PAUL FLORY WOULD BE PROUD , CINCY TENNIS MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL. SCORES , RESULTS , FEDERER , SERENA , BRYAN BROTHERS BIG WINNERS

Written by: Staff on 17th August 2014

PAUL FLORY WOULD BE PROUD , CINCY TENNIS MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL. SCORES , RESULTS , FEDERER , SERENA , BRYAN BROTHERS BIG WINNERS |

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Federer & Williams Win Singles, Americans Sweep Doubles

To Close Western & Southern Open

NOTES

– Serena Williams won her 62nd career title and first at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday. It is her WTA-leading fifth title of 2014.

– Williams is the first player to win the Cincinnati women’s title while holding the WTA’s No. 1 ranking.

– Williams is the 11th different women’s singles champion since the WTA returned to Cincinnati 11 years ago, in 2004.

– This week, Williams clinched the Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge for the second straight year. She is now eligible to win up to $1 million based on her performance at the US Open.

– Williams, who turns 33 on September 26, is the oldest player to win the Cincinnati title in the Open Era.

– Ivanovic was playing her 21st career final and her fifth in 2014.

– Ivanovic leads the WTA for match wins with a 47-13 record in 2014.

– Ivanovic will move to No. 9 in the WTA rankings on Monday.

– Roger Federer won his record sixth Western & Open title and 80th career title overall. He improved to 6-0 in Cincinnati finals.

– This was the first-ever final in Western & Southern Open featuring players over the age of 30. Federer is 33, David Ferrer is 32.

– Federer is the second 33-year-old to claim the title, joining Bill Tilden who did so in 1926. Only Ken Rosewall (35 in 1970) and Andre Agassi (34 in 2004) were older when winning the title.

– Federer has tied his coach Stefan Edberg for most Cincinnati singles finals appearances in the Open Era with six. William Talbert holds the all-time record with seven from 1943-51.

– Cincinnati is the seventh tournament where Federer has reached the finals at least six times:

Basel – 10 finals (5-5)

Halle – 9 finals (7-2)

Wimbledon – 9 finals (7-2)

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals – 8 finals (6-2)

Dubai – 8 finals (6-2)

Cincinnati – 6 finals (6-0)

US Open – 6 finals (5-1)

– Federer has won 22 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles and has appeared in 38 finals. His win Sunday snapped a four-match losing streak in Masters 1000 finals.

– The title is the 80th overall in Federer’s career. He is third in the Open Era, trailing only Jimmy Connors (109) and Ivan Lendl (94).

– Ferrer was playing in his 44th career final.

– Ferrer was playing in his seventh career ATP Masters 1000 final.

– Bob and Mike Bryan won their fifth career Western & Southern Open doubles title. It was the 99th title of their career, and it came in their 150th career final.

– The title is the 30th for the Bryans at ATP Masters 1000 events.

– The winningest duo in ATP history, the Bryans have finished as the No. 1 team on the ATP World Tour nine times in the past 11 seasons.

– Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock first teamed up at Wimbledon earlier this year, and Sunday was their first loss of the season after a record 14-0 start as a duo. They had previously won titles at Wimbledon and Atlanta.

– Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears won their ninth career title together when Timea Babos and Kristin Mladenovic were forced to retire due to Mladenovic’s back injury.

– The 2014 tournament drew a record 191,752 over the 16 sessions.

– A big thank you to the Xerox Media Center volunteer staff and to our transcribers, Linda and Julie.

– SAVE THE DATE: The 2015 Western & Southern Open will be held August 15-23.

Results – Sunday, August 17, 2014

Men’s Singles – Finals Click for draw

[2] Roger Federer (Switzerland) d [6] David Ferrer (Spain) 63 16 62

Men’s Doubles – Finals Click for draw

[1] Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) d Vasek Pospisil (Canada) / Jack Sock (USA) 63 62

Women’s Singles – Finals Click for draw

[1] Serena Williams (USA) d [9] Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 64 61

Women’s Doubles – Finals Click for draw

[7] Raquel Kops -Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) d [6] Timea Babos (Hungary) / Kristen Mladenovic (France) 61 20 ret. (Mladenkovic – back)

About the Western & Southern Open

The Western & Southern Open will be held August 9-17, 2014 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, 20 miles north of Cincinnati in Mason, OH. The tournament is one of the prestigious ATP Masters 1000 events on the men’s tour and a Premier 5 event for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), making it one of only five events in the world outside of the grand slams with events of that caliber occurring during the same week at the same venue. The tournament is also one of the last stops on the Emirates Airline US Open Series before the US Open in New York. Since 1974, the tournament has contributed more than $9 million directly to its beneficiaries: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Barrett Cancer Center and Tennis for City Youth.

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