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
Prize money
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: Jared Donaldson Taylor Fritz Reilly Opelka Fernando Verdasco
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Julien Benneteau Juan Mónaco
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Nikoloz Basilashvili Malek Jaziri John Millman Yūichi Sugita Jiří Veselý Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev
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)
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Brian Baker / Ryan Harrison Eric Butorac / Taylor Fritz
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Sam Querrey (back injury) Stan Wawrinka (illness)
During the tournament
Milos Raonic (illness)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: Louisa Chirico Christina McHale Serena Williams (Withdrew due to shoulder injury)
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Tímea Babos Annika Beck Kateryna Bondarenko Eugenie Bouchard Alizé Cornet Varvara Flink Daria Gavrilova Kurumi Nara Alison Riske Donna Vekić Zhang Shuai Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Misaki Doi Viktorija Golubic Johanna Larsson Tsvetana Pironkova
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Jelena Janković → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Petra Kvitová (right leg injury) → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
Ekaterina Makarova (change of schedule) → replaced by Johanna Larsson
Monica Puig (lower back) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova
Sloane Stephens → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
Serena Williams → replaced by Misaki Doi
Retirements
Alizé Cornet
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of August 8, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Belinda Bencic / Kirsten Flipkens Lauren Davis / Varvara Lepchenko Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina
Withdrawals
During the tournament
Kiki Bertens (illness) Carla Suárez Navarro (left leg injury)
Finals
Men's singles
Marin Čilić defeated Andy Murray, 6–4, 7–5
Women's singles
Karolína Plíšková defeated Angelique Kerber, 6–3, 6–1
Men's doubles
Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo defeated Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Women's doubles
Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová defeated Martina Hingis / CoCo Vandeweghe, 7–5, 6–4