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Follow the latest WTA Cincinnati Open news as the top players fine-tune their form ahead of the US Open. From big-name battles to surprise runs, we bring you match updates, standout moments, and key storylines from one of the tour’s most important hard-court stops.
List of WTA Cincinnati Champions
2025 Iga Swiatek def. Jasmine Paolini 7–5, 6–4
2024 Aryna Sabalenka def. Jessica Pegula 6–3, 7–5
2023 Match Report Coco Gauff def. Karolina Muchova 6–3, 6–4
2022 Caroline Garcia def. Petra Kvitová 6–2, 6–4
2021 Ashleigh Barty def. Jul Teichmann 6-3, 6-1
2020 Victoria Azarenka def. Naomi Osaka 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
2019 Madison Keys def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6(5)
2018 Kiki Bertens def. Simona Halep 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-2
2017 Garbiñe Muguruza def. Simona Halep 6-1, 6-0
2016 Karolína Plíšková def. Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1
2015 Serena Williams def. Simona Halep 6-3, 7-6(5)
2014 Serena Williams def. Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-1
2013 Victoria Azarenka def. Serena Williams 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)
2012 Li Na def. Angelique Kerber 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
2011 Maria Sharapova def. Jelena Janković 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2010 Kim Clijsters def. Maria Sharapova 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2009 Jelena Janković def. Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2
2008 Nadia Petrova def. Nathalie Dechy 6–2, 6–1
2007 Anna Chakvetadze def. Akiko Morigami 6–1, 6–3
2006 Vera Zvonareva def. Katarina Srebotnik 6–2, 6–4
2005 Patty Schnyder def. Akiko Morigami 6–4, 6–0
2004 Lindsay Davenport def. Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
1989–2003 no organisation
1988 Barbara Potter def. Helen Kelesi 6–2, 6–2
1974–1987 no organisation
1973 Evonne Goolagong def. Chris Evert 6–2, 7–5
1972 Margaret Court def. Evonne Goolagong 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1971 Virginia Wade def. Linda Tuero 6–3, 6–3
1970 Rosemary Casals def. Nancy Richey Gunter 6–3, 6–3
1969 Lesley Turner Bowrey def. Gail Chanfreau 1–6, 7–5, 10–10 ret
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WTA Tournament Calendar 2026 – Full Schedule and Your Guide To All Results
Last updated on September 28, 2026. Complete WTA 2026 Tour Schedule Welcome to the WTA Tournament Calendar 2026 — your complete preview to this season’s schedule. Find dates, categories, surfaces, and quick links to full results for every event. Click on any linked tournament to explore match scores, stats, and storylines, and follow the WTA…
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US Open 2026 No. 1 Race: Rybakina One Win From the Top as Zheng Holds the Key
Cincinnati is over, Coco Gauff has the trophy, and the battle for the WTA World No. 1 ranking has now reached its decisive stage at the US Open. Aryna Sabalenka remains No. 1 for the moment, but Elena Rybakina is only one victory away from replacing her. The equation could hardly be simpler. If Rybakina…
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Cincinnati Open 2026 WTA Results, Draw, Scores & Schedule
The Cincinnati Open 2026 WTA 1000 tournament centre provides live scores, match results, draws, schedules and daily updates from Ohio. Follow every round from qualifying to the final as players compete on the outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati. Last updated August 24, following the 2026 Cincinnati final…
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Coco Gauff Wins First WTA Title of 2026 With Commanding Cincinnati Victory Over Jessica Pegula
Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula — Cincinnati 2026 Final Match Report Coco Gauff saved her most convincing Cincinnati performance for the match that mattered most. The American swept aside Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in just one hour and 15 minutes to win the Cincinnati Open, claiming her first WTA title of 2026 and a second…
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Coco Gauff Shows Cincinnati the ‘Right Coco’ Again as Sara Bejlek’s Run Finally Overheats
Sara Bejlek vs. Coco Gauff — Cincinnati 2026 SF Match Report Someone in the Cincinnati crowd had already declared they were “in love with the Coco.” Gauff laughed at the comment earlier in the tournament before adding: “And it’s the right Coco!” Against Sara Bejlek, she made a persuasive case. Gauff ended the 20-year-old Czech’s…
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Jessica Pegula Finds Clarity in a Scrappy Cincinnati Semi-Final to Beat Iga Swiatek
Jessica Pegula vs. Iga Swiatek — Cincinnati 2026 SF Match Report Thirty break points. Read that again. Thirty. For long stretches, Jessica Pegula and Iga Swiatek produced a Cincinnati semi-final that was less about sustained brilliance than about surviving service games, wrestling back momentum and trying to establish any kind of rhythm. It was scrappy…
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Coco Gauff Turns Attacker to Dismantle Marta Kostyuk in Cincinnati
Coco Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Coco Gauff is usually praised for the points she refuses to lose. Against Marta Kostyuk, it was how often she went out and won them herself that stood out. Gauff dismantled the Ukrainian 6-2, 6-2 in just one hour and 11 minutes to reach…
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Sara Bejlek Does It Again, Stuns Madison Keys and Solves Cincinnati Puzzle the Czech Way
Sara Bejlek vs. Madison Keys — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Sara Bejlek has apparently decided that beating one of the biggest names in Cincinnati is not enough. After stunning World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the 20-year-old Czech did it again, recovering from a set down to defeat Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) and reach…
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Elena Rybakina’s World No. 1 Dream Ends in Despair After Cincinnati Injury Against Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek vs. Elena Rybakina — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Cincinnati had offered Elena Rybakina a route towards World No. 1. Twenty-eight minutes later, the conversation had shifted from rankings to whether she will even be ready for the US Open. Rybakina was forced to retire while trailing Iga Swiatek 4-1 in their Cincinnati…
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Jessica Pegula Proves Amanda Anisimova’s Kryptonite Again in Cincinnati Thriller
Amanda Anisimova vs. Jessica Pegula — Cincinnati 2026 QF Match Report Jessica Pegula won 96 points. Amanda Anisimova won 95. The numbers showed how little separated them over two hours and nine minutes. What mattered was where those points fell: Pegula took the deciding tiebreak to seal a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) victory and a place…
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Sara Bejlek Stuns Aryna Sabalenka After Two Cincinnati Collapses and Earns More Than a Cold Handshake
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sara Bejlek — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Aryna Sabalenka had the first set in her hands. Then she had the second set in her hands. Somehow, she lost both. Sara Bejlek produced the biggest win of her career by defeating the World No. 1 7-6(7), 6-4 in Cincinnati, overturning a 1-5…
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Amanda Anisimova Blasts Past Linda Noskova to Reach Cincinnati Quarterfinals
Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Amanda Anisimova did not leave much room for the close contest Cincinnati had been promised. The American dismantled Linda Noskova’s resistance with one of her cleanest displays of the tournament, winning 6-1, 6-4 in just one hour and 11 minutes to reach the Cincinnati…
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Marta Kostyuk Turns Mirra Andreeva Meltdown Into Cincinnati Quarterfinal Run
Marta Kostyuk vs. Mirra Andreeva — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Mirra Andreeva appeared to have Cincinnati under control. Thirty-eight minutes later, the match had become something entirely different. Marta Kostyuk recovered from losing the opening set to overwhelm the fifth seed 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, turning what began as another smooth hard-court performance from Andreeva…
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Iga Swiatek Finds Another Gear to Sweep Aside Diane Parry in Cincinnati
Iga Swiatek vs. Diane Parry — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Report Iga Swiatek gave Diane Parry an early opening in Cincinnati. She did not give her many more. The seventh seed recovered from dropping serve in the opening game and steadily imposed herself on the Frenchwoman, winning 12 of the next 17 games for a…
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Marie Bouzkova Denies Iva Jovic Twice Before Winning Cincinnati Tiebreak Battle
Marie Bouzkova vs. Iva Jovic — Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report Marie Bouzkova spent much of Wednesday’s Cincinnati third-round match trying to stop Iva Jovic from taking control. Twice the American reached a position from which she could serve out a set. Twice Bouzkova refused to let her. The Czech No. 22 seed turned those…
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Coco Gauff Escapes Ann Li’s Second-Set Push in Cincinnati After a Match That Nearly Turned
Coco Gauff vs. Ann Li— Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report Ann Li was two points from taking Coco Gauff into a deciding set. Then the match tightened around her. Li, the 25-year-old American from King of Prussia, has spent years building toward the kind of result she nearly found in Cincinnati. A 2017 Wimbledon girls’…
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Linda Noskova and Amanda Anisimova Bring a Three-Match H2H Into Cincinnati’s Sharpest Round-of-16 Test
Linda Noskova vs. Amanda Anisimova — Cincinnati 2026 R16 Match Preview Linda Noskova has been moving through Cincinnati like a player who knows exactly what her summer has become. Amanda Anisimova has been doing something different: trying to steady a ranking position that suddenly feels less comfortable than it looks. That makes their Cincinnati Open…
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Madison Keys Breaks Katerina Siniakova Four Times to Reach the Cincinnati Round of 16
Madison Keys vs. Katerina Siniakova — Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report Both Madison Keys and Katerina Siniakova arrived in Cincinnati carrying the same uncomfortable memory: a first-round exit at last year’s US Open. For Keys, the 31-year-old former major champion, this week has doubled as the start of a North American swing she needs to…
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Jessica Pegula Turns a Tight Set Into a Rout to Beat Emma Navarro in Cincinnati
Jessica Pegula vs. Emma Navarro — Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report Jessica Pegula didn’t need to be spectacular in Cincinnati. She needed to be steady, and steady turned out to be more than enough against an Emma Navarro who couldn’t find consistency on her own serve for more than a few games at a stretch.…
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Magdalena Frech Fights Off Several Match Points but Falls to Rybakina in the Breaker
Elena Rybakina vs. Magdalena Frech— Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report Magdalena Frech had every reason to believe she was about to produce the win of her season. Serving to stay in the match at 5-6 down in the second set, staring down match points against the world No. 2, the Pole found composure exactly when…
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Iga Swiatek Shakes Off an Early Wobble to Roll Past Maria Sakkari in Cincinnati
Iga Swiatek vs. Maria Sakkari — Cincinnati 2026 R32 Match Report For close to an hour, Maria Sakkari looked like the player carrying the better recent form into this one. She had climbed back inside the top 30 on the strength of two big runs this season, and for a set in Cincinnati, that trajectory…
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Coco Gauff Feeds Off a Rain Delay as Liudmila Samsonova Falls Apart
Coco Gauff vs. Liudmila Samsonova — Cincinnati 2026 R64 Match Report Coco Gauff spent the first set in Cincinnati looking exactly like a player who’d rather be somewhere else. Liudmila Samsonova, ranked 39 places below her, was hitting through the court and taking the racket out of Gauff’s hands, and the world No. 4 had…
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Aryna Sabalenka Needs a Tiebreak to Shake Off a Stubborn Talia Gibson in Cincinnati
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Talia Gibson — Cincinnati 2026 R64 Match Report Aryna Sabalenka has spent the year swatting away lower-ranked opponents without much fuss, and for a set in Cincinnati it looked like more of the same. Talia Gibson, the 65th-ranked Australian and 60 spots her junior in the rankings, had other plans. She dug…
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Clara Tauson Survives Two Separate Collapses to Outlast Peyton Stearns in Cincinnati
Clara Tauson vs. Peyton Stearns — Cincinnati 2026 R64 Match Report Clara Tauson’s night in Cincinnati went through two entirely different disaster zones before it produced a winner. The Danish 23-year-old let a set slip away from six-all in a breaker she should have controlled, then watched an entire second set vanish in what amounted…
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Emma Navarro Weathers Anhelina Kalinina’s Fast Start to Reach the Cincinnati Last 32
Anhelina Kalinina had no business making this a contest on paper, arriving 23 spots below Emma Navarro in the rankings and with a single ace to her name after two sets. For the better part of an hour, though, the Ukrainian played like the seeding sheet was upside down. She hit deeper, she found more…
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Iga Swiatek Has Her Tennis Back, but Without Time for Appreciation, the Calendar Makes No Sense
Iga Swiatek arrived in Cincinnati with a title, a reset and a familiar complaint. Toronto gave her something she had been chasing for weeks: cleaner tennis, calmer decision-making and the feeling that her game was finally responding again. But the moment did not come with much room to enjoy it. That was the tension in…
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Emiliana Arango Ends Venus Williams’ Cincinnati Run, but the Doubles Reunion With Serena Is Just Beginning
Venus Williams’ return to singles lasted one match. Arango beat Williams 6-2, 6-2 in the first round in Cincinnati, a result that extends Williams’ losing streak on tour to 14 matches. She’s 46 years old, playing on a wildcard, and still choosing to show up. That part of the story isn’t over. She and her…
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Gauff, Pegula and Anisimova Bring American Heat to a North American Swing Loaded With WTA Pressure
The WTA season reaches North America with the rankings packed tight, the US Open drawing closer, and three American women already sitting inside the top 10. Jessica Pegula is trying to keep control of the American lead. Coco Gauff is close enough to chase it. Amanda Anisimova is dangerous enough to ruin almost anyone’s draw.…
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Anna Kalinskaya’s 2025: A Season Spent Slipping — Not Spiraling, But Sliding All the Same
Anna Kalinskaya opened 2025 at No.14 in the world — a career peak earned through sharp hitting, clean decision-making and a winter of belief that she was finally ready to stay among the sport’s top tier. But seasons don’t follow intentions.And this one began with warning signs that never entirely went away. Injury niggles. Mid-match…
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Positive Signs for Polish Fans – Swiatek Stays in the Hunt Despite Setbacks
Despite a mixed finish to her 2025 season, Iga Swiatek can look back on some key highlights — and remains one of the most dangerous players on the WTA Tour. Titles and Resilience Swiatek’s second title of the year came at the Cincinnati Open, where she defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 7–5, 6–4 in the final.…