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]
| 2021 Citi Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 31 – August 8 |
| Edition | 52nd |
| Category | ATP Tour 500 |
| Surface | Hard (outdoor) SportMaster Sport Surfaces |
| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Jannik Sinner | |
| Doubles | |
 Raven Klaasen /  Ben McLachlan | |
Champions
editSingles
edit
Jannik Sinner def. 
Mackenzie McDonald 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Doubles
edit
Raven Klaasen / 
Ben McLachlan def. 
Neal Skupski / 
Michael Venus 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Points and prize money
editPoints distribution
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[2] | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[2] | 0 | — | — | 45 | 25 |
Prize money
edit| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €350,755 | €178,500 | €91,500 | €48,000 | €24,400 | €13,300 | €7,520 | — | €3,685 | 1,970 |
| Doubles* | €118,700 | €60,000 | €30,500 | €15,970 | €8,250 | — | — | — | — | — |
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ESP
|
Rafael Nadal | 3 | 1 |
 CAN
|
Félix Auger-Aliassime | 15 | 2 |
 AUS
|
Alex de Minaur | 18 | 3 |
 BUL
|
Grigor Dimitrov | 21 | 4 |
| ITA
|
Jannik Sinner | 23 | 5 |
 GBR
|
Dan Evans | 27 | 6 |
| GBR
|
Cameron Norrie | 29 | 7 |
 USA
|
Reilly Opelka | 36 | 8 |
 KAZ
|
Alexander Bublik | 39 | 9 |
| USA
|
Taylor Fritz | 42 | 10 |
| AUS
|
John Millman | 44 | 11 |
| USA
|
Sebastian Korda | 47 | 12 |
 FRA
|
Benoît Paire | 49 | 13 |
| RSA
|
Lloyd Harris | 51 | 14 |
 SRB
|
Miomir Kecmanović | 52 | 15 |
| USA
|
Frances Tiafoe | 54 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021 [3]
Other entrants
editThe following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
Hubert Hurkacz → replaced by 
Emil Ruusuvuori- John Isner → replaced by Andreas Seppi
Aslan Karatsev → replaced by 
Daniel Elahi Galán- Karen Khachanov → replaced by Mackenzie McDonald
Dominik Koepfer → replaced by 
Ilya Ivashka
Kwon Soon-woo → replaced by 
James Duckworth
Jaume Munar → replaced by Kevin Anderson
Guido Pella → replaced by Steve Johnson- Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Jordan Thompson
Milos Raonic → replaced by 
Ričardas Berankis- Denis Shapovalov → replaced by Egor Gerasimov
Doubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
edit| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS
|
John Peers |  SVK
|
Filip Polášek | 36 | 1 |
| GBR
|
Neal Skupski |  NZL
|
Michael Venus | 36 | 2 |
 IND
|
Rohan Bopanna |  CRO
|
Ivan Dodig | 53 | 3 |
| RSA
|
Raven Klaasen | JPN
|
Ben McLachlan | 61 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
edit- Before the tournament
- Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah → replaced by
Fabrice Martin / Max Purcell 
Wesley Koolhof / Jean-Julien Rojer → replaced by 
Grigor Dimitrov / Tommy Paul- Łukasz Kubot /
Marcelo Melo → replaced by Marcus Daniell / Marcelo Melo 
Nikola Mektić / Mate Pavić → replaced by 
Marcelo Arévalo / Matwé Middelkoop- Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares → replaced by Sebastian Korda / Jannik Sinner
- Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury → replaced by
Alexander Bublik / Andrey Golubev
Women's invitational
editBetween 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]
References
edit- ^ "ATP Citi Open Overview". atptour.com.
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Rafael Nadal Will Compete at the Citi Open Tennis Tournament in DC". washingtonian.com.
- ^ Maake, Katishi (July 9, 2020). "Citi Open will not host women's tennis tournament this year". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Fendrich, Howard (July 21, 2020). "Washington tennis tournament canceled; US Open still planned". Associated Press. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Liz (June 10, 2021). "Citi Open to return at 50 percent capacity after tournament was canceled in 2020". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Malet, Jeff (August 2, 2021). "D.C.'s Citi Open Tennis Tournament Underway After Two-Year Hiatus (photos)". The Georgetowner. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Byrum, Tyler (August 6, 2021). "Citi Open tournament information". NBC Sports Washington. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c Clarke, Liz (August 7, 2021). "At Citi Open exhibition, Coco Gauff talks about her bout with covid and getting vaccinated". Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Mujkanovic, Alem (August 5, 2021). "Victoria Azarenka Joins WTA Citi Open Invitational Field". TennisUpToDate. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Chura, Nate. "Gauff Earns Win in Washington Return". Citi Open. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.