2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open
Champion Leylah Fernandez
Runner-up Anna Kalinskaya
Score6–1, 6–2
Draw28 (4Q / 4WC)
Seeds8

Leylah Fernandez defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2025 Washington Open.[1] It was her fourth career WTA Tour title.

Paula Badosa was the reigning champion,[2] but withdrew before the tournament.[3]

With her win over Peyton Stearns in the first round, 45-year-old Venus Williams became the oldest woman to win a WTA Tour-level singles match since Martina Navratilova at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Jessica Pegula (second round)
  2. Emma Navarro (second round)
  3. Elena Rybakina (semifinals)
  4. Clara Tauson (quarterfinals)
  5. Magdalena Fręch (quarterfinals)
  6. Sofia Kenin (second round)
  7. Marta Kostyuk (first round)
  8. Magda Linette (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Leylah Fernandez 62 77 77
3 Elena Rybakina 77 63 63
  Leylah Fernandez 6 6
  Anna Kalinskaya 1 2
  Anna Kalinskaya 6 6
  Emma Raducanu 4 3

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 J Pegula 3 6 5
L Fernandez 6 6 L Fernandez 6 1 7
M Joint 3 3 L Fernandez 6 77
Q T Townsend 6 7 Q T Townsend 4 64
T Maria 4 5 Q T Townsend 6 6
H Baptiste 3 64 6 S Kenin 3 0
6 S Kenin 6 77 L Fernandez 62 77 77
3 E Rybakina 77 63 63
3 E Rybakina 6 7
A Potapova 2 4 WC V Mboko 3 5
WC V Mboko 6 6 3 E Rybakina 6 6
WC V Williams 6 6 5 M Fręch 3 3
P Stearns 3 4 WC V Williams 2 2
Q Y Starodubtseva 2 4 5 M Fręch 6 6
5 M Fręch 6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 M Linette 7 6
D Collins 5 4 8 M Linette 4 0
A Kalinskaya 6 6 A Kalinskaya 6 6
Q K Rakhimova 2 3 A Kalinskaya 6 7
M Kessler 63 7 3 4 C Tauson 3 5
Q C Dolehide 77 5 6 Q C Dolehide 6 5 4
4 C Tauson 3 7 6
A Kalinskaya 6 6
7 M Kostyuk 64 4 E Raducanu 4 3
E Raducanu 77 6 E Raducanu 6 6
WC N Osaka 6 7 WC N Osaka 4 2
Y Putintseva 2 5 E Raducanu 6 7
WC M Sakkari 6 6 WC M Sakkari 4 5
K Boulter 3 4 WC M Sakkari 7 77
2 E Navarro 5 61

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Caroline Dolehide (qualified)
  2. Polina Kudermetova (first round)
  3. Camila Osorio (first round)
  4. Kamilla Rakhimova (qualified)
  5. Yuliia Starodubtseva (qualified)
  6. Kimberly Birrell (first round)
  7. Anna Blinkova (first round)
  8. Emiliana Arango (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Caroline Dolehide 6 77
Cristina Bucșa 3 65
1 Caroline Dolehide 6 4 6
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2 6 3
  Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 7
7 Anna Blinkova 3 5

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
2 Polina Kudermetova 6 4 3
WC Alana Smith 4 6 6
WC Alana Smith 2 0
5 Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 6
  Rebecca Marino 4 5
5 Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 7

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Camila Osorio 4 6 0
Taylor Townsend 6 2 6
  Taylor Townsend 6 6
8 Emiliana Arango 4 2
  Anastasia Zakharova 2 2
8 Emiliana Arango 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Kamilla Rakhimova 6 6
Varvara Lepchenko 1 4
4 Kamilla Rakhimova 79 6
WC Clervie Ngounoue 67 2
WC Clervie Ngounoue 0 6 6
6 Kimberly Birrell 6 4 3

References

  1. ^ "Fernandez beats Kalinskaya in Citi Open final for first title of season". TSN. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Badosa wins Washington D.C. to capture fourth career title". WTA Tennis. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Defending champ Badosa pulls out of Washington with lower back injury". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Venus has risen: Williams posts groundbreaking first-round win in Washington". WTA Tennis. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.