2016 Citi Open

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. Gaël Monfils and Yanina Wickmayer won the singles titles.

2016 Citi Open
Date	July 18–24
Edition	48th (men) / 6th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA International (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Venue	William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
Champions
Men's singles
Gaël Monfils
Women's singles
Yanina Wickmayer
Men's doubles
Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Women's doubles
Monica Niculescu / Yanina Wickmayer

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 2016 Citi Open – Men's singles

• Gaël Monfils defeated Ivo Karlović, 5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2016 Citi Open – Women's singles

• Yanina Wickmayer defeated Lauren Davis, 6–4, 6–2

Men's doubles

Main article: 2016 Citi Open – Men's doubles

• Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Łukasz Kubot / Alexander Peya, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–4)

Women's doubles

Main article: 2016 Citi Open – Women's doubles

• Monica Niculescu / Yanina Wickmayer defeated Shuko Aoyama / Risa Ozaki, 6–4, 6–3

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

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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:

• Reilly Opelka
• Denis Shapovalov
• Frances Tiafoe
• Alexander Zverev

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Brian Baker

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• James Duckworth
• Jared Donaldson
• Ernesto Escobedo
• Ryan Harrison
• Alex Kuznetsov
• Vincent Millot

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ričardas Berankis →replaced by Bjorn Fratangelo
• Tomáš Berdych →replaced by Yūichi Sugita
• Ernests Gulbis →replaced by Sam Groth
• Juan Martín del Potro →replaced by Benjamin Becker
• Nick Kyrgios →replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
• Rajeev Ram →replaced by Lukáš Lacko

Retirements

• Ivan Dodig

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:

• Taylor Fritz / Reilly Opelka
• Denis Kudla / Frances Tiafoe

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

• Brian Baker / Austin Krajicek

Retirements

• Treat Huey

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:

• Françoise Abanda
• Usue Maitane Arconada
• Samantha Crawford
• Jessica Pegula

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Vania King
• Aleksandra Wozniak

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lauren Albanese
• Varvara Flink
• Alla Kudryavtseva
• Zhu Lin

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Hiroko Kuwata

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Louisa Chirico → replaced by Tamira Paszek
• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Risa Ozaki
• Vania King (change of schedule) → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Kristína Kučová
• Heather Watson → replaced by Lauren Davis

During the tournament

• Tamira Paszek (Upper respiratory illness)

Retirements

• 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:

• Malkia Menguene / Nidhi Surapaneni

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Françoise Abanda (Right finger injury)

Retirements

• Kristína Kučová (Back injury)

External links

• Official website