Serena Williams is the first woman to win consecutive Cincinnati Masters

Tennis legend Serena Williams won her 69th title overall and her 5th title this year at the 2015 Cincinnati Masters, also known as the Western & Southern Open, a tournament played on hard courts.

Serena Williams beat a formidable opponent in Simona Halep, 6-3, 7-6. Halep is the leader this year on hard courts with 32 wins. Serena is the first woman to win the Cincinnati Masters in two consecutive years. The prize money is $2.4 million.

Both Serena Williams and Roger Federer were defending champions on the women's and men's side respectively, and both repeated their championship wins.

The 2015 Western & Southern OPEN is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, as well as a 2015 US Open Series event.

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