Men's Tennis:
Cincinnati Masters, Singles Champions by Year
Full list of singles winners, year by year, of the Cincinnati Masters for men, including champions, runner-ups and finals results of each tournament edition.
The Cincinnati Masters has crowned its men's singles champion in 122 editions, in which a total of 77 players have won at least one title. The first champion was Nat Emerson in 1899 and the most recent was Jannik Sinner in 2024.
The last 4 editions of this tournament were won by 4 different players.
In the last 10 editions, 8 players have won the title: Novak Djokovic (3), Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Grigor Dimitrov, Roger Federer, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.
Among the players that won titles, the most successful in the Cincinnati Masters is Roger Federer with 7 trophies.
Surfaces:
= Hard
/ = Clay
/ = Carpet
Categories:
1000
= ATP Masters 1000 * the current ATP 250, 500 and 1000 started in 1990 and their names changed through the years.
Men's Tennis: Cincinnati Masters, Singles Champions by Year
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1000
2025
* tournament to be played (starting on the week of August 4)
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1979
Peter Fleming
Roscoe Tanner
6-4, 6-2
1978
Eddie Dibbs
Raúl Ramírez
5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1976
Roscoe Tanner
Eddie Dibbs
7-6, 6-3
1975
Tom Gorman
Sherwood Stewart
7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1974
Marty Riessen
Robert Lutz
7-6(8-6), 7-6(7-5)
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1971
Stan Smith
Juan Gisbert
7-6, 6-3
1970
Ken Rosewall
Cliff Richey
7-9, 9-7, 8-6
1969
Cliff Richey
Allan Stone
6-1, 6-2
1968
Challenger (William Harris defeated Tom Gorman 3-6, 6-2, 6-2)
1967
1966
David Power
William Harris
7-5, 3-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1965
Billy Lenoir
Herb Fitzgibbon
1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 9-7
1964
Herb Fitzgibbon
Robert Brien
6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1963
Marty Riessen
Herb Fitzgibbon
6-1, 6-3, 7-5
1962
Marty Riessen
Allen Fox
1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1961
Allen Fox
Billy Lenoir
3-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-1
1960
Miguel Olvera
Crawford Henry
4-6, 9-7, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1959
Whitney Reed
Donald Dell
1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1958
Bernard Bartzen
Sam Giammalva
7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1957
Bernard Bartzen
Grant Golden
6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1956
Edward Moylan
Bernard Bartzen
6-0, 6-3, 6-3
1955
Bernard Bartzen
Tony Trabert
7-9, 11-9, 6-4
1954
Straight Clark
Sam Giammalva
8-6, 6-1, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1953
Tony Trabert
Ham Richardson
10-8, 6-3, 6-4
1952
Noel Brown
Fred Hagist
6-4, 0-6, 2-0, retired
1951
Tony Trabert
William Talbert
5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1950
Glenn Bassett
Ham Richardson
6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
1949
James Brink
Arnold Saul
6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 6-0
1948
Herbert Behrens
Irvin Dorfman
7-5, 11-9, 2-6, 6-8, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1947
William Talbert
George Pero
6-1, 6-0, 6-0
1946
Nick Carter
George Richards
6-1, 6-1
1945
William Talbert
Elwood Cooke
6-2, 7-9, 6-2
1944
Pancho Segura
William Talbert
9-11, 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
1943
William Talbert
Seymour Greenberg
6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1942
Pancho Segura
William Talbert
1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 12-10
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1941
Frank Parker
William Talbert
6-2, 6-2, 6-4
1940
Bobby Riggs
Arthur Marx
11-9, 6-2, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1
1939
Bryan Grant
Frank Parker
4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
1938
Bobby Riggs
Frank Parker
6-1, 7-5, 6-3
1937
Bobby Riggs
John McDiarmid
6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1936
Bobby Riggs
Charles Harris
6-1, 6-3, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1935
tournament not played due to the Great Depression
1934
Henry Prusoff
Arthur Hendrix
6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1933
Bryan Grant
Frank Parker
11-9, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
1932
George Lott
Frank Parker
5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
1931
Cliff Sutter
Bruce Barnes
6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1930
Frank Shields
Emmett Pare
6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1929
Herbert Bowman
Julius Seligson
2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1928
Emmett Pare
Harris Coggeshall
2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1927
George Lott
Emmett Pare
6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1926
Bill Tilden
George Lott
4-6, 6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 6-3
1925
George Lott
Julius Sagalowsky
6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1924
George Lott
Paul Kunkel
2-6, 13-11, 6-4, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1923
Louis Kuhler
Paul Kunkel
6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1922
Louis Kuhler
Edwin Haupt
6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1921
not played
1920
John Hennessey
Walter Wesbrook
8-10, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1919
Fritz Bastian
John Hennessey
2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
1918
Not played due to the World War I
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1917
Fritz Bastian
John G. MacKay
4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1916
William Johnston
Clarence Griffin
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1915
Clarence Griffin
William S. McEllroy
6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1914
William S. McEllroy
William Hoag
6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1913
William S. McEllroy
Gus Touchard
default
1912
Gus Touchard
Richard H. Palmer
6-1, 6-2, 7-5
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1911
Richard H. Palmer
Richard Bishop
14-12, 6-4, 8-6
1910
Richard H. Palmer
Wallace Johnson
11-9, 6-3, 6-4
1909
Robert LeRoy
Nat Emerson
6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3
1908
Robert LeRoy
Nat Emerson
6-0, 7-5, 6-4
1907
Robert LeRoy
Robert Chauncey Seaver
8-6, 6-8, 6-2, 6-0
1906
Beals Wright
Robert LeRoy
6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1905
Beals Wright
Kreigh Collins
6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 7-9, 6-3
1904
Beals Wright
L. Harry Waidner
7-5, 6-0, 6-3
1903
Kreigh Collins
Raymond D. Little
11-9, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1902
Raymond D. Little
Kreigh Collins
3-6, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1901
Raymond D. Little
Kreigh Collins
2-6, 8-6, 6-4, 7-5
1900
Raymond D. Little
Nat Emerson
6-2 6-4 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1899
Nat Emerson
Dudley Sutphin
8-6, 6-1, 10-8