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2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| date | August 15–23 (men) |
| August 8–16 (women) | |
| edition | 108th |
| surface | Hard / outdoor |
| location | Mason, United States |
| venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
| champms | SUI Roger Federer |
| champws | SRB Jelena Janković |
| champmd | CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić |
| champwd | ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber |
August 8–16 (women)
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.
Finals
Men's singles
Main article: 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
SUI Roger Federer defeated SRB 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
Main article: 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
SRB Jelena Janković defeated RUS Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2.
- It was Janković's second title of the year and 11th overall.
Men's doubles
Main article: 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
CAN Daniel Nestor / SRB Nenad Zimonjić defeated USA Bob Bryan / USA Mike Bryan, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13].
Women's doubles
Main article: 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
ZIM Cara Black / USA Liezel Huber defeated ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives / ESP María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 0–6, [10–2].
WTA entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | Dinara Safina | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 3 | 3 |
| RUS | Elena Dementieva | 4 | 4 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 5 | 5 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | 8 |
| BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 9 | 9 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 10 | 10 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 11 | 11 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | 12 | 12 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 13 | 13 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 14 | 14 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 16 | 15 |
| FRA | Virginie Razzano | 18 | 16 |
- 1 As of August 3, 2009
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- BEL Kim Clijsters
- RUS Maria Kirilenko
- USA Meghann Shaughnessy
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- UKR Kateryna Bondarenko
- BLR Olga Govortsova
- GER Tatjana Malek
- JPN Ayumi Morita
- USA Melanie Oudin
- POL Urszula Radwańska
- KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova
- BEL Yanina Wickmayer
ATP entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2 |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 3 | 3 |
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 4 | 4 |
| USA | Andy Roddick | 5 | 5 |
| ARG | Juan Martín del Potro | 6 | 6 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 7 |
| RUS | Nikolay Davydenko | 8 | 8 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 9 | 9 |
| CHI | Fernando González | 10 | 10 |
| ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 11 | 11 |
| SWE | Robin Söderling | 12 | 12 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 13 | 13 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 15 | 14 |
| ESP | Tommy Robredo | 16 | 15 |
| CZE | 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
- USA Robby Ginepri
- USA John Isner
- USA Wayne Odesnik
- RUS Marat Safin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- ITA Simone Bolelli
- AUS Chris Guccione
- CZE Jan Hernych
- POL Łukasz Kubot
- CRO Ivan Ljubičić
- TPE Lu Yen-hsun
- RUS Mikhail Youzhny
The following players received the lucky loser spot:
- FRA Julien Benneteau
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