Cincinnati Open 2025: Men’s and Women’s Qualifying Draws
2025 Cincinnati Open Draw Preview: ATP Tour & WTA Singles Fields, Seeds, Storylines & Schedule
LINK: Men’s Qualifying Draw | Women’s Qualifying Draw
The 2025 Cincinnati Open (Aug 7–18, Mason, Ohio) returns with a 14-day, 96-player singles draw on both tours, elevating the event into one of the longest and most talent?packed weeks on the North American hard?court swing. World No.1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka headline as defending champions, joined by a who’s who of recent Grand Slam winners, former Cincinnati champions and homegrown stars.
Quick facts
Dates: August 5–18, 2025
Category: ATP Tour Masters 1000 & WTA 1000
Singles field size: 96 players (32 seeds with byes)
Format expansion: Cincinnati stretches to 14 days with a Monday final under the new calendar.
ATP Tour Men’s Singles – Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic lead blockbuster field
Headliners & former champs
The men’s draw is topped by World No.1 Jannik Sinner, set to defend his Cincinnati crown, with Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic (three-time champion), Alexander Zverev (2021 champion) and Daniil Medvedev (2019 champion) all confirmed.
Projected top seeds (selection)
According to the entry list, expect a loaded top 16 featuring: Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, Ben Shelton, Andrey Rublev, Frances Tiafoe, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur, Daniil Medvedev, Tommy Paul, Karen Khachanov and Jakub Mensik. Rising names like Flavio Cobolli and Francisco Cerundolo deepen the middle of the draw.
Canadian & American interest at the Cincinnati Open
With Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Jack Draper (ranked inside the Top 5 on entry) all seeded to make noise, the home-market storylines will be everywhere. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov also feature on the official player list, giving Canadian fans additional reasons to tune in.
What to watch for
Sinner vs. Alcaraz: the sport’s defining new?gen rivalry could get another hard-court chapter.
Djokovic’s bid for No. 4 in Cincinnati — and his first Masters crown of 2025.
Shelton & Draper’s seeding breakthroughs: how far can the new guard push the established elite?
Medvedev’s hard-court reset after an uneven spring.
WTA Women’s Singles – Sabalenka defends, Gauff, Swiatek, Pegula & Rybakina chase
The No.1 returns — and the draw grows to 96
Aryna Sabalenka, last year’s champion and current World No.1, anchors a field that also includes Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Qinwen Zheng, Jasmine Paolini, Madison Keys, and Mirra Andreeva. The WTA confirmed Cincinnati’s shift to a 96-player, 12-day main-draw model (within the broader 14?day event window), mirroring Canada’s National Bank Open expansion the week before.
Depth, variety & home favorites
The official WTA player list also features Bianca Andreescu, Emma Raducanu, Paula Badosa, Barbora Krej?íková, Daria Kasatkina, Liudmila Samsonova, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Diana Shnaider, Marta Kostyuk and many more — underscoring just how deep this field runs.
Storylines to circle
Sabalenka’s title defense against the full force of the Top 10.
Swiatek’s Cincinnati quest: the World No.3 (per the tournament’s featured players page) continues to chase her first Mason title.
Gauff’s U.S. Open tune-up: the 2023 champ in Cincinnati is always dangerous on home soil.
Andreescu & Raducanu: former Slam champions looking to surge ahead of New York.
Format, ranking points & what’s new in 2025
Field size: 96 singles / 32 doubles on both tours.
Ranking points: 1,000 to the champions, 650 to runners-up (ATP & WTA).
Calendar upgrade: Cincinnati expands to a two-week event, finishing on Monday, Aug. 18, as part of the North American Masters overhaul.
Key dates to remember
Aug 5–6: 48-player ATP Tour & 48-player WTA qualifying (two rounds, 12 spots each).
Aug 7–9: First & second rounds begin (seeds with byes enter from R2).
Aug 10–13: Rounds of 32 & 16.
Aug 14–15: Quarterfinals.
Aug 16–17: Semifinals.
Aug 18 (Mon): Singles & doubles finals.
How to follow
Official lists, news & tickets: CincinnatiOpen.com (new app available).
Live scores & draws: ATP Tour and WTA official sites.
Broadcast/streaming: Expect global coverage via Tennis TV (ATP Tour), WTA TV (WTA), plus domestic partners (Tennis Channel, TSN/Sportsnet, Eurosport/Discovery+).
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