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2012 Citi Open

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Date
  
July 29 – August 5

Surface
  
2012 Citi Open

Edition
  
44th (men) / 2nd (women)

Category
  
ATP World Tour 500 (men)WTA International (women)

Location
  
Washington, D.C., United States

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.

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Seeds

The following players were seeded 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
  • Steve Johnson
  • The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

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

  • 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)
  • Seeds

    The following players were seeded 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
  • 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)
  • Romina Oprandi
  • Virginie Razzano (right hip injury)
  • 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 (knee pain)
  • 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

    2012 Citi Open Wikipedia


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