2012 Citi Open

2012 Citi Open
Date	July 29 – August 5
Edition	44th (men) / 2nd (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA International (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Champions
Men's Singles
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Women's Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Men's Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey / Dominic Inglot
Women's Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Chang Kai-chen

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

The singles field was headlined by Mardy Fish (left) and Alexandr Dolgopolov (right). Fish opted out of the London Olympics to focus on the hardcourt lead-ups to the US Open,^[1] while Dolgopolov was not selected by the Ukrainian tennis federation to compete in the Games.^[2]

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP Rankings of July 23, 2012:^[3]

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:

• Brian Baker
• Ričardas Berankis
• Steve Johnson

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Marco Chiudinelli
• Jesse Levine
• Michael Russell
• Florent Serra

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	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:

• James Blake / Tim Smyczek
• Drew Courtney / Steve Johnson

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Jamie Delgado / Ken Skupski

Withdrawals

• David Marrero (finger injury)

WTA singles main draw entrants

The singles field was headlined by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left) and Chanelle Scheepers (right), neither of whom has been selected for the London Olympics, Pavlyuchenkova because four Russian players had already made the cut, and Scheepers because she chose not to fulfill the Fed Cup requirements to play the Games.^[4]

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the WTA Rankings of July 23, 2012:^[5]

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:

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Camila Giorgi
• Coco Vandeweghe

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Jana Čepelová
• Jennifer Elie
• Michelle Larcher de Brito
• Aravane Rezaï

Withdrawals

• Ayumi Morita (lower back injury)^[5]
• Romina Oprandi
• Virginie Razzano (right hip injury)

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	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:

• Simone Kalhorn / Alessondra Parra

Retirements

• Karin Knapp (knee pain)

Champions

Men's singles

Alexandr Dolgopolov def. 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

Magdaléna Rybáriková def. 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

Treat Conrad Huey / Dominic Inglot def. Kevin Anderson / 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

Shuko Aoyama / Chang Kai-chen def. Irina Falconi / 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

1. The Ticker (2012-04-24). "Fish likely won't compete in Olympics". TENNIS.com. Miller Sports Group LLC. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
2. Ubha, Ravi (2012-07-25). "Dolgopolov laments Olympic decision". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
3. Clarke, Liz. "Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey headline made over Citi Open". Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
4. "Tennis greats bemoan SA duo". sport24.co.za. 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
5. "2012 WTA Singles Field". Citi Open. Retrieved 2012-05-27.

External links

• Official website