2018 Citi Open

2018 Citi Open
Date	July 30 – August 5
Edition	50th (men) / 8th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA International (women)
Surface	Hard (outdoor) SportMaster Sport Surfaces
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Champions
Men's Singles
Alexander Zverev
Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
Women's Doubles
Han Xinyun / Darija Jurak

The 2018 Washington Open (called the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition (for the men) and the 8th edition (for the women) of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 30 to August 5, 2018.

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	45	25
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	$384,120	$188,315	$94,755	$48,195	$25,025	$13,200	$7,130	$1,460	$745
Men's doubles *	$115,650	$56,620	$28,400	$14,580	$7,540	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

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 64 prize money
* per team</sub>

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Alexander Zverev	3	1
USA	John Isner	9	2
BEL	David Goffin	11	3
GBR	Kyle Edmund	16	4
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	18	5
FRA	Lucas Pouille	19	6
JPN	Kei Nishikori	20	7
KOR	Chung Hyeon	23	8
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	27	9
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	32	10
USA	Steve Johnson	34	11
RUS	Karen Khachanov	35	12
USA	Frances Tiafoe	42	13
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	43	14
GER	Mischa Zverev	45	15
RUS	Andrey Rublev	46	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018

Other entrants

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

• Daniil Medvedev
• Tommy Paul
• Noah Rubin
• Tim Smyczek
• Stan Wawrinka

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• James Duckworth

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Alex Bolt
• Mitchell Krueger
• Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
• Vincent Millot
• Yosuke Watanuki
• Donald Young

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Jason Kubler

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kevin Anderson → replaced by Hubert Hurkacz
• Tomáš Berdych → replaced by Mackenzie McDonald
• Yuki Bhambri → replaced by James Duckworth
• Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Ilya Ivashka
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Jason Kubler

During the tournament

• Andy Murray

Retirements

• Vincent Millot

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	5	1
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	11	2
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	19	3
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	27	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• James Cerretani / Leander Paes
• Denis Kudla / Frances Tiafoe

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

• Divij Sharan / Artem Sitak

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Nick Kyrgios

During the tournament

• Mischa Zverev

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank 1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	2	1
USA	Sloane Stephens	3	2
JPN	Naomi Osaka	17	3
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	30	4
SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	44	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	45	6
CRO	Donna Vekić	46	7
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	53	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018

Other entrants

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

• Bianca Andreescu
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Katie Swan

The following players received entry as a special exempt:

• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Harriet Dart
• Anhelina Kalinina
• Allie Kiick
• Sofya Zhuk

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Ysaline Bonaventure
• Mayo Hibi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Mayo Hibi
• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Olivia Rogowska
• Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva
• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Fanny Stollár
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Han Xinyun
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Katie Boulter
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
• Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure

During the tournament

• Nao Hibino

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	44	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CZE	Renata Voráčová	87	2
CHN	Han Xinyun	CRO	Darija Jurak	182	3
CHI	Alexa Guarachi	NZL	Erin Routliffe	211	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Nicole Hammond / Kristýna Nepivodová
• Alana Smith / Natasha Subhash

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Katie Swan / Rosalie van der Hoek

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Galina Voskoboeva
• Zheng Saisai

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2018 Citi Open – Men's singles

• Alexander Zverev def. Alex de Minaur, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Citi Open – Women's singles

• Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Donna Vekić, 4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2

Men's doubles

Main article: 2018 Citi Open – Men's doubles

• Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares def. Mike Bryan / Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2018 Citi Open – Women's doubles

• Han Xinyun / Darija Jurak def. Alexa Guarachi / Erin Routliffe, 6–3, 6–2

External links

• Official website

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