The 19 seeded players eliminated in the second round of the 2026 Cincinnati tournament

Full of surprises. This is how the two singles draws of the tournament being held in Ohio are developing. Both the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 2026 and the WTA 1000 Cincinnati 2026 have seen many of the world’s best players fall, with numerous seeded players being defeated in their second-round debuts.

Once this phase of the event is complete, it is important to highlight that a total of 19 of the 64 seeded players in the tournament (32 men and 32 women) are already out of the competition. 12 of those eliminations have occurred in the men’s draw, with Djokovic and Shelton as the major fallen stars, while in the women’s draw, only 7 women have failed to meet expectations.

This massive fall of title contenders in the men’s draw shows how equality is at its peak, and the best players in the world, beyond the absent Sinner and Alcaraz, do not have the consistency of the past. In contrast, in the women’s draw, there is much greater regularity among the best players, despite the average level being better than ever and major titles being shared among several players.

Seeded players eliminated in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati 2026 tournament

Women’s Draw

Donna Vekic (31)

Barbora Krejcikova (23)

Leylah Fernández (30)

Anastasia Potapova (24)

Elise Mertens (21)

Belinda Bencic (12)

Jelena Ostapenko (26)

Men’s Draw

Tomás Martín Etcheverry (26)

Valentin Vacherot (19)

Novak Djokovic (3)

Matteo Arnaldi (31)

Luciano Darderi (19)

Zizou Bergs (30)

Casper Ruud (11)

Fran Cerúndolo (20)

Ben Shelton (8)

Ignacio Buse (29)

Ugo Humbert (24)

Arthur Rinderknech (25)

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