Tiafoe v Fils: How to watch the Cincinnati Open 2026 final live

Frances Tiafoe and Arthur Fils will meet in the Cincinnati Open 2026 men’s final at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio on August 23. The championship match will be played on Centre Court at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

Both players enter the final chasing their first ATP Masters 1000 title and have each dropped only one set during the tournament. Tiafoe reached the last four after beating Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 6-3 and has also defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime and Lorenzo Musetti this week. This will be Tiafoe’s second Cincinnati final; he was runner-up to Jannik Sinner in 2024.

Arthur Fils is contesting his first Masters 1000 final after returning from an extended period affected by injury. His 2026 season to date includes semi-final appearances in Miami and Madrid and quarter-final showings at Indian Wells and Montreal. In Cincinnati he advanced with wins over Alex de Minaur and Flavio Cobolli.

The pairing represents the first ATP Masters 1000 final between two Black players in tournament history. Fils is the first Frenchman to reach the Cincinnati final since 1991 and only the 10th French player to reach a Masters final; he is the youngest French finalist since Richard Gasquet in 2006.

The two have met once previously on tour, at the 2025 Miami Masters, where Fils won 7-6(11), 5-7, 6-2. That remains their only head-to-head meeting on the ATP tour.

The winner of Sunday’s match will rise to No. 11 in the ATP rankings and will enter the US Open build-up with that ranking boost. The article notes the US Open field has been affected by the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner.

The final is scheduled to start at 4:30 pm local time (02:00 IST) on August 23 and will be shown live on the Tennis Channel in the United States. Viewers in India can stream the match on FanCode and Tennis Channel, while fans in the United Kingdom can watch on BBC and Sky Sports.