,490 | $35,055 | $18,930 | $4,360 | $2,220 |
Women's Singles | $501,975 | $243,920 | $122,190 | $58,185 | $28,030 | $14,360 | $7,745 | $3,150 | $1,905 |
Men's Doubles | $316,000 | $154,710 | $77,600 | $39,830 | $20,590 | $10,860 | |||
Women's Doubles | $143,600 | $72,534 | $35,910 | $18,075 | $9,170 | $4,530 |
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 6, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of August 13, 2018.Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
![]() | 10,220 | 180 | 0 | 10,040 | Withdrew due to schedule change | ||
2 | 2 | ![]() | 6,480 | 0 | 600 | 7,080 | Runner-up, lost to ![]() |
3 | 4 | ![]() | 4,845 | 10 | 10 | 4,845 | Second round lost to ![]() |
4 | 3 | ![]() | 5,410 | 90 | 180 | 5,500 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() | 4,700 | 1,000 | 90 | 3,790 | Third round lost to ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() | 4,535 | 10 | 90 | 4,615 | Third round lost to ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() | 4,085 | 0 | 360 | 4,445 | Semifinals lost to ![]() |
![]() | 3,665 | 180 | 0 | 3,485 | Withdrew due to illness | ||
9 | 9 | ![]() | 3,570 | 360 | 10 | 3,220 | First round lost to ![]() |
10 | 10 | ![]() | 3,445 | 0 | 1,000 | 4,445 | Champion, defeated ![]() |
11 | 11 | ![]() | 3,085 | 10 | 360 | 3,435 | Semifinals retired against ![]() |
12 | 12 | ![]() | 2,380 | 10 | 10 | 2,380 | First round lost to ![]() |
13 | 13 | ![]() | 2,290 | 90 | 180 | 2,380 | Quarterfinals lost to ![]() |
14 | 16 | ![]() | 1,950 | 10 | 45 | 1,985 | Second round lost to ![]() |
15 | 18 | ![]() | 1,855 | 600 | 90 | 1,345 | Third round lost to ![]() |
16 | 17 | ![]() | 1,870 | 0 | 45 | 1,915 | Second round lost to ![]() |
Withdrawals
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Reason |
14 | ![]() | 2,145 | 45 | 2,190† | Fatigue |
† Fognini is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged.
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:- Mackenzie McDonald
- Andy Murray
- Frances Tiafoe
- Stan Wawrinka
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- Guillermo García López
- Malek Jaziri
Withdrawals
- Roberto Bautista Agut → replaced by Benoît Paire
- Tomáš Berdych → replaced by João Sousa
- Fabio Fognini → replaced by Jérémy Chardy
- Gaël Monfils → replaced by Márton Fucsovics
- Rafael Nadal → replaced by Malek Jaziri
- Dominic Thiem → replaced by Guillermo García López
Retirements
- David Goffin
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
Other entrants
- Ryan Harrison / Nicholas Monroe
- Mackenzie McDonald / Daniel Nestor
- Leonardo Mayer / Albert Ramos Viñolas
Withdrawals
- Dominic Thiem
- Alexander Peya
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
Simona Halep | 1 | 1 | |
Caroline Wozniacki | 2 | 2 | |
Sloane Stephens | 3 | 3 | |
Angelique Kerber | 4 | 4 | |
Elina Svitolina | 5 | 5 | |
Caroline Garcia | 6 | 6 | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 7 | 7 | |
Petra Kvitová | 8 | 8 | |
Karolína Plíšková | 9 | 9 | |
Julia Görges | 10 | 10 | |
Jeļena Ostapenko | 11 | 11 | |
Daria Kasatkina | 12 | 12 | |
Madison Keys | 13 | 13 | |
Elise Mertens | 15 | 15 | |
Ashleigh Barty | 16 | 16 | |
Naomi Osaka | 17 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Ana Bogdan
- Alizé Cornet
- Kaia Kanepi
- Allie Kiick
- Viktória Kužmová
- Varvara Lepchenko
- Tatjana Maria
- Petra Martić
- Rebecca Peterson
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Ajla Tomljanović
- Stefanie Vögele
- Camila Giorgi
Withdrawals
- Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Danielle Collins
- Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Tímea Babos
- Maria Sharapova → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
- Venus Williams → replaced by Camila Giorgi
- Zhang Shuai → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
Retirements
- Caroline Wozniacki
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2018
Other entrants
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria
Withdrawals
- Ashleigh Barty
Retirements
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Champions
Men's singles
- Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles
- Kiki Bertens def. Simona Halep, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Men's doubles
- Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares def. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah, 4–6, 6–3,
Women's doubles
- Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova def. Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs, 6–2, 7–5