2016 Citi Open
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The 2016 Citi Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition (for the men) and the 6th edition (for the women) of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 18 to July 24, 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 0 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | ||||||
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | —N/a | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 641 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $348,200 | $165,555 | $78,835 | $39,420 | $19,725 | $10,550 | $6,015 | $1,205 | $615 |
| Men's doubles * | $108,250 | $51,470 | $25,370 | $13,020 | $6,780 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,200 | $3,420 | $2,220 | —N/a | $1,285 | $750 |
| Women's doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 64 prize money * per team
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | John Isner | 16 | 1 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 17 | 2 |
| AUS | Bernard Tomic | 19 | 3 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 23 | 4 |
| USA | Steve Johnson | 25 | 5 |
| USA | Jack Sock | 26 | 6 |
| GER | Alexander Zverev | 27 | 7 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 29 | 8 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 31 | 9 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 32 | 10 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 33 | 11 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 37 | 12 |
| CRO | Ivo Karlović | 38 | 13 |
| LUX | Gilles Müller | 39 | 14 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 43 | 15 |
| CRO | Borna Ćorić | 54 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- United States Reilly Opelka
- Canada Denis Shapovalov
- United States Frances Tiafoe
- Germany Alexander Zverev
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Australia James Duckworth
- United States Jared Donaldson
- United States Ernesto Escobedo
- United States Ryan Harrison
- United States Alex Kuznetsov
- France Vincent Millot
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Lithuania Ričardas Berankis →replaced by United States Bjorn Fratangelo
- Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych →replaced by Japan Yūichi Sugita
- Latvia Ernests Gulbis →replaced by Australia Sam Groth
- Argentina Juan Martín del Potro →replaced by Germany Benjamin Becker
- Australia Nick Kyrgios →replaced by Japan Yoshihito Nishioka
- United States Rajeev Ram →replaced by Slovakia Lukáš Lacko
Retirements
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRA | Marcelo Melo | BRA | Bruno Soares | 14 | 1 |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 18 | 2 |
| ROU | Florin Mergea | ROU | Horia Tecău | 26 | 3 |
| PHI | Treat Huey | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 38 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- United States Taylor Fritz / United States Reilly Opelka
- United States Denis Kudla / United States Frances Tiafoe
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
Retirements
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank 1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 14 | 1 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 23 | 2 |
| PUR | Monica Puig | 33 | 3 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 34 | 4 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 40 | 5 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 42 | 6 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 46 | 7 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 53 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- Canada Françoise Abanda
- United States Usue Maitane Arconada
- United States Samantha Crawford
- United States Jessica Pegula
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- United States Louisa Chirico → replaced by Austria Tamira Paszek
- Russia Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Japan Risa Ozaki
- United States Vania King (change of schedule) → replaced by Japan Hiroko Kuwata
- Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Canada Aleksandra Wozniak
- China Wang Qiang → replaced by Slovakia Kristína Kučová
- United Kingdom Heather Watson → replaced by United States Lauren Davis
During the tournament
- Austria Tamira Paszek (Upper respiratory illness)
Retirements
- Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (Back injury)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 114 | 1 |
| GBR | Naomi Broady | JPN | Miyu Kato | 146 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CHN | Xu Shilin | 226 | 3 |
| RUS | Ksenia Lykina | GBR | Emily Webley-Smith | 300 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
- United States Malkia Menguene / India Nidhi Surapaneni
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Canada Françoise Abanda (Right finger injury)
Retirements
- Slovakia Kristína Kučová (Back injury)
Champions
Men's singles
- France Gaël Monfils def. Croatia Ivo Karlović, 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Women's singles
- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer def. United States Lauren Davis, 6–4, 6–2
Men's doubles
- Canada Daniel Nestor / France Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Poland Łukasz Kubot / Austria Alexander Peya, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Women's doubles
- Romania Monica Niculescu / Belgium Yanina Wickmayer def. Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Risa Ozaki, 6–4, 6–3