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12 unusual facts about Cincinnati Masters


1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

It was the 96th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour.

1999 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

It was the 98th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour.

Carol Hanks Aucamp

She won the U.S. Indoor Singles title in 1963, the U.S. Hardcourt Singles title in 1962, and the Cincinnati singles title in 1960.

Catherine Wolf

At the Cincinnati Masters, she made eight finals appearances, winning five titles.

Cincinnati Tennis Club

This tournament eventually would grow into what is now known as the Western & Southern Open.

The Club has had a number of nationally ranked players, the first being Nat Emerson who won the Tri-State Tournament when it was first played in 1899, and was a finalist several times afterward.

Edith Hannam

In 1909 at the tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Hannam won the singles and mixed doubles titles and was a doubles finalist.

Emmett Pare

In 1928, he won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters and reached the singles final again in Cincinnati in 1930.

Fred Burns

He wrote about tennis, and played the game, including playing in the National Clay Court Championships in 1915 and Cincinnati's own international tennis tournament, now known as the Cincinnati Masters, in 1916 and 1923.

Grant Golden

At the Cincinnati Masters, Golden won three consecutive doubles titles: in 1956 (with Bernard Bartzen), in 1957 (with Bill Quillian), and in 1958 (with Bartzen).

Jun Kamiwazumi

The following year at the same event he reached the quarter-finals, as he did in Cincinnati in 1972, Cincinnati and Hilversum both in 1974, and the Tokyo Outdoor in 1979.

Virginia Hollinger

At the tournament in Cincinnati, she won singles titles in 1937 & 1938, and was a singles finalist in 1936 and 1939.


1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

It was the 95th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour.

2000 Cincinnati Masters

The 2000 Cincinnati Masters was the 99th edition of the tournament previously known as the Great American Insurance ATP Championships, and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2000 ATP Tour.

Harris Coggeshall

At the Cincinnati Masters, he reached the singles final in 1928 before falling to top-seeded Emmett Pare, 6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 4–6.

Margaret Jessee

In 1938, Jessee won the National 18 and Under doubles title and reached the final in singles, and reached the singles final at Cincinnati, before falling to Virginia Hollinger, 6-2, 6-3.

Nat Emerson

Still holds the record for most round of 16 appearances all-time at the Cincinnati Masters with 12 (tied with his brother, H. Truxtun Emerson, and Michael Chang)

Straight Clark

In 1954, he won the singles title at the tournament in Cincinnati, defeating Sammy Giammalva, Sr., 8–6, 6–1, 6–1 in the final.

Thelma Coyne Long

At the 1953 tournament in Cincinnati, Long won the singles title (defeating Anita Kanter 7–5, 6–2 in the final) and the women's doubles title with Kanter.