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2012 Citi Open

Field	Value
date	July 29 – August 5
edition	44th (men) / 2nd (women)
surface	Hard / outdoor
location	Washington, D.C., United States
category	ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA International (women)
champms	UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov
champws	SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková
champmd	PHI Treat Conrad Huey / GBR Dominic Inglot
champwd	JPN Shuko Aoyama / TPE Chang Kai-chen
main_name	Washington Open (tennis) Washington Open

WTA International (women)

The 2012 Citi Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition (for the men) and the 2nd edition (for the women) of the event known that year as the Citi Open (previously known on the men's tour as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic), and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 29 to August 5, 2012, running concurrently with the tennis event at the London Summer Olympics.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of July 23, 2012:

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeds
USA	Mardy Fish	13	1
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	17	2
RSA	Kevin Anderson	33	3
GER	Tommy Haas	35	4
ESP	Pablo Andújar	37	5
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	46	6
FRA	Benoît Paire	50	7
USA	Sam Querrey	57	8

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

USA Brian Baker
LTU Ričardas Berankis
USA Steve Johnson

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

SUI Marco Chiudinelli
USA Jesse Levine
USA Michael Russell
FRA Florent Serra

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
MEX	Santiago González	USA	Scott Lipsky	65	1
COL	Robert Farah	PAK	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	73	2
USA	Eric Butorac	AUS	Paul Hanley	78	3
CZE	František Čermák	AUT	Julian Knowle	78	4

Rankings are as of July 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

USA James Blake / USA Tim Smyczek
USA Drew Courtney / USA Steve Johnson The following pair received entry as alternates:
GBR Jamie Delgado / GBR Ken Skupski

Withdrawals

ESP David Marrero (finger injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the WTA rankings of July 23, 2012:

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeds
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	28	1
RSA	Chanelle Scheepers	42	2
USA	Sloane Stephens	52	3
USA	Vania King	56	4
CZE	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	60	5
CZE	Iveta Benešová	61	6
USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	70	7
BLR	Olga Govortsova	81	8

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

CAN Eugenie Bouchard
ITA Camila Giorgi
USA CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

SVK Jana Čepelová
USA Jennifer Elie
POR Michelle Larcher de Brito
FRA Aravane Rezaï

Withdrawals

JPN Ayumi Morita (lower back injury)
SUI Romina Oprandi
FRA Virginie Razzano (right hip injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BLR	Olga Govortsova	RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	105	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	CZE	Kristýna Plíšková	193	2
USA	Lindsay Lee-Waters	USA	Megan Moulton-Levy	194	3
GRE	Eleni Daniilidou	ITA	Karin Knapp	293	4

1 Rankings are as of July 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

USA Simone Kalhorn / USA Alessondra Parra

Retirements

ITA Karin Knapp (knee pain)

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2012 Citi Open – Men's singles

UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated GER Tommy Haas, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1

It was Dolgopolov's first singles title of the year, and the second of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 2012 Citi Open – Women's singles

SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–1, 6–1

It was Rybáriková's first singles title of the year, and the third of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 2012 Citi Open – Men's doubles

PHI Treat Conrad Huey / GBR Dominic Inglot defeated RSA Kevin Anderson / USA Sam Querrey, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]

It was Huey's first doubles title of the year, and of his career.
It was Inglot's first doubles title of the year, and of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 2012 Citi Open – Women's doubles

JPN Shuko Aoyama / TPE Chang Kai-chen defeated USA Irina Falconi / RSA Chanelle Scheepers, 7–5, 6–2

It was Aoyama's first doubles title of the year, and of her career.
It was Chang's second doubles title of the year, and the third of her career.

References

"2012 Washington – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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Ubha, Ravi. (2012-07-25). "Dolgopolov laments Olympic decision". [[ESPN]].
Clarke, Liz. "Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey headline made over Citi Open". [[The Washington Post]].
(2012-07-24). "Tennis greats bemoan SA duo". sport24.co.za.
"2012 WTA Singles Field". Citi Open.

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