The 2022 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's

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s from August 15–21, 2022, as part of the

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. It was a

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tournament on the

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and a

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. The 2022 tournament was the 121st men's edition and the 94th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters and took place at the

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, a northern suburb of

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{*per team}

Champions

Men's singles

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def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 7–6^(7–0), 6–2 This was Ćorić's third ATP Tour singles title, and first of the year.

Women's singles

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Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová, OLY ( , ; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 29 career singles titles, including two major titles at Wimbledon in 2011 and ...

, 6–2, 6–4. This was Garcia's 10th WTA Tour singles title, and third of the year. This was her third WTA 1000 title, and her first since

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Men's doubles

* Rajeev Ram /

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Tim Pütz Tim Pütz (; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably t ...

/ Michael Venus, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)

Women's doubles

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Nicole Melichar-Martinez Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; cz, Nicole Melicharová, ) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven double ...

Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...

, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

References

External links

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