Cincinnati Open 2025: How to watch, draws, schedule, prize money, are Raducanu, Djokovic playing?

The Canadian Open titles are yet to be decided, but the next Masters tournament is just around the corner, as Ohio prepares to welcome tennis royalty for the 2025 Cincinnati Open.

The upcoming ATP and WTA 1000 event serves as another precursor to the 2025 US Open, which begins just two weeks after the Cincinnati Masters conclude, and fans are in for an unprecedented treat this year.

Indeed, a total of 96 players will compete in both the men's and women's singles competitions - an increase of 40 from the previous year - while the event also stretches to an entire fortnight as opposed to the previous nine-day tournament.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up everything you need to know about the 2025 Cincinnati Open.

When and where is the 2025 Cincinnati Open?

The 2025 Cincinnati Open will take place from August 5 to 18, beginning with two days of qualifying before the main-draw action commences on August 7, and both the men's and women's singles finals will be held on the 18th.

The tournament will be held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, which has a total of 16 courts, and the complex's Center Court holds a total of 11,614 spectators.

2025 Cincinnati Open singles schedule

Tuesday, August 5

ATP/WTA qualifying (10.30am local time | 3.30pm UK time)

Wednesday, August 6

ATP/WTA qualifying (11am local time | 4pm UK time)

Thursday, August 7

ATP/WTA first round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Friday, August 8

ATP/WTA first round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Saturday, August 9

ATP/WTA first and second round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Sunday, August 10

ATP/WTA second round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Monday, August 11

ATP/WTA third round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Tuesday, August 12

ATP/WTA third round (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Wednesday, August 13

ATP/WTA last 16 (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Thursday, August 14

ATP quarter-finals/WTA last 16 (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Friday, August 15

ATP/WTA quarter-finals (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 7pm local time | 12am UK time)

Saturday, August 16

ATP semi-finals (11am local time | 4pm UK time and 6pm local time | 11pm UK time)

Sunday, August 17

WTA semi-finals (1pm local time | 6pm UK time)

Monday, August 18

ATP/WTA finals (3pm local time | 8pm UK time)

How to watch the 2025 Cincinnati Open

Viewers in the UK can watch the Cincinnati Open live on Sky Sports and Now TV; the tournament will be shown on the Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports+ and Sky Sports Main Event channels, with evening matches being broadcast on the latter.

Additionally, the TennisTV subscription service offers alternative coverage of the event, and fans in the US can watch via the Tennis Channel.

A full list of global broadcasters can be found here.

When is the draw for the 2025 Cincinnati Open?

The draw ceremony for the 2025 Cincinnati Open is expected to be held on Tuesday, August 5

2025 Cincinnati Open prize money

Unlike at many other tournaments, there is no equal prize money at the 2025 Cincinnati Open, where male singles players will pocket significantly more than their female counterparts.

The men's singles champion will take home a cheque for a whopping $1.1m - just under £850,000 - while the women's singles winner will earn $752,275 (£566,350).

2025 Cincinnati Open men's prize money

Winner: $1.1m (£846,489)
Finalist: $597,890 (£450,121)
Semi-finalist: $332,160 (£250,066)
Quarter-finalist: $189,075 (£142,345)
Last 16: $103,225 (£77,712)
Third round: $60,400 (£45,472)
Second round: $35,260 (£26,545)
First round: $23,760 (£17,887)

2025 Cincinnati Open women's prize money

Winner: $752,275 (£566,350)
Finalist: $391,600 (£294,816)
Semi-finalist: $206,100 (£155,162)
Quarter-finalist: $106,900 (£80,479)
Last 16: $56,678 (£42,670)
Third round: $32,840 (£24,723)
Second round: $18,200 (£13,701)
First round: $11,270 (£8,484)

Exchange rates correct as of August 4

Who won the 2024 Cincinnati Open?

Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka do not only enter the 2025 Cincinnati Open as the reigning world number ones, but also as the defending singles champions.

Newly-crowned Wimbledon winner Sinner defeated home hope Frances Tiafoe in two sets during last year's final, earning his third ATP 1000 crown and 15th tour-level title with a 7-6[4] 6-2 triumph.

Meanwhile, Sabalenka also denied an American the chance to lift the winners' trophy in front of the partisan crowd, sinking Jessica Pegula 6-3 7-5 in the final.

Like Sinner, the Belarusian's success also represented her 15th top-level triumph on the singles circuit, and she did not drop a single set en route to taking home the title.

Who is playing at the 2025 Cincinnati Open?

The ongoing Canadian Open was hit with a spate of high-profile withdrawals in the wake of Wimbledon, but a star-studded crowd of players is set to descend on Ohio for the Cincinnati Open, which is yet to see similar levels of notable players pulling out.

Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Novak Djokovic will all be battling to rip the trophy from Sinner's grasp, while Australia's Nick Kyrgios enters as a wild card as he continues his comeback trail, having most recently competed in the Citi Open doubles in July.

Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie are both flying the flag high for Great Britain, but Jack Draper has been forced to withdraw due to an arm injury.

Meanwhile, Sabalenka is joined in the women's singles by long-time rivals Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek, as well as Pegula, Amanda Anisimova, Elena Rybakina and Madison Keys.

The rejuvenated Emma Raducanu also enters the tournament as the 30th seed, meaning that she will bypass the first round and go straight into the second stage of the competition.

Raducanu is one of three Brits in the WTA singles main draw, as Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter have earned direct entry too, while 45-year-old Venus Williams has accepted a wild card into the event.

Who has won the most Cincinnati Open titles?

One of the USA's most prestigious tennis competitions, the Cincinnati Open has been around since the late 19th century, as the first iteration of the tournament took place all the way back in 1899.

The competition was unsurprisingly dominated by North Americans before the Open Era, but Swiss icon Roger Federer now holds the record for the most singles titles with seven, triumphing in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015.

In contrast, Djokovic has won three titles and lost five finals at the Cincinnati Open, three to Federer and two to Andy Murray, although the Serbian retired injured in the 2011 final vs. the latter.

However, the record for women's singles titles is still held by two American stars of yesteryear, as Clara Louise Zinke and Ruth Sanders won five apiece between 1913 and 1931.

Zinke also holds the record for the most consecutive finals across both the men's and women's singles tournament, reaching a staggering 10 in a row from 1923 to 1932.