The 2026 WTA Cincinnati Open is complete. Women’s qualifying was played on August 11-12, the main draw ran from August 13 through August 23, and Coco Gauff closed the tournament by defeating Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s singles final. This page now works as a completed schedule and results archive rather than a live order-of-play page.
Main draw
August 13-23, 2026, on outdoor hard courts in Mason, Ohio.
Women’s champion
Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula in an all-American final.
Current status
Completed. Use the official result center for point-by-point match records.
Some official tournament pages display an August 8-23 event window because Community Weekend activities began before competitive play. For the women’s match schedule, the useful distinction is August 11-12 qualifying and August 13-23 main-draw play. Readers looking for a match happening now should use today’s WTA matches; the dates below preserve what happened in Cincinnati.
WTA Cincinnati 2026 dates and completed status
The Cincinnati Open’s broad public event window began with Community Weekend on August 8-9, when the site hosted fan activities and open practices. Competitive women’s tennis followed on a different timetable. The two-round qualifying competition took place on Tuesday, August 11 and Wednesday, August 12, before the 96-player women’s main draw opened on Thursday, August 13.
Main-draw play continued through Sunday, August 23 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The outdoor hard-court tournament was the second expanded WTA 1000 stop of the North American summer after Toronto and one of the principal preparation events before the US Open. Its status is now completed, so any old page that says “upcoming” reflects an earlier publication date rather than the present state of the event.
| Date | Women’s schedule stage | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 8-9 | Community Weekend | Activities and practice access, not a WTA main-draw round |
| Aug. 11-12 | Qualifying | A 48-player field competed for 12 main-draw places |
| Aug. 13-23 | Main draw | First round through the women’s singles final |
This layered calendar explains why two accurate official sources can appear to show different starting dates. Use August 8 for the complete on-site festival window, August 11 for the first qualifying matches and August 13 for the women’s main draw. For season context, see the complete 2026 WTA 1000 schedule.
Complete round-by-round Cincinnati schedule
The official tournament schedule used overlapping round labels on several days because a 96-player field cannot move in one perfectly uniform block. First-round matches continued on August 15 while second-round play began, and the quarterfinal stage was spread across August 20-21 within the combined ATP/WTA session plan. The daily WTA order of play is the authority for a specific player and court.
| Date | Published round plan | Reader note |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 11-12 | Qualifying | Two rounds decided 12 women’s main-draw places |
| Aug. 13-14 | First round | Day and night sessions began the main draw |
| Aug. 15 | First and second rounds | An overlap day; check the player-specific listing |
| Aug. 16 | Second round | Seeded players continued after first-round byes |
| Aug. 17-18 | Third round | Day and night sessions on both dates |
| Aug. 19 | Round of 16 | The field narrowed to the quarterfinalists |
| Aug. 20-21 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinal sessions were distributed across two days |
| Aug. 22 | Semifinals | Gauff-Bejlek and Pegula-Swiatek formed the women’s final four |
| Aug. 23 | Finals | Gauff defeated Pegula in the women’s singles final |
A round date is not automatically a player’s match date. A seed with a bye entered later than an unseeded player; weather, match length and court allocation also affected the daily sequence. That is why the table is best for planning the event’s progression, while the archived order of play is best for answering “When did this player compete?”
How to use the official order of play and score archive
Three official tools answer three different Cincinnati questions. The WTA order-of-play page is best for reconstructing a particular day: select Q for August 11 or 12, or choose a numbered match day from August 13 through 23. The tournament result center is best for completed scores filtered to WTA matches. The WTA draw is best for following one player’s route across several rounds.
Need a court or scheduled time?
Open the archived order of play and choose the date. Remember that a listed time was a schedule, not a guarantee that the prior match ended on time.
Need the final score?
Use the WTA-filtered result center or the match link inside the completed draw.
Need the path through the event?
Use the singles bracket, which keeps opponents and scores connected round by round.
Dynamic sports pages sometimes retain generic interface labels such as “upcoming,” “suspended” and “finished” in the page code even after a tournament is over. Do not read one isolated interface word as the match status. Confirm the selected year, day, competitors and recorded score together. Cincinnati’s WTA tournament header now marks the 2026 event completed.
Readers searching for “Cincinnati Open schedule today” after August 23 have usually reached a dated page. The useful response is not to recycle the final Sunday order of play as though it were current. Use the live WTA schedule for today for current matches, and retain Cincinnati’s official tools as a historical record.
Cincinnati women’s results and route to the final
The late rounds produced one unseeded semifinalist, three seeded semifinalists and an all-American championship match. Sara Bejlek’s run included victories over top seed Aryna Sabalenka and No. 20 Madison Keys. Coco Gauff stopped Bejlek in the semifinals, while Jessica Pegula ended defending champion Iga Swiatek’s run in three sets.
| Stage | Winner | Opponent and score |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinal | Sara Bejlek | Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) |
| Quarterfinal | Coco Gauff | Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-2 |
| Quarterfinal | Jessica Pegula | Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) |
| Quarterfinal | Iga Swiatek | Elena Rybakina retired with Swiatek leading 4-1 |
| Semifinal | Coco Gauff | Sara Bejlek 6-4, 6-1 |
| Semifinal | Jessica Pegula | Iga Swiatek 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 |
| Final | Coco Gauff | Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 |
Gauff completed the 6-2, 6-4 final in one hour and 14 minutes. The victory made her a two-time Cincinnati champion after her 2023 title and delivered her first tournament title of the 2026 season. For a match-focused account, read the Gauff-Pegula Cincinnati final recap.
Eastern Time, session starts and local-time conversion
Cincinnati’s published times were local to Mason, Ohio. In August, that meant Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4. Three clocks could appear for one visit: gates opening, the ticketed session starting and an individual match receiving a “not before” time. They are not interchangeable. A 5 p.m. gate time allowed spectators to enter; a 7 p.m. session time started the court program; a later match could wait for the preceding contest to finish.
The final Sunday is the clearest example. The tournament listed Session 23 from 2 p.m., but the women’s Gauff-Pegula final was scheduled not before 7 p.m. EDT on P&G Stadium Court. Treating the session start as the women’s final time would have been five hours early. “Not before” also sets a floor, not a guaranteed first serve; a long earlier match or ceremony can push it later.
| Location | Scheduled equivalent of 7 p.m. EDT | Calendar date |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (PDT) | 4:00 p.m. | Aug. 23 |
| UTC | 11:00 p.m. | Aug. 23 |
| United Kingdom (BST) | 12:00 a.m. | Aug. 24 |
| Central Europe (CEST) | 1:00 a.m. | Aug. 24 |
| China Standard Time | 7:00 a.m. | Aug. 24 |
These conversions reconstruct the scheduled threshold, not the verified moment of first serve. For a future Cincinnati edition, recheck daylight-saving offsets and the current order of play instead of adding a fixed number of hours to this 2026 example.
What “today,” “live” and schedule changes mean after the event
Search engines can continue to suggest phrases such as “Cincinnati results today” or “WTA Cincinnati live” after the trophy ceremony. On this page, those phrases lead to a completed-event answer. There are no remaining 2026 Cincinnati matches to start, and an old daily schedule should not be presented as live programming. The official archive is still useful, but its value is historical.
A schedule also represents intent at a cutoff, not an immutable promise. Before play began, Naomi Osaka’s August 12 withdrawal changed the draw and the future order of play: Katerina Siniakova moved into the seeded line, and another player filled Siniakova’s original position. During the event, Elina Svitolina withdrew before facing qualifier Xiyu Wang, so Wang advanced by walkover. The scheduled matchup existed, but no played score between them followed.
Read the status before the score
- Scheduled: a court and time were assigned, but the match had not necessarily started.
- Live: play was in progress; point-by-point data could still change.
- Suspended: play began but stopped temporarily, so the listed partial score was not final.
- Walkover: one player advanced before the match was played; it is not a normal match win with a scoreline.
- Retirement: play began, then ended early; the partial score remains part of the record.
- Completed: the match or tournament has a final result.
For Cincinnati 2026, the tournament-level status is completed. The result center and draw should still preserve individual distinctions such as retirement and walkover. A responsible archive keeps those labels instead of converting every advancement into a two-set victory.
If a current WTA match is the real goal, leave the 2026 Cincinnati archive and open the site’s current match schedule. If the goal is the next Cincinnati edition, use the WTA calendar and the future tournament page once organizers publish new dates and daily orders of play.
WTA Cincinnati 2026 schedule FAQ
When was the 2026 WTA Cincinnati Open?
Women’s qualifying took place August 11-12, and the main draw ran August 13-23. The broader tournament promotion began with Community Weekend on August 8-9, which explains the longer August 8-23 range displayed on some event pages. For match-calendar purposes, August 11 was the first competitive women’s date and August 13 was the first main-draw date.
Is the WTA Cincinnati 2026 tournament still live?
No. The 2026 tournament is completed. The women’s singles final was played on Sunday, August 23. Official pages retain old order-of-play dates and completed scores so fans can review them, but those archives are not a live schedule for August 28 or a future day. Current matches belong on the site’s today page.
Who won the Cincinnati Open women’s title in 2026?
Coco Gauff won the women’s singles championship. The No. 4 seed defeated No. 3 Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 in an all-American final completed in one hour and 14 minutes. It was Gauff’s second Cincinnati title after 2023 and her first tournament title of the 2026 season.
What time was the 2026 women’s final scheduled?
The Gauff-Pegula final was listed not before 7 p.m. local Eastern Daylight Time on August 23 at P&G Stadium Court. The overall finals session began earlier, at 2 p.m., but that was not the women’s first-serve time. “Not before” means the match could start at the listed time or later depending on the preceding program.
Where can I find every Cincinnati women’s result?
Use the tournament’s WTA-filtered result center for daily completed scores and the official WTA draw for a player’s full route. The draw is better when you know the player but not the date; the daily result page is better when you know the date or court. Check that the year filter remains on 2026.
Why did some players have no first-round match?
Cincinnati used a 96-player main draw on a 128-line bracket. The seeded players received first-round byes and entered in round two, while unseeded players generally began in round one. A bye is not a walkover: no opponent withdrew from a scheduled match, and no result is recorded for the empty first-round line.
Why can an order of play differ from the planned round schedule?
The round schedule assigns stages to dates, while the order of play assigns specific matches to courts and times. A large combined event can overlap rounds, and weather, match duration, withdrawals or court changes can reshape the day. The player-specific order of play is therefore more precise than assuming every second-round match began at the same advertised session time.
Did the women’s singles and doubles schedules end on the same day?
No. WTA’s tournament guide listed the women’s doubles first round for August 16-17, second round for August 18-19, quarterfinals for August 20, semifinals for August 21 and final for August 22 at 11 a.m. The women’s singles final followed on August 23. A result labeled “women’s final” therefore needs a draw type: the doubles champions were decided one day before the singles champion.
Can I use these dates for the next Cincinnati Open?
No. This is a 2026 historical guide. Tournament windows, qualifying dates, session structures and final times can change from year to year. For a future edition, wait for the official tournament schedule and WTA event page, then verify the daily order of play near the match date. Do not simply move each 2026 date forward by one calendar year.