2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open
Introduction The '''2009 Cincinnati Masters''' (also known as the ''Western & Southern Financial Group Masters'' and ''Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open'' for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 108th edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2009 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, with the men playing from August 17 through August 23, 2009, and the women from August 10 through August 16, 2009.It was the third women's event and the fifth men's event on the 2009 US Open Series. Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters made her return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in Cincinnati.
WTA entrants Jelena Janković won the women's title, beating No. 1 seed Dinara Safina===Seeds=== Country Player Rank1 Seed Dinara Safina 1  1  Serena Williams  2  2 Venus Williams  3 3  Elena Dementieva  4 4 Jelena Janković  5 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova  6  6 Vera Zvonareva 7 7 Caroline Wozniacki  8 8 Victoria Azarenka  9 9 Nadia Petrova 10 10 Ana Ivanovic 11 11 Marion Bartoli 12 12 Agnieszka Radwańska 13 13 Flavia Pennetta 14 14  Dominika Cibulková 16 15 Virginie Razzano 18 16* 1 As of August 3, 2009===Other entrants===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:*  Kim Clijsters*  Maria Kirilenko*  Meghann ShaughnessyThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:*  Kateryna Bondarenko*  Olga Govortsova*  Tatjana Malek*  Ayumi Morita*  Melanie Oudin*  Urszula Radwańska*  Yaroslava Shvedova*  Yanina Wickmayer
ATP entrants ===Seeds=== Country Player Rank* Seed Roger Federer  1  1  Rafael Nadal  2  2 Andy Murray  3 3  Novak Djokovic  4 4 Andy Roddick  5 5 Juan Martín del Potro  6  6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7 7 Nikolay Davydenko  8 8 Gilles Simon  9 9 Fernando González 10 10 Fernando Verdasco 11 11 Robin Söderling 12 12 Gaël Monfils 13 13 Marin Čilić 15 14  Tommy Robredo 16 15 Radek Štěpánek 17 16* Seedings are based on the rankings of  August 10, 2009===Other entrants===The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw*  Robby Ginepri*  John Isner*  Wayne Odesnik*  Marat SafinThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:*  Simone Bolelli*  Chris Guccione*  Jan Hernych*  Łukasz Kubot*  Ivan Ljubičić*  Lu Yen-hsun*  Mikhail YouzhnyThe following players received the lucky loser spot:*  Julien Benneteau
Finals ===Men's singles=== Roger Federer defeated  Novak Djokovic 6–1, 7–5. *It was Federer's fourth title of the year and 61st overall. It was his third win at the event, also winning in 2005 and 2007.===Women's singles=== Jelena Janković defeated  Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–2. *It was Janković's second title of the year and 11th overall.===Men's doubles=== Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 15–13.===Women's doubles=== Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Nuria Llagostera Vives /  María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 0–6, 10–2.
External links * *  Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile