Washington DC Open

The Washington DC Open, branded as the Mubadala DC Open for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional outdoor hardcourt tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. The event is categorized as an ATP 500 event on the ATP Tour and a WTA 500 event on the WTA Tour and is the only combined 500 event in the world. Mubadala Citi DC Open EVENT INFO

Organized annually in the summer schedule of events on North American hardcourts leading up to the US Open, the Washington Open was first held in 1969 as the Washington Star International. It was held on clay courts until 1986, when the surface was changed to hardcourts. In 2011, the event expanded to include its first women's tournament, a WTA International (now WTA 250) competition held in a separate venue in College Park, Maryland. The following year, the men's and women's events were consolidated at the Washington venue.

In 2023, the WTA 500-level Silicon Valley Classic was discontinued and merged with the Citi DC Open, forming the first joint-500-level event on the ATP and WTA tours. The tournament is owned and managed by Mark Ein in partnership with IMG.

History

The tournament was first held on the men's tour in 1969, known as the Washington Star International from 1969 to 1981, the Sovran Bank Classic from 1982 to 1992, the Newsweek Tennis Classic in 1993, the Legg Mason Tennis Classic from 1994 to 2011, and the Citi Open from 2012 to 2022. Competition was held on outdoor clay courts until 1986 when it switched to the current hard courts. Co-founders John A. Harris and Donald Dell, founder of ProServ International, have since remained closely involved. 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 Citigroup replacing Legg Mason as title sponsor of the joint event.

In 2015, the Washington Open dropped out of the US Open Series because of disagreements with ESPN, which that year took over broadcast rights to the US Open and US Open Series events. ESPN would only commit to airing four hours of coverage from the tournament on ESPN2, with the rest relegated to streaming on ESPN3; by contrast, coverage had been split between ESPN2 and Tennis Channel in 2014. Donald Dell criticized ESPN for using ESPN3 to acquire sports rights without any intent to broadcast them on linear television, arguing that "if you're running a tournament, and it's $2 million, and sponsorship money in the $6 million-to-$8 million range, you've got sponsors that don't want to be having only four or six hours on television." A four-year, $2.1 million agreement was reached with Tennis Channel, promising 171 hours of television coverage. The broadcast revenue was also used to fund additional amenities at the tournament venue.

In 2019, the Washington Open was acquired by venture capitalist and USTA board member Mark Ein. It returned to the US Open Series, and also signed a five-year extension of its media rights with Tennis Channel. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The men's event returned for 2021, but the women's event remained cancelled; the WTA did not reinstate its sanctioning of the tournament due to conflicts with the 2020 Summer Olympics. The tournament instead organized a women's invitational, featuring Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, and Jennifer Brady.

In June 2023, Ein and IMG announced that the Washington Open would merge with the Silicon Valley Classic to form a single tournament in Washington, D.C.; this therefore promoted the Washington Open from a WTA 250 event to a WTA 500 event. Players had usually been divided between the two tournaments, as the Silicon Valley Classic was more prestigious, but the Washington Open was in closer proximity to the other tournaments of the North American hardcourt season. As a result of the merger, the Silicon Valley Classic's title sponsor Mubadala Investment Company became a co-title sponsor of the event, rebranding it as the Mubadala Citi DC Open. The tournament was the first-ever joint 500-level event on the ATP and WTA tours, and remains the only joint 500 event in the world. Citigroup did not renew its sponsorship, and Mubadala became the sole title sponsor of the tournament beginning in 2026 under a five-year deal.

Past finals

In the men's singles, Andre Agassi (1990–91, 1995, 1998–99) holds the records for most titles (five) and most finals overall (six, runner-up in 2000). He also shares with Michael Chang (1996–97), Juan Martín del Potro (2008–09) and Alexander Zverev (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles, with two. In the women's singles, Magdaléna Rybáriková (2012–13) holds the record for most titles (two) and co-holds the record for most finals (two) with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (runner-up in 2012, 2015). In the men's doubles, Marty Riessen (1971–72, 1974, 1979) and the Bryan brothers (2005–07, 2015) hold the record for most titles (four), with the Bryans also holding the record for most consecutive titles (three). The Bryans co-hold the record for most finals (six, runners-up in 2001–02) with Raúl Ramírez (winner in 1976, 1981–82, runner-up in 1975, 1978–79). In the women's doubles, Shuko Aoyama (2012–14) holds alone the record for most titles, most consecutive titles and most finals (three).

Men's singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore1969 Thomaz Koch Arthur Ashe7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓1970 Cliff Richey Arthur Ashe7–5, 6–1, 6–2↓ WCT circuit ↓1971 Ken Rosewall Marty Riessen6–2, 7–5, 6–11972 Tony Roche Marty Riessen3–6, 7–6, 6–4↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓1973 Arthur Ashe Tom Okker6–4, 6–21974 Harold Solomon Guillermo Vilas1–6, 6–3, 6–41975 Guillermo Vilas Harold Solomon6–1, 6–31976 Jimmy Connors Raúl Ramírez6–2, 6–41977 Guillermo Vilas (2) Brian Gottfried6–4, 7–51978 Jimmy Connors (2) Eddie Dibbs7–5, 7–51979 Guillermo Vilas (3) Víctor Pecci Sr.7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)1980 Brian Gottfried José Luis Clerc7–5, 4–6, 6–41981 José Luis Clerc Guillermo Vilas7–5, 6–21982 Ivan Lendl Jimmy Arias6–3, 6–31983 José Luis Clerc (2) Jimmy Arias6–3, 3–6, 6–01984 Andrés Gómez Aaron Krickstein6–2, 6–21985 Yannick Noah Martín Jaite6–4, 6–31986 Karel Nováček Thierry Tulasne6–1, 7–6(7–4)1987 Ivan Lendl (2) Brad Gilbert6–1, 6–01988 Jimmy Connors (3) Andrés Gómez6–1, 6–41989 Tim Mayotte Brad Gilbert3–6, 6–4, 7–5↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓1990 Andre Agassi Jim Grabb6–1, 6–4 1991 Andre Agassi (2) Petr Korda6–3, 6–41992 Petr Korda Henrik Holm6–4, 6–41993 Amos Mansdorf Todd Martin7–6(7–3), 7–51994 Stefan Edberg Jason Stoltenberg6–4, 6–21995 Andre Agassi (3) Stefan Edberg6–4, 2–6, 7–51996 Michael Chang Wayne Ferreira6–2, 6–41997 Michael Chang (2) Petr Korda5–7, 6–2, 6–11998 Andre Agassi (4) Scott Draper6–2, 6–01999 Andre Agassi (5) Yevgeny Kafelnikov7–6(7–3), 6–12000 Àlex Corretja Andre Agassi6–2, 6–3 2001 Andy Roddick Sjeng Schalken6–2, 6–3 2002 James Blake Paradorn Srichaphan1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 ↓ ATP Tour 250 ↓2003 Tim Henman Fernando González6–3, 6–4 2004 Lleyton Hewitt Gilles Müller6–3, 6–4 2005 Andy Roddick (2) James Blake7–5, 6–32006 Arnaud Clément Andy Murray7–6(7–3), 6–22007 Andy Roddick (3) John Isner6–4, 7–6(7–4)2008 Juan Martín del Potro Viktor Troicki6–3, 6–3↓ ATP Tour 500 ↓2009 Juan Martín del Potro (2) Andy Roddick 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)2010 David Nalbandian Marcos Baghdatis6–2, 7–6(7–4)2011 Radek Štěpánek Gaël Monfils6–4, 6–42012 Alexandr Dolgopolov Tommy Haas6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–12013 Juan Martín del Potro (3) John Isner 3–6, 6–1, 6–22014 Milos Raonic Vasek Pospisil 6–1, 6–42015 Kei Nishikori John Isner 4–6, 6–4, 6–42016 Gaël Monfils Ivo Karlović5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 2017 Alexander Zverev Kevin Anderson6–4, 6–42018 Alexander Zverev (2) Alex de Minaur6–2, 6–4 2019 Nick Kyrgios Daniil Medvedev7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)2020colspan="3" align="center" 2021 Jannik Sinner Mackenzie McDonald7–5, 4–6, 7–52022 Nick Kyrgios (2) Yoshihito Nishioka6–4, 6–32023 Dan Evans Tallon Griekspoor7–5, 6–32024 Sebastian Korda Flavio Cobolli4–6, 6–2, 6–02025 Alex de Minaur Alejandro Davidovich Fokina5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)2026 Taylor Fritz Rafael Jódar7–6(7–2), 6-4

Women's singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore2011 Nadia Petrova Shahar Pe'er 7–5, 6–22012 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, 6–42015 Sloane Stephens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 6–22016 Yanina Wickmayer Lauren Davis 6–4, 6–22017 Ekaterina Makarova Julia Görges 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–02018 Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) Donna Vekić 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–22019 Jessica Pegula Camila Giorgi 6–2, 6–2 2020colspan="3" align="center" ↓ Exhibition (WTA revoked sanction) ↓ 2021 Jessica Pegula Coco Gauff 4–6, 7–5, [10-8]↓ WTA 250 ↓2022 Liudmila Samsonova Kaia Kanepi 4–6, 6–3, 6–3↓ WTA 500 ↓2023 Coco Gauff Maria Sakkari 6–2, 6–32024 Paula Badosa Marie Bouzková 6–1, 4–6, 6–42025 Leylah Fernandez Anna Kalinskaya 6–1, 6–22026 Alexandra Eala Jessica Pegula 4–6, 6–4, 6–0

Men's doubles