WTA Cincinnati

This article deals with the women's tournament in Cincinnati, for the men's tournament see Cincinnati Masters .

Western & Southern Open
WTA tour
venue	Mason (Ohio) United States
First run	1899
category	WTA Premier 5
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 48Q / 28D
Prize money	US $ 2,400,490
Center Court	11,500 spectators
Website	Official website
Status: 2019

Lindner Family Tennis Center (2012)

The WTA Cincinnati (officially: Western & Southern Open , previously Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open ) is a tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which is held in the suburb of Mason of the city of Cincinnati ( Ohio ). First held in 1899, the event is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the United States. It is part of the US Open Series , which is viewed as preparation for the US Open . The venue is the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 tournament was held in New York City .

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1899	Myrtle McAteer (1)	Juliette Atkinson	7: 5, 6: 1, 4: 6, 8: 6
1900	Myrtle McAteer (2)	Maud Banks	6: 4, 6: 8, 6: 2, 6: 3
1901	Winona Closterman (1)	Juliette Atkinson	6: 2, 8: 6, 6: 1
1902	Maud Banks	Winona Closterman	6: 2, 6: 1
1903	Winona Closterman (2)	Myrtle McAteer	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 4
1904	Myrtle McAteer (3)	Winona Closterman	7: 5, 6: 3
1905	May Sutton (1)	Myrtle McAteer	6-0, 6-0
1906	May Sutton (2)	Florence Sutton	7: 5, 6: 2
1907	May Sutton (3)	Martha Kinsey	6: 1, 6: 1
1908	Martha Kinsey	Marjorie Dodd	4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 2
1909	Edith Hannam	Martha Kinsey	6: 3, 6: 1
1910	Miriam Steever	Rhea Fairbairn	4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 0
1911	Marjorie Dodd (1)	Helen McLaughlin	6-0, 6-2
1912	Marjorie Dodd (2)	May Sutton	without a fight
1913	Ruth Sanders (1)	Marjorie Dodd	6: 2, 6: 3
1914	Ruth Sanders (2)	Katharine Brown	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 2
1915	Molla Mallory	Ruth Sanders	6-0, 6-4
1916	Martha Guthrie	Marguerite Davis	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 1
1917	Katharine Brown	Mrs. Willis Adams	7: 5, 0: 6, 6: 4
1918-1919 the tournament did not take place ( First World War )
1920	Ruth Sanders Cordes (3)	Ruth King	6: 1, 6: 0
In 1921 the tournament did not take place
1922	Ruth Sanders Cordes (4)	Olga Strashun	6: 3, 6: 4
1923	Ruth Sanders Cordes (5)	Clara Louise Zinke	6-0, 7-5
1924	Olga Strashun	Clara Louise Zinke	6: 4, 6: 2
1925	Marian Leighton	Clara Louise Zinke	6: 3, 6: 2
1926	Clara Louise Zinke (1)	Olga Strashun Weil	6: 2, 6: 2
1927	Clara Louise Zinke (2)	Marian Leighton	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 1 exercise
1928	Midge Gladman	Clara Louise Zinke	6: 4, 6: 4
1929	Clara Louise Zinke (3)	Ruth Riese	6: 2, 6: 3
1930	Clara Louise Zinke (4)	Ruth Riese	6: 2, 6: 4
1931	Clara Louise Zinke (5)	Ruth Riese	6: 1, 6: 1
1932	Dorothy Weisel Hack	Clara Louise Zinke	6: 1, 6: 0
1933	Muriel Adams	Helen Fulton	6: 4, 6: 4
1934	Gracyn Wheeler	Esther Bartosh	without a fight
The tournament did not take place in 1935 ( Great Depression )
1936	Purple porter	Virginia Hollinger	6: 4, 6: 3
1937	Virginia Hollinger (1)	Monica Nolan	6: 3, 6: 2
1938	Virginia Hollinger (2)	Margaret Jessee	8: 6, 1: 6, 6: 0
1939	Catherine Wolf (1)	Virginia Hollinger	6: 2, 6: 3
1940	Alice Marble	Gracyn Wheeler	6: 3, 6: 4
1941	Pauline Betz Addie (1)	Mary Arnold	6: 4, 6: 3
1942	Catherine Wolf (2)	Monica Nolan	6: 4, 6: 1
1943	Pauline Betz Addie (2)	Catherine Wolf	6-0, 6-2
1944	Dorothy Bundy Cheney	Pauline Betz Addie	7: 5, 6: 4
1945	Pauline Betz	Dorothy Bundy Cheney	6: 2, 6: 0
1946	Virginia Kovacs	Shirley Fry Irvin	6: 4, 6: 1
1947	Betty Rosenquest	Betty Hulbert James	9: 7, 6: 2
1948	Dorothy Head Knode	Mercedes "Baba" Madden Lewis	6: 4, 6: 4
1949	Magda Rurac	Beverly Baker Fleitz	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 0
1950	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Magda Rurac	5: 7, 6: 3, 9: 7
1951	Pat Canning Todd	Magda Rurac	6: 3, 6: 4
1952	Anita Kanter	Doris Popple	6-0, 6-1
1953	Thelma Coyne Long	Anita Kanter	7: 5, 6: 2
1954	Lois Felix (1)	Ethel Norton	6: 1, 6: 3
1955	Mimi Arnold	Barbara Breit	6: 4, 6: 3
1956	Yola Ramírez Ochoa	Mary Ann Mitchell	7: 5, 6: 1
1957	Lois Felix (2)	Pat Naud	7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 5
1958	Gwyn Thomas	Martha Hernandez	6: 1, 6: 2
1959	Donna Floyd Fales	Carol Hanks	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
1960	Carol Hanks	Farel Footman	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
1961	Fern Kellmeyer	Carole Caldwell Graebner	3: 6, 12:10, 7: 5
1962	Julie Heldman	Roberta Alison	6: 4, 6: 4
1963	Stephanie DeFina (1)	Jane Bartkowicz	7: 5, 6: 2
1964	Jean Danilovich	Alice Tym	6: 1, 6: 2
1965	Stephanie DeFina (2)	Roberta Alison	10: 8, 5: 7, 6: 4
1966	Jane Bartkowicz (1)	Fern Kellmeyer	6: 3, 6: 3
1967	Jane Bartkowicz (2)	Patsy Rippy	6: 4, 6: 1
1968	Linda Tuero	Tory-Ann Fretz	6: 1, 6: 2
1969	Lesley Turner Bowrey	Gail Chanfreau	1: 6, 7: 5, 10:10 task
1970	Rosemary Casals	Nancy Richey Gunter	6: 3, 6: 3
1971	Virginia Wade	Linda Tuero	6: 3, 6: 3
1972	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
1973	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Chris Evert	6: 2, 7: 5
1974-1979 the tournament did not take place
1980	Tracy Austin	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 1
1981	Martina Navrátilová	Sylvia Hanika	6: 2, 6: 4
1982	Barbara Potter (1)	Bettina Bunge	6: 4, 7: 6
1983–1987 the tournament did not take place
1988	Barbara Potter (2)	Helen Kelesi	6: 2, 6: 2
1989-2003 the tournament did not take place
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Vera Swonaryova	6: 3, 6: 2
2005	Patty Schnyder	Akiko Morigami	6: 4, 6: 0
2006	Vera Swonaryova	Katarina Srebotnik	6: 2, 6: 4
2007	Anna Chakvetadze	Akiko Morigami	6: 1, 6: 3
2008	Nadia Petrova	Nathalie Dechy	6: 2, 6: 1
↓ Category: Premier 5 ↓
2009	Jelena Janković	Dinara Safina	6: 4, 6: 2
2010	Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	2: 6, 7: 6 4 , 6: 2
2011	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Janković	4: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 3
2012	Li Na	Angelique Kerber	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
2013	Viktoriya Azaranka (1)	Serena Williams	2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 6
2014	Serena Williams (1)	Ana Ivanović	6: 4, 6: 1
2015	Serena Williams (2)	Simona Halep	6: 3, 7: 6 5
2016	Karolína Plíšková	Angelique Kerber	6: 3, 6: 1
2017	Garbiñe Muguruza	Simona Halep	6: 1, 6: 0
2018	Kiki Bertens	Simona Halep	2: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 2
2019	Madison Keys	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7: 5, 7: 6 5
2020	Viktoriya Azaranka (2)	Naomi Osaka	without a fight

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1899	Juliette Atkinson Myrtle McAteer	Winona Closterman Julia Doherty	6: 1, 6: 2, 6.3
1900	Myrtle McAteer Maud Banks	Winona Closterman Mardi Hunt	6: 1, 6: 0
1901	Juliette Atkinson Marion Jones	Winona Closterman Lilly Wilshire	3: 6, 7: 9, 6: 3, 9: 7, 6: 2
1902	Maud Banks Hallie Champlin	Winona Closterman Carrie Neely	6: 2, 7: 5
1903	Winona Closterman Carrie Neely	Myrtle McAteer Marie Wimer	6: 3, 8: 6
1904	Myrtle McAteer Marie Wimer	Winona Closterman Carrie Neely	6: 3, 6: 4
1905	Myrtle McAteer Helen Homans	May Sutton Lula Belden	6: 1, 6: 3
1906	May Sutton Marjorie Dodd	Florence Sutton Lula Belden	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
1907	Ruth Cowing Martha Kinsey	Adele Kruse Natalie Breed	6: 1, 6: 3
1908	Martha Kinsey Marjorie Dodd	Adele Kruse Dorothy Kellogg	6: 4, 6: 3
1909	Martha Kinsey Adele Kruse	Edith Hannam Julius Frieberg	6: 4, 7: 5
1910	Martha Kinsey Helen McLaughlin	Miriam Steever Jane Craven	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
1911	Helen Ratterman R. Sanders Cordes	Edith Emerson Mardi Hunt	6: 1, 6: 0
1912	Mary Kendall Browne Louise Moyes	May Sutton Mrs. Gus Touchard	6: 3, 6: 3
1913	R. Fairbairn Marty Helen McLaughlin	Marjorie Dodd Elizabeth Cleneay	6: 4, 6: 4
In 1914 the tournament did not take place
1915	Molla Mallory Carrie Neely	R. Sanders, Cordes, M.M. MacNeill	6: 1, 6: 0
1916	Martha Guthrie Martha Ellis	Marguerite Davis Marjorie Hires	6: 3, 8: 6
No doubles were held in 1917
1918-1919 the tournament did not take place
1920	Ruth King Bobbie Esch	R. Sanders Cordes Mildred Rask	6: 8, 11: 9, 6: 3
In 1921 the tournament did not take place
1922–1926 no doubles were held
1927	Clara Louise Zinke Olga Strashun Weil	Marion Leighton Ruth Giant	7: 5, 6: 1
1928	Clara Louise Zinke Ruth Oexman	Ruth Riese Betty Duffy	6-0, 7-5
No doubles were held in 1929
1930	Clara Louise Zinke Ruth Oexman	Ruth Riese Barbara Duffy	6-0, 6-2
1931	Clara Louise Zinke Ruth Oexman	Josephine Gray Barbara Duffy	5: 7, 6: 2, 6.3
1932	Clara Louise Zinke Ruth Oexman	D. Weisel Hack Helen Fulton	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 4
1933	Elizabeth Kesting Helen Fulton	Clara Louise Zinke Ruth Oexman	called off
1934	Helen Fulton Elizabeth Kesting	Esther Bartosh Marianne Hunt	0: 6, 6: 3, 7: 7 (?)
In 1935 the tournament did not take place
1936	Catherine Wolf Edna Smith	Josephine Gray Lila Porter	6: 3, 6: 4
1937	Josephine Gray Jane Wagner	Monica Nolan Clara Louise Zinke	7: 5, 6: 4
1938	Virginia Wolfenden Patricia Canning Todd	Monica Nolan Marta Barnett	0: 6, 8: 6, 6: 2
1939	Catherine Wolf Monica Nolan	Jane Wagner Josephine Gray	6: 4, 6: 1
1940	Alice Marble Mary Arnold	Mary Hardwick Nina Brown	7: 5, 6: 4
1941	Jane Stanton Barbara Bradley	Doris Hart Nellie Sheer	6: 4, 4: 6, 12:10
1942	Catherine Wolf Peggy Welsh	Monica Nolan Jane Wagner	6: 3, 6: 0
1943	Pauline Betz Nancy Corbett	Catherine Wolf Jane Wagner	6: 3, 9: 7
1944	Dorothy Bundy Mary Arnold	Pauline Betz Gloria Thompson	6: 3, 6: 2
1945	Dorothy Bundy Sarah Palfrey	Mary Arnold Shirley Fry	6: 2, 6: 2
1946	Mary Arnold Shirley Fry	Virginia Kovacs Barbara Scofield	6: 3, 6: 4
1947	Marta Barnett Rosemary Buck	M. Madden Lewis Nancy Corbett	6: 4, 6: 2
1948	Dorothy Head Magda Rurac	Betty Pratt Margaret Varner Bloss	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
1949	Nancy Morrison Magda Rurac	Catherine Malcolm Barbara Beckel	6: 2, 6: 4
1950	Beverly Baker Magda Rurac	Jeanne Arth S. Arth Loeding	6: 3, 6: 1
1951	Patricia Canning Todd Dorothy Head	Magda Rurac Sue Mr.	6: 2, 6: 3
1952	Anita Kanter Joan Merciadis	Louise Kiely Sara Mae Turber	6: 4, 6: 1
1953	Thelma Coyne Long Anita Kanter	L. Lou Jahn Kunnen Joan Merciadis	7: 5, 6: 2
1954	Pat Stewart Ethel Norton	Juliana Copeland Sara Mae Turber	6: 4, 6: 2
1955	Karol Fageros Mimi Arnold	Yola Ramírez Ochoa Sara Mae Turber	?
1956	Karol Fageros Janet Hopps	Juliana Copeland Yola Ramírez Ochoa	9: 7, 6: 4
1957	Margareta Bonstrom Lois Felix	Linda Vail Pat Naud	7: 5, 6: 1
1958	Martha Hernández Marilyn Montgomery	Gwyn Thomas Sara Mae Turber	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 0
1959	M. Martin Marilyn Montgomery	Carole Loop Susan Butt	6: 4, 6: 1
1960	Justina Bricka Carol Hanks	Linda No Farel Footman	6: 3, 6: 4
1961	Carole Caldwell Cathie Gagel	Lynn Haines Peachy Kellmeyer	6: 4, 8: 6
1962	Attorney Baumgardner Mary Habitch	Tory-Ann Fretz Carolyn Rogers	7: 5, 8: 6
1963	Attorney Baumgardner Linda Lou Crosby	Virginia Brown Carolyn Rogers	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
1964	Brenda Nunns Faye Urban	Jean Danilovich Cathie Gagel	6: 1, 7: 9, 6: 2
1965	Attorney Baumgardner Stephanie DeFina	Marmee Fry Ginger Pfeiffer	6: 4, 6: 2
1966	Jane Bartkowicz Peachy Kellmeyer	Patsy Rippy Becky Vest	6: 1, 6: 4
1967	Jane Bartkowicz Patsy Rippy	Pixie Lamb Marilyn Aschner	6: 3, 6: 0
1968	Emilie Burrer Linda Tuero	Peggy Michel Carol Gay	6: 2, 6: 3
1969	Kerry Harris Valerie Ziegenfuss	Emilie Burrer Pam Richmond	6: 3, 9: 7
1970	Rosie Casals Gail Chanfreau	Helen Gourlay Pat Walkden	12:10, 6: 1
1971	Helen Gourlay Linda Tuero	Gail Sherriff Winnie Shaw	6: 4, 6: 4
1972	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Margaret Smith Court	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	6: 4, 6: 1
1973	Pat Walkden Ilana Kloss	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Janet Young-Langford	7: 6, 3: 6, 6.2
1974-1979 the tournament did not take place
1980	Laura duPont Pam Shriver	Mima Jaušovec Ann Kiyomura	6: 3, 6: 3
1981	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
1982	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	Pam Shriver Anne Smith	6: 2, 7: 6
1983–1987 the tournament did not take place
1988	Beth Mr. Candy Reynolds	Lindsay Bartlett Helen Kelesi	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 1
1989-2003 the tournament did not take place
2004	Jill Crayba's Marlene Weingärtner	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Emmanuelle Gagliardi	7: 5, 7: 6 2
2005	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
2006	Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko	Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
2007	Bethanie Mattek Sania Mirza	Alina Schidkowa Tazzjana Putschak	7: 6 4 , 7: 5
2008	Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova	Hsieh Su-wei Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 8]
↓ Category: Premier 5 ↓
2009	Cara Black Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 3, 0: 6, [10: 2]
2010	Viktoria Azaranka Maria Kirilenko	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 8
2011	Vania King Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 4, 3: 6, [11: 9]
2012	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie	6: 1, 6: 3
2013	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	2: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
2014	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6: 1, 2: 0 task
2015	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	7: 5, 6: 4
2016	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	Martina Hingis Coco Vandeweghe	7: 5, 6: 4
2017	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	Hsieh Su-wei Monica Niculescu	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
2018	Lucie Hradecká Jekaterina Makarowa	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6: 2, 7: 5
2019	Lucie Hradecká Andreja Klepač	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Demi Schuurs	6: 4, 6: 1
2020	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	Nicole Melichar Xu Yifan	6: 1, 4: 6, [10: 4]