Cincinnati Masters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 a Tier III event on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour, and the only Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event held in the American Midwest. 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.

1 History
2 Venue
3 Past results
4 External links

[edit] 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 stayed on clay (for the most part) 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. 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Past results

[edit] Men's Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
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 Moya	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 Gonzalez	7-6, 6-3
1979	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

[edit] Women's Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
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

[edit] Open Era Men's Doubles champions

Year	Champions
2006	Jonas Bjorkman / Max Mirnyi
2005	Jonas Bjorkman / 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 Bjorkman
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 Jarryd
1984	Francisco Gonzalez / 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 / Raul Ramirez
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

[edit] Open Era Women's Doubles champions

Year	Champions
2006	Maria Elena Camerin / Gisela Dulko
2005	Laura Granville / Abigail Spears
2004	Jill Craybas / Marlene Weingartner
1989-2003	not held
1988	Beth Herr / Candy Reynolds
1974-87	not held
1973	Pat Pretorius / 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