The Cincy Masters: the Next Indian Wells?

Cincy: secret tennis town and now an updated tourney destination?

Cincinnati Ohio: World Tennis Mecca. That sounds not true. Unless you happen to live in Cincinnati. Or you’ve attended the Masters tournament there.

This is how they describe the Cincy Masters on the event website: “The Cincinnati Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women’s Open, the biggest summer tennis tournament in the US outside of the US Open.” Which it is, even if you hadn’t stopped before to contemplate it. (Click Here for more info).

I’m not from Cincinnati, but I do qualify for an opinion because this is my third visit, so I will agree and say the tennis mecca part is definitely true. The salient point is this: like Indian Wells a few years ago, Cincy is under recognized as a tennis destination. Because of this, and other factors outlined below, you have the chance to feel the world tour at close range, right there by the side of the court, and in this case, while actually sitting in the major stadium(s).

And you know what else? All this isn’t really that suprprising, because Cincy has been a major tennis town for well over a hundred years….