Katie Haas named CEO of Western & Southern Open

Haas previously served as the tournament's COO, a position she accepted in 2018 after 15 years in baseball with the Boston Red Sox organization.

As CEO, she will oversee all aspects of the event in her new role, including all business operations, broadcast operations, player relations and the overall fan experience. 

Her tenure as COO included securing a renewal from Cincinnati’s Western & Southern Financial Group, the event’s title sponsor since 2002, to extend the longest running naming rights agreement of a North American tennis tournament to 2024. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Haas helped to lead the tournament's successful return to Cincinnati in 2021 after the 2020 edition was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens prior to the US Open. 

Among the new enhancements scheduled to launch in 2022, the Western & Southern Open will feature digital back wall signage, which will upgrade the broadcast and sponsor opportunities for the tournament. 

Since becoming a single-week tournament featuring both tours in 2011, the Western & Southern Open has attracted more than 1.8 million spectators. The tournament is broadcast to more than 50 million viewers in over 160 countries.

Held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, the 2022 tournament will take place Aug. 13-21.