Washington Open (tennis)

The tournament was first held on the men's tour in 1969, known as the Washington Star International between 1969 and 1981, as the Sovran Bank Classic from 1982 to 1992, as the Newsweek Tennis Classic in 1993, and as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic from 1994 to 2011. Competition was held on outdoor clay courts until 1986, when it switched to the current hard courts. Throughout its existence, the tournament has been closely associated with Donald Dell, founder of ProServ International, who was instrumental in its creation, as well as John A. Harris, founder of Potomac Ventures Investments. The location of the event in Washington, D.C. was chosen at the urging of Arthur Ashe, an early supporter.

The women's event was first held in 2011 in College Park, Maryland as the Citi Open, and for the 2012 season, the ATP and WTA decided to merge their Maryland and Washington spots into a joint tournament, with the women's event moving to the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, and Citi taking over Legg Mason as title sponsor of the joint event.[1]

In 2015, the Washington Open dropped out of the US Open Series. Due to its ownership of rights to the US Open beginning that year, ESPN began holding exclusive domestic broadcast rights to all US Open Series events . However, the network only promised that a minimum of four hours of coverage would be aired on ESPN2 (in 2014, coverage was split between ESPN and Tennis Channel),[2] relegating the remainder to ESPN3 online streaming. Donald Dell criticized ESPN for using ESPN3 to acquire sports rights without any intent to broadcast them on television, stating "If you're running a tournament, and it's two million dollars, and sponsorship money in the six million to eight million dollar range, you've got sponsors that don't want to be having only four or six hours on television." As a result, the Citi Open withdrew from the US Open Series so it could establish a new broadcast rights agreement with Tennis Channel. The four-year, $2.1 million deal included 171 hours of television coverage spanning the entire tournament, and funding for additional amenities (including a second televised court).[3][4] The tournament has since returned to the US Open series as of 2019.

In 2019, the tournament was acquired by businessman Mark Ein, and returned to the US Open Series. Tennis Channel reached a five-year extension of its media rights.[5]

A portion of the proceeds from the Citi Open benefit the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF). The WTEF seeks to improve the life prospects for DC area youth, particularly those from lower-income communities, through tennis, educational and community-based activities that teach discipline, build self-esteem and improve academic performance. If you are interested in learning more about how you can support the WTEF, please call (202) 291-9888 or visit www.wtef.org

In the men's singles, Andre Agassi (1990–91, 1995, 1998–99) holds the records for most titles (five) and most finals overall (six, runner-up in 2000). He also shares with Michael Chang (1996–97), Juan Martín del Potro (2008–09) and Alexander Zverev (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles, with two. In the women's singles, Magdaléna Rybáriková (2012–13) holds the record for most titles (two) and co-holds the record for most finals (two) with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (runner-up in 2012, 2015). In the men's doubles, Marty Riessen (1971–72, 1974, 1979) and the Bryan brothers (2005–07, 2015) hold the record for most titles (four), with the Bryans also holding the record for most consecutive titles (three). The Bryans co-hold the record for most finals (six, runners-up in 2001–02) with Raúl Ramírez (winner in 1976, 1981–82, runner-up in 1975, 1978–79). In the women's doubles, Shuko Aoyama (2012–14) holds alone the record for most titles, most consecutive titles and most finals (three).

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Thomaz Koch	Arthur Ashe	7–5, 9–7, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1970	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe	7–5, 6–1, 6–2
1971	Ken Rosewall	Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972	Tony Roche	Marty Riessen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1973	Arthur Ashe	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–2
1974	Harold Solomon	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1975	Guillermo Vilas	Harold Solomon	6–1, 6–3
1976	Jimmy Connors	Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–4
1977	Guillermo Vilas (2)	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 7–5
1978	Jimmy Connors (2)	Eddie Dibbs	7–5, 7–5
1979	Guillermo Vilas (3)	Víctor Pecci, Sr.	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3)
1980	Brian Gottfried	José Luis Clerc	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1981	José Luis Clerc	Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 6–2
1982	Ivan Lendl	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 6–3
1983	José Luis Clerc (2)	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1984	Andrés Gómez	Aaron Krickstein	6–2, 6–2
1985	Yannick Noah	Martín Jaite	6–4, 6–3
1986	Karel Nováček	Thierry Tulasne	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
1987	Ivan Lendl (2)	Brad Gilbert	6–1, 6–0
1988	Jimmy Connors (3)	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
1989	Tim Mayotte	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1990	Andre Agassi	Jim Grabb	6–1, 6–4
1991	Andre Agassi (2)	Petr Korda	6–3, 6–4
1992	Petr Korda	Henrik Holm	6–4, 6–4
1993	Amos Mansdorf	Todd Martin	7–6(7–3), 7–5
1994	Stefan Edberg	Jason Stoltenberg	6–4, 6–2
1995	Andre Agassi (3)	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1996	Michael Chang	Wayne Ferreira	6–2, 6–4
1997	Michael Chang (2)	Petr Korda	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1998	Andre Agassi (4)	Scott Draper	6–2, 6–0
1999	Andre Agassi (5)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(7–3), 6–1
2000	Àlex Corretja	Andre Agassi	6–2, 6–3
2001	Andy Roddick	Sjeng Schalken	6–2, 6–3
2002	James Blake	Paradorn Srichaphan	1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2003	Tim Henman	Fernando González	6–3, 6–4
2004	Lleyton Hewitt	Gilles Müller	6–3, 6–4
2005	Andy Roddick (2)	James Blake	7–5, 6–3
2006	Arnaud Clément	Andy Murray	7–6(7–3), 6–2
2007	Andy Roddick (3)	John Isner	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008	Juan Martín del Potro	Viktor Troicki	6–3, 6–3
2009	Juan Martín del Potro (2)	Andy Roddick	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2010	David Nalbandian	Marcos Baghdatis	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2011	Radek Štěpánek	Gaël Monfils	6–4, 6–4
2012	Alexandr Dolgopolov	Tommy Haas	6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1
2013	Juan Martín del Potro (3)	John Isner	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
2014	Milos Raonic	Vasek Pospisil	6–1, 6–4
2015	Kei Nishikori	John Isner	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2016	Gaël Monfils	Ivo Karlovic	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2017	Alexander Zverev	Kevin Anderson	6–4, 6–4
2018	Alexander Zverev (2)	Alex de Minaur	6–2, 6–4
2019	Nick Kyrgios	Daniil Medvedev	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Nadia Petrova	Shahar Pe'er	7–5, 6–2
2012	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 6–1
2013	Magdaléna Rybáriková (2)	Andrea Petkovic	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2014	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Kurumi Nara	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2015	Sloane Stephens	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 6–2
2016	Yanina Wickmayer	Lauren Davis	6–4, 6–2
2017	Ekaterina Makarova	Julia Görges	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
2018	Svetlana Kuznetsova (2)	Donna Vekić	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
2019	Jessica Pegula	Camila Giorgi	6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1970	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	7–5, 6–0
1971	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	7–6, 6–2
1972	Tom Okker (2) Marty Riessen (2)	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1973	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1974	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen (3)	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–5, 6–1
1975	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
1976	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
1977	John Alexander Phil Dent	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 7–5
1978	Arthur Ashe Bob Hewitt (2)	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–4
1979	Marty Riessen (4) Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
1981	Raúl Ramírez (2) Van Winitsky	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(8–6)
1982	Raúl Ramírez (3) Van Winitsky (2)	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	7–5, 7–6
1983	Mark Dickson Cássio Motta	Paul McNamee Ferdi Taygan	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1984	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	Drew Gitlin Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 6–1
1985	Hans Gildemeister (2) Víctor Pecci	David Graham Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1986	Hans Gildemeister (3) Andrés Gómez (2)	Ricardo Acioly César Kist	6–3, 7–5
1987	Gary Donnelly Peter Fleming	Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg	6–2, 7–6
1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1989	Neil Broad Gary Muller	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1990	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1991	Scott Davis David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–2
1992	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	Ken Flach Todd Witsken	6–2, 6–3
1993	Byron Black Rick Leach (2)	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–5
1994	Grant Connell (2) Patrick Galbraith	Jonas Björkman Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1995	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1996	Grant Connell (3) Scott Davis (2)	Doug Flach Chris Woodruff	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1997	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier	6–4, 6–4
1998	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 6–4
1999	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
2000	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer (2)	Andre Agassi Sargis Sargsian	7–5, 6–1
2001	Martin Damm David Prinosil	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 6–3
2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett (2)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sargis Sargsian	Chris Haggard Paul Hanley	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
2004	Chris Haggard Robbie Koenig	Travis Parrott Dmitry Tursunov	7–6(7–3), 6–1
2005	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–2
2006	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
2007	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
2008	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2009	Martin Damm (2) Robert Lindstedt (2)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2010	Mardy Fish Mark Knowles	Tomáš Berdych Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7]
2011	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
2012	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	Kevin Anderson Sam Querrey	7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]
2013	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić (2)	Mardy Fish Radek Štěpánek	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2014	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	Sam Groth Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
2015	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
2016	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
2017	Henri Kontinen John Peers	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2018	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Mike Bryan Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
2019	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	3–6, 6–3, [10–2]

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011	Sania Mirza Yaroslava Shvedova	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	6–3, 6–3
2012	Shuko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen	Irina Falconi Chanelle Scheepers	7–5, 6–2
2013	Shuko Aoyama (2) Vera Dushevina	Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend	6–3, 6–3
2014	Shuko Aoyama (3) Gabriela Dabrowski	Hiroko Kuwata Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
2015	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
2016	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki	6–4, 6–3
2017	Shuko Aoyama (4) Renata Voráčová	Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens	6–3, 6–2
2018	Han Xinyun Darija Jurak	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	6–3, 6–2
2019	Caty McNally Coco Gauff	Maria Sanchez Fanny Stollar	6–2, 6–2

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