2016 Western & Southern Open

2016 Western & Southern Open
2016 Western & Southern Open
Date	August 15–21
Edition	115th (men) / 88th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men); WTA Premier 5 (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Mason, Ohio, United States
Venue	Lindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
	Marin Čilić
Women's singles
	Karolína Plíšková
Men's doubles
	Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo
Women's doubles
	Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová

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.

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

Point distribution

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]	1000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—
Women's singles^[2]	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Women's doubles^[2]	900	585	350	190	105	5	—	—	—	—

Prize money

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	—	—	—
Women's doubles	$147,700	$74,600	$36,670	$18,590	$9,415	$4,650	—	—	—

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking	Seed
GBR	Andy Murray	2	1
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	4	2
ESP	Rafael Nadal	5	3
CAN	Milos Raonic	6	4
JPN	Kei Nishikori	7	5
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	8	6
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	9	7
AUT	Dominic Thiem	10	8
FRA	Gaël Monfils	11	9
ESP	David Ferrer	12	10
BEL	David Goffin	13	11
CRO	Marin Čilić	14	12
FRA	Richard Gasquet	15	13
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	16	14
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	17	15
ESP	Feliciano López	18	16

Rankings are as of August 8, 2016

Other entrants

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:

Adrian Mannarino

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Novak Djokovic (wrist injury) →replaced by Andreas Seppi
Roger Federer (rehabilitation from knee injury) →replaced by Vasek Pospisil
Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
Andrey Kuznetsov →replaced by Nicolás Almagro
Gilles Müller →replaced by Nicolas Mahut
Jack Sock →replaced by Borna Ćorić
Janko Tipsarević (fatigue) →replaced by Adrian Mannarino

During the tournament

Gaël Monfils (back injury)

Retirements

Borna Ćorić
Alexandr Dolgopolov (back injury)