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Now that the grass season is officially over, attention now turns to the US Hardcourt swing, which will run from Washington DC right through until the US Open for Emma.

Emma has confirmed that she intends to participate in the Washington DC Citi Open, which runs from Monday 21st July - Sunday 27th July 2025. It's a 32-player singles draw with the Top 4 seeds receiving a BYE into Round 2.

The player list is below :

Mubadala Citi DC Open 2025 Player List | WTA Official

Get all the latest WTA Mubadala Citi DC Open 2025 Player List, results, and more!

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The draw will likely take place next weekend and it'll be posted as and when it happens below.


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As always, the matches will be available to download in the relevant thread at the top of Emma's Empire. I'll try and get them uploaded as soon as possible.

I'll keep this thread updated with more information as and when it's received over the next few days in the run-up to the main event. As of now, any discussion pertaining to the tournament itself, Emma's involvement in it and even the qualifying matches can go in here.

Let's goooooooooo!

An appreciation post for all you do to keep us informed about Emma’s matches. Thank you 🙏

 

GO EMMA GO! 😍

 

The strength of the draw in this tournament looks to be high, Emma might not get an easy draw. 🙁

 

Hopefully she'll get Venus in R1.

 

Here is the current entry list according to live-tennis.eu.

 

Here is the current entry list according to live-tennis.eu.

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Stacked lineup. Coco is not on the list, though?

 

If I am not mistaken, this the first W500 that Emma enters w/o a WC since 2022. Am I right?

 

It is a tough draw, but I think Emma has a good chance of beating any of those 20 players. Not guaranteed, of course she can also lose to almost any of the 20 players.

 

Venus in R1 is practically a guaranteed 60 points.

 

Amanda will almost certainly withdraw and likely a few others

 

I don't mind Emma drawing players she never faced before like Frech, Krueger, Putintseva, Kalinskaya, Osaka and Williams in R1. With Osaka as my preference for a blockbuster R1 match.

 

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Now that the grass season is officially over, attention now turns to the US Hardcourt swing, which will run from Washington DC right through until the US Open for Emma.

Emma has confirmed that she intends to participate in the Washington DC Citi Open, which runs from Monday 21st July - Sunday 27th July 2025. It's a 32-player singles draw with the Top 4 seeds receiving a BYE into Round 2.

The player list is below :

Mubadala Citi DC Open 2025 Player List | WTA Official

Get all the latest WTA Mubadala Citi DC Open 2025 Player List, results, and more!

www.wtatennis.com

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The draw will likely take place next weekend and it'll be posted as and when it happens below.


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-= TBC =-​

As always, the matches will be available to download in the relevant thread at the top of Emma's Empire. I'll try and get them uploaded as soon as possible.

I'll keep this thread updated with more information as and when it's received over the next few days in the run-up to the main event. As of now, any discussion pertaining to the tournament itself, Emma's involvement in it and even the qualifying matches can go in here.

Let's goooooooooo!

I am surprised Samsonova and Gauff are not on this list. They are always here.

 

Disappointed I will not be local this year for Citi. This looks like a great line-up.

 

I'm so glad the grass is over. On to the US Open, the greatest tournament in the world.

And come on, Emma. Let's build off of Wimbledon, let's have a good run in DC.

 

Hopefully she gets there early and aclimitises I see Katie B is playing DC as well most likely they'll travel together.
Although there's a good chance she'll be watching the match tomorrow .

 

Tournament hold stats since 2015 which I usually use as a quick back of the envelope speed guide, generally medium conditions but on occasion can play fast, although this isn't player controlled data so a 28 main-draw, the field can change the averages a bit.

year​	t​	hold_%​	tourney_rank​	champ​
2015​	Washington​	0.724​	2/58​	Sloane Stephens​
2016​	Washington​	0.677​	15/60​	Yanina Wickmayer​
2017​	Washington​	0.663​	18/60​	Kate Makarova​
2018​	Washington​	0.657​	27/57​	Svetlana Kuznetsova​
2019​	Washington​	0.643​	32/58​	Jessica Pegula​
2022​	Washington​	0.683​	14/55​	Liudmila Samsonova​
2023​	Washington​	0.655​	30/57​	Coco Gauff​
2024​	Washington​	0.704​	7/55​	Paula Badosa​

 

Tournament hold stats since 2015 which I usually use as a quick back of the envelope speed guide, generally medium conditions but on occasion can play fast, although this isn't player controlled data so a 28 main-draw, the field can change the averages a bit.

year​	t​	hold_%​	tourney_rank​	champ​
2015​	Washington​	0.724​	2/58​	Sloane Stephens​
2016​	Washington​	0.677​	15/60​	Yanina Wickmayer​
2017​	Washington​	0.663​	18/60​	Kate Makarova​
2018​	Washington​	0.657​	27/57​	Svetlana Kuznetsova​
2019​	Washington​	0.643​	32/58​	Jessica Pegula​
2022​	Washington​	0.683​	14/55​	Liudmila Samsonova​
2023​	Washington​	0.655​	30/57​	Coco Gauff​
2024​	Washington​	0.704​	7/55​	Paula Badosa​

Funnily enough, on the two occasions Emma has competed in Washington so far, she's been beaten by the eventual champion in the QF of each event.

 

Wow, the dust has hardly settled and we're already onto the next tournament. No rest for the weary. Back in the USSA. I can't even think about hard courts while tennis is still being played in the cathedral of the sport. Maybe after tomorrow I'll start to work my way up to it, lol.

I checked out the prices for the USO and I doubt I'll be attending. $350 for a nosebleed seat is ridiculous, it's not the friggin Eras Tour for crying out loud. You can't even get a feel for the match up there. Might have gone to DC but I'll be away for a week.

 

Wow, the dust has hardly settled and we're already onto the next tournament. No rest for the weary. Back in the USSA. I can't even think about hard courts while tennis is still being played in the cathedral of the sport. Maybe after tomorrow I'll start to work my way up to it, lol.

I checked out the prices for the USO and I doubt I'll be attending. $350 for a nosebleed seat is ridiculous, it's not the friggin Eras Tour for crying out loud. You can't even get a feel for the match up there. Might have gone to DC but I'll be away for a week- London Calling.

I went 3 years ago. It's probably the best of the majors to see who you want, but overall not worth it. 1000s are much much better events to attend. Like back then, I made the mistake of getting a grounds pass instead of day Ashe nosebleeds. I'm looking at Ticketmaster now and like then the Ashe nosebleeds are cheaper than grounds even though the Ashe seat give you grounds access for day as well...for Day 1 Aug 25th it's $279 for a resale grounds as cheapest and $201.55 Ashe nosebleed day session. Both before taxes so presumably the difference is larger as taxes are a percentage. Still a waste of money. I think 3 years ago I paid half for the same tickets.

For AO this year, I got a grounds pass for $40 the night before Day 4 when I saw weather was good OOP was what I wanted (Kia Arena had Emma followed by Shelton followed by Tiafoe followed by Danimal). I was first in the gates and sat baseline lol. Best deal ever except it cost a lot to fly out there lol. I wouldn't be surprised if 500s like DC are even better than 1000s when it comes to value.

 

Yeah normally I get most excited about the part of the season starting with IW through Miami and the entire clay swing but this year I’m more excited about the American summer than I was before.

I really hope Emma builds on her recent results and has a strong remainder of the season. Not sure if there are any particular goals her team is aiming for but winning a title and finishing top 30 is very doable. Let’s go! 💪🏽

I have been in DC only once but I hope that next year I will be able to attend the tournament.

 

One week to go until the tournament starts!

 

Hopefully Emma's feeling good and prepares well and carries on the momentum from Wimby we should be in for a good week

 

Emma’s got wins over Serena and Azarenka now it’s time to draw Venus in R1 😇

 

And to Bagel Venus as well as she did with Serena and Vika back to back in Cinci

 

I hope we see Yutaka for the NA swing

 

I expect Emma to arrive by Thursday at the latest to get acclimatize to weather and time zones, but hopefully earlier.

 

She won this tournament last year.

 

I think it's time for her first wta title.

 

Yup no better time to do it.
Let's keep our fingers,toes and whatever else you want to do for good luck to manifest it happening 🙏

 

 

I thought I was in the bikini thread for a second there.

 

And did you find out where you were?

 

Draw penciled in for Friday

2025 Citi DC Open Entry List: When is the draw? Who will join Emma Raducanu in the field in the United States? 2025 Citi DC Open Entry List: When is the draw? Who will join Emma Raducanu in the field in the United States?

 

Pegula and Raducanu highlight Washington entry list

A host of Top 10 players and Grand Slam champions will help kick off the North American summer hard-court swing at the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C.

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