2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open
ChampionCanada Leylah Fernandez
Runner-up Anna Kalinskaya
Score6–1, 6–2
Draw28 (4Q / 4WC)
Seeds8
Leylah Fernandez (pictured in the first round) won the title.

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

Draw

Key

Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

Qualifying

Seeds

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

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
1 United States Caroline Dolehide 6 77
Spain Cristina Bucșa 3 65
1 United States 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 United States Alana Smith 4 6 6
WC United States Alana Smith 2 0
5 Ukraine Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 6
  Canada Rebecca Marino 4 5
5 Ukraine Yuliia Starodubtseva 6 7

Third qualifier

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

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Kamilla Rakhimova 6 6
United States Varvara Lepchenko 1 4
4 Kamilla Rakhimova 79 6
WC United States Clervie Ngounoue 67 2
WC United States Clervie Ngounoue 0 6 6
6 Australia 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.