2021 Citi Open

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2021 Citi Open
DateJuly 31 – August 8
Edition52nd
Category ATP Tour 500
Surface Hard (outdoor)
SportMaster Sport Surfaces
LocationWashington, D.C., United States
Champions
Singles
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner
Doubles
Flag of South Africa.svg Raven Klaasen / Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
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The 2021 Washington Open (called the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 52nd edition of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2021 ATP Tour and part of the US Open Series leading up to the US Open grand slam in September. The Washington Open took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 31 to August 8, 2021. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Points distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles [2] 50030018090452001040
Doubles [2] 0——4525

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Singles€350,755€178,500€91,500€48,000€24,400€13,300€7,520—€3,6851,970
Doubles*€118,700€60,000€30,500€15,970€8,250—————

*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 31
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Félix Auger-Aliassime 152
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex de Minaur 183
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 214
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jannik Sinner 235
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Dan Evans 276
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Cameron Norrie 297
Flag of the United States.svg USA Reilly Opelka 368
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Alexander Bublik 399
Flag of the United States.svg USA Taylor Fritz 4210
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Millman 4411
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sebastian Korda 4712
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 4913
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Lloyd Harris 5114
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Miomir Kecmanović 5215
Flag of the United States.svg USA Frances Tiafoe 5416

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS John Peers Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Filip Polášek 361
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Neal Skupski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Michael Venus 362
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig 533
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Raven Klaasen Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ben McLachlan 614

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Women's invitational

Between 2011 and 2019, the Citi Open hosted conjoining men and women tournaments. However, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) revoked its sanction of the Citi Open for the year's tour and added two events to its provisional calendar instead: the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky and the Prague Open. [4] After the Citi Open returned in 2021 from the event's eventual cancellation in the prior year, [5] the WTA stayed its revocation of the event's sanction, so the women's tournament did not return as many women's players had scheduling conflicts with the 2020 Summer Olympics. [6] In its place, event officials created the inaugural women's invitational as a three-day exhibition during the US Open Series. Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, and Jennifer Brady were the three original headliners, [7] [8] though Brady was later replaced by Victoria Azarenka. [9]

The players played in a round-robin format; the winner of each pair in their first matches would then play each other in the final match. [9] [10] The games were played in a best-of-three set format with regular scoring and a 10-point "super tiebreak" to decide the third set. The player with the best record would be crowned the champion and in the case of a tie, the winner would be decided by the player who won the most sets or games. Because the tournament was not sanctioned by the WTA, the players would not accrue or lose any points. The prize money for the inaugural champion was set at $25,000. [11] On August 5, Gauff defeated Azarenka in the first match, 6–3, 6–1. [9] [10] Azarenka was scheduled to play Pegula the following day, after Brady withdrew from the tournament, to decide the final match, but Azarenka herself later withdrew from the invitational after suffering an ankle injury. [12] On August 7, Pegula defeated Gauff in the final match, 4–6, 7–5, [10-8], to win the invitational. [13]

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  12. ↑ Citi Open [@CitiOpen] (August 6, 2021). ""Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from the Citi Open Women's Invitational here in D.C. Earlier today, I rolled my ankle and need to rest prior to the start of Montreal. I love D.C. and enjoyed playing in front of you all last night. See you soon!" @vika7" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Citi Open [@CitiOpen] (August 8, 2021). "Our Citi Open Women's Invitational champion is crowned Crown Flag of United States @JLPegula gets past Coco Gauff 4-6, 7-5, [10-8]. #CitiOpen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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