Arthur Fils defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2026 Cincinnati Open. It was his first ATP Masters 1000 title, and fifth career ATP Tour title overall. Fils was the first Frenchman to win the Cincinnati Open title since Guy Forget in 1991, and the first to win a Masters title overall since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2014 Canadian Open.

Carlos Alcaraz was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to a wrist injury.

The loss of Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals guaranteed a first-time Masters champion.

Seeds All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of August 3, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of August 10, 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 3 Alexander Zverev 8,090 400 100 7,790 Fourth round lost to Tommy Paul 2 4 4,690 200 100 4,590 Fourth round lost to Frances Tiafoe 3 5 Novak Djokovic 3,760 0 10 3,770 4 7 Daniil Medvedev 3,580 (50)∆ 50 3,580 Third round lost to Brandon Nakashima 5 8 Alex de Minaur 3,560 10 100 3,650 Fourth round lost to Arthur Fils 6 9 Taylor Fritz 3,375 100 200 3,475 Quarterfinals lost to Brandon Nakashima 7 10 Flavio Cobolli 3,330 10 400 3,720 Semifinals lost to Arthur Fils 8 6 Ben Shelton 3,670 200 10 3,480 Second round lost to Jaime Faria [Q] 9 14 Jiří Lehečka 2,470 100 50 2,420 Third round lost to Arthur Fils 10 15 Lorenzo Musetti 2,415 10 200 2,605 Quarterfinals lost to Frances Tiafoe 11 17 Casper Ruud 2,385 10 10 2,385 12 11 Rafael Jódar 2,621 (50)Ω 100 2,671 Fourth round lost to Flavio Cobolli 13 18 Andrey Rublev 2,230 200 50 2,080 Third round lost to Nuno Borges 14 16 Jakub Menšík 2,395 50 100 2,445 Fourth round lost to Thiago Agustín Tirante 15 19 Valentin Vacherot 2,186 (22+6)Ω 10+0 2,168 16 12 Learner Tien 2,545 30 50 2,565 Third round lost to Frances Tiafoe 17 23 Frances Tiafoe† 2,130 100 650 2,680 Runner-up, lost to Arthur Fils 18 24 Tommy Paul 2,075 50 200 2,225 Quarterfinals lost to Flavio Cobolli 19 20 Luciano Darderi 2,175 10 10 2,175 Second round lost to Rinky Hijikata [WC] 20 25 Francisco Cerúndolo 1,970 0 10 1,980 Second round lost to Nuno Borges 21 21 Arthur Fils‡ 2,140 0 1,000 3,140 Champion, defeated Frances Tiafoe 22 29 Alejandro Tabilo 1,688 (50)∆ 50 1,688 Third round lost to Rafael Jódar 23 26 João Fonseca 1,800 50 50 1,800 Third round withdrew due to abdominal injury 24 30 Ugo Humbert 1,585 50 10 1,545 Second round lost to Michael Zheng [Q] 25 28 Arthur Rinderknech 1,723 50 10 1,683 26 31 1,470 (40)∆ 10 1,440 Second round lost to Térence Atmane 27 22 Brandon Nakashima 2,135 50 400 2,485 Semifinals lost to Frances Tiafoe 28 32 Alexander Blockx 1,396 50 50 1,396 Third round lost to Flavio Cobolli 29 36 Ignacio Buse 1,335 (35)Ω 10 1,310 Second round lost to Adam Walton 30 33 Zizou Bergs 1,365 30 10 1,345 Second round lost to Daniel Mérida 31 34 Matteo Arnaldi 1,349 10 10 1,349 32 37 Arthur Fery 1,285 10+75 50+3 1,253 Third round lost to Alex de Minaur ∆ The player is defending points from his 18th best tournament. Ω The player is defending points from one or more ATP Challenger Tour events.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 1 Jannik Sinner 13,450 650 12,800 Right knee injury 2 Carlos Alcaraz 8,160 1,000 7,160 Right wrist injury 13 Alexander Bublik 2,525 0 2,525 Schedule change 27 1,780 (50)∆ 1,730 Fatigue ∆ The player is defending points from his 18th best tournament.

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier

References

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