Cincinnati Open: Finals Facts

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Monday, Aug. 18, 2025

Cincinnati Open Finals Facts

  • The last two years, both the men's and women's Cincinnati Open champions have gone on to win the US Open the following month (2024 - Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka; 2023 - Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff)

  • The last time all four men's and women's finalists were Top 10 players was 2015 (No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Roger Federer, No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 3 Simona Halep)

  • This is the first year there has been an Italian player in both the men's and women's finals. There was also an Italian team in the men's doubles final (finished as runner-up).

Men's Final - No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz (ATP Rankings)

Head-to-Head: Alcaraz leads 8-5

For the second time in three years, the world's top two players will face each other in the Cincinnati Open men's final.

  • This is only the third time the world-ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2 have met in the men's final here - the other two were in 2023 (No. 2 Novak Djokovic def. No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4)) and in 2012 (No. 1 Roger Federer def. No. 2 Novak Djokovic 6-0, 7-6(7)).

  • The last two meetings between No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz were in this year's French Open final (won by Alcaraz) and Wimbledon final (won by Sinner). They also met in the Rome final this year (won by Alcaraz).

  • Defending champion Jannik Sinner is bidding to become the first player to win back-to-back men's Cincinnati Open titles since Roger Federer (2014-15)

  • Jannik Sinner is the only Italian to have won the Cincinnati Open title (2024).Two Spaniards have won the men's title (Rafael Nadal, 2013; Carlos Moya, 2002)

  • No. 1 seed has a 40-20 win-loss finals record

  • No. 2 seed has a 13-22 win-loss finals record

Women's Final - No. 3 Iga Swiatek vs. No. 9 Jasmine Paolini (WTA Rankings)

Head-to-Head: Swiatek leads 5-0

We will have a first-time Cincinnati Open women's champion.

  • There has never been a player from Italy or Poland in the women's final.

  • After being stopped in the semifinals here the last two years, world No. 3 Iga Swiatek has broken through to her first Cincinnati Open final.

  • Just two years ago, Paolini was a qualifier here who reached the quarterfinals and lost to eventual champion Coco Gauff. In 2021, she lost to Veronika Kudermetova here in the first round. She avenged both losses this year.

  • Since she was a qualifier here in 2023, Paolini has reached two Grand Slam singles finals, won a Grand Slam doubles title and an Olympic gold medal.

  • Earlier this year, Paolini won the 1000-level Rome title on clay in her home country. At age 29, she now becomes the oldest player since 2009 (Serena Williams) to reach multiple WTA 1000 finals on different surfaces in the same year.

  • No. 3 seed has a 5-6 win-loss finals record

  • No. 7 seed has a 1-1 win-loss finals record

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