Citi Open Returns To DC With Fan Capacity Limited To 50 Percent

WASHINGTON, DC — Single-session tickets are on sale now for the Citi Open, which will run from July 31 to Aug. 8 at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington, D.C.

Limited numbers of tickets are available due to the tennis center's 50-percent capacity for the Citi Open. The 2020 Citi Open was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Formerly known as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, the tournament originated in July 1969 as one of the first open professional tennis tournaments in the U.S. A portion of the proceeds from the annual event benefit the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation.

“The player field for the 2021 Citi Open is shaping up to be remarkable again this year and we are thrilled to announce Nick Kyrgios and Coco Gauff, two of our fans’ most favorite players, as our first two headliners,” tournament chairman and MDE Tennis CEO Mark Ein said in a statement Thursday.

Ein, a D.C.-based venture capitalist and owner of the Washington Kastles, acquired managing rights to the tournament from the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation in 2019.

More players will be announced in the weeks leading up to the tournament. Past champions include Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Sloane Stephens, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Andy Roddick and Juan Martín del Potro.

“I can’t wait to return to DC to defend my Citi Open title in a few weeks,” Kyrgios said in a statement. “The 2019 tournament was so much fun and one of my most memorable weeks on tour."

Single-session tickets are on sale now at Etix.com/Citi Open Tennis Tournament.

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