{"id":654071,"date":"2026-05-20T08:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/654071\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:50:15","slug":"cincinnati-open-announces-community-weekend-to-open-2026-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/654071\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Open Announces Community Weekend to Open 2026 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Open is opening its doors early for Community Weekend<\/a>, a two-day celebration packed with events on Aug. 8\u20139.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The family-friendly weekend of activities will precede tournament match play<\/a>, which begins Tuesday, Aug. 11 and will continue until Finals Weekend featuring the singles championship matches on Sunday, Aug. 23. <\/p>\n

Community Weekend will have something for everyone with\u00a0a multitude of\u00a0kids\u00a0activities, a 5K run, a\u00a0Red Bull\u00a0BassLine\u00a0exhibition\u00a0and opportunities to see the pros up close during practice sessions.\u00a0The two-day\u00a0event\u00a0reinforces\u00a0the Cincinnati Open\u2019s commitment to\u00a0supporting\u00a0the local community with Ride Cincinnati<\/a> activating across both days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity Weekend is at the heart of what the Cincinnati Open is all about,\u201d Cincinnati Open Tournament Director Bob Moran said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to open our doors early with something for\u00a0everyone,\u00a0and\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0proud that this weekend gives back. These\u00a0opening days give us the opportunity to find additional ways to benefit our community while celebrating tennis.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kids\u00a0activities\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0held\u00a0on\u00a0both\u00a0Saturday and Sunday,\u00a0featuring\u00a0interactive\u00a0on-court\u00a0experiences for the youngest fans\u00a0as well as plenty to do on the grounds.\u00a0Kids will be able to\u00a0participate\u00a0in\u00a0tennis drills, autograph sessions with the pros, face painting, balloon artists,\u00a0fairy hair,\u00a0live\u00a0music\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n

Saturday night will be highlighted by\u00a0Red Bull\u00a0BassLine, a\u00a0unique,\u00a0separately ticketed exhibition featuring\u00a0current and former pros\u00a0(to be announced) competing in a tiebreak,\u00a0knockout format\u00a0on\u00a0Grandstand\u00a0to the beat of an on-court DJ. The\u00a0innovative\u00a0and\u00a0fast-paced competition,\u00a0unlike any other competition in tennis,\u00a0has taken Australia and Europe by storm, and Aug. 8 will mark its U.S. debut.<\/p>\n

The second day of Community Weekend, Sunday, Aug. 9, will begin with the inaugural Cincinnati Open 5K, a fun run for runners of all levels to traverse the transformed 40-acre tournament venue. The 5K is open to all ages and running paces\u00a0and will end with a post-race concert and party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, there will be more\u00a0on-court\u00a0and\u00a0off-court\u00a0Kids Day\u00a0activities\u00a0with\u00a0special guests\u00a0as well as\u00a0adaptive tennis\u00a0tournaments and clinics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Across both Community Weekend days and on Monday, Aug. 10, the world\u2019s best players will be putting in their final preparations with open seating during practices giving every fan a front-row seat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Community Weekend is more than a warm-up to the main\u00a0draw;\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a celebration of Cincinnati tennis history and the fans who make the Cincinnati Open special.\u00a0Beyond Community Weekend, the Cincinnati Open will continue ongoing charitable initiatives<\/a> throughout the event.\u00a0In 2026, the Aces for Kids campaign,\u00a0which raised $146,000 for Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital in its previous year,\u00a0will return, generating donations\u00a0based on aces hit throughout the tournament. Cincy Serves<\/a>, in partnership with Fifth Third, also\u00a0returns for\u00a0its third year to celebrate\u00a011\u00a0local honorees, donating $5,300 to a charity of their choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Open is opening its doors early for Community Weekend, a two-day celebration packed with events on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-654071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}