The Cincinnati Open men’s singles draw has been revealed, with leading stars Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz set to return to action.

Neither world No 1 Sinner nor No 2 Alcaraz have been in action since the former’s four-set win in the Wimbledon final between the two last month, with both men withdrawing from the Canadian Open.

Italian Sinner enters Cincinnati as the reigning champion after beating Frances Tiafoe in the final last summer, and it is the top seed who has arguably been handed the kinder draw out of himself and Alcaraz.

Like all 32 seeds, Sinner receives a bye in round one and will start his campaign in the second round versus a qualifier or Vit Kopriva.

The four-time Grand Slam champion is projected to face 30th seed Gabriel Diallo in round three, before a potential fourth-round tie versus 13th seed Tommy Paul, who has been battling injury concerns since the French Open.

Should Sinner reach the last eight, he is projected to face compatriot and eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti, another player struggling to find form in recent months.

Musetti has won just one match since retiring injured in the last four of Roland Garros in June, and is an intriguing mini-section of the draw.

Before a hypothetical clash with Sinner, he could have to face both 25th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and 11th seed Casper Ruud – two men also facing struggles this summer.

Also landing in the top half of the draw is fourth seed and world No 4 Taylor Fritz, Sinner’s projected opponent in the semi-finals.

Fritz could face 2022 Cincinnati champion Borna Coric in round two, and then the dangerous 31st seed Lorenzo Sonego in the third round.

The American could then face further dangers in round four, with 15th seed Flavio Cobolli, 17th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and João Fonseca all potential opponents.

Should Fritz progress to the quarter-finals, he could then have to face 10th seed Tiafoe or seventh seed Holger Rune.

2024 runner-up Tiafoe and Rune contested a thrilling three-set semi-final twelve months ago, though they could meet as early as the fourth round this fortnight.

The bottom half of the draw will be headlined by second seed Alcaraz, who will be looking for his first Cincinnati Open title.

The Spaniard missed a championship point in an epic 2023 final versus Novak Djokovic, before a stunning loss to Gael Monfils in the second round back in 2024.

Alcaraz’s 2025 campaign will open against one of Mattia Bellucci or Damir Dzumhur, before a potential match versus 26th seed Tallon Griekspoor in round three.

However, the Spaniard could then face a tough fourth-round encounter versus 16th seed and Miami Open winner Jakub Mensik, before a potential quarter-final versus sixth seed Alex de Minaur.

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Australian star de Minaur has returned to form this summer, with a title run in DC followed by a strong Canadian Open campaign, though he does not have the kindest path early on.

The sixth seed could face big-serving Reilly Opelka in his opener, and is projected to take on ninth seed Andrey Rublev in the round of 16.

Assuming Alcaraz makes it as far as the last four, he could then face third seed Alexander Zverev, who prevailed when the two last met at the ATP Finals last November.

World No 3 Zverev was the Cincinnati champion back in 2021 and also reached the last four twelve months ago, narrowly falling to Sinner in a third-set tiebreak.

After a challenging few months, the German has rediscovered some form on his way to the last four in Toronto, and may fancy his chances of facing Alcaraz in the semi-finals in Cincinnati.

Zverev will open against Monfils or wildcard Nishesh Basavareddy, before a potential round of 32 clash versus 27th seed Brandon Nakashima.

The world No 3 could then take on 14th seed Karen Khachanov in the fourth round, a hypothetical rematch of the Canadian Open semi-final that the two will contest on Wednesday.

He is projected to face fifth seed Ben Shelton in the last eight, though the American faces a potentially challenging pathway to the last eight.

Shelton could have to face 32nd seed Cameron Norrie in round three, before a potential round-four contest against 12th seed Daniil Medvedev or 22nd seed Jiri Lehecka.

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Victoria Mboko has made a sensational breakthrough as a wildcard at the 2025 Canadian Open, but how much do you know about the rising star’s family?

The 18-year-old has seen off Kimberly Birrell, Sofia Kenin, Marie Bouzkova, Coco Gauff and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro to reach the semi-finals in Montreal for the loss of just one set.

Victoria Mboko’s parents

Mboko was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 26, 2006 to Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi.

Cyprien and Godee are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and left the country due to war and political turmoil.

According to the OnTennis magazine, Godee moved to Montreal in 1999 when nine months pregnant with her and Cyprien’s third child, David. Godee earned a degree in accounting from the Universite de Montreal.

In 2000, Cyprien moved to North Carolina, where the family settled. The Mboko family then moved to Toronto in 2006 when Victoria — who is the youngest of four siblings — was two months old.

Victoria started playing tennis at the age of three in Toronto after her sister Gracia, and brothers Kevin and David, had already took up the sport.

Cyprien’s affection for the sport was a driving factor in his children playing tennis.

“I have been watching tennis since I was very young,” Cyprien Mboko told OnTennis magazine.

“My friend and I, back home in the Congo, would watch [Andre] Agassi, [Jim] Courier, [Steffi] Graf and all the other great players.

“Tennis was good exercise for our children, but I must have bought about 1,000 balls from Walmart and they all seemed to end up in the bushes.

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“At that point, we decided to see about some coaching. Gracia was identified by a local tennis pro and he used to take her from Charlotte, where we were living, to Concord every day for training. I would pick her up after work.”

Godee told the same publication: “My kids started training at Players Edge at the Aviva Centre with Marc Assaraf and Bill Cowan. Then I met Pierre Lamarche, who suggested we could move to Burlington to train at his academy, Ace Tennis. We moved there in 2010.”

The influence of Mboko’s siblings

Two of Mboko’s siblings — her sister, Gracia, and her older brother, Kevin — played college tennis.

Gracia, who is the oldest of the siblings, earned a tennis scholarship at the University of Denver, while Kevin earned a tennis scholarship at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.

Her younger brother, David, was also described as a “very talented” player by OnTennis magazine, but he was forced to stop tennis due to eye problems. David graduated with a computer science degree from the University of Toronto.

Speaking to OnTennis magazine in 2021, Mboko revealed the key role her siblings played in her tennis career.

“My sister and brothers have been really important for me. I probably would not have played tennis if not for them. They played with me and coached me,” she explained.

The 18-year-old also revealed she has never beaten her sister or brothers at tennis.

“I just remember watching them from the sidelines and not wanting to be left out,” Mboko said in an interview with the WTA website.

“I’ve actually never beaten any of them. I never like to lose a lot. I played my sister once in a tournament and I lost 0 and 0. I was absolutely devastated. They still hold that over me to this day!”

What else has Mboko said about her family?

Mboko was supported by her father, sister and brother at the 2025 French Open, where she reached the third round as a qualifier.

“In the stands were my father, my sister, and my brother,” Mboko revealed in Paris.

“Both my brothers are older than me, much older, so I feel they have much more experience in tennis than I do, although I think I am now competing at a higher level than theirs.

“They all support me a lot, they are all very positive with me every day and even more on match days. All these people are key to my development and how I project myself.

“My father, I feel like he’s made a lot of sacrifices for me.

“He’s retired now, but, you know, when I was training a lot, he was working night shifts so he could be at every single one of my practices, especially when I was a junior.”

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Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the 2025 Cincinnati Open, and the tennis great’s absence could have an impact on his ranking ahead of the US Open.

It was revealed on Monday that Djokovic had withdrawn from the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, which will be held from August 7-18.

Djokovic, who also missed the ongoing Canadian Open ATP event in Toronto, has not revealed the reason for his absence at both of the big pre-US Open tournaments.

It is possible, though, that Djokovic has not recovered from the injury that hampered him in his straight-set Wimbledon semi-final defeat to world No 1 Jannik Sinner last month.

The Serbian appeared to injure himself when he suffered a nasty fall on match point of his Wimbledon quarter-final win over Flavio Cobolli, although he did not reveal the specific nature of the issue he was dealing with after losing to Sinner.

“Honestly, wasn’t really a pleasant feeling on the court,” Djokovic said during his post-match press conference.

“I don’t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That’s it. He’s in the finals. He was too strong.

“I do feel, yeah, disappointed that I just wasn’t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.”

This will be the fourth time in the last five years that Djokovic will miss both the Canadian Open and the Cincinnati Open.

Djokovic has not played in Canada since 2018, while he won the Cincinnati title in 2023 in his only appearance at the event since 2020.

Given that he also skipped Cincinnati in 2024 following his gold medal triumph at last year’s Paris Olympics, Djokovic is not defending any points at the Masters event.

Djokovic currently sits sixth in the rankings on 4,130 points, and he could be overtaken before the US Open.

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The 38-year-old is 610 points clear of seventh-placed Ben Shelton and 650 points above eighth-placed Alex de Minaur in the Live ATP Rankings.

While this is a healthy lead, both Shelton and de Minaur are still in action in Toronto — where they will face each other in the quarter-finals.

The winner of that match will cut the gap to Djokovic, and a run to the final would see them make significant progress. If either Shelton or de Minaur wins the Canadian Open, they will take the world No 6 spot from Djokovic.

Shelton and de Minaur will then have opportunities to collect further points in Cincinnati.

Having reached the quarter-finals in Cincinnati last year, Shelton is defending 200 points, which means he would need a very deep run to pass Djokovic (unless he wins the Toronto title).

De Minaur, though, is not defending any points having missed last year’s tournament, giving him a big chance to make up ground.

Even if Djokovic were to be overtaken by both Shelton and Musetti after Cincinnati, though, he is highly unlikely to be seeded any lower than eighth at the US Open.

Players seeded between fifth and eighth at a Grand Slam are projected to face a top four seed in the quarter-finals.

Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz make up the current top four, and they will not be displaced before the New York major.

Djokovic will aim to become the oldest Grand Slam singles champion in history at the US Open, having won his record-extending 24th major at Flushing Meadows in 2023.

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Iga Swiatek gave a candid assessment of her performance after her surprise defeat to Clara Tauson at the 2025 Canadian Open.

The world No 3 fell 6-7(1), 3-6 to 19th-ranked Tauson in the last 16 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal on Sunday evening.

Swiatek hit 46 unforced errors, 25 of which were from her forehand side, as she suffered her first loss in four meetings with the 22-year-old Dane.

The Pole fought back from 5-3 down in the opening set, but lost six straight points in the tiebreak to lose the set.

In the second set, Swiatek broke back in the seventh game having trailed 1-4, but Tauson made the decisive breakthrough to go up 5-3 before sealing the win.

The six-time Grand Slam champion entered the match on a nine-match winning streak — during which she had lost just a single set.

The run included Swiatek’s charge to her maiden Wimbledon title last month and dominant wins over Hanyo Guo and Eva Lys in her first two matches in Canada.

Swiatek now holds a 8-4 record from her four appearances at the Canadian Open, with her best result her semi-final showing in 2023.

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In her press conference after losing to Tauson, Swiatek recognised that her high error count proved costly.

“I made too many mistakes in the tiebreak,” Swiatek said.

“In the second set, I felt Clara had the wind in her sails and I didn’t really know how to solve the problems. I definitely made too many mistakes on balls I could have played.

“Of course, I didn’t play perfectly here. I always feel like I have to adapt to hard courts. And these matches are also an opportunity to learn.

“I feel like I made the same mistakes I did at the end of my hard-court season in March.”

The 24-year-old will next compete at the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, which gets underway on Thursday August 7.

Tauson, who lost to Swiatek in the fourth round at Wimbledon, said: “I just felt like after I won the first set that I needed to continue, because I know she’s never going to give up, and she’s going to come out firing no matter what.

“I think obviously getting a win against her after losing to her in Wimbledon and a couple of weeks ago is obviously nice, because I was not feeling great in that match, and I felt like I was playing some good tennis in Wimbledon. So I felt like if I could keep that going, I thought I had a shot.”

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Emma Raducanu has a new coach.

It emerged ahead of the 2025 Cincinnati Open that the 22-year-old would start work with Francisco Roig this summer, with the partnership set to last until at least the end of the season.

Raducanu’s decision to hire Roig puts an end to her partnership with Mark Petchey for now, though he is expected to remain a close confidante of the former US Open champion.

Roig is one of the most acclaimed coaches of recent years, but who exactly is the Spaniard looking to help Raducanu continue her recent positive momentum?

Playing career

Before moving into coaching, Roig himself embarked on a professional tennis career.

The Barcelona native reached a career-high of world No 60 on the ATP Tour singles rankings in 1992, though found more success on the doubles court.

Roig was the winner of nine ATP Tour doubles titles and progressed to a further 12 finals, predominantly with Tomas Carbonell, climbing to 23rd in the doubles rankings.

He retired from singles action in 1999, though he remained regularly active as a doubles player until 2001, and would make occasional returns to court after that.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Roig joined Rafael Nadal’s entourage in early 2005, just as the legendary Spaniard was beginning to stamp his authority on the sport.

Nadal won the first of his 14 French Open titles later that summer and would win 22 Grand Slam crowns in total, all with Roig in his corner.

The 57-year-old first acted as Toni Nadal’s assistant coach, and later worked alongside both Carlos Moya and Marc Lopez after ‘Uncle Toni’ stepped back in 2017.

The pair even played doubles together at points, partnering up at the 2009 Canadian Open and the 2014 Qatar Open.

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Roig officially parted ways with Nadal at the end of 2022, following a season that saw the Spaniard claim his last two major titles at the Australian Open and Roland Garros.

After leaving Nadal’s team, Roig initially started working with former US Open champion Sloane Stephens, though their partnership was ultimately short-lived.

He most recently spent just under a year working with former top-10 star and 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, starting in December 2023.

Despite the Italian’s injury issues, the partnership proved to be a successful one, with Berrettini winning titles in Marrakech, Gstaad, and Kitzbuhel under Roig’s guidance.

However, the two parted ways in October 2024, with Roig not taking up any further coaching roles until this new partnership with Raducanu.

What can he bring to Raducanu?

Raducanu has been through an array of coaches across her short and often tumultuous career, so what could Roig bring to her game that others have not been able to in the past?

The good news for the 2021 US Open champion, long recognised as one of the best students of the game, is that Roig is perceived to be one of the best observers in the sport.

Speaking to Christopher Clarey for his book The Warrior, Feliciano Lopez – a confidante of both Roig and Nadal – credited the 57-year-old’s key insights for revitalising Nadal’s game.

“Technically, I think he’s the best coach in the world,” Lopez said. “He doesn’t use that much video analysis, but he sees things that the rest of the coaches don’t see.

“He’s able to see things in Rafa’s forehand or movement that no other guys would notice, and it allowed them to be very specific and precise.”

With Raducanu on the cusp of returning to the top 30 of the WTA Rankings this season, Roig could be the person to help guide her back into contention.

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Emma Raducanu has pulled off a major coup as she has appointed one of Rafael Nadal’s former mentors as her coach until the end of the year, but that doesn’t mean she has stopped working with Mark Petchey.

2021 US Open winner Raducanu has added Francisco Roig to her coaching set-up following a successful trial period after Wimbledon and he will be in her player’s box at this week’s Cincinnati Open.

The 57-year-old, of course, comes with a lot of pedigree as he is not only a former player as he peaked at No 60 in the ATP Rankings, but he also worked alongside all-time great Nadal for nearly 20 years.

Roig was part of Nadal’s team from 2005 until 2022 and he first worked alongside Toni Nadal and later Carlos Moya, acting as alternate coach.

During his time with the team, Nadal won 22 Grand Slams, including a record 14 French Open titles, became world No 1 and was part of the Big Three with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer who dominated tennis for more than two decades.

After ending his working relationship with Nadal, Roig started working with Matteo Berrettini in December 2023 before they parted ways in October 2024.

Although the appointment of Roig came out of the blue, the decision to get a new coach is not a big surprise as both Raducanu and Petchey admitted that she needed a full-time mentor.

Petchey started working with the 22-year-old in March and they have enjoyed incredible results as she has climbed back into the top 35 of the WTA Rankings, having started the year at No 60 while she has also reached the semi-finals of the Washington DC Open in July.

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But Petchey has not been able to accompany her to all tournaments due to his tennis commentary role as he admitted a few weeks ago: “I have some other commitments I can’t get out of. Look, we are very aware she needs a second coach to come in on board, and maybe just one coach, not me as well.

“All I am trying to do here is try to facilitate the best possible environment for Emma to produce the tennis that she can, whether that involves me or doesn’t involve me, it’s really not a question I’m worried about.

“It just means we are trying to find something that is going to be really stable and good for her.”

And they now have settled on that second set of hands with Roig’s first assignment the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open where Raducanu will be seeded, meaning she gets a bye in the first round.

Petchey will not completely disappear as he will remain a close confidant of Raducanu.

But for Raducanu, Roig joins the long list of coaches she has worked with since she made her breakthrough in 2021 as she has worked with Nigel Sears, Andrew Richardson, Torben Beltz, Dmitry Tursunov, Sebastian Sachs, Nick Cavaday, Vladimir Platenik and Petchey.

Some were only on a trial basis while others were with her slightly longer, but there will be some stability until at least the end of 2025 as Roig will be part of the team for the next four months.

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Novak Djokovic has sparked injury concern after withdrawing from the 2025 Cincinnati Masters for a second consecutive year.

The former world No 1 was due to return to the tour at the seventh Masters 1000 event of the season, having previously withdrawn from the Canadian Masters.

Djokovic also withdrew from both events in 2024, but was coming off a successful post-Wimbledon run at the Paris Olympic Games – which provided him with six extra matches.

The tennis legend’s most recent match was a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 defeat to world No 1 Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, marking a fifth-consecutive loss to the Italian.

Most worryingly, Djokovic suffered a nasty slip at the end of his quarter-final clash against Flavio Cobolli, a match prior.

During his encounter against Sinner, the Serb looked heavily compromised in the second half of the match, unable to utilise his signature defensive repertoire.

“Honestly, wasn’t really a pleasant feeling on the court,” he commented, during his post-match press conference.

“I don’t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That’s it. He’s in the finals. He was too strong.

“I do feel, yeah, disappointed that I just wasn’t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.

“I don’t think it’s bad fortune. It’s just age, the wear and tear of the body. As much as I’m taking care of it, the reality hits me right now, last year and a half, like never before, to be honest.

“It’s tough for me to accept that because I feel like when I’m fresh, when I’m fit, I can still play really good tennis. I’ve proven that this year.

“But yeah, I guess playing best-of-five, particularly this year, has been a real struggle for me physically. The longer the tournament goes, yeah, the worse the condition gets.

“I reach the final stages, I reach the semis of every slam this year, but I have to play Sinner or Alcaraz. These guys are fit, young, sharp. I feel like I’m going into the match with tank half empty. It’s just not possible to win a match like that.

“It is what it is, you know? It’s one of these things I accept and embrace in some way, deal with the reality the way it is, and try to make the most out of it, I guess.”

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The withdrawal means that Djokovic will enter the US Open without any hard-court preparation, having not played a match for around 44 days by the time that the event begins.

Despite the highly-unusual situation, the Serb has a stunning record at the season’s last Grand Slam.

Overall, he has reached the showpiece match on ten occasions, winning four such matches.

Djokovic has also won 90 out of his 104 matches – an 87% win rate.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion’s most recent campaign ended with a 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to Alexei Popyrin in the third round, which was his earliest loss since 2006.

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The Cincinnati Open is just days away, with main-draw action beginning at the prestigious ATP and WTA 1000 event on Thursday.

The men’s singles draw is set to feature many of the biggest stars of the ATP Tour, with the event not ravaged by withdrawals in the same way the ongoing Canadian Open was.

Here, we take you through the Cincinnati Open men’s singles entry list.

Who is out?

Though the event has not suffered as many withdrawals as Toronto, there are still a few notable absences from the tournament.

The highest-ranked player to withdraw is world No 5 Jack Draper, who will not be in action until the US Open after sustaining an injury at Wimbledon.

Elsewhere, both Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz are out of Cincinnati amid potentially lengthy spells on the sidelines, with Alexander Bublik and Matteo Berrettini also withdrawing.

Jenson Brooksby has also pulled out after initially receiving a wildcard into the event.

And, it has now been confirmed that Novak Djokovic will again skip the event, focusing his efforts on the US Open.

The top seeds

Having withdrawn from the Canadian Open, world No 1 Jannik Sinner and No 2 Carlos Alcaraz are set to return to action for the first time since they contested the Wimbledon final.

Sinner enters as the defending champion after his 2024 triumph, while Alcaraz will look to triumph for the first time after defeat in the 2023 final.

The pair will be the first and second seeds, respectively, with world No 3 Alexander Zverev and world No 4 Taylor Fritz set to be the third and fourth seeds.

Ben Shelton is set to be the fifth seed, with Alex de Minaur currently seeded sixth, Holger Rune seventh, and Lorenzo Musetti eighth.

Who else is in action?

Outside of the top eight seeds, there are plenty of big names set to compete – with the race to seal a top-eight seeding for the upcoming US Open well and truly on.

Ninth seed Andrey Rublev will look for big results to boost their hopes of returning to the top eight, though 10th seed Frances Tiafoe has Cincinnati runner-up points to defend from last summer.

Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev, seeded 11th and 12th as things stand, will both look for a return to form, with Tommy Paul, Karen Khachanov, Flavio Cobolli, and Jakub Mensik rounding out the top 16 seeds.

Lorenzo Sonego is currently the 32nd and final seed, with Cameron Norrie just missing out as things stand.

Nick Kyrgios is currently entered into the tournament using his protected ranking, with home favourites Ethan Quinn, Mackenzie McDonald, and Brandon Holt among those receiving wildcards.

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Full entry list (as of August 4, 2025)

1) Jannik Sinner
2) Carlos Alcaraz
3) Alexander Zverev
4) Taylor Fritz
5) Ben Shelton
6) Alex de Minaur
7) Holger Rune
8) Lorenzo Musetti
9) Andrey Rublev
10) Frances Tiafoe
11) Casper Ruud
12) Daniil Medvedev
13) Tommy Paul
14) Karen Khachanov
15) Flavio Cobolli
16) Jakub Mensik
17) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
18) Arthur Fils
19) Tomas Machac
20) Ugo Humbert
21) Francisco Cerundolo
22) Alexei Popyrin
23) Jiri Lehecka
24) Felix Auger-Aliassime
25) Denis Shapovalov
26) Stefanos Tsitsipas
27) Tallon Griekspoor
28) Brandon Nakashima
29) Alex Michelsen
30) Luciano Darderi
31) Gabriel Diallo
32) Lorenzo Sonego
Cameron Norrie
Alexandre Muller
Matteo Arnaldi
Nuno Borges
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Jordan Thompson
Sebastian Baez
Corentin Moutet
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Gael Monfils
Joao Fonseca
Miomir Kecmanovic
Jaume Munar
Zizou Bergs
Roberto Bautista Agut
Damir Dzumhur
Jacob Fearnley
Fabian Marozsan
Daniel Altmaier
Marcos Giron
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Learner Tien
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Arthur Rinderknech
David Goffin
Benjamin Bonzi
Kei Nishikori
Pedro Martinez
Quentin Halys
Laslo Djere
Francisco Comesana
Mattia Bellucci
Hamad Medjedovic
Reilly Opelka
Yunchaokete Bu
Christopher O’Connell
Vit Kopriva
Roman Safiullin
Roberto Carballes Baena
Borna Coric
Juncheng Shang
Hugo Dellien
(WC) Ethan Quinn
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald
(WC) Nicolas Jarry
(WC) Brandon Holt
(PR) Sebastian Ofner
(PR) Nick Kyrgios
Qualifying places tbc

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The second WTA 1000 event of the North American hard-court season will take place in Cincinnati, and there will be some high-profile absentees.

This will be the 97th edition of the women’s tournament in Mason, Ohio, which is staged at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre.

The 2025 Cincinnati Open will be a 12-day event held from August 7-18, having been held over a week in previous editions.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka is the reigning champion in Cincinnati and she will play for the first time since her Wimbledon semi-final exit, having skipped the Canadian Open.

How many players will feature in the main draw of the 2025 Cincinnati Open?

With the new 12-day format, the singles main draw for the Cincinnati Open has increased from 56 players to 96 players for both the women’s and men’s tournaments.

Of the 96 players in the WTA draw, there will be 72 direct entrants, 16 qualifiers and eight wildcards.

Have any big-name players withdrawn?

Three top 10 players have pulled out of Cincinnati due to injuries: Mirra Andreeva, Qinwen Zheng and Paula Badosa.

Lois Boisson, Ons Jabeur, Alex Eala and Petra Kvitova are the other women who have withdrawn.

Which players have received wildcards?

Two of the six women’s wildcard recipients have been announced, and they are both American: Caty McNally and Venus Williams.

Williams, a 45-year-old who is a seven-time major singles champion and former world No 1, won her first match in over a year in Washington last month.

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Who are the former champions in the main draw?

Three former Cincinnati champions will compete: Sabalenka (2024), Coco Gauff (2023) and Madison Keys (2019).

Have any players used a special ranking to enter?

Players who have been unable to compete in any tournaments due to injury or pregnancy for a minimum of six months are eligible to use the WTA protected ranking system.

The rule allows players to use the ranking they held at the time of their absence to enter eight tournaments, or 12 if they missed more than a year.

Bianca Andreescu, Marketa Vondrousova, Sorana Cirstea, Anastasija Sevastova, Lin Zhu and Wang Yafan have all entered Cincinnati using a special ranking.

Why Emma Raducanu will be seeded

Emma Raducanu has dropped to 38th in the Live WTA Rankings, but she is set to be seeded 30th at the Cincinnati Open.

This is because the latest edition of the WTA Rankings, which were published last week, are used to determine seedings in Cincinnati.

Since Raducanu’s ranking of world No 33 is used, the 22-year-old Brit will be seeded 30th due to the withdrawals of Andreeva, Zheng and Badosa.

2025 WTA Cincinnati Entry List

1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Coco Gauff
3. Iga Swiatek
4. Jessica Pegula
5. Amanda Anisimova
6. Madison Keys
7. Jasmine Paolini
8. Emma Navarro
9. Elena Rybakina
10. Elina Svitolina
11. Karolina Muchova
12. Ekaterina Alexandrova
13. Liudmila Samsonova
14. Diana Shnaider
15. Daria Kasatkina
16. Clara Tauson
17. Belinda Bencic
18. Beatriz Haddad Maia
19. Elise Mertens
20. Linda Noskova
21. Leylah Fernandez
22. Magdalena Frech
23. Jelena Ostapenko
24. Sofia Kenin
25. Marta Kostyuk
26. Ashlyn Krueger
27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
28. Anna Kalinskaya
29. McCartney Kessler
30. Emma Raducanu
31. Magda Linette
32. Dayana Yastremska
Yulia Putintseva
Rebecca Sramkova
Barbora Krejcikova
Peyton Stearns
Olga Danilovic
Donna Vekic
Xinyu Wang
Suzan Lamens
Maya Joint
Greet Minnen
Katie Boulter
Anastasia Potapova
Maria Tatjana
Veronika Kudermetova
Lulu Sun
Marie Bouzkova
Elina Avanesyan
Kimberly Birrell
Sonay Kartal
Jaqueline Cristian
Naomi Osaka
Danielle Collins
Hailey Baptiste
Renata Zarazua
Camila Osorio
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Alycia Parks
Eva Lys
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Lucia Bronzetti
Polina Kudermetova
Ann Li
Moyuka Uchijima
Caroline Dolehide
Wang Yafan (SR)
Marketa Vondrousova (SR)
Sorana Cirstea (SR)
Lin Zhu (SR)
Bianca Andreescu (SR)
Anastasija Sevastova (SR)
Cats McNally (WC)
Venus Williams (WC)
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Victoria Mboko has been one of the most successful rising stars of 2025.

Aged only 18, the Canadian has embarked on a string of big runs this season, starting with reaching the third round of her debut Grand Slam event at the French Open.

Now, Mboko is attracting further attention by reaching the last eight of a WTA 1000 event for the first time, on home soil at the Canadian Open.

After stunning world No 2 Coco Gauff in the round of 16, Mboko has cemented her place as one to watch in the future.

And, her rise is being masterminded by Nathalie Tauziat, a woman who has found success as both a player and a coach in recent decades.

Who is Nathalie Tauziat?

One of the most accomplished French players of the Open Era, Tauziat found success in both singles and doubles across her career.

In a career that spanned almost two decades, Tauziat won eight WTA Tour titles and reached a further 14 finals, including at Wimbledon in 1998.

The French star shocked second seed Lindsay Davenport in the last eight and battled past Natasha Zvereva in the semi-final, before falling to Jana Novotna in the championship match.

Tauziat reached a further four quarter-finals at the All England Club and was a 1991 French Open and 2000 US Open quarter-finalist.

She called time on her singles career in 2001, having reached a career-high of world No 3 in 2000, with former world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo the only French woman ever to be ranked higher.

Tauziat also reached world No 3 in the doubles rankings, winning 25 tour-level titles and reaching a further 32 finals in her career.

She was a finalist alongside Kimberly Po at the 2001 US Open and reached a further six doubles Grand Slam semi-finals.

Coaching career

Towards the end of her doubles career in 2003, Tauziat took on a brief mentorship role with then-rising star Marion Bartoli, a future Wimbledon champion and top-10 player.

However, the 57-year-old has spent a large chunk of her coaching career working within Canadian tennis, guiding a range of rising Canadian stars.

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Tauziat guided Eugenie Bouchard to the junior Wimbledon title in 2012 and also coached the Canadian to her first tour final at the 2013 Japan Women’s Open, before parting ways at the end of the year.

She then worked with Aleksandra Wozniak for a short spell from the end of 2013, before turning her attention back towards working with an array of junior stars.

Tauziat helped guide Bianca Andreescu to the junior world No 1 ranking in 2017, just two years before Andreescu became the nation’s first Grand Slam champion at the 2019 US Open.

The pair had parted ways in 2018, but Tauziat has remained a key figure in the Canadian setup and was part of the coaching team during Canada’s historic Billie Jean King Cup triumph in 2023.

Her work with Mboko began at the start of 2025, with the 18-year-old having soared up the WTA Rankings since then.

Having been ranked outside of the top 300 when starting to work with Tauziat, Mboko is now comfortably inside the world’s top 100.

The teen star won 22 straight matches and four consecutive ITF titles early on in 2025, and reached both the third round of Roland Garros and the second round of Wimbledon.

Speaking to Tennis Canada during her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in May, Mboko spoke about the impact Tauziat had on her career.

“I really love Nathalie,” said the 18-year-old.

“We have a lot of fun together and she’s known me for a really long time. With Nathalie, it’s very relaxed on court – she obviously has a lot of knowledge.

“The only thing is that she has so much knowledge that whenever I come at her…she’s like: ‘here.’ She’s already there. She’s really helped me and I’m grateful she’s spending this time with me.”

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