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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.

2016 Western & Southern Open
DateAugust 15–21
Edition115th (men) / 88th (women)
CategoryATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men)
WTA Premier 5 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Croatia Marin Čilić
Women's singles
Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Men's doubles
Croatia Ivan Dodig / Brazil Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
India Sania Mirza / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
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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

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles[1] 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 0
Men's doubles[1] 0 N/a N/a N/a N/a
Women's singles[2] 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Women's doubles[2] 5 N/a N/a N/a N/a

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Men's singles[3] $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[3] $258,500 $126,550 $63,470 $32,580 $16,840 $8,890 N/a N/a N/a
Women's doubles $147,700 $74,600 $36,670 $18,590 $9,415 $4,650 N/a N/a N/a

ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Other entrants

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The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Other entrants

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The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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During the tournament

Finals

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "ATP W&S Open Points & Prize Money". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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