WTA Washington

This week, the ATP Tour heads to Washington, Kitzbuhel and Los Cabos.

Washington is playing host to both an ATP and a WTA tournament.

Citi Open - a WTA International category tournament, on Hard, Sportmaster, in Washington D.C., USA, 29 July-4 August 2019.

Defending champion:

Sveta Kuznetsova who defeated Donna Vekic (7) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Bianca Andreescu replaced by Lauren Davis 

- Belinda Bencic replaced by Zarina Diyas 

- Margarita Gasparyan replaced by Anna Blinkova

- Barbora Strycova replaced by Shelby Rogers 

- Vera Zvonareva replaced by Kirsten Flipkens 

Sloane Stephens, world number 8, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 44

There are no byes

First round results

UPSETS

- Rebecca Peterson defeated Sloane Stephens (1) 6-2 7-5

- 17 year old Washington wildcard Hailey Baptiste, ranked  283, playing her first WTA main draw match, defeated Madison Keys (2) 7-6(4) 6-2

- Lesia Tsurenko (5) defeated Wang Yafan 6-3 6-2

- Qualifier Varvara Gracheva defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2 5-7 6-2

- Christina McHale defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7) 6-2 4-6 7-5

- Jessica Pegula defeated Katerina Siniakova (6) 6-4 6-3

- Iga Swiatek defeated Ons Jabeur 4-6 6-4 6-4

- Lauren Davis defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-1 6-2

- Sofia Kenin (3) defeated Jennifer Brady 6-2 6-4

- Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya defeated Nao Hibino 6-1 6-1

- Camila Giorgi defeated qualifier Sachia Vickery 6-2 7-5

- Zarina Diyas defeated qualifier Cori Gauff 6-4 6-2

- Hsieh Su-Wei (4) defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 6-3

- 17 year old American wildcard Catherine McNally, ranked 150, won her first WTA main draw match, having lost her previous three. She defeated Zhu Lin 6-4 6-2

- Monica Puig (8) defeated wildcard Allie Kiick 6-4 6-2

- Kristina Mladenovic defeated Shelby Rogers 6-4 6-4