The 2012 Western and Southern Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na won the singles titles.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion 1000 900 Runner up 600 620Semifinals 360 395Quarterfinals 180 225Round of 16 90 125Round of 32 45 10 70 1Round of 64 10 – 1 –Qualifier 25 30Qualifying Finalist 16 20Qualifying 1st round 0 1
Prize money
StageMen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's singlesWomen's doubles Champion $535,600 $165,860 $385,000 $110,000 Runner up $262,610 $81,200 $192,000 $55,000Semifinals $132,165 $40,730 $96,100 $27,525Quarterfinals $67,205 $20,910 $45,750 $13,850Round of 16 $34,900 $10,800 $22,060 $7,000Round of 32 $18,400 $5,700 $11,300 $3,500Round of 64 $9,935 – $6,100 –Final round qualifying $2,290 $2,050First round qualifying $1,165 $1,080
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of August 6, 2012: Country Player Ranking Seeds Roger Federer 1 1 Novak Djokovic 2 2 Andy Murray 4 3 David Ferrer 5 4 Tomáš Berdych 7 5 Juan Martín del Potro 8 6 Janko Tipsarević 9 7 Juan Mónaco 10 8 John Isner 11 9 Mardy Fish 13 10 Gilles Simon 14 11 Marin Čilić 15 12 Alexandr Dolgopolov 16 13 Kei Nishikori 17 14 Philipp Kohlschreiber 18 15 Andy Roddick 20 16
Other entrants The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: Brian Baker James Blake Lleyton Hewitt Sam Querrey
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Ivan Dodig Fabio Fognini Jesse Levine Paul-Henri Mathieu Marinko Matosevic Sergiy Stakhovsky Lu Yen-hsun
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Jérémy Chardy Alejandro Falla
Withdrawals Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury) Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury) John Isner (back injury) Gaël Monfils (knee injury) Rafael Nadal (knee injury) Gilles Simon (shoulder injury) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury) Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)
Retirements Janko Tipsarević (virus) Nikolay Davydenko
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor21Bob BryanMike Bryan62Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski133 Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău214Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek215Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna286Marcel Granollers Marc López337 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer338 Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Brian Baker / Rajeev Ram James Blake / Sam Querrey
Retirements Juan Mónaco (toe injury) Janko Tipsarević (virus)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking Seeds Agnieszka Radwańska 3 1 Serena Williams 4 2 Samantha Stosur 5 3 Petra Kvitová 6 4 Angelique Kerber 7 5 Caroline Wozniacki 8 6 Sara Errani 9 7 Marion Bartoli 10 8 Li Na 11 9 Ana Ivanovic 12 10 Dominika Cibulková 13 11 Maria Kirilenko 14 12 Jelena Janković 18 13 Francesca Schiavone 21 14 Nadia Petrova 22 15 Lucie Šafářová 23 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 24 17
Other entrants The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: Camila Giorgi Sloane Stephens Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Akgul Amanmuradova Kiki Bertens Eleni Daniilidou Casey Dellacqua Andrea Hlaváčková Sesil Karatantcheva Madison Keys Vania King Johanna Larsson Bethanie Mattek-Sands Urszula Radwańska Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Tímea Babos Anna Tatishvili
Withdrawals Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury) Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury) Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury) Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain) Monica Niculescu (hand injury) Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury) Andrea Petkovic (knee injury) Maria Sharapova (stomach virus) Vera Zvonareva (illness)
Retirements Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury) Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness) Tamira Paszek (migraine) Nadia Petrova (dizziness) Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLiezel HuberLisa Raymond21 Sara Errani Roberta Vinci72Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova113Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova164Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká185Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez376 Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears397Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie418 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Eleni Daniilidou / Peng Shuai Jelena Janković / Shahar Pe'er The following pairs received entry as alternates: Sofia Arvidsson / Jill Craybas Darija Jurak / Katalin Marosi
Withdrawals Nadia Petrova (dizziness) Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
Retirements Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury) Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Finals
Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7) It was Roger Federer's 5th title in Cincinnati making him the only player in history ever to win this tournament five times. Federer won the event without dropping serve throughout the tournament.
Women's singles
Li Na defeated Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 It was Li Na's first title of the year and sixth of her career.
Men's doubles
Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3
References
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile