2021 Citi Open

{{Short description|Sports tournament}} {{see also|Washington Open (tennis)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox tennis event|2021|Citi Open| | date = July 31 – August 8 | edition = 52nd | draw = 48S / 16D | surface = [[Hardcourt|Hard (outdoor)]] [[SportMaster Sport Surfaces]] | location = Washington, D.C., United States | venue = [[William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center]] | category = [[ATP World Tour 500 series|ATP Tour 500]] | champs = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jannik Sinner]] | champd = {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] / {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ben McLachlan]] | main_name = Washington Open (tennis) {{!}} Washington Open | before_year = 2019 }}

The '''2021 Washington Open''' (called the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[hard court]]s. It was the 52nd edition of the [[Washington Open (tennis)|Washington Open]]. The event was part of the [[ATP World Tour 500 series|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=ATP Citi Open Overview|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/washington/418/overview|website=atptour.com}}</ref>

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2021 Citi Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jannik Sinner]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mackenzie McDonald]] 7–5, 4–6, 7–5

===Doubles=== {{main|2021 Citi Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Raven Klaasen]] / {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ben McLachlan]] defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Neal Skupski]] / {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] 7–6(7–4), 6–4.

==Points and prize money== ===Points distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles<ref name="ATP points">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Rankings-FAQ.aspx|access-date=25 February 2013|title=Rankings explained|publisher=atpworldtour.com}}</ref> |rowspan=2|500 |rowspan=2|300 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|90 |45 |20 |0 |10 |4 |rowspan=2|0 |- !style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles<ref name="ATP points"/> |0 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |45 |25 |}

=== Prize money ===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Singles''' |€350,755 |€178,500 |€91,500 |€48,000 |€24,400 |€13,300 |€7,520 | {{n/a}} |€3,685 |1,970 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Doubles*''' |€118,700 |€60,000 |€30,500 |€15,970 |€8,250 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} *per team

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="75"| Country ! width="140"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Rafael Nadal]] |3 |1 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Félix Auger-Aliassime]] |15 |2 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Alex de Minaur]] |18 |3 |- |{{flag|BUL}} |[[Grigor Dimitrov]] |21 |4 |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Jannik Sinner]] |23 |5 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Dan Evans (tennis)|Dan Evans]] |27 |6 |- |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Cameron Norrie]] |29 |7 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Reilly Opelka]] |36 |8 |- |{{flag|KAZ}} |[[Alexander Bublik]] |39 |9 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Taylor Fritz]] |42 |10 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[John Millman]] |44 |11 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Sebastian Korda]] |47 |12 |- |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Benoît Paire]] |49 |13 |- |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Lloyd Harris (tennis)|Lloyd Harris]] |51 |14 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Miomir Kecmanović]] |52 |15 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Frances Tiafoe]] |54 |16 |} *1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021 <ref>{{cite web|title=Rafael Nadal Will Compete at the Citi Open Tennis Tournament in DC|url=https://washingtonian.com/2021/07/08/rafael-nadal-will-compete-at-the-citi-open-tennis-tournament-in-dc/|publisher=washingtonian.com}}</ref>

===Other entrants=== The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jenson Brooksby]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Feliciano López]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Nadal]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandon Nakashima]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]]

The following players received entry from the singles [[qualifying draw (tennis)|qualifying draw]]: * {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Emilio Gómez (tennis)|Emilio Gómez]] * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Prajnesh Gunneswaran]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mitchell Krueger]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Illya Marchenko]] * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramkumar Ramanathan]] * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Elias Ymer]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Hubert Hurkacz]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Emil Ruusuvuori]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andreas Seppi]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aslan Karatsev]] → replaced by {{flagicon|COL}} [[Daniel Elahi Galán]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Karen Khachanov]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mackenzie McDonald]] * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dominik Koepfer]] → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Ilya Ivashka]] * {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kwon Soon-woo]] → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[James Duckworth (tennis)|James Duckworth]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jaume Munar]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] * {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guido Pella]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Johnson (tennis)|Steve Johnson]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]] → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milos Raonic]] → replaced by {{flagicon|LIT}} [[Ričardas Berankis]] * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Denis Shapovalov]] → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Egor Gerasimov]]

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[John Peers]] |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Filip Polášek]] |36 |1 |-bgcolor=#fcc |{{flag|GBR}} |[[Neal Skupski]] |{{flag|NZL}} |[[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] |36 |2 |- |{{flag|IND}} |[[Rohan Bopanna]] |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Ivan Dodig]] |53 |3 |-bgcolor=#cfc |{{flag|RSA}} |[[Raven Klaasen]] |{{flag|JPN}} |[[Ben McLachlan]] |61 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of July 26, 2021

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frances Tiafoe]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Querrey]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Sock]]

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Benoît Paire]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackson Withrow]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Sebastián Cabal]] / {{flagicon|COL}} [[Robert Farah (tennis)|Robert Farah]] → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabrice Martin]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Max Purcell]] * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Wesley Koolhof]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jean-Julien Rojer]] → replaced by {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Grigor Dimitrov]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Paul (tennis)|Tommy Paul]] * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Łukasz Kubot]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] → replaced by {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marcus Daniell]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Melo]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nikola Mektić]] / {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mate Pavić]] → replaced by {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Marcelo Arévalo]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Matwé Middelkoop]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jamie Murray]] / {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Soares]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sebastian Korda]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jannik Sinner]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rajeev Ram]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Joe Salisbury]] → replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alexander Bublik]] / {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[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 [[Lexington Challenger|Top Seed Open]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]] and the [[WTA Prague Open|Prague Open]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maake|first=Katishi|date=July 9, 2020|title=Citi Open will not host women's tennis tournament this year|work=Washington Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/07/09/no-womens-tennis-tournament-at-citi-open-in-2020.html|access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref> After the Citi Open returned in 2021 from the event's eventual cancellation in the prior year,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fendrich|first=Howard|date=July 21, 2020|title=Washington tennis tournament canceled; US Open still planned|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/health-virus-outbreak-tennis-sports-general-sports-f3809433233ed3b5fe944463a20c5d58|access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Liz|date=June 10, 2021|title=Citi Open to return at 50 percent capacity after tournament was canceled in 2020|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/10/citi-open-return-50-percent-capacity-after-tournament-was-canceled-2020/|access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malet|first=Jeff|date=August 2, 2021|title=D.C.'s Citi Open Tennis Tournament Underway After Two-Year Hiatus (photos)|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2021/08/02/citi-open-gets-underway-in-dc-after-one-year-hiatus-photos/|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=The Georgetowner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808050418/https://georgetowner.com/articles/2021/08/02/citi-open-gets-underway-in-dc-after-one-year-hiatus-photos/ |archive-date=2021-08-08 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Byrum|first=Tyler|date=August 6, 2021|title=Citi Open tournament information|work=[[NBC Sports Washington]]|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/2021-citi-open-tournament-field-schedule-players-times-how-watch|access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref> though Brady was later replaced by [[Victoria Azarenka]].<ref name="GauffInterview">{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Liz |date=August 7, 2021 |title=At Citi Open exhibition, Coco Gauff talks about her bout with covid and getting vaccinated |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/05/coco-gauff-coronavirus-citi-open/ |access-date=August 7, 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref name="GauffInterview" /><ref name="AzarenkaJoins">{{Cite web |last=Mujkanovic |first=Alem |date=August 5, 2021 |title=Victoria Azarenka Joins WTA Citi Open Invitational Field |url=https://tennisuptodate.com/wta/victoria-azarenka-joins-wta-citi-open-invitational-field |url-status=live |access-date=August 7, 2021 |website=TennisUpToDate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808050418/https://tennisuptodate.com/wta/victoria-azarenka-joins-wta-citi-open-invitational-field |archive-date=2021-08-08 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chura|first=Nate|title=Gauff Earns Win in Washington Return|url=https://www.citiopentennis.com/news/gauff_earns_win_in_washington_return/?pg=1|url-status=live|access-date=August 7, 2021|publisher=[[Washington Open (tennis)|Citi Open]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808050417/https://www.citiopentennis.com/news/gauff_earns_win_in_washington_return/?pg=1 |archive-date=2021-08-08 }}</ref> On August 5, Gauff defeated Azarenka in the first match, 6–3, 6–1.<ref name="GauffInterview"/><ref name="AzarenkaJoins" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1423742905114578950 |user=CitiOpen |title="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 | #CitiOpen |author=Citi Open}}</ref> On August 7, Pegula defeated Gauff in the final match, 4–6, 7–5, [10-8], to win the invitational.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1424212231328239616 |user=CitiOpen |title=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 |author=Citi Open}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.citiopentennis.com/ Official website]

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