2023_Western_&_Southern_Open_–_Men's_singles

2023 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

2023 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles

Tennis championship

Main article: 2023 Western & Southern Open

Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 5–7, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2023 Cincinnati Masters.[1] He saved a championship point en route to his third Cincinnati Masters title and record-extending 39th ATP Tour Masters 1000 title overall;[2] it was his ninth career title won after saving match points during a tournament.[3] It was the second time he saved a championship point en route to a title in 2023, with the first instance occurring in Adelaide. At 3 hours and 49 minutes, this match was the longest best-of-three-sets ATP Tour final and the longest match in the tournament's history.

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Borna Ćorić was the defending champion,[4] but lost in the second round to Hubert Hurkacz.

Alcaraz and Djokovic were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking. Alcaraz retained the top ranking by reaching the final. This was Djokovic's first tournament in the United States since the 2021 US Open, following the lifting of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international air travelers in May 2023.[5]

The final between Alcaraz and Djokovic was ranked ATP Match of the Year.[6]

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.  Spain Carlos Alcaraz (final)
02.  Serbia Novak Djokovic (champion)
03.   Daniil Medvedev (third round)
04.  Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas (third round)
05.  Norway Casper Ruud (second round)
06.  Denmark Holger Rune (second round, retired)
07.   Andrey Rublev (second round)
08.  Italy Jannik Sinner (second round)
09.  United States Taylor Fritz (quarterfinals)
10.  United States Frances Tiafoe (second round)
11.   Karen Khachanov (withdrew)
12.  Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime (second round)
13.  United Kingdom Cameron Norrie (first round)
14.  United States Tommy Paul (third round)
15.  Croatia Borna Ćorić (second round)
16.  Germany Alexander Zverev (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Spain Carlos Alcaraz 4 6 6
Q Australia Max Purcell 6 3 4
1 Spain Carlos Alcaraz 2 77 6
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 6 64 3
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 6 710
LL Australia Alexei Popyrin 1 68
1 Spain Carlos Alcaraz 7 67 64
2 Serbia Novak Djokovic 5 79 77
France Adrian Mannarino 2 3
16 Germany Alexander Zverev 6 6
16 Germany Alexander Zverev 65 5
2 Serbia Novak Djokovic 77 7
9 United States Taylor Fritz 0 4
2 Serbia Novak Djokovic 6 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Spain C Alcaraz 7 4 6
WC United States J Isner 65 62 Q Australia J Thompson 5 6 3
Q Australia J Thompson 77 77 1 Spain C Alcaraz 78 60 6
France U Humbert 6 3 6 14 United States T Paul 66 77 3
Q France A Fils 4 6 2 France U Humbert 1 64
Serbia M Kecmanović 5 62 14 United States T Paul 6 77
14 United States T Paul 7 77 1 Spain C Alcaraz 4 6 6
10 United States F Tiafoe 6 67 6 Q Australia M Purcell 6 3 4
Netherlands T Griekspoor 4 79 4 10 United States F Tiafoe 3 4
WC United States B Nakashima 3 77 3 WC Switzerland S Wawrinka 6 6
WC Switzerland S Wawrinka 6 65 6 WC Switzerland S Wawrinka 4 2
PR South Africa L Harris 4 4 Q Australia M Purcell 6 6
Q Australia M Purcell 6 6 Q Australia M Purcell 6 3 6
5 Norway C Ruud 4 6 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Greece S Tsitsipas 77 77
United States B Shelton 5 6 6 United States B Shelton 63 62
United States C Eubanks 7 4 4 4 Greece S Tsitsipas 3 4
Poland H Hurkacz 77 3 77 Poland H Hurkacz 6 6
Q Australia T Kokkinakis 62 6 61 Poland H Hurkacz 5 6 6
United States S Korda 65 4 15 Croatia B Ćorić 7 3 3
15 Croatia B Ćorić 77 6 Poland H Hurkacz 6 710
LL Australia A Popyrin 65 6 6 LL Australia A Popyrin 1 68
LL Germany D Altmaier 77 4 4 LL Australia A Popyrin w/o
R Safiullin 6 3 3 Chile N Jarry
Chile N Jarry 4 6 6 LL Australia A Popyrin 6 1 6
Finland E Ruusuvuori 6 6 Finland E Ruusuvuori 2 6 3
Q France C Moutet 4 2 Finland E Ruusuvuori 712 5 77
7 A Rublev 610 7 63

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 Denmark H Rune 4 0r
WC United States M McDonald 7 6 WC United States M McDonald 6 2
Germany Y Hanfmann 5 1 WC United States M McDonald 4 0r
France R Gasquet 4 3 France A Mannarino 6 3
France A Mannarino 6 6 France A Mannarino 6 6
Italy M Berrettini 6 2 3 12 Canada F Auger-Aliassime 4 4
12 Canada F Auger-Aliassime 4 6 6 France A Mannarino 2 3
16 Germany A Zverev 6 6 16 Germany A Zverev 6 6
Bulgaria G Dimitrov 2 2 16 Germany A Zverev 7 6
France G Barrère 4 5 Japan Y Nishioka 5 4
Japan Y Nishioka 6 7 16 Germany A Zverev 6 5 6
United Kingdom D Evans 4 3 3 D Medvedev 4 7 4
Italy L Musetti 6 6 Italy L Musetti 3 2
3 D Medvedev 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 Italy J Sinner 4 64
Argentina F Cerúndolo 3 4 Q Serbia D Lajović 6 77
Q Serbia D Lajović 6 6 Q Serbia D Lajović 0r
Italy L Sonego 6 3 6 9 United States T Fritz 5
Q A Shevchenko 3 6 3 Italy L Sonego 4 61
Czech Republic J Lehečka 614 2 9 United States T Fritz 6 77
9 United States T Fritz 716 6 9 United States T Fritz 0 4
13 United Kingdom C Norrie 6 4 3 2 Serbia N Djokovic 6 6
PR France G Monfils 3 6 6 PR France G Monfils 7 6
Australia A de Minaur 6 3 6 Australia A de Minaur 5 4
United States JJ Wolf 0 6 1 PR France G Monfils 3 2
Spain A Davidovich Fokina 6 6 2 Serbia N Djokovic 6 6
Argentina TM Etcheverry 3 3 Spain A Davidovich Fokina 4 0r
2 Serbia N Djokovic 6 0

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 7 August 2023. Rank and points before are as of 14 August 2023.

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Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Serbia Laslo Djere (first round)
  2. France Arthur Fils (qualified)
  3. Germany Daniel Altmaier (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  4. Australia Jordan Thompson (qualified)
  5. Australia Alexei Popyrin (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  6. Hungary Márton Fucsovics (first round)
  7. Australia Aleksandar Vukic (withdrew)
  8. China Zhang Zhizhen (qualifying competition)
  9. Italy Matteo Arnaldi (first round)
  10. Serbia Dušan Lajović (qualified)
  11. Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán (qualifying competition)
  12. France Luca Van Assche (first round)
  13. United States Marcos Giron (first round)
  14. Aslan Karatsev (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis
  2. France Arthur Fils
  3. France Corentin Moutet
  4. Australia Jordan Thompson
  5. Australia Max Purcell
  6. Alexander Shevchenko
  7. Serbia Dušan Lajović

Lucky losers

  1. Germany Daniel Altmaier
  2. Australia Alexei Popyrin

Draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Serbia Laslo Djere 3 6 5
  Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis 6 3 7
  Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis 5 79 6
11 Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán 7 67 2
  Portugal Nuno Borges 65 6 5
11 Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán 77 4 7

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 France Arthur Fils 6 6
WC United States Brandon Holt 1 1
2 France Arthur Fils 6 6
8 China Zhang Zhizhen 3 3
WC United States Maxime Cressy 77 3 611
8 China Zhang Zhizhen 64 6 713

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Germany Daniel Altmaier 3 77 6
  Australia Christopher O'Connell 6 65 4
3 Germany Daniel Altmaier 4 4
  France Corentin Moutet 6 6
  France Corentin Moutet 4 6 6
9 Italy Matteo Arnaldi 6 0 2

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Australia Jordan Thompson 6 62 6
  France Alexandre Müller 4 77 4
4 Australia Jordan Thompson 6 6
  Switzerland Marc-Andrea Hüsler 3 4
  Switzerland Marc-Andrea Hüsler 6 6
14 Aslan Karatsev 4 4

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
5 Australia Alexei Popyrin 6 4 6
  Ilya Ivashka 2 6 4
5 Australia Alexei Popyrin 78 5 4
  Australia Max Purcell 66 7 6
  Australia Max Purcell 4 6 6
12 France Luca Van Assche 6 3 3

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
6 Hungary Márton Fucsovics 5 4
Alt Alexander Shevchenko 7 6
Alt Alexander Shevchenko 6 3 6
WC Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1 6 3
WC Argentina Diego Schwartzman 6 6
13 United States Marcos Giron 4 4

Seventh qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Alt France Hugo Gaston 3 2
  Australia Jason Kubler 6 6
  Australia Jason Kubler 4 4
10 Serbia Dušan Lajović 6 6
WC Australia Rinky Hijikata 3 3
10 Serbia Dušan Lajović 6 6

References

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    McGrogan, Ed (2023-08-21). "Novak Djokovic saves championship point in thrilling Cincinnati final win over Carlos Alcaraz". Tennis.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. [2]
    "Novak Djokovic Extends Big Titles, Masters 1000 Leads With Cincinnati Win | ATP Tour | Tennis". www.atptour.com. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023.
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    Malhotra, Ritvik (2023-08-21). "Novak Djokovic shatters multiple records following his 39th ATP Masters title in Cincinnati defeating Carlos Alcaraz". FirstSportz. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
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    "Coric Captures Maiden Masters 1000 Crown In Cincinnati". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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    "Update on Change to U.S. Travel Policy Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for nonimmigrant travel". travel.state.gov. United States Department of State. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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    "Novak Djokovic & Carlos Alcaraz Showdown Among Best ATP Matches Of 2023". ATP Tour. 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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