Video: Everything you need to know about the 2024 Cincinnati Open
The Cincinnati Open tennis tournament will take place again in Mason from August 11 to 19. Here you can find out everything you need to know.
The Cincinnati Open, the world-renowned tennis event that has become a mainstay of Mason, will be in full swing on Sunday.
The tournament, formerly known as the Western & Southern Open, will be held again from August 11 to 19 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, where it has been held since 1979. It is considered the tennis tournament that has been held in its home city for the longest time in the world.
The first participants of the 2024 Cincinnati Open included all male and female players ranked in the top 40 in the world, led by WTA No. 1 Iga Swiatek and ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner. Seven previous tournament winners, including 2023 winner Coco Gauff, will also headline the event this year.
However, reigning men’s champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn, the tournament announced on Thursday, August 8, after recently defeating Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Olympic gold medal.
The full series and multi-day packages for the tournament are sold out, but single-session tickets starting at about $70 can still be purchased at cincinnatiopen.com/tickets/.
If you want to follow the action from home, you can watch the first day of the tournament, Sunday, August 11th.
Here is the schedule for Sunday, August 11
The gates at the Lindner Family Tennis Center open at 9:30 a.m. The first qualifying match starts at 11am
Check out the players competing in the qualifying round here.
When is the draw for the Cincinnati Open?
The draw for the 2024 Cincinnati Open will take place on Saturday, August 10.
How to watch the first day of the Cincinnati Open
Matches can be watched live on the Tennis Channel, tennischannel.com. Select matches can also be watched live on Amazon Prime, Roku, Samsung+, YouTube TV and Hulu+ Live.
