2014 Western & Southern Open

The 2014 Western & Southern Open (the Cincinnati Masters) was a men's and women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts August 11–17, 2014. It was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2014 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. The 2014 tournament was the men's 113th edition and the women's 86th edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason (a suburb of Cincinnati), Ohio, United States.

Rafael Nadal and Victoria Azarenka were the defending champions, but both had to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri
 * 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey
 * 🇺🇸 Jack Sock

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Benjamin Becker
 * 🇺🇸 Chase Buchanan
 * 🇷🇺 Teymuraz Gabashvili
 * 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic
 * 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire
 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 🇬🇧 James Ward

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * Blaž Rola

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro (foot injury) → replaced by 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq → replaced by 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) → replaced by 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov (knee injury) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (abdominal injury) → replaced by Blaž Rola
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (shoulder injury) → replaced by Lu Yen-hsun
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (groin injury) → replaced by 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (wrist injury) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon
 * 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (foot injury) → replaced by 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇺🇸 Steve Johnson / 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey
 * 🇺🇸 Mackenzie McDonald / 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek
 * 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray / 🇦🇺 John Peers

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra (right elbow injury)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
 * Belinda Bencic
 * 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale

The following player used protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:
 * Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Annika Beck
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * Polona Hercog
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * Chanelle Scheepers
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson
 * 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (knee injury) → replaced by 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel
 * 🇨🇳 Li Na (knee injury) → replaced by Romina Oprandi
 * 🇦🇹 Yvonne Meusburger → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of August 4, 2014

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs / 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * 🇺🇸 Melanie Oudin / 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * Oksana Kalashnikova / 🇺🇦 Olga Savchuk

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (right arm injury)

Retirements

 * 🇵🇱 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (right calf injury)
 * 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (lumbar spine injury)

Men's singles

 * Roger Federer defeated 🇪🇸 David Ferrer, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams defeated 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic, 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan defeated 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock, 6–3, 6–2

Women's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Raquel Kops-Jones / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears defeated 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–0, ret.