Washington Open also known as Citi Open for sponsorship reasons is one of the most famous tennis tournaments in the United States for both WTA and ATP tours. This tournament is from the US Open series, Citi Open founded in 1969 as an ATP tour but the WTA tour started in 2011. It will be the 53rd edition of the Citi Open for the ATP tour this year.
53rd edition of ATP Citi Open starts on 1st August and ends on 7th August 2022. This event is categorized in ATP 500 tour level. It consists of 48 Singles draw including 24 Qualifying draws and 16 Double main draw. Citi Open has played on the outdoor hard court surface of William H.G.FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington D.C USA.
ATP Washington Open 2022 Champions
Australian star Nick Kyrgios won both single and doubles titles of the 2022 citi open. In the singles, Nick defeats Japanese star Yoshihito Nishioka in final. Nick won final in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.
While Nick paired with American star Jack Sock in doubles, the Winning pair defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of USA in final with straight sets 7-5, 6-4. Nick is the 1st man in the 53 years of citi open history to win both singles and doubles championships in the same year.
ATP CITI Open 2021 Champions
In 2019 Citi Open Singles championship Italian star Jannik Sinner won the title against home star Mackenzie Mcdonald. In final Sinner defeated Mcdonald in final set (7-5, 4-6, 7-5). Jannik was 1st Italian player who won Washington Open ever.
In doubles, Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Ben McLachlan of Japan won the doubles championship and Ben became the first Japanese to become 1st Citi Open doubles champion. Winning pair defeated Neal Skupski of GBR and Michael Venus of NZL by 7-6, 6-4.
ATP Washington Open 2022 Players List (Top Seeds)
Andrey Rublev (RUS)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Taylor Fritz (USA)
Reilly Opelka (USA)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
Karen Khachanov (RUS)
Jack Draper (GBR)
Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
Holger Rune (DEN)
Frances Tiafoe (USA)
Alex de Minaur (AUS)
Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
Andy Murray (GBR)
Mackenzie McDonald (USA)
ATP Washington Open 2022 Wild Card Entries
ATP Washington Open Prize Money & Champions
In 2022, total Prize money of Citi open is $1,953,285. While in 2019, total prize money was $1,895,290 where winner received $350,755and runner-up received $178,500. In doubles championship, the winning pair got $118,700and the finalists had $60,000.
