The 2021 Washington Open (called the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's 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. Fifth-seeded Jannik Sinner won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Jannik Sinner defeated Mackenzie McDonald 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Doubles
Raven Klaasen / Ben McLachlan defeated Neal Skupski / Michael Venus 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Points and prize money Points distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1Singles50030018090452001040Doubles04525
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1Singles€350,755€178,500€91,500€48,000€24,400€13,300€7,520 €3,6851,970Doubles*€118,700€60,000€30,500€15,970€8,250 *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedRafael Nadal31Félix Auger-Aliassime152Alex de Minaur183Grigor Dimitrov214Jannik Sinner235Dan Evans276Cameron Norrie297Reilly Opelka368Alexander Bublik399Taylor Fritz4210John Millman4411Sebastian Korda4712Benoît Paire4913Lloyd Harris5114Miomir Kecmanović5215Frances Tiafoe5416 1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021
Other entrants The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw: Jenson Brooksby Feliciano López Rafael Nadal Brandon Nakashima Jack Sock
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Emilio Gómez Prajnesh Gunneswaran Mitchell Krueger Illya Marchenko Ramkumar Ramanathan Elias Ymer
Withdrawals 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
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJohn PeersFilip Polášek361Neal SkupskiMichael Venus362Rohan BopannaIvan Dodig533Raven KlaasenBen McLachlan614 1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Nick Kyrgios / Frances Tiafoe Sam Querrey / Jack Sock
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: Benoît Paire / Jackson Withrow
Withdrawals 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 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. After the Citi Open returned in 2021 from the event's eventual cancellation in the prior year, 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. 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, though Brady was later replaced by Victoria Azarenka.
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. 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. On August 5, Gauff defeated Azarenka in the first match, 6–3, 6–1. 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. On August 7, Pegula defeated Gauff in the final match, 4–6, 7–5, [10-8], to win the invitational.
References
External links Official website