# 2013 Western & Southern Open

The 2013 Western and Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts August 12–18, 2013. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2013 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. The 2013 tournament was the 112th edition (for the men) and the 85th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.
The tournament singles champions were: men's, Rafael Nadal; women's, Victoria Azarenka. This was also the last tournament for reigning Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli.

## 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 | 620 | 395 | 225 | 125 | 70 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 900 | 620 | 395 | 225 | 125 | 5 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $583,800 | $286,240 | $144,060 | $73,255 | $38,040 | $20,055 | $10,830 | $2,500 | $1,270 |
| Women's singles | $426,000 | $213,000 | $104,700 | $49,040 | $23,730 | $12,200 | $6,400 | $2,670 | $1,620 |
| Men's doubles | $180,800 | $88,500 | $44,400 | $22,780 | $11,780 | $6,210 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $122,000 | $61,600 | $30,425 | $15,340 | $7,780 | $3,840 | — | — | — |

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 2 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 3 | 3 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 4 | 4 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 5 | 5 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 6 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 7 | 7 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 9 | 8 |
| SUI | Stanislas Wawrinka | 10 | 9 |
| JPN | Kei Nishikori | 11 | 10 |
| GER | Tommy Haas | 12 | 11 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 13 | 12 |
| ESP | Nicolás Almagro | 14 | 13 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 16 | 14 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 17 | 15 |
| POL | Jerzy Janowicz | 18 | 16 |
* Rankings and seedings are as of August 5, 2013, before the draw is made

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Brian Baker
* James Blake
* Ryan Harrison
* Jack Sock
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Pablo Andújar
* Benjamin Becker
* David Goffin
* Mackenzie McDonald
* Adrian Mannarino
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin
* Dmitry Tursunov

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Marin Čilić (suspension)
* Viktor Troicki (suspension)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (left knee injury)

### Retirements

* Gilles Simon (hip injury)
* Jérémy Chardy (left knee injury)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ESP | Marc López | 9 | 2 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 14 | 3 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 19 | 4 |
| PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 27 | 5 |
| SWE | Robert Lindstedt | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 29 | 6 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 31 | 7 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 33 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 5, 2013

### Other entrants

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

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Jérémy Chardy (left knee injury)

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 2 | 2 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 4 |
| CHN | Li Na | 5 | 5 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 6 | 6 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 7 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 8 | 8 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 9 | 9 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 10 | 10 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 11 | 11 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 12 | 12 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 13 | 13 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 14 | 14 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 15 | 15 |
| RUS | Maria Kirilenko | 16 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 5, 2013

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Lauren Davis
* Daniela Hantuchová
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Petra Martić
* Eugenie Bouchard
* Vania King
* Annika Beck
* Sofia Arvidsson
* Andrea Petkovic
* Monica Puig
* Jana Čepelová
* Polona Hercog
* Anna Tatishvili
* Marina Erakovic
* Karin Knapp
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
* Monica Niculescu

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Sorana Cîrstea (abdominal injury)
* Kaia Kanepi
* Romina Oprandi
* Nadia Petrova
* Laura Robson (right wrist injury)

#### During the tournament

* Agnieszka Radwańska (personal reasons)

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 1 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 10 | 2 |
| CHN | Peng Shuai | TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 19 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | USA | Lisa Raymond | 24 | 4 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 24 | 5 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE | Květa Peschke | 27 | 6 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 42 | 7 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | CHN | Zheng Jie | 42 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 5, 2013

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Kirsten Flipkens / Petra Kvitová
* Daniela Hantuchová / Martina Hingis
* Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic
* Vania King / Alisa Kleybanova

## Finals
### Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated John Isner 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$

### Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$

### Men's doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Marcel Granollers / Marc López, 6–4, 4–6, [10–4]

### Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke, 2–6, 6–3, [12–10]