After the ATP1000 tournament in Toronto, the next important hard court event for the best tennis stars is coming up on August 7-18 with the ATP Cincinnati Masters 2025.
Here you can find all the information about this year’s Cincinnati Masters: schedule, TV and streaming broadcasts, participants and favorites, as well as betting odds for the tournament winners.
ATP Cincinnati 2025: Date & Broadcast
Date & schedule: When is the Cincinnati Masters 2025?
The ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati has been held since 1899. This makes it the oldest tennis tournament in the United States that is still held in the same city as when it began.
The ATP Cincinnati Masters 2025 will take place from August 7 to 18 and is the seventh of a total of nine Masters tournaments this season.
The American hard court classic will be held as usual at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
Cincinnati Masters Schedule 2025
- August 7-9: First round
- August 9/10: Second round
- July 11 July/August 12: Third Round
- August 13/14: Round of 16
- August 15: Quarterfinals
- August 16: Semifinals
- August 18: Finals
The schedule for the 2025 Cincinnati Masters looks a little different than usual. The tournament starts on Thursday and ends 12 days later on Monday (August 18).
The main competition of this year’s Cincinnati Open begins with the first round matches on Thursday, August 7. Further first round matches are also scheduled for Friday (August 8) and Saturday (August 9).
The second and third rounds, as well as the round of 16, are scheduled for Thursday, August 14, on the 2025 Cincinnati Masters schedule.
The quarterfinals will be played on Friday (August 15), with the two semifinal matches taking place on Saturday, August 16, according to the ATP Cincinnati schedule.
However, the final of the 2025 Cincinnati Masters will not take place on Sunday, but on Monday (August 18).
ATP Cincinnati 2025 live on TV and stream
Tennis is mainly available live on TV in Germany and Austria on Sky. This also applies to the 2025 Cincinnati Open.
The ATP Cincinnati 2025 will be broadcast daily on Sky Sport Tennis starting on the first day of the main draw (Thursday, August 7).
Until and including the day of the semifinals (Saturday, August 16), Sky will broadcast daily at 5:00 p.m. German time. The Cincinnati Open final in 2025 will be broadcast live on Sky on Monday (August 18) at 9:00 p.m. German time.
The classic Masters tournament in Cincy will also be broadcast on the paid Tennis online portal TennisTV
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Masters Cincinnati 2025 Participants: Seedings & Favorites with Betting Odds
All the top stars are on the list of Cincinnati Masters participants – with one exception: Novak Djokovic. The veteran will also miss the second US Masters event after Toronto.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz – numbers 1 and 2 in the world rankings – are back after having to skip the Toronto Masters due to injury.
But that also means that the starting position is now clear again: when top dogs Sinner and Alcaraz compete, they are inevitably among the Cincinnati Masters favorites for 2025. This is also reflected in the betting odds offered by bookmakers.
Alexander Zverev is ranked third in the world and is therefore number 3 in the Cincinnati Open seedings. He is also in good form, reaching the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters.
The question is: in what condition will Sinner and Alcaraz return to the big tennis stage? The duo has not played a tournament since Wimbledon and has been nursing various injuries.
Nevertheless, they are among the favorites to win the title before the tournament begins. However, there are others in the circle of contenders for the Cincinnati Open title – alongside Zverev, for example, the two Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton, who are seeded fourth and fifth respectively.
If we take the results of the Toronto Masters as a reference for the Cincinnati Open prediction, then Alex de Minaur (AUS) and Andrej Rublev (RUS) could also be among the favorites.
According to the world rankings, however, Holger Rune (DEN/ATP No. 9) and Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti, ranked tenth in the world, are also contenders.
The Americans should not be underestimated with their home advantage: In addition to Fritz and Shelton, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe (last year’s Cincinnati finalist) as well as the three youngsters Alex Michelsen, Sebastian Korda and Brandon Nakashima are among the dark horses for the 2025 Cincinnati Masters.
The top 16 of the 2025 Cincy Masters seedings
- 1. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- 2. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
- 3. Alexander Zverev (GER)
- 4. Taylor Fritz (USA)
- 5. Ben Shelton (USA)
- 6. Alex de Minaur (AUS)
- 7. Holger Rune (DEN)
- 8. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
- 9. Andrey Rublev (RUS)
- 10. Frances Tiafoe (USA)
- 11. Caspar Ruud (NOR)
- 12. Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
- 13. Tommy Paul (USA)
- 14. Karen Khachanov (RUS)
- 15. Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
- 16. Jakub Mensik (CZE)
Prize money & world ranking points
The total prize money for this year’s Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati is $9,193,540.
In addition to a beautiful trophy, the tournament winner will receive $1,124,380 in prize money and 1,000 points for the world rankings. The runner-up will console himself with €597,890 and 650 points for his ATP ranking after losing the final.
The two semi-finalists will be rewarded with 400 world ranking points and prize money of $332,160 for reaching the semi-finals. The quarter-finals will earn 200 points for the ATP rankings and $189,075 for the bank account.
Every player who participates in the first round and is eliminated receives 10 points and $23,760 in “expense allowance.” Reaching the second round is rewarded with 30 ATP points and $35,260.
