2012 Citi Open
# 2012 Citi Open

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.

## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Mardy Fish | 13 | 1 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 17 | 2 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 33 | 3 |
| GER | Tommy Haas | 35 | 4 |
| ESP | Pablo Andújar | 37 | 5 |
| FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 46 | 6 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 50 | 7 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 57 | 8 |

### 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

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEX | Santiago González | USA | Scott Lipsky | 65 | 1 |
| COL | Robert Farah | PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 73 | 2 |
| USA | Eric Butorac | AUS | Paul Hanley | 78 | 3 |
| CZE | František Čermák | AUT | Julian Knowle | 78 | 4 |

* 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)

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

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

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| - | - | - | - |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 28 | 1 |
| RSA | Chanelle Scheepers | 42 | 2 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 52 | 3 |
| USA | Vania King | 56 | 4 |
| CZE | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 60 | 5 |
| CZE | Iveta Benešová | 61 | 6 |
| USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 70 | 7 |
| BLR | Olga Govortsova | 81 | 8 |

### 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)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BLR | Olga Govortsova | RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | 105 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 193 | 2 |
| USA | Lindsay Lee-Waters | USA | Megan Moulton-Levy | 194 | 3 |
| GRE | Eleni Daniilidou | ITA | Karin Knapp | 293 | 4 |

* $^1$ 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)

## Finals

### Men's singles

Alexandr Dolgopolov defeated 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 defeated 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 defeated 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 defeated 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.
