# 2012 Western & Southern Open

The 2012 Western and Southern Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na won the singles titles.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | 1000 | 1000 | 900 | 900 |
| Runner up | 600 | 600 | 620 | 620 |
| Semifinals | 360 | 360 | 395 | 395 |
| Quarterfinals | 180 | 180 | 225 | 225 |
| Round of 16 | 90 | 90 | 125 | 125 |
| Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
| Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
| Qualifier | 25 | – | 30 | – |
| Qualifying Finalist | 16 | – | 20 | – |
| Qualifying 1st round | 0 | – | 1 | – |

### Prize money

| Stage | Men's singles | Men's doubles | Women's singles | Women's doubles |
| Champion | $535,600 | $165,860 | $385,000 | $110,000 |
| Runner up | $262,610 | $81,200 | $192,000 | $55,000 |
| Semifinals | $132,165 | $40,730 | $96,100 | $27,525 |
| Quarterfinals | $67,205 | $20,910 | $45,750 | $13,850 |
| Round of 16 | $34,900 | $10,800 | $22,060 | $7,000 |
| Round of 32 | $18,400 | $5,700 | $11,300 | $3,500 |
| Round of 64 | $9,935 | – | $6,100 | – |
| Final round qualifying | $2,290 | – | $2,050 | – |
| First round qualifying | $1,165 | – | $1,080 | – |

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

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of August 6, 2012:
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 5 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 6 |
| SRB | Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 7 |
| ARG | Juan Mónaco | 10 | 8 |
| USA | John Isner | 11 | 9 |
| USA | Mardy Fish | 13 | 10 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 14 | 11 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 15 | 12 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 16 | 13 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 17 | 14 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 18 | 15 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 20 | 16 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Brian Baker
* James Blake
* Lleyton Hewitt
* Sam Querrey
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Ivan Dodig
* Fabio Fognini
* Jesse Levine
* Paul-Henri Mathieu
* Marinko Matosevic
* Sergiy Stakhovsky
* Lu Yen-hsun
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Jérémy Chardy
* Alejandro Falla

### Withdrawals

* Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury)
* John Isner (back injury)
* Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
* Rafael Nadal (knee injury)
* Gilles Simon (shoulder injury)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)
* Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)

### Retirements

* Janko Tipsarević (virus)
* Nikolay Davydenko

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 6 | 2 |
| POL | Mariusz Fyrstenberg | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 13 | 3 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | ROU | Horia Tecău | 21 | 4 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 21 | 5 |
| IND | Mahesh Bhupathi | IND | Rohan Bopanna | 28 | 6 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ESP | Marc López | 33 | 7 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 33 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 6, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Brian Baker / Rajeev Ram
* James Blake / Sam Querrey

### Retirements

* Juan Mónaco (toe injury)
* Janko Tipsarević (virus)

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 4 | 2 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 5 | 3 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 4 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 7 | 5 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | 6 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 9 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 10 | 8 |
| CHN | Li Na | 11 | 9 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 12 | 10 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 11 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 14 | 12 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 18 | 13 |
| ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 21 | 14 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 22 | 15 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 23 | 16 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 24 | 17 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Camila Giorgi
* Sloane Stephens
* Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Akgul Amanmuradova
* Kiki Bertens
* Eleni Daniilidou
* Casey Dellacqua
* Andrea Hlaváčková
* Sesil Karatantcheva
* Madison Keys
* Vania King
* Johanna Larsson
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Urszula Radwańska
* Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Tímea Babos
* Anna Tatishvili

### Withdrawals

* Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury)
* Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury)
* Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)
* Monica Niculescu (hand injury)
* Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury)
* Andrea Petkovic (knee injury)
* Maria Sharapova (stomach virus)
* Vera Zvonareva (illness)

### Retirements

* Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
* Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
* Tamira Paszek (migraine)
* Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
* Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Liezel Huber | USA | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 7 | 2 |
| USA | Vania King | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 11 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | Nadia Petrova | 16 | 4 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 18 | 5 |
| ESP | Nuria Llagostera Vives | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 37 | 6 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
| SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | CHN | Zheng Jie | 41 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of August 6, 2012

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Eleni Daniilidou / Peng Shuai
* Jelena Janković / Shahar Pe'er
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Sofia Arvidsson / Jill Craybas
* Darija Jurak / Katalin Marosi

### Withdrawals

* Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
* Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)

### Retirements

* Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
* Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)

## Finals
### Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$
* It was Roger Federer's 5th title in Cincinnati making him the only player in history ever to win this tournament five times. Federer won the event without dropping serve throughout the tournament.

### Women's singles

Li Na defeated Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
* It was Li Na's first title of the year and sixth of her career.

### Men's doubles

Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4

### Women's doubles

Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3