Cincinnati Open Preview for Sunday, Aug. 16

Tomoko Yonemura prepares to play at the 2026 Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on Aug. 15, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Jared Wickerham /Wick Photography for Cincinnati Open)

Sunday's loaded schedule features 10 Major champions across 34 second-round matches. The day will also see five former Cincinnati Open winners: defending champion Iga Swiatek along with Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Madison Keys and Daniil Medvedev.  

Sunday’s night session on P&G Center Court and Grandstand Court will showcase Americans Gauff, Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe as they begin their Cincinnati campaigns. 

RESULTS - SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026

**As of 5:00 PM**

WTA First Round

Shuai Zhang (China) def Kayla Day (USA) 26 62 62

WTA Second Round

[9] Amanda Anisimova (USA) def Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey) 62 63

[17] Alexandra Eala (Philippines) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) 61 30 Ret.

[18] Anna Kalinskaya def Caty McNally (USA) 63 64

[19] Maja Chwalinska (Poland) def Cristina Bucsa (Spain) 62 62

[21] Elise Mertens (Belgium) vs Diane Parry (France)

[15] Sorana Cirstea (Romania) vs Nikola Bartunkova (Czechia)

[25] Emma Navarro (USA) vs Anhelina Kalinina (Ukraine)

Magdalena Frech (Poland) def [26] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 61 63

Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) vs [29] Maria Sakkari (Greece)

[14] Diana Shnaider def Tatjana Maria (Germany) 62 75

[6] Linda Noskova (Czechia) def Katie Boulter (Great Britain) 63 63

Simona Waltert (Switzerland) vs [3] Jessica Pegula (USA)

Peyton Stearns (USA) vs [27] Clara Tauson (Denmark)

Lois Boisson (France) vs [12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

ATP Second Round

Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina) def [3] Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 26 64 64

[7] Flavio Cobolli (Italy) def Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) 61 46 63

[28] Alexander Blockx (Belgium) def Mariano Navone (Argentina) 63 64

Martin Landaluce (Spain) def [31] Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) 64 46 64

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (Paraguay) def [15] Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) 63 63

[22] Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) def Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 63 64

[18] Tommy Paul (USA) vs Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)

[Q] Quentin Halys (France) vs [5] Alex de Minaur (Australia)

[9] Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) vs Matteo Berrettini (Italy)

Mattia Bellucci (Italy) vs [14] Jakub Mensik (Czechia)

[32] Arthur Fery (Great Britain) vs James Duckworth (Australia)

Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) vs [21] Arthur Fils (France)

[19] Luciano Darderi (Italy) vs [WC] Rinky Hijikata (Australia)

Terence Atmane (France) vs [26] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina)

[1] Alexander Zverev (Germany) vs Cameron Norrie (Great Britain)

[12] Rafael Jodar (Spain) vs Denis Shapovalov (Canada)

ORDER OF PLAY - SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026

P&G Center Court - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Taylor Townsend (USA) vs [2] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

WTA - [7] Iga Swiatek (Poland) vs Emiliana Arango (Colombia)

ATP - [6] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Alex Michelsen (USA)

Not Before 7:00 PM

ATP - [8] Ben Shelton (USA) vs [Q] Jaime Faria (Portugal)

Not Before 8:30 PM

WTA - Tereza Valentova (Czechia) vs [8] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

Grandstand - start 11:00 AM

ATP - [Q] Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) vs [4] Daniil Medvedev

ATP - Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) vs [2] Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)

Not Before 3:00 PM

WTA - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Talia Gibson (Australia)

Not Before 7:00 PM

WTA - [4] Coco Gauff (USA) vs Liudmila Samsonova

ATP - Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) vs [17] Frances Tiafoe (USA)

Tony Trabert Stadium 3 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - [Q] Christopher O'Connell (Australia) vs [11] Casper Ruud (Norway)

ATP - [23] Joao Fonseca (Brazil) vs Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands)

WTA - [10] Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) vs Sofia Kenin (USA)

WTA - Tamara Korpatsch (Germany) vs [13] Iva Jovic (USA)

Champions' Court - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Oleksandra Oliynykova (Ukraine) vs [5] Mirra Andreeva

WTA - Daria Snigur (Ukraine) vs [20] Madison Keys (USA)

ATP - [27] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)

ATP - [16] Learner Tien (USA) vs Sebastian Baez (Argentina)

WTA - Sloane Stephens (USA) vs [24] Anastasia Potapova (Austria)

Court 10 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Xinyu Wang (China) vs [31] Donna Vekic (Croatia)

ATP - Daniel Altmaier (Germany) vs [10] Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)

ATP - [13] Andrey Rublev vs Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)

WTA - [30] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) vs Xiyu Wang (China)

Court 4 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [23] Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia) vs Sara Bejlek (Czechia)

WTA - [22] Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) vs Lucrezia Stefanini (Italy)

ATP - Nuno Borges (Portugal) vs [20] Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)

ATP - Daniel Merida (Spain) vs [30] Zizou Bergs (Belgium)

Court 6 - start 11:00 AM

ATP - [24] Ugo Humbert (France) vs [Q] Michael Zheng (USA)

ATP - [25] Arthur Rinderknech (France) vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Argentina)

WTA - Anna Blinkova vs [16] Ekaterina Alexandrova

Court 7 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - [32] Janice Tjen (Indonesia) vs Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)

WTA - Shuai Zhang (China) vs [28] Ann Li (USA)

WTA - [33] Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain)

ATP - Adam Walton (Australia) vs [29] Ignacio Buse (Peru)

Court 8 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Ellen Perez (Australia) / Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) vs Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway) / Quinn Gleason (USA)

WTA - Miyu Kato (Japan) / Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) vs [3] Hanyu Guo (China) / Kristina Mladenovic (France)

WTA - [8] Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Diana Shnaider vs Hao-Ching Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Maya Joint (Australia)

WTA - Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) / Linda Noskova (Czechia) vs Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Emma Navarro (USA)

Court 9 - start 11:00 AM

WTA - Shuko Aoyama (Japan) / En-Shuo Liang (Chinese Taipei) vs Ingrid Neel (Estonia) / Giuliana Olmos (Mexico)

WTA - [5] Su-Wei Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) / Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) vs Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) / Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain)

Not Before 2:00 PM

WTA - Asia Muhammad (USA) / Fanny Stollar (Hungary) vs [7] Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia)

WTA - Ann Li (USA) / Clara Tauson (Denmark) vs [2] Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) / Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia)