The Cincinnati Open is set to mark the return of top tennis stars on court. Top seeds such as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will feature for the first time since Wimbledon.
The tournament will take place from August 7 to 18 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.
It is a combined men’s and women’s tennis tournament classified as a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2025 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 tournament on the 2025 WTA Tour.
Cincinnati Open: Jannik Sinner And Carlos Alcaraz Pathways
In men’s singles, top seeds Sinner and Alcaraz have learned their possible paths towards a potential fourth consecutive meeting in a final following the release of the Cincinnati Open draw on Tuesday.
Both the players together have won the last seven Grand Slams together, marking the beginning of a new era in tennis.
Of the past three events they have both played, Sinner and Alcaraz have met in the final, with Alcaraz taking the title in Rome and Roland Garros before Sinner ended a five-match losing streak against the Spaniard in the Wimbledon final. They are locked in a two-man battle for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours.
Defending champion Sinner will open against a qualifier or World No. 80 Czech Vit Kopriva. The reigning world number one is seeded to meet big-serving Canadian youngster Gabriel Diallo in the third round, American 13th seed Tommy Paul in the fourth round and fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals.
On the other hand, second-seed Alcaraz, who fell to Novak Djokovic in the 2023 title match in arguably the greatest three-set final in ATP Masters 1000 history, plays his first match against Italian Mattia Bellucci and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzhumur.
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The Spaniard, is seeded to meet Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in the third round, Miami champion Jakub Mensik in the fourth round and sixth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur in the quarter-finals.
Third seed Alexander Zverev, who is through to the Toronto semi-finals, joins Alcaraz in the bottom half. He faces the winner of French veteran Gael Monfils and American wild card Nishesh Basavareddy in the second round.
Fourth seed Taylor Fritz, who joins Sinner in the top half, opens against Croatia’s Borna Coric, the 2022 Cincinnati champion, or Australian Christopher O’Connell.
