WTA Cincinnati Open 2025: Entry List, Schedule of play, Draw, Prize Money and Predictions

The 2025 Cincinnati Open features a 96-player singles draw on hardcourts, right in the middle of the North American hardcourt swing between August 6 and 18, 2025. The field is led by World No. 1 and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka – for whom this will be her only hardcourt tournament before defending her title at the US Open.

Several big names from the WTA Tour will join, seeking a final opportunity to build confidence on hardcourts before reaching the year's last Grand Slam. Coco Gauff (2023) and Madison Keys (2019) are among the former champions who arrive in good form and will also have the home crowd behind them.

Entry List WTA Cincinnati Open 2025

Back in 2024, Jessica Pegula also reached the final as the 6th seed, preceding her run to the US Open final a couple of weeks later – her only Grand Slam final played. The local players will also benefit from the support of the home crowd for Amanda Anisimova, who will surely welcome it as she looks to regain the great form she showed at Wimbledon, which took her to the final.

The All England Club champion – Iga Swiatek – is another confirmed name in Cincinnati and appears as a strong candidate for the title. Last year, she reached the semifinals of the tournament – falling to eventual champion Sabalenka – which was her best hardcourt performance in the second half of the year. On her way, she eliminated Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals, another name to watch this year in Cincinnati, arriving as the 5th seed and as champion of two of the four WTA 1000 tournaments played on hardcourts this season (Indian Wells, Dubai).

Czech players Marketa Vondrousova and Petra Kvitova are among the names who will use their protected ranking to enter the main draw. Another player who has confirmed her presence is former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who will have another chance to showcase her talent on the North American hardcourts, in a tournament where she has not secured prior wins.

The draw will be packed with the best players in the world, with other high-profile names confirmed in the main draw, such as Elena Rybakina, Paula Badosa, Jasmine Paolini, Emma Raducanu, and Naomi Osaka, among others.

When is the draw for the Cincinnati Open?

The draw time is not yet set but will appear on TennisUpToDate when it is confirmed with the tournament starting at the back end of the next week, it is presumed it will take place post the Canadian Open

When is the schedule for the Cincinnati Open?

Often this is set the day before the tournament begins but often follows a similar pattern with the different halves of the draw being on different dates. So it is presumed that the top names will play on one day e.g Sabalenka as top seed won't play on the same day as Iga Swiatek.

Prize Money

For sealing the title in Cincinnati on the WTA side, it is $752,275. While for reaching the final, it will be $391,600. For reaching the semi-finals, it is $206,100.

For reaching the Quarter-Finals, it will be $107,000. Going all the way down to the first round, it is $12,770. It is 1000 points for the winner. The differential to the men's comes at the Semi-Final stage with 390 points for the loser 10 points less.

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Predictions

Samuel Gill, Head Editor for TennisUpToDate.com sees a blank slate and one that will see big names not necessarily thrive.

While she is a big name, Jessica Pegula is either one extreme to another right now. She's either incredible or not anywhere near and I think she will be incredible this next week to really stake her claim for the US Open.

Defending a huge points haul, I expect her and also Emma Navarro to come out firing as they aim to have huge weeks ahead. Aryna Sabalenka I expect to be opposite, I expect an early loss then for her to win the US Open. Coco Gauff I expect a similar fate given her double fault woes.

So either Iga Swiatek for me or Jessica Pegula. While I also wouldn't count out Anna Kalinskaya after her epic DC run and even Emma Raducanu or Leylah Fernandez in that question. players on form are hard to top.

Favourites:

*** Jessica Pegula

** Iga Swiatek, Anna Kalinskaya

* Emma Raducanu, Leylah Fernandez and Amanda Anisimova