CINCINNATI MASTERS

The 'Cincinnati Masters' is an annual tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city.
The men's event is one of nine ATP Masters Series tournaments on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. The women's event is the only Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event held in the American Midwest. Currently it is a Tier III event on the WTA Tour, but in 2009 it will be upgraded to one of only 20 "premier" events on the WTA Tour. The men's and women's events are currently played in separate weeks during the July-August period. The competition is played on outdoor hardcourts. Because of its sponsorship by the Western & Southern Financial Group, the official names of the men's and women's tournament are the 'Western & Southern Financial Group Masters' and the 'Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open'.

Contents

History

Venue

Past results

Men's Singles finals

Women's Singles finals

Open Era Men's Doubles champions

Open Era Women's Doubles champions

Records

Note

External links

History

The tournament was started in 1899 as the 'Cincinnati Open' (it would be later known by several other names, including the 'Tri-State Tennis Tournament'), and would eventually grow into the tournament now held in Mason. The original tournament was held at the Avondale Athletic Club, and would later be moved to several various locations due to changes in tournament management and surfaces. The first tournament in 1899 was played on clay courts, and the event was mostly played on clay until 1979 when it switched permanently to hardcourts.
In 1903, the tournament was moved to the Cincinnati Tennis Club, where it was primarily held until 1972, when it moved to the Queen City Raquet Club in Sharonville, Ohio. In 1974, the tournament was nearly dropped completely from the tennis calendar but moved at the last moment to the Cincinnati Convention Center, where it was played indoors and, for the first time since 1919, without a women's draw. In 1975, the tournament moved to the Old Coney amusement park on the Ohio River, and the tournament began to gain momentum again.
In 1979 the tournament moved to Mason where a permanent stadium was to be built and the surface was changed from Har-Tru clay to hardcourt (DecoTurf II.). Later two other permanent stadiums were constructed, making the Cincinnati Masters the only tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam events with three stadium courts – Center Court, Grandstand Court and Court 3. The women's competition was reinstated in 1988 for one year, and then again in 2004 when the organizers, with the help of the Octagon sports agency, bought a tour tournament previously held in Croatia and moved it to Cincinnati.
Since 1975, the tournament has been guided by Paul M. Flory, current tournament chairman and former executive with the Procter & Gamble Company. During his tenure, the tournament has enriched its considerable heritage, while donating millions of dollars to charity. (Its three charities are Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, The Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital, and the Cincinnati chapter of the National Junior Tennis League.)
Among his many accolades, Flory has been honored with the ATP's Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award and enhrinement in the USTA/Midwest Hall of Fame and the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame. Flory began his involvement with the tournament in the late 1960s, and to this day he remains a volunteer: he's never accepted a salary or other compensation.

Venue

The tournament is played at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, located at 5460 Courseview Drive in Mason, Ohio. It features three tennis stadiums, and is the only venue outside of the Grand Slams with more than two permanent stadiums. Center Court, first built in 1981 and expanded over the years, has a capacity of 10,500. Grandstand Court (Stadium 2), built in 1995, has a capacity of 5,000. Court #3 (Stadium 3), built in 1997, has a capacity of 2,000. The venue has a total of 10 courts.

Past results

Men's Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	'Roger Federer	James Blake	6-1, 6-4
2006	'Andy Roddick	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3, 6-4
2005	'Roger Federer	Andy Roddick	6-3, 7-5
2004	'Andre Agassi	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
2003	'Andy Roddick	Mardy Fish	4-6, 7-6, 7-6
2002	'Carlos Moyà	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5, 7-6
2001	'Gustavo Kuerten	Patrick Rafter	6-1, 6-3
2000	'Thomas Enqvist	Tim Henman	7-6, 6-4
1999	'Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter	7-6, 6-3
1998	'Patrick Rafter	Pete Sampras	1-6, 7-6, 6-4
1997	'Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster	6-3, 6-4
1996	'Andre Agassi	Michael Chang	7-6, 6-4
1995	'Andre Agassi	Michael Chang	7-5, 6-2
1994	'Michael Chang	Stefan Edberg	6-2, 7-5
1993	'Michael Chang	Stefan Edberg	7-5, 0-6, 6-4
1992	'Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
1991	'Guy Forget	Pete Sampras	2-6, 7-6, 6-4
1990	'Stefan Edberg	Brad Gilbert	6-1, 6-1
1989	'Brad Gilbert	Stefan Edberg	6-4, 2-6, 7-6
1988	'Mats Wilander	Stefan Edberg	3-6, 7-6, 7-6
1987	'Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	6-4, 6-1
1986	'Mats Wilander	Jimmy Connors	6-4, 6-1
1985	'Boris Becker	Mats Wilander	6-4, 6-2
1984	'Mats Wilander	Anders Jarryd	7-6, 6-3
1983	'Mats Wilander	John McEnroe	6-4, 6-4
1982	'Ivan Lendl	Steve Denton	6-2, 7-6
1981	'John McEnroe	Chris Lewis	6-3, 6-4
1980	'Harold Solomon	Francisco González	7-6, 6-3
19791	'Peter Fleming	Roscoe Tanner	6-4, 6-2
1978	'Eddie Dibbs	Raul Ramirez	5-7, 6-3, 6-2
1977	'Harold Solomon	Mark Cox	6-2, 6-3
1976	'Roscoe Tanner	Eddie Dibbs	7-6, 6-3
1975	'Tom Gorman	Sherwood Stewart	7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1974	'Marty Riessen	Robert Lutz	7-6, 7-6
1973	'Ilie Năstase	Manuel Orantes	5-7, 6-3, 6-4
1972	'Jimmy Connors	Guillermo Vilas	6-3, 6-3
1971	'Stan Smith	Juan Gisbert Sr	7-6, 6-3
1970	'Ken Rosewall	Cliff Richey	7-9, 9-7, 8-6
1969	'Cliff Richey	Allan Stone	6-1, 6-2
1968	'William Harris	Tom Gorman	3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1967	'Joaquin Loyo-Mayo	Jaime Fillol	8-6, 6-1
1966	'David Power	William Harris	7-5, 3-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2
1965	'Billy Lenoir	Herb Fitzgibbon	1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 9-7
1964	'Herb Fitzgibbon	Robert Brien	6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1963	'Marty Riessen	Herb Fitzgibbon	6-1, 6-3, 7-5
1962	'Marty Riessen	Allen Fox	1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1961	'Allen Fox	Billy Lenoir	3-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-1
1960	'Miguel Olvera	Crawford Henry	4-6, 9-7, 6-4
1959	'Whitney Reed	Donald Dell	1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1958	'Bernard Bartzen	Sammy Giammalva	7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1957	'Bernard Bartzen	Grant Golden	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1956	'Edward Moylan	Bernard Bartzen	6-0, 6-3, 6-3
1955	'Bernard Bartzen	Tony Trabert	7-9, 11-9, 6-4
1954	'Straight Clark	Sammy Giammalva	8-6, 6-1, 6-1
1953	'Tony Trabert	Hamilton Richardson	10-8, 6-3, 6-4
1952	'Noel Brown	Fred Hagist	6-4, 0-6, 2-0 ''(retired)''
1951	'Tony Trabert	Bill Talbert	5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1950	'Glenn Bassett	Hamilton Richardson	6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
1949	'James Brink	Arnold Saul	6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 6-0
1948	'Herbert Behrens	Irvin Dorfman	7-5, 11-9, 2-6, 6-8, 6-4
1947	'Bill Talbert	George Pero	6-1, 6-0, 6-0
1946	'Nick Carter	George Richards	6-1, 6-1
1945	'Bill Talbert	Elwood Cooke	6-2, 7-9 6-2
1944	'Pancho Segura	Bill Talbert	9-11, 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
1943	'Bill Talbert	Seymour Greenberg	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1942	'Pancho Segura	Bill Talbert	1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 12-10
1941	'Frank Parker	Bill Talbert	6-2, 6-2, 6-4
1940	'Bobby Riggs	Arthur Marx	11-9, 6-2, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1
1939	'Bryan "Bitsy" Grant	Frank Parker	4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
1938	'Bobby Riggs	Frank Parker	6-1, 7-5, 6-3
1937	'Bobby Riggs	John McDiarmid	6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1936	'Bobby Riggs	Charles Harris	6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1935	''tournament suspended due to Great Depression''
1934	'Henry Prusoff	Arthur Hendrix	6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1933	'Bryan "Bitsy" Grant	Frank Parker	11-9, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
1932	'George Lott	Frank Parker	5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
1931	'Cliff Sutter	Bruce Barnes	6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1930	'Frank Shields	Emmett Pare	6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-1
1929	'Herbert Bowman	Julius Seligson	2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1928	'Emmett Pare	Harris Coggeshall	2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1927	'George Lott	Emmett Pare	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1926	'Bill Tilden	George Lott	4-6, 6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 6-3
1925	'George Lott	Julius Sagalowsky	6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1924	'George Lott	Paul Kunkel	2-6, 13-11, 6-4, 6-3
1923	'Louis Kuhler	Paul Kunkel	6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1922	'Louis Kuhler	Edwin Haupt	6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1921	''tournament suspended''
1920	'John Hennessey	Walter Wesbrook	8-10, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1919	'Fritz Bastian	John Hennessey	2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
1918	''tournament suspended due to World War I''
1917	'Fritz Bastian	John G. MacKay	4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1916	'Bill Johnston	Clarence Griffin	''default''
1915	'Clarence Griffin	William S. McElroy	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1914	'William S. McElroy	William Hoag	6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1913	'William S. McElroy	Gus Touchard	''default''
1912	'Gus Touchard	Richard H. Palmer	6-1, 6-2, 7-5
1911	'Richard H. Palmer	Richard Bishop	14-12, 6-4, 8-6
1910	'Richard H. Palmer	Wallace F. Johnson	11-9, 6-3, 6-4
1909	'Robert LeRoy	Nat Emerson	6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3
1908	'Robert LeRoy	Nat Emerson	6-0, 7-5, 6-4
1907	'Robert LeRoy	Robert Chauncey Seaver	8-6, 6-8, 6-2, 6-0
1906	'Beals Wright	Robert LeRoy	6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2
1905	'Beals Wright	Kreigh Collins	6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 7-9, 6-3
1904	'Beals Wright	L. Harry Waidner	7-5, 6-0, 6-3
1903	'Kreigh Collins	Raymond D. Little	11-9, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1902	'Raymond D. Little	Kreigh Collins	3-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1901	'Raymond D. Little	Kreigh Collins	2-6, 8-6, 6-4, 7-5
1900	'Raymond D. Little	Nat Emerson	6-2 6-4 6-2
1899	'Nat Emerson	Dudley Sutphin	8-6, 6-1, 10-8

Women's Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	'Anna Chakvetadze'	Akiko Morigami	6-1 6-3
2006	'Vera Zvonareva	Katarina Srebotnik	6-2, 6-4
2005	'Patty Schnyder	Akiko Morigami	6-4, 6-0
2004	'Lindsay Davenport	Vera Zvonareva	6-3, 6-2
1989-2003	''not held''
1988	'Barbara Potter	Helen Kelesi	6-2, 6-2
1974-87	''not held''
1973	'Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Chris Evert	6-2, 7-5
1972	'Margaret Smith Court	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	3-6, 6-2, 7-5
1971	'Virginia Wade	Linda Tuero	6-3, 6-3
1970	'Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey Gunter	6-3, 6-3
1969	'Lesley Turner Bowrey	Gail Chanfreau	1-6, 7-5, 10-10 ''(retired)''
1968	'Linda Tuero	Tory Fretz	6-1, 6-2
1967	'Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz	Patsy Rippy	6-4, 6-1
1966	'Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz	Fern "Peachy" Kellmeyer	6-3, 6-3
1965	'Stephanie DeFina	Roberta Alison	10-8, 5-7, 6-4
1964	'Jean Danilovich	Alice Tym	6-1, 6-2
1963	'Stephanie DeFina	Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz	7-5, 6-2
1962	'Julie Heldman	Roberta Alison	6-4, 6-4
1961	'Fern "Peachy" Kellmeyer	Carole Caldwell Graebner	3-6, 12-10, 7-5
1960	'Carol Hanks	Farel Footman	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1959	'Donna Floyd	Carol Hanks	5-7, 6-2, 6-4
1958	'Gwyn Thomas	Martha Hernandez	6-1, 6-2
1957	'Lois Felix	Pat Naud	7-5, 2-6, 7-5
1956	'Yola Ramirez Ochoa	Mary Ann Mitchell	7-5, 6-1
1955	'Mimi Arnold	Barbara Breit	6-4, 6-3
1954	'Lois Felix	Ethel Norton	6-1, 6-3
1953	'Thelma Coyne Long	Anita Kanter	7-5, 6-2
1952	'Anita Kanter	Doris Popple	6-0, 6-1
1951	'Pat Canning Todd	Magda Rurac	6-3, 6-4
1950	'Beverly Baker Fleitz	Magda Rurac	5-7, 6-3, 9-7
1949	'Magda Rurac	Beverly Baker Fleitz	6-4, 2-6, 6-0
1948	'Dorothy Head Knode	Mercedes "Baba" Madden Lewis	6-4, 6-4
1947	'Betty Rosenquest	Betty Hulbert James	9-7, 6-2
1946	'Virginia Kovacs	Shirley Fry Irvin	6-4, 6-1
1945	'Pauline Betz	Dorothy Bundy Cheney	6-2, 6-0
1944	'Dorothy Bundy Cheney	Pauline Betz Addie	7-5, 6-4
1943	'Pauline Betz Addie	Catherine Wolf	6-0, 6-2
1942	'Catherine Wolf	Monica Nolan	6-4, 6-1
1941	'Pauline Betz Addie	Mary Arnold	6-4, 6-3
1940	'Alice Marble	Gracyn Wheeler	6-3, 6-4
1939	'Catherine Wolf	Virginia Hollinger	6-2, 6-3
1938	'Virginia Hollinger	Margaret Jessee	8-6, 1-6, 6-0
1937	'Virginia Hollinger	Monica Nolan	6-3, 6-2
1936	'Lila Porter	Virginia Hollinger	6-4, 6-3
1935	''tournament suspended due to the Great Depression''
1934	'Gracyn Wheeler	Esther Bartosh	''default (illness)''
1933	'Muriel Adams	Helen Fulton	6-4, 6-4
1932	'Dorothy Weisel Hack	Clara Louise Zinke	6-1, 6-0
1931	'Clara Louise Zinke	Ruth Riese	6-1, 6-1
1930	'Clara Louise Zinke	Ruth Riese	6-2, 6-4
1929	'Clara Louise Zinke	Ruth Riese	6-2, 6-3
1928	'Midge Gladman	Clara Louise Zinke	6-4, 6-4
1927	'Clara Louise Zinke	Marian Leighton	6-4, 4-6, 4-1 ''(retired)''
1926	'Clara Louise Zinke	Olga Strashun Weil	6-2, 6-2
1925	'Marian Leighton	Clara Louise Zinke	6-3, 6-2
1924	'Olga Strashun	Clara Louise Zinke	6-4, 6-2
1923	'Ruth Sanders Cordes	Clara Louise Zinke	6-0, 7-5
1922	'Ruth Sanders Cordes	Olga Strashun	6-3, 6-4
1921	''tournament suspended''
1920	'Ruth Sanders Cordes	Ruth King	6-1, 6-0
1919	''not contested''
1918	''tournament suspended due to World War I''
1917	'Katharine Brown	Mrs. Willis Adams	7-5, 0-6, 6-4
1916	'Martha Guthrie	Marguerite Davis	6-2, 2-6, 6-1
1915	'Molla Bjurstedt Mallory	Ruth Sanders	6-0, 6-4
1914	'Ruth Sanders	Katharine Brown	7-5, 5-7, 6-2
1913	'Ruth Sanders	Marjorie Dodd	6-2, 6-3
1912	'Marjorie Dodd	May Sutton	''default''
1911	'Marjorie Dodd	Helen McLaughlin	6-0, 6-2
1910	'Miriam Steever	Rhea Fairbairn	4-6, 8-6, 6-0
1909	'Edith Hannam	Martha Kinsey	6-3, 6-1
1908	'Martha Kinsey	Marjorie Dodd	4-6, 8-6, 6-2
1907	'May Sutton	Martha Kinsey	6-1, 6-1
1906	'May Sutton	Florence Sutton	7-5, 6-2
1905	'May Sutton	Myrtle McAteer	6-0, 6-0
1904	'Myrtle McAteer	Winona Closterman	7-5, 6-3
1903	'Winona Closterman	Myrtle McAteer	6-1, 5-7, 6-4
1902	'Maud Banks	Winona Closterman	6-2, 6-1
1901	'Winona Closterman	Juliette Atkinson	6-2, 8-6, 6-1
1900	'Myrtle McAteer	Maud Banks	6-4, 6-8, 6-2, 6-3
1899	'Myrtle McAteer	Juliette Atkinson	7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6

Open Era Men's Doubles champions

Year	Champions
2007	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
2006	Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
2005	Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
2004	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor
2003	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
2002	James Blake / Todd Martin
2001	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
2000	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
1999	Byron Black / Jonas Björkman
1998	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor
1997	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
1996	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor
1995	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
1994	Alex O'Brien / Sandon Stolle
1993	Andre Agassi / Petr Korda
1992	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
1991	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
1990	Darren Cahill / Mark Kratzmann
1989	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
1988	Rick Leach / Jim Pugh
1987	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
1986	Mark Kratzmann / Kim Warwick
1985	Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd
1984	Francisco González / Matt Mitchell
1983	Victor Amaya / Tim Gullikson
1982	Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
1981	John McEnroe / Ferdi Taygan
1980	Bruce Manson / Brian Teacher
1979	Brian Gottfried / Ilie Năstase
1978	Gene Mayer / Raúl Ramírez
1977	John Alexander / Phil Dent
1976	Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen
1975	Phil Dent / Cliff Drysdale
1974	Dick Dell / Sherwood Stewart
1973	John Alexander / Phil Dent
1972	Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
1971	Stan Smith / Eric van Dillen
1970	Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac
1969	Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
1968	Tom Gorman / William Harris

Open Era Women's Doubles champions

Year	Champions
2007	Bethanie Mattek / Sania Mirza
2006	Maria Elena Camerin / Gisela Dulko
2005	Laura Granville / Abigail Spears
2004	Jill Craybas / Marlene Weingärtner
1989-2003	''not held''
1988	Beth Herr / Candy Reynolds
1974-87	''not held''
1973	Pat Walkden / Ilana Kloss
1972	Rosie Casals / Gail Chanfreau
1971	Helen Gourlay / Linda Tuero
1970	Rosie Casals / Gail Chanfreau
1969	Kerry Harris / Valerie Ziegenfuss
1968	Emilie Burrer / Linda Tuero

Records

'Record'	'Player'	'Titles/Record'
Winner of most Men's Singles titles	George Lott, Bobby Riggs, and Mats Wilander	4
Winner of most consecutive Men's Singles titles	Raymond D. Little, Beals Wright, Robert LeRoy, and Bobby Riggs	3
Winner of most Womens' Singles titles	Ruth Sanders Cordes and Clara Louise Zinke	5
Winner of most consecutive Women's Singles titles	Ruth Sanders Cordes, May Sutton, and Clara Louise Zinke	3
Winner of most Men's Doubles titles	Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde	4
Winner of most Women's Doubles titles	Clara Louise Zinke	6
Winner of most consecutive Women's Doubles titles	Martha Kinsey and Clara Louise Zinke	4
Winner of most Titles (total, men)	Raymond D. Little	11
Winner of most Titles (total, women)	Clara Louise Zinke	12
Most Finals Appearances (total, all events, men)	William Talbert	14
Most Finals Appearances (total, all events, women)	Clara Louise Zinke	18
No. 1 Singles Seeds Winning Title (men, since seeding began in 1927)		36
No. 1 Singles Seeds Winning Title (women, since seeding began in 1927)		27
Most Times Seeded No. 1 (men, since seeding began in 1927)	Pete Sampras and William Talbert	5
Most Times Seeded No. 1 (women, since seeding began in 1927)	Pauline Betz	4

Note

¹ The 1979 men's competition was a non-Grand Prix event not bringing any ATP ranking points although named "ATP Championships", run as a rival event to US Pro Championships in Boston.

External links

★ Official tournament website

★ The Cincinnati Enquirer's Special Section on the Tournament's 100th Anniversary (1999)

★ Cincinnati Enquirer Article on Paul Flory (1999)

★ Facts on Paul Flory from Cincinnati Enquirer Article (1999)

★ Cincinnati Enquirer Article on The 25 Best Matches Of The Tournament's First 25 Years in Mason (August 6, 2004)

★ Article in Cincinnati's City Beat newspaper (2001)