Are you ready for the revitalized Cincinnati Open? The 2025 tennis tournament has grown to expand both singles draws from 56 to 96 players, and will now span two weeks on the newly renovated courts of Ohio's Lindner Family Tennis Center. Headed into this week’s tournament, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka — current world No. 1s — are the defending champs from 2024. Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament to focus on the upcoming U.S. Open, but other big players, including Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff, will be on the court in Cincinnati this week.
The 2025 Cincinnati Open will air on the Tennis Channel, but the first few rounds will also air Tennis Channel 2 — which you can access for free on select platforms. The tournament officially begins August 7, 2025. Here's how to tune in.
How to watch the 2025 Cincinnati Open:
Date: August 7-18, 2025
Location: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio
TV channel: Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel 2
Streaming: DirecTV, Plex, Amazon Prime Video
When is the Cincinnati Open?
The 2025 Cincinnati Open has been expanded to include more players — and therefore last longer — this year. The tournament will now run for two weeks, beginning on August 7, with the finals landing on a Monday (August 18).
2025 Cincinnati Open channel:
Every moment of the 2025 Cincinnati Open will air on Tennis Channel. You can also stream coverage of the First Round through to the Round of 16 on Tennis Channel 2 — which you can watch free via select streaming platforms like Plex and Amazon Prime Video (even if you arena't a Prime subscriber!).
How to watch the 2025 Cincinnati Open without cable:
DirecTV is currently offering its Choice tier (typically $108+/month with fees) for just $83 (after fees) for your first month.
DirecTV's Choice tier gets you access to all the usual sports suspects: Tennis Channel, ESPN, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, plus plenty of regional sports networks (if you want to avoid paying the RSN fees, the Entertainment Tier has plenty of those same channels, though it doesn't include the Tennis Channel). Whichever package you choose, you'll get unlimited Cloud DVR storage.
With a DirecTV subscription, you can also login to TennisChannel.com to get TC2 content.
The best part is that you can try all this out free for five days. So if you're interested in trying out a live TV streaming service for the Cincinnati Open, but aren't ready to commit, we recommend starting with DirecTV.
Plex offers tons of content totally free — including a live Tennis Channel 2 feed. So you can stream select coverage of the Cincinnati Open through the Round of 16 without paying anything.
2025 Cincinnati Open tickets:
Tickets for the 2025 Cincinnati Open start at around $40 for opening day of the tournament.
Who is playing in the Cincinnati Open?
Both the men's and women's Cincinnati tournaments are expanding from 56 players to 96 players this year. The 2025 Cincinnati Open will feature tennis stars including Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Paula Badosa, Jasmine Paolini, Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka.
2025 Cincinnati Open schedule on Tennis Channel:
All times Eastern.
Thursday, August 7
First Round: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.; 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday, August 8
First Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, August 9
Second Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, August 10
Second Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Monday, August 11
Third Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Tuesday, August 12
Third Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Wednesday, August 13
Round of 16: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Thursday, August 14
WTA Round of 16, ATP Quarterfinals: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday, August 15
Quarterfinals: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, August 16
ATP Semifinals and ATP Doubles Semifinals: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.; 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.; 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 17
WTA Semifinals, ATP/WTA Doubles Semifinals: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.; 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Monday, August 18
ATP Final, WTA Final: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. & 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
2025 Cincinnati Open schedule on Tennis Channel 2:
Tennis Channel 2 is available to stream on TennisChannel.com, the Tennis Channel App and existing streaming platforms like Prime Video, Amazon Freevee, Plex, The Roku Channel and Vizio Watch Free+.
Thursday, August 7
ATP/WTA First Round: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.; 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday, August 8
ATP/WTA First Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday, August 9
ATP/WTA Second Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, August 10
ATP/WTA Second Round: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Monday, August 11
ATP/WTA Third Round & First Round Doubles: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Tuesday, August 12
WTA Third Round & Second Round Doubles: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Wednesday, August 13
ATP/WTA Round of 16 & Second Round Doubles: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Thursday, August 14
WTA Round of 16, ATP Quarterfinals, Doubles Second Round and Quarterfinals: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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