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Washington Open (tennis)

Citi Open
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Tournament information
Tour ATP World Tour
WTA Tour
Founded 1969; 48 years ago (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 France Gaël Monfils
Women's singles Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
Men's doubles Canada Daniel Nestor
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Women's doubles Romania Monica Niculescu
Belgium 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, 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.

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.


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