World No. 1s Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner headline 2025 Cincinnati Open player field
Headlining the preliminary fields are the world's No. 1 players, Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner. Both of the top-ranked players will defend their titles in Mason.
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Last summer, Sabalenka, then-ranked No. 3, beat No. 6 Jessica Pegula in the first Cincinnati Open women's singles final featuring two top 10 opponents since 2017. Sabalenka and Pegula are tied for the most WTA titles this season with three each.
Aryna Sabalenka won the Rookwood Cup in 2024 after defeating Jessica Pegula in the finals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
Sinner beat Frances Tiafoe for his second ATP Masters 1000 title of the year last August in Mason.
Six other previous Cincinnati Open champions are in the field, including three-time champion Novak Djokovic (2018, 2020, 2023), Coco Gauff (2023), Madison Keys (2019), Alexander Zverev (2021), Daniil Medvedev (2019) and Grigor Dimitrov (2017).
"We look forward to welcoming the world's best tennis stars to compete for the Cincinnati Open title in August," Tournament Director Bob Moran said in a statement. "We have received a lot of excitement from the players about coming back to see our transformed campus and experiencing the new player amenities. Players and fans alike will enjoy the re-imagined venue and world-class atmosphere as the sport's best compete for the title."
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Every player who has won a title this season is in the Cincinnati Open field, including Carlos Alcaraz, who has five wins on the year and fell to Djokovic in the 2023 Cincinnati Open finals in the longest match in the tournament's history (3 hours, 49 minutes).
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner won the 2024 Cincinnati Open.
Cincinnati Open singles field increases to 96
There are 96 players in each singles field this year, compared to 56 in 2024.
There are a total of 119 players who have won a title during their career. The initial entrants include players from 37 nations. The United States leads the way with 24 players, including six in the top 10 of their tour's rankings in Gauff (No. 2), Pegula (No. 3), Keys (No. 8), Emma Navarro (No. 10), Taylor Fritz (No. 5) and Ben Shelton (No. 10).
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There are 16 players with college experience, including a few of local interest in University of Kentucky product Gabriel Diallo and Mason native Peyton Stearns, who won NCAA singles and team titles for the University of Texas.
Twelve players will be added to each field through a two-round qualifying event that take place Aug. 5-6, and additional players will earn wild cards to the tournament.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: 2025 Cincinnati Open: Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner headline field
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