Cincinnati Open tournament history

The Cincinnati Open is a combined ATP and WTA event in the North American hard-court swing before the US Open.

Explore Cincinnati Open champions and finals from 1899 to 2026. Open an edition for its draw and match results, or compare the title leaders below.

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

WTA 1000 champions by year →

Recorded outcomes
98
First recorded
1899
Latest recorded
2026
Latest champion
Coco Gauff

Record Book

Career Leaders

Champion Records

Youngest & Oldest Champions

Age at the start of the tournament.

  1. Tracy Austin 17.1 years
    Youngest · 1980
  2. Serena Williams 33.9 years
    Oldest · 2015

Most Consecutive Titles

Titles in consecutive held editions.

  1. 1 Barbara Potter 2 consecutive titles
    1982–1988
  2. 1 Serena Williams 2 consecutive titles
    2014–2015

Longest Title Span

Years between a player's first and last title.

  1. 1 Victoria Azarenka 7 years
    2013–2020

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Tournament Outcomes by Season

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataCategorySurface
2026 Coco Gauff #4 6-2 6-4 Jessica Pegula #3 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2025 Iga Swiatek #2 7-5 6-4 Jasmine Paolini #8 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2024 Aryna Sabalenka #2 6-3 7-5 Jessica Pegula #6 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2023 Coco Gauff #7 6-3 6-4 Karolina Muchova #17 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2022 Caroline Garcia #35 6-2 6-4 Petra Kvitova #28 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2021 Ashleigh Barty #1 6-3 6-1 Jil Teichmann #76 H2H Match data WTA 1000 Hard
2020 Victoria Azarenka #59 (w/o) Naomi Osaka #10 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2019 Madison Keys #18 7-5 7-6(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova #153 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2018 Kiki Bertens #17 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Simona Halep #1 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2017 Garbiñe Muguruza #6 6-1 6-0 Simona Halep #2 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2016 Karolina Pliskova #17 6-3 6-1 Angelique Kerber #2 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2015 Serena Williams #1 6-3 7-6(5) Simona Halep #3 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2014 Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-1 Ana Ivanovic #11 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2013 Victoria Azarenka #2 2-6 6-2 7-6(6) Serena Williams #1 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2012 Na Li #9 1-6 6-3 6-1 Angelique Kerber #7 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2011 Maria Sharapova #7 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 Jelena Jankovic #14 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2010 Kim Clijsters #7 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2 Maria Sharapova #15 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2009 Jelena Jankovic #5 6-4 6-2 Dinara Safina #1 H2H Match data Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
2008 Nadia Petrova #21 6-2 6-1 Nathalie Dechy #92 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
2007 Anna Chakvetadze #8 6-1 6-3 Akiko Morigami #61 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
2006 Vera Zvonareva #50 6-2 6-4 Katarina Srebotnik #26 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
2005 Patty Schnyder #12 6-4 6-0 Akiko Morigami #72 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
2004 Lindsay Davenport #4 6-3 6-2 Vera Zvonareva #9 H2H Match data Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
1988 Barbara Potter #15 6-2 6-2 Helen Kelesi #23 H2H Match data WTA 250 Hard
1982 Barbara Potter 6-4 7-6 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data WTA 250 Carpet
1981 Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-4 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data WTA 250 Carpet
1980 Tracy Austin 6-2 6-1 Chris Evert H2H Match data WTA 250 Carpet
1973 Evonne Goolagong 6-2 7-5 Chris Evert H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
1972 Margaret Court 3-6 6-2 7-5 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
1971 Virginia Wade 6-3 6-3 Linda Tuero H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
1970 Rosie Casals 6-3 6-3 Nancy Richey H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
1969 Lesley Turner 1-6 7-5 10-10 (ret.) Gail Sherriff H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
1968 Linda Tuero 6-1 6-2 Tory Ann Fretz H2H Match data WTA 250 Clay
Pre-Open Era — historical archive, display only
1967 Jane Bartkowicz 6–4, 6–1 Patsy Rippy — — — Clay
1966 Jane Bartkowicz 6–3, 6–3 Peachy Kellmeyer — — — Clay
1965 Stephanie DeFina 10–8, 5–7, 6–4 Roberta Alison — — — Clay
1964 Jean Danilovich 6–1, 6–2 Alice Tym — — — Clay
1963 Stephanie DeFina 7–5, 6–2 Jane Bartkowicz — — — Clay
1962 Julie Heldman 6–4, 6–4 Roberta Alison — — — Clay
1961 Peachy Kellmeyer 3–6, 12–10, 7–5 Carole Caldwell Graebner — — — Clay
1960 Carol Hanks 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 Farel Footman — — — Clay
1959 Donna Floyd 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 Carol Hanks — — — Clay
1958 Gwyn Thomas 6–1, 6–2 Martha Hernandez — — — Clay
1957 Lois Felix 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 Pat Naud — — — Clay
1956 Yola Ramírez 7–5, 6–1 Mary Ann Mitchell — — — Clay
1955 Mimi Arnold 6–4, 6–3 Barbara Breit — — — Clay
1954 Lois Felix 6–1, 6–3 Ethel Norton — — — Clay
1953 Thelma Coyne Long 7–5, 6–2 Anita Kanter — — — Clay
1952 Anita Kanter 6–0, 6–1 Doris Popple — — — Clay
1951 Pat Canning Todd 6–3, 6–4 Magda Rurac — — — Clay
1950 Beverly Baker Fleitz 5–7, 6–3, 9–7 Magda Rurac — — — Clay
1949 Magda Rurac 6–4, 2–6, 6–0 Beverly Baker Fleitz — — — Clay
1948 Dorothy Head Knode 6–4, 6–4 Mercedes Madden Lewis — — — Clay
1947 Betty Rosenquest 9–7, 6–2 Betty Hulbert James — — — Clay
1946 Virginia Kovacs 6–4, 6–1 Shirley Fry — — — Clay
1945 Pauline Betz 6–2, 6–0 Dorothy Cheney — — — Clay
1944 Dorothy Cheney 7–5, 6–4 Pauline Betz — — — Clay
1943 Pauline Betz 6–0, 6–2 Catherine Wolf — — — Clay
1942 Catherine Wolf 6–4, 6–1 Monica Nolan — — — Clay
1941 Pauline Betz 6–4, 6–3 Mary Arnold — — — Clay
1940 Alice Marble 6–3, 6–4 Gracyn Wheeler — — — Clay
1939 Catherine Wolf 6–2, 6–3 Virginia Hollinger — — — Clay
1938 Virginia Hollinger 8–6, 1–6, 6–0 Margaret Jessee — — — Clay
1937 Virginia Hollinger 6–3, 6–2 Monica Nolan — — — Clay
1936 Lila Porter 6–4, 6–3 Virginia Hollinger — — — Clay
1935 Tournament suspended — — — — — —
1934 Gracyn Wheeler (def.) Esther Bartosh — — — Clay
1933 Muriel Adams 6–4, 6–4 Helen Fulton — — — Clay
1932 Dorothy Weisel Hack 6–1, 6–0 Clara Louise Zinke — — — Clay
1931 Clara Louise Zinke 6–1, 6–1 Ruth Riese — — — Clay
1930 Clara Louise Zinke 6–2, 6–4 Ruth Riese — — — Clay
1929 Clara Louise Zinke 6–2, 6–3 Ruth Riese — — — Clay
1928 Marjorie Gladman 6–4, 6–4 Clara Louise Zinke — — — Clay
1927 Clara Louise Zinke 6–4, 4–6, 4–1 (ret.) Marian Leighton — — — Clay
1926 Clara Louise Zinke 6–2, 6–2 Olga Strashun Weil — — — Clay
1925 Marian Leighton 6–3, 6–2 Clara Louise Zinke — — — Clay
1924 Olga Strashun 6–4, 6–2 Clara Louise Zinke — — — Clay
1923 Ruth Sanders Cordes 6–0, 7–5 Clara Louise Zinke — — — Clay
1922 Ruth Sanders Cordes 6–3, 6–4 Olga Strashun — — — Clay
1921 Tournament suspended — — — — — —
1920 Ruth Sanders Cordes 6–1, 6–0 Ruth King — — — Clay
1919 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1918 Singles event not held — — — — — —
1917 Katharine Brown 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 Mrs. Willis Adams — — — Clay
1916 Martha Guthrie 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 Marguerite Davis — — — Clay
1915 Molla Bjurstedt 6–0, 6–4 Ruth Sanders — — — Clay
1914 Ruth Sanders 7–5, 5–7, 6–2 Katharine Brown — — — Clay
1913 Ruth Sanders 6–2, 6–3 Marjorie Dodd — — — Clay
1912 Marjorie Dodd (def.) May Sutton — — — Clay
1911 Marjorie Dodd 6–0, 6–2 Helen McLaughlin — — — Clay
1910 Miriam Steever 4–6, 8–6, 6–0 Rhea Fairbairn — — — Clay
1909 Edith Hannam 6–3, 6–1 Martha Kinsey — — — Clay
1908 Martha Kinsey 4–6, 8–6, 6–2 Marjorie Dodd — — — Clay
1907 May Sutton 6–1, 6–1 Martha Kinsey — — — Clay
1906 May Sutton 7–5, 6–2 Florence Sutton — — — Clay
1905 May Sutton 6–0, 6–0 Myrtle McAteer — — — Clay
1904 Myrtle McAteer 7–5, 6–3 Winona Closterman — — — Clay
1903 Winona Closterman 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 Myrtle McAteer — — — Clay
1902 Maud Banks 6–2, 6–1 Winona Closterman — — — Clay
1901 Winona Closterman 6–2, 8–6, 6–1 Juliette Atkinson — — — Clay
1900 Myrtle McAteer 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 Maud Banks — — — Clay
1899 Myrtle McAteer 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 8–6 Juliette Atkinson — — — Clay

Pre-Open Era winners are included for tournament history only. They are excluded from TennisDB match and player statistics, title totals, and leaderboards. Sources: Cincinnati Open official compendium, Land of Tennis Cincinnati women's finals archive, Cincinnati Open finals table.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Cincinnati Open held?
Cincinnati Open is held in Cincinnati, United States.
Who is the latest recorded Cincinnati Open winner?
The 2026 Cincinnati Open was won by Coco Gauff, who defeated Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4.
Who has won the most Cincinnati Open titles?
Barbara Potter, Coco Gauff, and others are tied for the most Cincinnati Open titles in the Open Era (since 1968), with 2 each.
When was the first Cincinnati Open played?
The first edition of Cincinnati Open was held in 1899.
What surface is Cincinnati Open played on?
Cincinnati Open is played on hard courts.