# 2015 Western & Southern Open

The 2015 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts August 15–23, 2015. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, as well as a 2015 US Open Series event. The 2015 tournament was the men's 114th edition and the women's 87th edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio (a northern suburb of Cincinnati), United States.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions and both successfully defended their titles.

## 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 | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 5 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $731,000 | $358,375 | $180,370 | $91,715 | $47,625 | $25,110 | $13,555 | $3,125 | $1,590 |
| Women's singles | $495,000 | $240,500 | $120,500 | $57,380 | $27,640 | $14,160 | $7,640 | $3,105 | $1,880 |
| Men's doubles | $226,350 | $110,820 | $55,580 | $28,530 | $14,750 | $7,780 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $141,600 | $71,530 | $35,410 | $17,825 | $9,035 | $4,460 | — | — | — |

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 3 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 4 | 4 |
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 5 | 5 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 6 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 8 | 7 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 9 | 8 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 10 | 9 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 11 | 10 |
| USA | John Isner | 12 | 11 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 13 | 12 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 14 | 13 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 15 | 14 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 16 | 15 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 17 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 10, 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Jared Donaldson
* Mardy Fish
* Bjorn Fratangelo
* Rajeev Ram
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Alexandr Dolgopolov
* Thanasi Kokkinakis
* Denis Kudla
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Nicolas Mahut
* Vasek Pospisil
* Alexander Zverev
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Benoît Paire

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* David Ferrer → replaced by João Sousa
* Guillermo García López → replaced by Gilles Müller
* Tommy Haas → replaced by Jerzy Janowicz
* Juan Mónaco → replaced by Jiří Veselý
* Kei Nishikori → replaced by Benoît Paire

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 7 | 2 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 |
| ITA | Simone Bolelli | ITA | Fabio Fognini | 16 | 4 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | ROU | Florin Mergea | 18 | 5 |
| POL | Marcin Matkowski | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 23 | 6 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | AUS | John Peers | 31 | 7 |
| CAN | Vasek Pospisil | USA | Jack Sock | 32 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 10, 2015

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Eric Butorac / Scott Lipsky
* Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 5 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 6 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 7 | 7 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 8 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 9 | 9 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 10 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 11 | 11 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 13 | 12 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 14 | 13 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 15 | 14 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 16 | 15 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 17 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 10, 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Daniela Hantuchová
* Alison Riske
* Maria Sharapova
* CoCo Vandeweghe
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
* Dominika Cibulková
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Tímea Babos
* Mona Barthel
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Lauren Davis
* Casey Dellacqua
* Julia Görges
* Lucie Hradecká
* Ana Konjuh
* Christina McHale
* Yulia Putintseva
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
* Yaroslava Shvedova
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Svetlana Kuznetsova (left lower leg injury) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
* Ekaterina Makarova (right lower leg injury) → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
* Maria Sharapova (right upper leg injury) → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

#### During the tournament

* Venus Williams (viral illness)

### Retirements

* Victoria Azarenka (left thigh injury)
* Belinda Bencic (right wrist injury)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 2 |
| SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | FRA | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 3 |
| AUS | Casey Dellacqua | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 31 | 4 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 32 | 5 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 34 | 6 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 36 | 7 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 38 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 10, 2015

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Madison Brengle / Alexa Glatch
* Madison Keys / Lisa Raymond
* Christina McHale / CoCo Vandeweghe

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–3

### Women's singles

* Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$

### Men's doubles

* Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Marcin Matkowski / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–2

### Women's doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan defeated Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova, 7–5, 6–4