The 2012 Citi Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a

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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 The Washington Open (known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual hardcourt tennis tournament played at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. The Washington Open is part of the ATP Tour 50 ...

(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

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of the

2012 WTA Tour The 2012 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fede ...

. It took place at the

William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center The William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a tennis venue located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. It is named after William H. G. FitzGerald, a Washington-based private investor who was active in philanthropies and served as United Stat ...

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

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ed in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of July 23, 2012:

Other entrants

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

Ričardas Berankis Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian citizen (not counting Lithuanian American Vitas Gerulaitis) to enter the ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranke ...

* Steve Johnson The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: * Marco Chiudinelli *

Jesse Levine Jesse Levine (born October 15, 1987) is an American-Canadian former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of world No. 69 on October 1, 2012. Levine represented the United States through 2012, and he represented Can ...

* Michael Russell *

Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra (born 28 February 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. A right-hander, he won two ATP titles during his career and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in June 2006. Career Early life and ...

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 23, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * James Blake /

Tim Smyczek Timothy Smyczek ( ; ; born December 30, 1987) is an American former professional tennis player. He made three quarterfinals on the main tour as well as the semi-finals of Newport in 2018. Additionally he won seven Challenger titles. He achieved ...

* Drew Courtney / Steve Johnson The following pair received entry as alternates: *

Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimb ...

/ Ken Skupski

Withdrawals

David Marrero David Marrero Santana (; born 8 April 1980) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Marrero won 14 doubles titles and reaching a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in November 2013. Professional career 2000–2007 Marrero earned h ...

(finger injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following players were

ed in the main singles draw, following the WTA rankings of July 23, 2012:

Other entrants

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

Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26, achieved on 22 October 2018. She is the current Italian No. 2, after Martina Trevisan. After winning her fi ...

* CoCo Vandeweghe The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: * Jana Čepelová *

Jennifer Elie Jennifer Elie (born September 22, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 219 in singles, achieved June 2017, and 237 in doubles, set in May 2013. Elie has won two singles titles and six doubl ...

* Michelle Larcher de Brito * Aravane Rezaï

Withdrawals

* Ayumi Morita (lower back injury) *

Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has wo ...

* Virginie Razzano (right hip injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*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 Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, sh ...

(knee pain)

Finals

Men's singles

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

defeated 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 defeated

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...

, 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 Treat Conrad Huey (; born August 28, 1985) is a Filipino-American tennis player who represents the Philippines in international competitions. He turned professional in 2008 and he started representing the Philippines in the Davis Cup and the ...

/ Dominic Inglot defeated Kevin Anderson / Sam Querrey, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(9–11), 0–5*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 is a Japanese tennis player. Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, ...

/ Chang Kai-chen defeated 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

External links

Official website
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