# 2016 Citi Open

The 2016 Citi Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition (for the men) and the 6th edition (for the women) of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 18 to July 24, 2016.

## 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 | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | 10 | — | 0 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | — | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64$^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $348,200 | $165,555 | $78,835 | $39,420 | $19,725 | $10,550 | $6,015 | $1,205 | $615 |
| Men's doubles * | $108,250 | $51,470 | $25,370 | $13,020 | $6,780 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,200 | $3,420 | $2,220 | — | $1,285 | $750 |
| Women's doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
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## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | John Isner | 16 | 1 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 17 | 2 |
| AUS | Bernard Tomic | 19 | 3 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 23 | 4 |
| USA | Steve Johnson | 25 | 5 |
| USA | Jack Sock | 26 | 6 |
| GER | Alexander Zverev | 27 | 7 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 29 | 8 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 31 | 9 |
| SRB | Viktor Troicki | 32 | 10 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 33 | 11 |
| BUL | Grigor Dimitrov | 37 | 12 |
| CRO | Ivo Karlović | 38 | 13 |
| LUX | Gilles Müller | 39 | 14 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 43 | 15 |
| CRO | Borna Ćorić | 54 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Reilly Opelka
* Denis Shapovalov
* Frances Tiafoe
* Alexander Zverev
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Brian Baker
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* James Duckworth
* Jared Donaldson
* Ernesto Escobedo
* Ryan Harrison
* Alex Kuznetsov
* Vincent Millot

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ričardas Berankis →replaced by Bjorn Fratangelo
* Tomáš Berdych →replaced by Yūichi Sugita
* Ernests Gulbis →replaced by Sam Groth
* Juan Martín del Potro →replaced by Benjamin Becker
* Nick Kyrgios →replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka
* Rajeev Ram →replaced by Lukáš Lacko

### Retirements

* Ivan Dodig

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| BRA | Marcelo Melo | BRA | Bruno Soares | 14 | 1 |
| CAN | Daniel Nestor | FRA | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 18 | 2 |
| ROU | Florin Mergea | ROU | Horia Tecău | 26 | 3 |
| PHI | Treat Huey | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 38 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Taylor Fritz / Reilly Opelka
* Denis Kudla / Frances Tiafoe
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
* Brian Baker / Austin Krajicek

### Retirements

* Treat Huey

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank $^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 14 | 1 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 23 | 2 |
| PUR | Monica Puig | 33 | 3 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 34 | 4 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 40 | 5 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 42 | 6 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 46 | 7 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 53 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
* Françoise Abanda
* Usue Maitane Arconada
* Samantha Crawford
* Jessica Pegula
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
* Vania King
* Aleksandra Wozniak
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Lauren Albanese
* Varvara Flink
* Alla Kudryavtseva
* Zhu Lin
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Hiroko Kuwata

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Louisa Chirico → replaced by Tamira Paszek
* Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Risa Ozaki
* Vania King (change of schedule) → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
* Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak
* Wang Qiang → replaced by Kristína Kučová
* Heather Watson → replaced by Lauren Davis

#### During the tournament

* Tamira Paszek (Upper respiratory illness)

### Retirements

* Caroline Wozniacki (Back injury)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 114 | 1 |
| GBR | Naomi Broady | JPN | Miyu Kato | 146 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CHN | Xu Shilin | 226 | 3 |
| RUS | Ksenia Lykina | GBR | Emily Webley-Smith | 300 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Malkia Menguene / Nidhi Surapaneni

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Françoise Abanda (Right finger injury)

### Retirements

* Kristína Kučová (Back injury)

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Gaël Monfils def. Ivo Karlović, 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4

### Women's singles

* Yanina Wickmayer def. Lauren Davis, 6–4, 6–2

### Men's doubles

* Daniel Nestor / Édouard Roger-Vasselin def. Łukasz Kubot / Alexander Peya, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Women's doubles

* Monica Niculescu / Yanina Wickmayer def. Shuko Aoyama / Risa Ozaki, 6–4, 6–3