Federer Fortune and Li Na climbed to the top, do you know this event is older than the Grand Slam?

In those years when the

epidemic never hit, when Wimbledon decided all the championships, all professional players officially entered the time of the US Open.


In order to prepare for the final Grand Slam, players will choose to participate in a series of warm-up matches, WTA San Jose, ATP500 Washington, Rogers Cup , Cincinnati, WTA Bronx... a total of more than ten tournaments for men and women. Will debut successively.



However, due to the epidemic and other reasons, this year only retained Cincinnati as the only warm-up match, and moved to New York to the US Open venue- Billy Jane Gold National Tennis Center. Why does


keep Cincinnati in the competition? What are the points worth talking about in this race? Let's get to know it.



Cincinnati as an ancient tennis tournament, as early as 1899 held its first tournament, its history is even longer than the Australian Open founded in 1905.


is an important industrial and commercial city in the middle of the United States. Cincinnati itself has a very developed economy. Not to mention the new crown epidemic, even the two world wars cannot interfere with the people's love of tennis in the region.



The Mason Tennis Center, built in the 1990s, is a large stadium that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators. It attracts a large number of fans to watch the game every year.


In the past, Cincinnati ushered in countless great championships and witnessed many historical moments. In 2018, Djokovic defeated Federer and achieved the "Golden Master" achievement.



men's side ( open since the era)

Federer has seven championships and one ride, each of them has reached the top in turn


z0 and the Cincinnati Masters in the Southwest Series as the seventh ATP. The second major event after the Rogers Cup. Among the previous championships of



, Federer has reached the top seven times in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and is undoubtedly the biggest winner of the event.


In addition, there are Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and retired Agassi (3 times), Roddick (2 times), Sampras (3 times) ) And other famous players.



Women's side (since the Open era)

Li Na returned strongly, Xiaowei became the only defending champion


Cincinnati Women’s Event was the first time that Li Na won the championship with 800 points for the first time in 2012. The champion shortage of the month.



women’s singles champion list also showed a trend of "a hundred flowers blooming". Yankovic , Cristals, Shava, Azarenka, Karp, Muguruza, etc. have won the cup successively.


and Serena Williams won the championship twice in 2014 and 2015, which is the only time a female player has successfully defended so far.



will start at Cincinnati this weekend. I hope that everything goes smoothly under the epidemic and everyone is healthy and safe. (Source: tennis House Author: Barbie)