2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open

The 2010 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament that were played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 14 through August 22, 2010, and the women from August 7 through August 15, 2010. It was the 109th edition of the Cincinnati Masters (82nd for the women), and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour.

2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open
DateAugust 14 – 22 (men)
August 7 – 15 (women)
Edition109th (men) / 82nd (women)
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationMason, Ohio, United States
VenueLindner Family Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Roger Federer
Women's Singles
Kim Clijsters
Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's Doubles
Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko

ATP entrants
Roger Federer is the men's defending champion. He successfully defended his title.

Seeds
Country Player Rank[a] Seed[b]
 ESP Rafael Nadal 1 1
 SRB Novak Djokovic 3 2
  SUI Roger Federer 2 3
 GBR Andy Murray 4 4
 SWE Robin Söderling 5 5
 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 6 6
 CZE Tomáš Berdych 7 7
 ESP Fernando Verdasco 9 8
 USA Andy Roddick 11 9
 ESP David Ferrer 12 10
 CRO Marin Čilić 13 11
 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 14 12
 AUT Jürgen Melzer 15 13
 ESP Nicolás Almagro 16 14
 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 17 15
 FRA Gaël Monfils 18 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 9, 2010

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Notable Withdrawals

WTA entrants
Jelena Janković was the women's defending champion

Seeds
Player Nationality Ranking* Seed
Jelena Janković Serbia 2 1
Caroline Wozniacki Denmark 3 2
Elena Dementieva Russia 6 3
Kim Clijsters Belgium 7 4
Francesca Schiavone Italy 8 5
Vera Zvonareva Russia 9 6
Agnieszka Radwańska Poland 10 7
Li Na China 11 8
Victoria Azarenka Belarus 12 9
Maria Sharapova Russia 13 10
Flavia Pennetta Italy 15 11
Yanina Wickmayer Belgium 16 12
Shahar Pe'er Israel 17 13
Aravane Rezaï France 18 14
Nadia Petrova Russia 19 15
Marion Bartoli France 20 16
  • Seedings are based on the rankings of August 2, 2010.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Notable Withdrawals

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles

Roger Federer defeated Mardy Fish 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4

  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and 63rd of his career. It was his 4th win at the event also winning in 2005, 2007, and 2009. It was his 17th Masters 1000 title.

Women's Singles
Main article: 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles

Kim Clijsters defeated Maria Sharapova 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2

  • It was Clijsters' 3rd title of the year and 38th of her career.

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–4.

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles

Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko defeated Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8)

Preceded by
Toronto		 2010 US Open Series
Men's Events		 Succeeded by
New Haven
Preceded by
San Diego		 2010 US Open Series
Women's Events		 Succeeded by
Montreal


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