The 2009 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 played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 108th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 17 through August 23, 2009, and the women from August 10 through August 16, 2009. It was the third women's event and the fifth men's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters made her return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in Cincinnati.
Points and prize money
Points distribution EventMen's singles 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 25 14 0Men's doubles 1000 600 360 180 90 0 Women's singles 800 550 350 200 110 60 1 30 20 1Women's doubles 800 550 350 200 110 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Men's singles $443,500 $222,000 $113,725 $59,200 $31,000 $16,250 $8,500Women's singles $350,000 $175,000 $87,500 $40,000 $20,000 $10,275 $5,400Women's doubles* $100,000 $50,000 $25,000 $12,500 $6,250 $3,170 *per team
Finals
Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5. It was Federer's fourth title of the year and 61st overall. It was his third win at the event, also winning in 2005 and 2007.
Women's singles
Jelena Janković defeated Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2. It was Janković's second title of the year and 11th overall.
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13].
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 0–6, [10–2].
WTA entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Dinara Safina 1 1 Serena Williams 2 2 Venus Williams 3 3 Elena Dementieva 4 4 Jelena Janković 5 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 6 Vera Zvonareva 7 7 Caroline Wozniacki 8 8 Victoria Azarenka 9 9 Nadia Petrova 10 10 Ana Ivanovic 11 11 Marion Bartoli 12 12 Agnieszka Radwańska 13 13 Flavia Pennetta 14 14 Dominika Cibulková 16 15 Virginie Razzano 18 16 1 As of August 3, 2009
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Kim Clijsters Maria Kirilenko Meghann Shaughnessy
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kateryna Bondarenko Olga Govortsova Tatjana Malek Ayumi Morita Melanie Oudin Urszula Radwańska Yaroslava Shvedova Yanina Wickmayer
ATP entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank* Seed Roger Federer 1 1 Rafael Nadal 2 2 Andy Murray 3 3 Novak Djokovic 4 4 Andy Roddick 5 5 Juan Martín del Potro 6 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 7 Nikolay Davydenko 8 8 Gilles Simon 9 9 Fernando González 10 10 Fernando Verdasco 11 11 Robin Söderling 12 12 Gaël Monfils 13 13 Marin Čilić 15 14 Tommy Robredo 16 15 Radek Štěpánek 17 16 Seedings are based on the rankings of August 10, 2009
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw Robby Ginepri John Isner Wayne Odesnik Marat Safin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Simone Bolelli Chris Guccione Jan Hernych Łukasz Kubot Ivan Ljubičić Lu Yen-hsun Mikhail Youzhny
The following players received the lucky loser spot: Julien Benneteau
References
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile