{"id":123206,"date":"2025-08-06T09:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/123206\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T09:09:07","slug":"best-atp-matchups-in-1st-round-of-cincinnati-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/123206\/","title":{"rendered":"Best ATP matchups in 1st round of Cincinnati Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two days of qualifying, the first round of the Cincinnati Open<\/a> is slated to begin Aug. 7 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.<\/a><\/p>\n

The ATP main draw<\/a> took place Aug. 5. Here are the top first-round men’s matches to watch while the majority of the world’s top players await in the Round of 64.<\/p>\n

More: <\/strong>Novak Djokovic out of Cincinnati Open for second straight year<\/a><\/p>\n

Will Gael Monfils notch another Cincinnati upset?<\/p>\n

One year ago, Gael Monfils<\/a> became the second-oldest player to defeat a top 3 player this century with an upset of Carlos Alcaraz in the Round of 32.<\/a><\/p>\n

Monfils, 38, has reached the Round of 16 in Mason in each of his previous three appearances.<\/p>\n

Monfils will face Nishesh Basavareddy in the first round. If the veteran can take out the American wild card, Monfils would get a second-round matchup with World No. 3 Alexander Zverev<\/a>, the 2021 Cincinnati Open champion.<\/p>\n

Monfils is 3-1 all-time against Zverev, though the two haven’t met since 2021 (Indian Wells).<\/p>\n

More: <\/strong>‘Really special.’ Here are the local products to watch in the 2025 Cincinnati Open<\/a><\/p>\n

Americans Tristan Boyer, Brandon Holt square off in Cincinnati<\/p>\n

Upon the initial release of the main draw, the only matchup featuring two Americans is between wild cards Tristan Boyer<\/a> and Brandon Holt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of the 37 nations represented in Mason, the United States has the largest contingent with 24 players. With a combined 3-11 record between them, one will start the Cincinnati Open on the right foot.<\/p>\n

Holt (0-3) has never won a singles match in an ATP Masters 1000 event, despite playing his way through qualifiers in Cincinnati last year and Miami in March. Boyer won a first-round tilt at Indian Wells in March and is making his Cincinnati debut.<\/p>\n

Will former Cincinnati open champion Borna Coric face Taylor Fritz?<\/p>\n

Borna Coric, who pulled off an improbable run to the Cincinnati Open title in 2022<\/a>, is in danger of slipping out of the top 100 (No. 92).<\/p>\n

Coric lost in the first round of qualifying last year in Mason and will face Christopher O’Connell in the first round. Should he advance, Coric would set up a matchup with No. 4 Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n

Coric is 4-1 all-time vs. Fritz, but the American rolled to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Coric in the United Cup in December.<\/p>\n

Corentin Moutet begins Cincinnati Open vs. Mackenzie McDonald<\/p>\n

Fans in Mason may not know much about Corentin Moutet, but they could be educated soon enough.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Frenchman enters Cincinnati with a career-high ranking (No. 46). He has played his way through qualifying three times in Cincinnati but has yet to break through in the main draw (0-3).<\/p>\n

Moutet is coming off a semifinal run in Washington, a first-round win in Wimbledon and a runner-up finish in an ATP 250 (Mallorca, Spain).<\/p>\n

He’ll face American Mackenzie McDonald, who reached the Cincinnati Open Round of 16 in 2023, in the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After two days of qualifying, the first round of the Cincinnati Open is slated to begin Aug. 7…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[23874,1479,76132,10617,1466,10595,2489,1801,2491,942,50,15746,1440,450,950,52627,52628,2541,62,1458,1464,1446,646,67,132,68,45747,76131,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-123206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alcaraz","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-atp-world-tour","11":"tag-carlos","12":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","13":"tag-cincinnati","14":"tag-competitions","15":"tag-international","16":"tag-international-sports-competitions","17":"tag-neutral","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-oh","20":"tag-open","21":"tag-overall","22":"tag-overall-neutral","23":"tag-racquet","24":"tag-racquet-sports","25":"tag-southern","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-sports-news","28":"tag-tennis","29":"tag-tour","30":"tag-u0026","31":"tag-united-states","32":"tag-unitedstates","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-western","35":"tag-western-u0026-southern-open","36":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114981041921615068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}