2015 Western & Southern Open
Tennis tournament
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The 2015 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts August 15–23, 2015. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, as well as a 2015 US Open Series event. The 2015 tournament was the men's 114th edition and the women's 87th edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio (a northern suburb of Cincinnati), United States.
WTA Premier 5 (women)
| 2015 Western & Southern Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 15–23 |
| Edition | 114th (men) / 87th (women) |
| Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Mason, Ohio, United States |
| Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Roger Federer | |
| Women's singles | |
 Serena Williams | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Daniel Nestor /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan | |
Roger Federer and Serena Williams were the defending champions and both successfully defended their titles.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles[3][4] | $731,000 | $358,375 | $180,370 | $91,715 | $47,625 | $25,110 | $13,555 | $3,125 | $1,590 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles[5][6] | $495,000 | $240,500 | $120,500 | $57,380 | $27,640 | $14,160 | $7,640 | $3,105 | $1,880 |
| Men's doubles[7] | $226,350 | $110,820 | $55,580 | $28,530 | $14,750 | $7,780 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| Women's doubles[8] | $141,600 | $71,530 | $35,410 | $17,825 | $9,035 | $4,460 | N/a | N/a | N/a |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 SRB |
Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
| SUI |
Roger Federer | 3 | 2 |
 GBR |
Andy Murray | 2 | 3 |
 JPN |
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| SUI |
Stan Wawrinka | 5 | 5 |
 CZE |
Tomáš Berdych | 6 | 6 |
 CRO |
Marin Čilić | 8 | 7 |
 ESP |
Rafael Nadal | 9 | 8 |
| CAN |
Milos Raonic | 10 | 9 |
| FRA |
Gilles Simon | 11 | 10 |
| USA |
John Isner | 12 | 11 |
| FRA |
Richard Gasquet | 13 | 12 |
 BEL |
David Goffin | 14 | 13 |
| FRA |
Gaël Monfils | 15 | 14 |
 RSA |
Kevin Anderson | 16 | 15 |
 BUL |
Grigor Dimitrov | 17 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Denis Kudla
Lu Yen-hsun
Nicolas Mahut
Vasek Pospisil
Alexander Zverev
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
David Ferrer → replaced by 
João Sousa- Guillermo García López → replaced by
Gilles Müller - Tommy Haas → replaced by
Jerzy Janowicz 
Juan Mónaco → replaced by 
Jiří Veselý
Kei Nishikori → replaced by Benoît Paire
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Bob Bryan | USA |
Mike Bryan | 2 | 1 |
| CRO |
Ivan Dodig |  BRA |
Marcelo Melo | 7 | 2 |
 NED |
Jean-Julien Rojer |  ROU |
Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 |
 ITA |
Simone Bolelli | ITA |
Fabio Fognini | 16 | 4 |
 IND |
Rohan Bopanna | ROU |
Florin Mergea | 18 | 5 |
 POL |
Marcin Matkowski | SRB |
Nenad Zimonjić | 23 | 6 |
| GBR |
Jamie Murray |  AUS |
John Peers | 31 | 7 |
| CAN |
Vasek Pospisil | USA |
Jack Sock | 32 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
 RUS |
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| ROU |
Simona Halep | 3 | 3 |
| CZE |
Petra Kvitová | 4 | 4 |
 DEN |
Caroline Wozniacki | 5 | 5 |
| SRB |
Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 6 |
| CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 7 | 7 |
| CZE |
Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 8 |
| ESP |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 9 | 9 |
| ESP |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 10 |
 GER |
Angelique Kerber | 11 | 11 |
| SUI |
Timea Bacsinszky | 13 | 12 |
| POL |
Agnieszka Radwańska | 14 | 13 |
 UKR |
Elina Svitolina | 15 | 14 |
| GER |
Andrea Petkovic | 16 | 15 |
| ITA |
Sara Errani | 17 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Tímea Babos- Mona Barthel
- Kateryna Bondarenko
- Lauren Davis
- Casey Dellacqua
- Julia Görges
- Lucie Hradecká
Ana Konjuh- Christina McHale
Yulia Putintseva
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová- Yaroslava Shvedova
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Svetlana Kuznetsova (left lower leg injury) → replaced by 
Tsvetana Pironkova- Ekaterina Makarova (right lower leg injury) → replaced by Varvara Lepchenko
- Maria Sharapova (right upper leg injury) → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- During the tournament
- Venus Williams (viral illness)
Retirements
Victoria Azarenka (left thigh injury)
Belinda Bencic (right wrist injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI |
Martina Hingis | IND |
Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 |
 HUN |
Tímea Babos | FRA |
Kristina Mladenovic | 19 | 2 |
 SLO |
Katarina Srebotnik | FRA |
Caroline Garcia | 31 | 3 |
| AUS |
Casey Dellacqua |  KAZ |
Yaroslava Shvedova | 31 | 4 |
| USA |
Raquel Kops-Jones | AUS |
Anastasia Rodionova | 32 | 5 |
| RUS |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 34 | 6 |
| CZE |
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE |
Lucie Hradecká | 36 | 7 |
| ESP |
Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 38 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 10, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Finals
Men's singles
- Roger Federer defeated
Novak Djokovic, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Women's singles
- Serena Williams defeated
Simona Halep 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Men's doubles
- Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Marcin Matkowski / Nenad Zimonjić, 6–2, 6–2
Women's doubles
- Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan defeated Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova, 7–5, 6–4
