2012 Citi Open
2012 Citi Open | |
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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
Seeds
The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP Rankings of July 23, 2012:[3]
Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
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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:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
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:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- 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:[5]
Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
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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:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Ayumi Morita (lower back injury)[5]
- Romina Oprandi
- 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:
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
- ^ The Ticker (2012-04-24). "Fish likely won't compete in Olympics". TENNIS.com. Miller Sports Group LLC. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ Ubha, Ravi (2012-07-25). "Dolgopolov laments Olympic decision". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
- ^ Clarke, Liz. "Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey headline made over Citi Open". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Tennis greats bemoan SA duo". sport24.co.za. 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
- ^ a b "2012 WTA Singles Field". Citi Open. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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