Washington Open (tennis)

Citi Open
2016 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) SportMaster Sport Surfaces
Draw	48S/32Q/16D (men/women)
Prize money	US$1,049,760 (men) US$250,000 (women)
Website	Official website
Current champions (2016)
Men's singles	Gaël Monfils
Women's singles	Yanina Wickmayer
Men's doubles	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Women's doubles	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer

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]

As of the 2015 edition, the Washington Open is no longer considered part of the US Open Series. Due to its ownership of rights to the US Open, ESPN holds exclusive broadcast rights to all US Open Series events in the United States. However, ESPN devoted limited television coverage to the Citi Open in its first year as rightsholder, delegating the majority of the tournament to online streams under the ESPN3 brand, and only showing four hours of coverage on its television channels. Donald Dell criticized ESPN for using ESPN3 to acquire sports rights without any intent to broadcast them on television, stating that "if you're running a tournament, and it's two million dollars, and sponsorship money in the six million to eight million dollar range, you've got sponsors that don't want to be having only four or six hours on television." As a result, the Citi Open withdrew from the US Open Series so it could establish a new broadcast rights agreement with Tennis Channel. The four-year, $2.1 million deal includes 171 hours of television coverage spanning the entire tournament.^[4]

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.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Thomaz Koch	Arthur Ashe	7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1970	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe	7–5, 6–1, 6–2
1971	Ken Rosewall	Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972	Tony Roche	Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1973	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–2
1974	Harold Solomon	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1975	Guillermo Vilas	Harold Solomon	6–1, 6–3
1976	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–4
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 7–5
1978	Jimmy Connors	Eddie Dibbs	7–5, 7–5
1979	Guillermo Vilas	Víctor Pecci, Sr.	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
1980	Brian Gottfried	José Luis Clerc	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1981	José Luis Clerc	Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 6–2
1982	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 6–3
1983	José Luis Clerc	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1984	Andrés Gómez	Aaron Krickstein	6–2, 6–2
1985	Yannick Noah	Martín Jaite	6–4, 6–3
1986	Karel Nováček	Thierry Tulasne	6–1, 7–6
1987	Ivan Lendl	Brad Gilbert	6–1, 6–0
1988	Jimmy Connors	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
1989	Tim Mayotte	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1990	Andre Agassi	Jim Grabb	6–1, 6–4
1991	Andre Agassi	Petr Korda	6–3, 6–4
1992	Petr Korda	Henrik Holm	6–4, 6–4
1993	Amos Mansdorf	Todd Martin	7–6(7–3), 7–5
1994	Stefan Edberg	Jason Stoltenberg	6–4, 6–2
1995	Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1996	Michael Chang	Wayne Ferreira	6–2, 6–4
1997	Michael Chang	Petr Korda	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1998	Andre Agassi	Scott Draper	6–2, 6–0
1999	Andre Agassi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(7–3), 6–1
2000	Àlex Corretja	Andre Agassi	6–2, 6–3
2001	Andy Roddick	Sjeng Schalken	6–2, 6–3
2002	James Blake	Paradorn Srichaphan	1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2003	Tim Henman	Fernando González	6–3, 6–4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Gilles Müller	6–3, 6–4
2005	Andy Roddick	James Blake	7–5, 6–3
2006	Arnaud Clément	Andy Murray	7–6(7–3), 6–2
2007	Andy Roddick	John Isner	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Viktor Troicki	6–3, 6–3
2009	Juan Martín del Potro	Andy Roddick	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2010	David Nalbandian	Marcos Baghdatis	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2011	Radek Štěpánek	Gaël Monfils	6–4, 6–4
2012	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Tommy Haas	6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1
2013	Juan Martín del Potro	John Isner	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
2014	Milos Raonic	Vasek Pospisil	6–1, 6–4
2015	Kei Nishikori	John Isner	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2016	Gaël Monfils	Ivo Karlovic	5-7, 7-6(8–6), 6-4

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Nadia Petrova	Shahar Pe'er	7–5, 6–2
2012	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 6–1
2013	Magdaléna Rybáriková (2)	Andrea Petkovic	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2014	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2015	Sloane Stephens	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 6–2
2016	Yanina Wickmayer	Lauren Davis	6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1970	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	7–5, 6–0
1971	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	7–6, 6–2
1972	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1973	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1974	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–5, 6–1
1975	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
1976	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
1977	John Alexander Phil Dent	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 7–5
1978	Arthur Ashe Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
1979	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
1981	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1982	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	7–5, 7–6
1983	Mark Dickson Cássio Motta	Paul McNamee Ferdi Taygan	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1984	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	Drew Gitlin Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 6–1
1985	Hans Gildemeister Víctor Pecci	David Graham Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1986	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Ricardo Acioly Cesar Kist	6–3, 7–5
1987	Gary Donnelly Peter Fleming	Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg	6–2, 7–6
1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1989	Neil Broad Gary Muller	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1990	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1991	Scott Davis David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–2
1992	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	Ken Flach Todd Witsken	6–2, 6–3
1993	Byron Black Rick Leach	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–5
1994	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Jonas Björkman Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1995	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1996	Grant Connell Scott Davis	Doug Flach Chris Woodruff	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier	6–4, 6–4
1998	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–4
1999	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 6–7, 6–3
2000	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	Andre Agassi Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
2001	Martin Damm David Prinosil	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6, 6–3
2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sargis Sargsian	Chris Haggard Paul Hanley	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
2004	Chris Haggard Robbie Koenig	Travis Parrott Dmitry Tursunov	7–6, 6–1
2005	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–2
2006	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
2007	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6, 3–6, [10–7]
2008	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6, 6–3
2009	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6
2010	Mardy Fish Mark Knowles	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7]
2011	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
2012	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	Kevin Anderson Sam Querrey	7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), [10–5]
2013	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić	Mardy Fish Radek Štepánek	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2014	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	Sam Groth Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
2015	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
2016	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya	7–6, 7–6

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	6–3, 6–3
2012	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
2013	Shuko Aoyama (2) Vera Dushevina	Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend	6–3, 6–3
2014	Shuko Aoyama (3) Gabriela Dabrowski	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
2015	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
2016	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3

References

External links

• Official website
• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile

Coordinates: 38°57′14″N 77°02′13″W / 38.954°N 77.037°W / 38.954; -77.037