Annual tournament
The Washington Open (known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hard court tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. The Washington Open is part of the ATP Tour 500 and WTA International circuits. It is also part of the US Open Series, a schedule of North American hard court events leading into the US Open.
After the 2014 edition, the Washington Open dropped out of the US Open Series, showing frustration over US Open Series broadcaster ESPN providing little coverage of the tournament on television. As of 2019, the Washington Open has rejoined the series, but still maintains the broadcast agreement it had reached with Tennis Channel.
History
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, as well as John A. Harris, founder of Potomac Ventures Investments. 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 Citi taking over Legg Mason as title sponsor of the joint event.[1]
In 2015, the Washington Open dropped out of the US Open Series. Due to its ownership of rights to the US Open beginning that year, ESPN began holding exclusive domestic broadcast rights to all US Open Series events . However, the network only promised that a minimum of four hours of coverage would be aired on ESPN2 (in 2014, coverage was split between ESPN and Tennis Channel),[2] relegating the remainder to ESPN3 online streaming. Donald Dell criticized ESPN for using ESPN3 to acquire sports rights without any intent to broadcast them on television, stating "If you're running a tournament, and it's two million dollars, and sponsorship money in the six million to eight million dollar range, you've got sponsors that don't want to be having only four or six hours on television." As a result, the Citi Open withdrew from the US Open Series so it could establish a new broadcast rights agreement with Tennis Channel. The four-year, $2.1 million deal included 171 hours of television coverage spanning the entire tournament, and funding for additional amenities (including a second televised court).[3][4]
In 2019, the tournament was acquired by businessman Mark Ein, and returned to the US Open Series. Tennis Channel reached a five-year extension of its media rights.[5]
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
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score
|
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1969
|
Thomaz Koch
|
Arthur Ashe
|
7-5, 9-7, 4-6, 2-6, 6-4
|
1970
|
Cliff Richey
|
Arthur Ashe
|
7-5, 6-1, 6-2
|
1971
|
Ken Rosewall
|
Marty Riessen
|
6-2, 7-5, 6-1
|
1972
|
Tony Roche
|
Marty Riessen
|
3-6, 7-6, 6-4
|
1973
|
Arthur Ashe
|
Tom Okker
|
6-4, 6-2
|
1974
|
Harold Solomon
|
Guillermo Vilas
|
1-6, 6-3, 6-4
|
1975
|
Guillermo Vilas
|
Harold Solomon
|
6-1, 6-3
|
1976
|
Jimmy Connors
|
Raúl Ramírez
|
6-2, 6-4
|
1977
|
Guillermo Vilas (2)
|
Brian Gottfried
|
6-4, 7-5
|
1978
|
Jimmy Connors (2)
|
Eddie Dibbs
|
7-5, 7-5
|
1979
|
Guillermo Vilas (3)
|
Víctor Pecci, Sr.
|
7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-3) |
1980
|
Brian Gottfried
|
José Luis Clerc
|
7-5, 4-6, 6-4
|
1981
|
José Luis Clerc
|
Guillermo Vilas
|
7-5, 6-2
|
1982
|
Ivan Lendl
|
Jimmy Arias
|
6-3, 6-3
|
1983
|
José Luis Clerc (2)
|
Jimmy Arias
|
6-3, 3-6, 6-0
|
1984
|
Andrés Gómez
|
Aaron Krickstein
|
6-2, 6-2
|
1985
|
Yannick Noah
|
Martín Jaite
|
6-4, 6-3
|
1986
|
Karel Nová?ek
|
Thierry Tulasne
|
6-1, 7-6(7-4) |
1987
|
Ivan Lendl (2)
|
Brad Gilbert
|
6-1, 6-0
|
1988
|
Jimmy Connors (3)
|
Andrés Gómez
|
6-1, 6-4
|
1989
|
Tim Mayotte
|
Brad Gilbert
|
3-6, 6-4, 7-5
|
1990
|
Andre Agassi
|
Jim Grabb
|
6-1, 6-4
|
1991
|
Andre Agassi (2)
|
Petr Korda
|
6-3, 6-4
|
1992
|
Petr Korda
|
Henrik Holm
|
6-4, 6-4
|
1993
|
Amos Mansdorf
|
Todd Martin
|
7-6(7-3), 7-5
|
1994
|
Stefan Edberg
|
Jason Stoltenberg
|
6-4, 6-2
|
1995
|
Andre Agassi (3)
|
Stefan Edberg
|
6-4, 2-6, 7-5
|
1996
|
Michael Chang
|
Wayne Ferreira
|
6-2, 6-4
|
1997
|
Michael Chang (2)
|
Petr Korda
|
5-7, 6-2, 6-1
|
1998
|
Andre Agassi (4)
|
Scott Draper
|
6-2, 6-0
|
1999
|
Andre Agassi (5)
|
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
|
7-6(7-3), 6-1
|
2000
|
Àlex Corretja
|
Andre Agassi
|
6-2, 6-3
|
2001
|
Andy Roddick
|
Sjeng Schalken
|
6-2, 6-3
|
2002
|
James Blake
|
Paradorn Srichaphan
|
1-6, 7-6(7-5), 6-4
|
2003
|
Tim Henman
|
Fernando González
|
6-3, 6-4
|
2004
|
Lleyton Hewitt
|
Gilles Müller
|
6-3, 6-4
|
2005
|
Andy Roddick (2)
|
James Blake
|
7-5, 6-3
|
2006
|
Arnaud Clément
|
Andy Murray
|
7-6(7-3), 6-2
|
2007
|
Andy Roddick (3)
|
John Isner
|
6-4, 7-6(7-4) |
2008
|
Juan Martín del Potro
|
Viktor Troicki
|
6-3, 6-3
|
2009
|
Juan Martín del Potro (2)
|
Andy Roddick
|
3-6, 7-5, 7-6(8-6) |
2010
|
David Nalbandian
|
Marcos Baghdatis
|
6-2, 7-6(7-4) |
2011
|
Radek ?t?pánek
|
Gaël Monfils
|
6-4, 6-4
|
2012
|
Alexandr Dolgopolov
|
Tommy Haas
|
6-7(7-9), 6-4, 6-1
|
2013
|
Juan Martín del Potro (3)
|
John Isner
|
3-6, 6-1, 6-2
|
2014
|
Milos Raonic
|
Vasek Pospisil
|
6-1, 6-4
|
2015
|
Kei Nishikori
|
John Isner
|
4-6, 6-4, 6-4
|
2016
|
Gaël Monfils
|
Ivo Karlovic
|
5-7, 7-6(8-6), 6-4
|
2017
|
Alexander Zverev
|
Kevin Anderson
|
6-4, 6-4
|
2018
|
Alexander Zverev (2)
|
Alex de Minaur
|
6-2, 6-4
|
2019
|
Nick Kyrgios
|
Daniil Medvedev
|
7-6(8-6), 7-6(7-4) |
2020
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak
|
Women's singles
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score
|
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2011 |
Nadia Petrova |
Shahar Pe'er |
7-5, 6-2
|
2012 |
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, 6-4
|
2015 |
Sloane Stephens |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
6-1, 6-2
|
2016 |
Yanina Wickmayer |
Lauren Davis |
6-4, 6-2
|
2017 |
Ekaterina Makarova |
Julia Görges |
3-6, 7-6(7-2), 6-0
|
2018 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) |
Donna Veki? |
4-6, 7-6(9-7), 6-2
|
2019 |
Jessica Pegula |
Camila Giorgi |
6-2, 6-2
|
2020
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak
|
Men's doubles
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score
|
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1969 |
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol |
Robert Lutz
Stan Smith |
4-6, 6-1, 6-4
|
1970 |
Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan |
Ilie N?stase
Ion ?iriac |
7-5, 6-0
|
1971 |
Tom Okker
Marty Riessen |
Bob Carmichael
Ray Ruffels |
7-6, 6-2
|
1972 |
Tom Okker (2)
Marty Riessen (2) |
John Newcombe
Tony Roche |
3-6, 6-3, 6-2
|
1973 |
Ross Case
Geoff Masters |
Dick Crealy
Andrew Pattison |
2-6, 6-1, 6-4
|
1974 |
Tom Gorman
Marty Riessen (3) |
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol |
7-5, 6-1
|
1975 |
Robert Lutz
Stan Smith |
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez |
7-5, 2-6, 6-1
|
1976 |
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez |
Arthur Ashe
Jimmy Connors |
6-3, 6-3
|
1977 |
John Alexander
Phil Dent |
Fred McNair
Sherwood Stewart |
7-5, 7-5
|
1978 |
Arthur Ashe
Bob Hewitt (2) |
Fred McNair
Raúl Ramírez |
6-3, 6-4
|
1979 |
Marty Riessen (4)
Sherwood Stewart |
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez |
2-6, 6-3, 6-4
|
1980 |
Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez |
Gene Mayer
Sandy Mayer |
6-4, 7-5
|
1981 |
Raúl Ramírez (2)
Van Winitsky |
Pavel Slo?il
Ferdi Taygan |
5-7, 7-6(9-7), 7-6(8-6) |
1982 |
Raúl Ramírez (3)
Van Winitsky (2) |
Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez |
7-5, 7-6
|
1983 |
Mark Dickson
Cássio Motta |
Paul McNamee
Ferdi Taygan |
6-2, 1-6, 6-4
|
1984 |
Pavel Slo?il
Ferdi Taygan |
Drew Gitlin
Blaine Willenborg |
7-6, 6-1
|
1985 |
Hans Gildemeister (2)
Víctor Pecci |
David Graham
Balázs Taróczy |
6-3, 1-6, 6-4
|
1986 |
Hans Gildemeister (3)
Andrés Gómez (2) |
Ricardo Acioly
César Kist |
6-3, 7-5
|
1987 |
Gary Donnelly
Peter Fleming |
Laurie Warder
Blaine Willenborg |
6-2, 7-6
|
1988 |
Rick Leach
Jim Pugh |
Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken |
6-3, 6-7, 6-2
|
1989 |
Neil Broad
Gary Muller |
Jim Grabb
Patrick McEnroe |
6-7, 7-6, 6-4
|
1990 |
Grant Connell
Glenn Michibata |
Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken |
6-3, 6-7, 6-2
|
1991 |
Scott Davis
David Pate |
Ken Flach
Robert Seguso |
6-4, 6-2
|
1992 |
Bret Garnett
Jared Palmer |
Ken Flach
Todd Witsken |
6-2, 6-3
|
1993 |
Byron Black
Rick Leach (2) |
Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith |
6-4, 7-5
|
1994 |
Grant Connell (2)
Patrick Galbraith |
Jonas Björkman
Jakob Hlasek |
6-4, 4-6, 6-3
|
1995 |
Olivier Delaître
Jeff Tarango |
Petr Korda
Cyril Suk |
1-6, 6-3, 6-2
|
1996 |
Grant Connell (3)
Scott Davis (2) |
Doug Flach
Chris Woodruff |
7-6, 3-6, 6-3
|
1997 |
Luke Jensen
Murphy Jensen |
Neville Godwin
Fernon Wibier |
6-4, 6-4
|
1998 |
Grant Stafford
Kevin Ullyett |
Wayne Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith |
6-2, 6-4
|
1999 |
Justin Gimelstob
Sébastien Lareau |
David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager |
7-5, 6-7(2-7), 6-3
|
2000 |
Alex O'Brien
Jared Palmer (2) |
Andre Agassi
Sargis Sargsian |
7-5, 6-1
|
2001 |
Martin Damm
David Prinosil |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
7-6(7-5), 6-3
|
2002 |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett (2) |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
3-6, 6-3, 7-5
|
2003 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Sargis Sargsian |
Chris Haggard
Paul Hanley |
7-5, 4-6, 6-2
|
2004 |
Chris Haggard
Robbie Koenig |
Travis Parrott
Dmitry Tursunov |
7-6(7-3), 6-1
|
2005 |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett |
6-4, 6-2
|
2006 |
Bob Bryan (2)
Mike Bryan (2) |
Paul Hanley
Kevin Ullyett |
6-3, 5-7, [10-3]
|
2007 |
Bob Bryan (3)
Mike Bryan (3) |
Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram |
7-6(7-5), 3-6, [10-7]
|
2008 |
Marc Gicquel
Robert Lindstedt |
Bruno Soares
Kevin Ullyett |
7-6(8-6), 6-3
|
2009 |
Martin Damm (2)
Robert Lindstedt (2) |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski |
7-5, 7-6(7-3) |
2010 |
Mardy Fish
Mark Knowles |
Tomá? Berdych
Radek ?t?pánek |
4-6, 7-6(9-7), [10-7]
|
2011 |
Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonji? |
Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tec?u |
6-7(3-7), 7-6(8-6), [10-7]
|
2012 |
Treat Conrad Huey
Dominic Inglot |
Kevin Anderson
Sam Querrey |
7-6(9-7), 6-7(9-11), [10-5]
|
2013 |
Julien Benneteau
Nenad Zimonji? (2) |
Mardy Fish
Radek ?t?pánek |
7-6(7-5), 7-5
|
2014 |
Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tec?u |
Sam Groth
Leander Paes |
7-5, 6-4
|
2015 |
Bob Bryan (4)
Mike Bryan (4) |
Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo |
6-4, 6-2
|
2016 |
Daniel Nestor
Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
?ukasz Kubot
Alexander Peya |
7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-4) |
2017 |
Henri Kontinen
John Peers |
?ukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo |
7-6(7-5), 6-4
|
2018 |
Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares |
Mike Bryan
Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
3-6, 6-3, [10-4]
|
2019 |
Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus |
Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tec?u |
3-6, 6-3, [10-2]
|
2020 |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak
|
Women's doubles
See also
References
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