2012 Citi Open

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2012 Citi Open
DateJuly 29 – August 5
Edition44th (men) / 2nd (women)
Category ATP World Tour 500 (men)
WTA International (women)
Surface Hard / outdoor
LocationWashington, D.C., United States
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Slovakia.svg Magdaléna Rybáriková
Men's doubles
Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Conrad Huey / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot
Women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen
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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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ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Alexandr Dolgopolov in Halle (2011-06-06).jpg
The singles field was headlined by Mardy Fish (left) and Alexandr Dolgopolov (right). Fish opted out of the London Olympics to focus on the hardcourt lead-ups to the US Open, [2] while Dolgopolov was not selected by the Ukrainian tennis federation to compete in the Games. [3]

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of July 23, 2012: [4]

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
Flag of the United States.svg USA Mardy Fish 131
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 172
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 333
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tommy Haas 354
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Andújar 375
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jérémy Chardy 466
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 507
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sam Querrey 578

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Santiago González Flag of the United States.svg USA Scott Lipsky 651
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah Flag of Pakistan.svg  PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 732
Flag of the United States.svg USA Eric Butorac Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Paul Hanley 783
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE František Čermák Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Julian Knowle 784

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.jpg
Chanelle Scheepers practicing at Bank of the West Classic 2010-07-25 3.JPG
The singles field was headlined by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left) and Chanelle Scheepers (right), neither of whom has been selected for the London Olympics, Pavlyuchenkova because four Russian players had already made the cut, and Scheepers because she chose not to fulfill the Fed Cup requirements to play the Games. [5]

Seeds

The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the WTA rankings of July 23, 2012: [6]

CountryPlayerRankingSeeds
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 281
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Chanelle Scheepers 422
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens 523
Flag of the United States.svg USA Vania King 564
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 605
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Iveta Benešová 616
Flag of the United States.svg USA CoCo Vandeweghe 707
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Olga Govortsova 818

Other entrants

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

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Olga Govortsova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 1051
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kristýna Plíšková 1932
Flag of the United States.svg USA Lindsay Lee-Waters Flag of the United States.svg USA Megan Moulton-Levy 1943
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Eleni Daniilidou Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Karin Knapp 2934

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Haas, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1

Women's singles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of the Philippines.svg Treat Conrad Huey / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dominic Inglot defeated Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson / Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]

Women's doubles

Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen defeated Flag of the United States.svg Irina Falconi / Flag of South Africa.svg Chanelle Scheepers, 7–5, 6–2

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