# 2014 Western & Southern Open

The 2014 Western & Southern Open (the Cincinnati Masters) was a men's and women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts August 11–17, 2014. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2014 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. The 2014 tournament was the men's 113th edition and the women's 86th edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.
Rafael Nadal and Victoria Azarenka were the defending champions, but both had to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries.

## 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $638,850 | $313,240 | $157,645 | $80,165 | $41,625 | $21,945 | $11,850 | $2,730 | $1,390 |
| Women's singles | $467,300 | $227,000 | $113,770 | $54,170 | $26,090 | $13,370 | $7,215 | $2,930 | $1,775 |
| Men's doubles | $197,830 | $96,860 | $48,580 | $24,940 | $12,890 | $6,800 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | $133,700 | $67,530 | $33,430 | $16,830 | $8,530 | $4,210 | — | — | — |

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI | Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 3 |
| CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 5 | 4 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 6 | 5 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 7 | 6 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 8 | 7 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 9 | 8 |
| LAT | Ernests Gulbis | 12 | 9 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 13 | 10 |
| USA | John Isner | 14 | 11 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 15 | 12 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 16 | 13 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 18 | 14 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 19 | 15 |
| ESP | Tommy Robredo | 20 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Robby Ginepri
* Steve Johnson
* Sam Querrey
* Jack Sock
The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:
* Jürgen Melzer
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Benjamin Becker
* Chase Buchanan
* Teymuraz Gabashvili
* Marinko Matosevic
* Benoît Paire
* Bernard Tomic
* James Ward
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Blaž Rola

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Nicolás Almagro (foot injury) → replaced by Denis Istomin
* Carlos Berlocq → replaced by Édouard Roger-Vasselin
* Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) → replaced by Martin Kližan
* Alexandr Dolgopolov (knee injury) → replaced by Julien Benneteau
* Richard Gasquet (abdominal injury) → replaced by Blaž Rola
* Tommy Haas (shoulder injury) → replaced by Lu Yen-hsun
* Florian Mayer (groin injury) → replaced by Lleyton Hewitt
* Rafael Nadal (wrist injury) → replaced by Gilles Simon
* Kei Nishikori (foot injury) → replaced by Nicolas Mahut
* Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Dominic Thiem

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | BRA | Bruno Soares | 6 | 2 |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 11 | 3 |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 16 | 4 |
| IND | Leander Paes | CZE | Radek Štěpánek | 20 | 5 |
| FRA | Julien Benneteau | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 22 | 6 |
| ESP | Marcel Granollers | ESP | Marc López | 28 | 7 |
| ESP | David Marrero | ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 28 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey
* Mackenzie McDonald / Tim Smyczek
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Jamie Murray / John Peers

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Michaël Llodra (right elbow injury)

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 4 | 3 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 4 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 5 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 7 | 6 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 8 | 7 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 9 | 8 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 10 | 9 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 11 | 10 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 11 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 13 | 12 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 14 | 13 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 15 | 14 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 16 | 15 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 17 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Belinda Bencic
* Lauren Davis
* Christina McHale
The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:
* Romina Oprandi
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Annika Beck
* Irina-Camelia Begu
* Zarina Diyas
* Nicole Gibbs
* Polona Hercog
* Karin Knapp
* Varvara Lepchenko
* Pauline Parmentier
* Chanelle Scheepers
* Taylor Townsend
* Heather Watson
* Yanina Wickmayer
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Mona Barthel

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Victoria Azarenka (knee injury) → replaced by Mona Barthel
* Li Na (knee injury) → replaced by Romina Oprandi
* Yvonne Meusburger → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova

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

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CHN | Peng Shuai | 7 | 2 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 13 | 3 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | IND | Sania Mirza | 15 | 4 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 17 | 5 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 27 | 6 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 36 | 7 |
| RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 40 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Nicole Gibbs / Alison Riske
* Melanie Oudin / Taylor Townsend
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Oksana Kalashnikova / Olga Savchuk

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Zhang Shuai (right arm injury)

### Retirements

* Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (right calf injury)
* Kristina Mladenovic (lumbar spine injury)

## Finals
### Men's singles

* Roger Federer defeated David Ferrer, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

### Women's singles

* Serena Williams defeated Ana Ivanovic, 6–4, 6–1

### Men's doubles

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock, 6–3, 6–2

### Women's doubles

* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears defeated Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–0, ret.