Washington Open (tennis)

Citi Open
Tournament information
Tour ATP World Tour
WTA Tour
Founded 1969 (1969)
Location Washington, D.C., United States
Venue William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Category ATP World Tour 500
WTA International
Surface Hard (Outdoor)
Draw 48S/32Q/16D (men/women)
Prize money US$1,049,760 (men)
US$220,000 (women)
Website Official website
Current champions (2015)
Men's singles Japan Kei Nishikori
Women's singles United States Sloane Stephens
Men's doubles United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Women's doubles Switzerland Belinda Bencic
France Kristina Mladenovic

The Washington Open (currently sponsored by Citi bank) is a joint professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and held annually in late July or early August at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C., United States. The Citi Open is part of the ATP World Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. Until 2015,[1] the men's competition was part of the US Open Series, a North American lead-up of events to the last Grand Slam tournament of the season, the US Open, in New York City. The 2016 edition will take place from July 16 to July 24.[2]

History

The tournament was first held on the men's tour in 1969, known as the Washington Star International between 1969 and 1981, as the Sovran Bank Classic from 1982 to 1992, as the Newsweek Tennis Classic in 1993, and as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic from 1994 to 2011. Competition was held on outdoor clay courts until 1986, when it switched to the current hard courts. Throughout its existence, the tournament has been closely associated with Donald Dell, founder of ProServ International, who was instrumental in its creation. The location of the event in Washington, D.C. was chosen at the urging of Arthur Ashe, an early supporter.

The women's event was first held in 2011 in College Park, Maryland as the Citi Open, and for the 2012 season, the ATP and WTA decided to merge their Maryland and Washington spots into a joint tournament, with the women's event moving to the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, and Citi taking over Legg Mason as title sponsor of the joint event.[3]

Past finals

In the men's singles, Andre Agassi (1990–91, 1995, 1998–99) holds the records for most titles (with five) and most finals overall (with six, an additional lost final in 2000). He also shares with Michael Chang (1996–97) and Juan Martín del Potro (2008–09) the record for most consecutive titles, with two.

Men's singles

Inside the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, which is home to the Citi Open.
Inside the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, which is home to the Citi Open.
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1969 Brazil Thomaz Koch United States Arthur Ashe 7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1970 United States Cliff Richey United States Arthur Ashe 7–5, 6–1, 6–2
1971 Australia Ken Rosewall United States Marty Riessen 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972 Australia Tony Roche United States Marty Riessen 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1973 United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker 6–4, 6–2
1974 United States Harold Solomon Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1975 Argentina Guillermo Vilas United States Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–3
1976 United States Jimmy Connors Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6–2, 6–4
1977 Argentina Guillermo Vilas United States Brian Gottfried 6–4, 7–5
1978 United States Jimmy Connors United States Eddie Dibbs 7–5, 7–5
1979 Argentina Guillermo Vilas Paraguay Víctor Pecci, Sr. 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
1980 United States Brian Gottfried Argentina José Luis Clerc 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1981 Argentina José Luis Clerc Argentina Guillermo Vilas 7–5, 6–2
1982 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Jimmy Arias 6–3, 6–3
1983 Argentina José Luis Clerc United States Jimmy Arias 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1984 Ecuador Andrés Gómez United States Aaron Krickstein 6–2, 6–2
1985 France Yannick Noah Argentina Martín Jaite 6–4, 6–3
1986 Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček France Thierry Tulasne 6–1, 7–6
1987 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Brad Gilbert 6–1, 6–0
1988 United States Jimmy Connors Ecuador Andrés Gómez 6–1, 6–4
1989 United States Tim Mayotte United States Brad Gilbert 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1990 United States Andre Agassi United States Jim Grabb 6–1, 6–4
1991 United States Andre Agassi Czechoslovakia Petr Korda 6–3, 6–4
1992 Czechoslovakia Petr Korda Sweden Henrik Holm 6–4, 6–4
1993 Israel Amos Mansdorf United States Todd Martin 7–6(7–3), 7–5
1994 Sweden Stefan Edberg Australia Jason Stoltenberg 6–4, 6–2
1995 United States Andre Agassi Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1996 United States Michael Chang South Africa Wayne Ferreira 6–2, 6–4
1997 United States Michael Chang Czech Republic Petr Korda 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1998 United States Andre Agassi Australia Scott Draper 6–2, 6–0
1999 United States Andre Agassi Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–1
2000 Spain Àlex Corretja United States Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–3
2001 United States Andy Roddick Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 6–2, 6–3
2002 United States James Blake Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2003 United Kingdom Tim Henman Chile Fernando González 6–3, 6–4
2004 Australia Lleyton Hewitt Luxembourg Gilles Müller 6–3, 6–4
2005 United States Andy Roddick United States James Blake 7–5, 6–3
2006 France Arnaud Clément United Kingdom Andy Murray 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2007 United States Andy Roddick United States John Isner 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro Serbia Viktor Troicki 6–3, 6–3
2009 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro United States Andy Roddick 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2010 Argentina David Nalbandian Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2011 Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek France Gaël Monfils 6–4, 6–4
2012 Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov Germany Tommy Haas 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1
2013 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro United States John Isner 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
2014 Canada Milos Raonic Canada Vasek Pospisil 6–1, 6–4
2015 Japan Kei Nishikori United States John Isner 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2011 Russia Nadia Petrova Israel Shahar Pe'er 7–5, 6–2
2012 Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–1
2013 Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková (2) Germany Andrea Petkovic 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2014 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova Japan Kurumi Nara 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2015 United States Sloane Stephens Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–2

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1969Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1970South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
7–5, 6–0
1971Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
Australia Bob Carmichael
Australia Ray Ruffels
7–6, 6–2
1972Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1973Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
Australia Dick Crealy
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1974United States Tom Gorman
United States Marty Riessen
Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
7–5, 6–1
1975United States Robert Lutz
United States Stan Smith
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 2–6, 6–1
1976United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–3
1977Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
7–5, 7–5
1978United States Arthur Ashe
South Africa Bob Hewitt
United States Fred McNair
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4
1979United States Marty Riessen
United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Gene Mayer
United States Sandy Mayer
6–4, 7–5
1981Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Van Winitsky
Czech Republic Pavel Složil
United States Ferdi Taygan
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1982Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Van Winitsky
Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
7–5, 7–6
1983United States Mark Dickson
Brazil Cássio Motta
Australia Paul McNamee
United States Ferdi Taygan
6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1984Czech Republic Pavel Složil
United States Ferdi Taygan
United States Drew Gitlin
United States Blaine Willenborg
7–6, 6–1
1985Chile Hans Gildemeister
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Australia David Graham
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1986Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Brazil Ricardo Acioly
Brazil Cesar Kist
6–3, 7–5
1987United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
Australia Laurie Warder
United States Blaine Willenborg
6–2, 7–6
1988United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
Mexico Jorge Lozano
United States Todd Witsken
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1989United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Gary Muller
United States Jim Grabb
United States Patrick McEnroe
6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1990Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
Mexico Jorge Lozano
United States Todd Witsken
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1991United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
6–4, 6–2
1992United States Bret Garnett
United States Jared Palmer
United States Ken Flach
United States Todd Witsken
6–2, 6–3
1993Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Rick Leach
Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
6–4, 7–5
1994Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1995France Olivier Delaître
United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1996Canada Grant Connell
United States Scott Davis
United States Doug Flach
United States Chris Woodruff
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
South Africa Neville Godwin
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
6–4, 6–4
1998South Africa Grant Stafford
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
6–2, 6–4
1999United States Justin Gimelstob
Canada Sébastien Lareau
South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
7–5, 6–7, 6–3
2000United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jared Palmer
United States Andre Agassi
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
7–5, 6–1
2001Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany David Prinosil
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6, 6–3
2002Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
South Africa Chris Haggard
Australia Paul Hanley
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
2004South Africa Chris Haggard
South Africa Robbie Koenig
United States Travis Parrott
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
7–6, 6–1
2005United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 6–2
2006United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
2007United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
7–6, 3–6, [10–7]
2008France Marc Gicquel
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Brazil Bruno Soares
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
7–6, 6–3
2009Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–5, 7–6
2010United States Mardy Fish
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7]
2011France Michaël Llodra
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
2012Philippines Treat Conrad Huey
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
South Africa Kevin Anderson
United States Sam Querrey
7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), [10–5]
2013France Julien Benneteau
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
United States Mardy Fish
Czech Republic Radek Štepánek
7–6(7–5), 7–5
2014Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
Australia Sam Groth
India Leander Paes
7–5, 6–4
2015United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2011 India Sania Mirza
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Belarus Olga Govortsova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
6–3, 6–3
2012 Japan Shuko Aoyama
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
United States Irina Falconi
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
7–5, 6–2
2013 Japan Shuko Aoyama (2)
Russia Vera Dushevina
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Taylor Townsend
6–3, 6–3
2014 Japan Shuko Aoyama (3)
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Kurumi Nara
6–1, 6–2
2015 Switzerland Belinda Bencic
France Kristina Mladenovic
Spain Lara Arruabarrena
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
7–5, 7–6(9–7)

References

  1. "DC's Citi Open Bumped Out Of U.S. Open Series Due To TV Deal With Tennis Channel". Sports Business Daily. August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. Citi Open. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. "Legg Mason Classic in Washington, D.C. changes name to Citi Open – ESPN". ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press (AP). 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-07-27.

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