2020 Washington Citi Open Tennis Betting Tips, Previews & Predictions

The Washington Open, known as the Citi Open for sponsorship reasons, enters its 52nd year of competition in 2020. It is a hard court tournament (played on clay from 1969 to 1986) that forms part of the ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Tour International circuit.

The 2020 Citi Open takes place from July to August at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre in Rock Creek Park, Washington DC. The Citi Open is one of 13 ATP 500 tournaments in the world.

The 2020Citi Open will be held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre in Rock Creek Park, Washington DC, United States.

The 2020 Washington Open takes place from 27 July to 4 August 2019.

The 2020 Citi Open is played on outdoor hard courts.

The Washington Open has been known under numerous titles since it originated in 1969. It was first called the Washington Star between 1969 and 1981 before changing to the Sovran Bank Classic from 1982 to 1992. In 1993 it was known as the Newsweek Classic and then most recently as the Legg Mason Tennis Classic until 2011.

The 2011 event was called the Washington Open and the women’s event was first held in 2011 at College Park, Maryland and was called the Citi Open. In 2012 it was decided to merge the ATP and WTA event into one location at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Centre in Rock Creek Park. Citi then took over the sponsorship of the joint event and is now known as the Citi Open.

Until 2015 the Citi Open was part of the US Open Series which is a series of hard court tennis events in the lead up to the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open. Due to discontent with ESPN who owned exclusive broadcast rights to the US Open series, the Citi Open pulled away to create their own broadcast deals.

This came about because ESPN only showed four hours of Citi Open tennis throughout the entire tournament which sponsors were unhappy with. Most of the broadcast rights were delegated to online streams by ESPN.

The Citi Open then signed a four-year deal worth $2.1 million with the Tennis Channel in which they are guaranteed 171 hours spanning the entire tournament. 

From 1969 to 1986 the Citi Open, then known as the Washington Star and Sovran Bank Classic, was played on outdoor clay before moving to hard court.

Despite no longer being part of the US Open series the Washington Open remains a big draw card for some of tennis’ finest players from both the ATP and WTA World Tours.

The prize money for the 2019 Citi Open men's singles tournament was $1,895,290 USD. The prize money for the 2019 Citi Open women's singles tournament as US$250,000.

The winner of the 2019 Citi Open men's singles tournament took home $384,120 USD. The 2019 Citi Open women's singles tournament winner earned $43,000 USD. All figures in USD:

The 16 seeded players for the ATP 2019 Citi Open were as follows including their finishing position:

Three players from the United States occupied the top three seeds in the WTA 2019 Citi Open women's singles tournament. Here are the eight seeded players and their final position:

The 2020 ATP and WTA Citi Open will take place from July to August 2020.

The 2020 Citi Open ATP draw consists of 48 players, 37 of which are direct acceptances, five wild card entries and six qualifiers. The players competing in the 2019 men's singles tournament included Stefanos Tsitsipas, Kevin Anderson, Karen Khachanov, John Isner, Daniil Medvedev, Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur, Benoit Paire, Kyle Edmund, David Goffin, Adrian Mannarino, Jan-Lennard Struff, Frances Tiafoe, Gilles Simon, Nick Kyrgios, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Jordan Thompson, Hubert Hurkacz, Reilly Opelka, Daniel Evans, Ugo Humbert, Yoshihito Nishioka, Sam Querrey, Ricardas Berankis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Denis Kudla, Matthew Ebden, Andrey Rublev, Miomir Kecmanovic, Ivo Karlovic.

The 2020 Citi Open WTA draw consists of 32 players, 24 of which are direct acceptances, four wild card entries and four qualifiers. The players competing in the 2019 women's singles tournament included Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Su-Wei Hsieh, Sofia Kenin, Lesia Tsurenko, Katerina Siniakova, Camila Giorgi, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Kristina Mladenovic, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Barbora Strycova, Monica Puig, Yafan Wang, Margarita Gasparyan, Ons Jabeur, Rebecca Peterson, Iga Swiatek, Jennifer Brady, Anastasia Potapova, Jessica Pegula, Eugenie Bouchard, Vera Zvonareva. 

The draw will be completed closer to the start of the tournament. The top two seeds in the mens's singles draw will be on opposite sides of the draw. The same applies to the women's draw where they can't meet until the final.

Staying up to date with the results and statistics of the Citi Open is crucial in terms of finding the best bet and the best value. Beat the bookmakers by picking up player trends and form going into their next match. 

Knowing past winner is also essential for having a successful betting tournament. Some players thrive at tournaments where they have played well in the past as the familiar surroundings and knowledge of the courts can be a big advantage.