# 2016 Western & Southern Open

The 2016 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 15–21, 2016. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2016 US Open Series. The 2016 tournament was the 115th men's edition and the 88th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a northern suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the two-time defending champions in Men's and Women's singles titles, but neither of them defended their titles. They withdrew due to a knee injury and shoulder inflammation, respectively.

## 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 | $834,000 | $409,270 | $205,980 | $104,740 | $54,390 | $28,675 | $15,480 | $3,570 | $1,820 |
| Women's singles | $515,000 | $247,320 | $123,665 | $58,390 | $29,320 | $15,205 | $12,205 | $3,230 | $1,960 |
| Men's doubles | $258,500 | $126,550 | $63,470 | $32,580 | $16,840 | $8,890 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $147,700 | $74,600 | $36,670 | $18,590 | $9,415 | $4,650 | — | — | — |

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 1 |
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 2 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 3 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 6 | 4 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 7 | 5 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 6 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 9 | 7 |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 10 | 8 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 11 | 9 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 12 | 10 |
| BEL | David Goffin | 13 | 11 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 14 | 12 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 15 | 13 |
| AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 16 | 14 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 15 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 18 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Jared Donaldson
* Taylor Fritz
* Reilly Opelka
* Fernando Verdasco
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Julien Benneteau
* Juan Mónaco
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Nikoloz Basilashvili
* Malek Jaziri
* John Millman
* Yūichi Sugita
* Jiří Veselý
* Mikhail Youzhny
* Mischa Zverev
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Adrian Mannarino

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Novak Djokovic (wrist injury) →replaced by Andreas Seppi
* Roger Federer (rehabilitation from knee injury) →replaced by Vasek Pospisil
* Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
* Andrey Kuznetsov →replaced by Nicolás Almagro
* Gilles Müller →replaced by Nicolas Mahut
* Jack Sock →replaced by Borna Ćorić
* Janko Tipsarević (fatigue) →replaced by Adrian Mannarino

#### During the tournament

* Gaël Monfils (back injury)

### Retirements

* Borna Ćorić
* Alexandr Dolgopolov (back injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 3 | 1 |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 11 | 2 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray | BRA | Bruno Soares | 12 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 14 | 4 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 23 | 5 |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | CAN | Vasek Pospisil | 26 | 6 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | ROU | Florin Mergea | 29 | 7 |
| RSA | Raven Klaasen | USA | Rajeev Ram | 34 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Brian Baker / Ryan Harrison
* Eric Butorac / Taylor Fritz

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Sam Querrey (back injury)
* Stan Wawrinka (illness)

#### During the tournament

* Milos Raonic (illness)

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 2 | 2 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 4 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 5 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 6 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 7 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 11 | 8 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 12 | 9 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 13 | 10 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 14 | 11 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 12 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 16 | 13 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 17 | 14 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 18 | 15 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 19 | 16 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 20 | 17 |
* Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Louisa Chirico
* Christina McHale
* Serena Williams (Withdrew due to shoulder injury)
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Tímea Babos
* Annika Beck
* Kateryna Bondarenko
* Eugenie Bouchard
* Alizé Cornet
* Varvara Flink
* Daria Gavrilova
* Kurumi Nara
* Alison Riske
* Donna Vekić
* Zhang Shuai
* Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Misaki Doi
* Viktorija Golubic
* Johanna Larsson
* Tsvetana Pironkova

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Jelena Janković → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
* Petra Kvitová (right leg injury) → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
* Ekaterina Makarova (change of schedule) → replaced by Johanna Larsson
* Monica Puig (lower back) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
* Sloane Stephens → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
* Serena Williams → replaced by Misaki Doi

### Retirements

* Alizé Cornet

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 1 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 12 | 2 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 17 | 3 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 26 | 4 |
| GER | Julia Görges | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 28 | 5 |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | USA | Abigail Spears | 34 | 6 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 40 | 7 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 40 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Belinda Bencic / Kirsten Flipkens
* Lauren Davis / Varvara Lepchenko
* Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Kiki Bertens (illness)
* Carla Suárez Navarro (left leg injury)

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Marin Čilić defeated Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–5

### Women's singles

* Karolína Plíšková defeated Angelique Kerber, 6–3, 6–1

### Men's doubles

* Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo defeated Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–6]

### Women's doubles

* Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová defeated Martina Hingis / CoCo Vandeweghe, 7–5, 6–4