• Six of the WTA Top 13: Jessica Pegula (No. 3), Paula Badosa (No. 9), Emma Navarro (No. 10), Elena Rybakina (No. 11), Diana Shnaider (No. 12), Amanda Anisimova (No. 13)

• Five Grand Slam Champions: Elena Rybakina (2022 Wimbledon), Daniil Medvedev (2021 US Open), Naomi Osaka (2018 & 2020 US Open, 2019 & 2021 Australian Open), Emma Raducanu (2021 US Open), Sofia Kenin (2020 Australian Open)

• Two Former World No. 1's:Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev

• Top Nine American Men: Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda, Brandon Nakashima, Alex Michelsen, Marcos Giron, Jenson Brooksby (competing on a protected ranking)

• Six Former DC Champions: Sebastian Korda (2024), Paula Badosa (2024), Nick Kyrgios (2019 and 2022), Jessica Pegula (2019), Gael Monfils (2016), Kei Nishikori (2015)

• 16 American Competitors: Jessica Pegula, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Emma Navarro, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Amanda Anisimova, Sofia Kenin, Sebastian Korda, Ashlyn Krueger, Brandon Nakashima, McCartney Kessler, Alex Michelsen, Peyton Stearns, Marcos Giron, Jenson Brooksby

• 11 2025 ATP Champions: Alexander Muller (Hong Kong), Jiri Lehecka (Brisbane), Gael Monfils (Auckland), Miomir Kecmanovic (Delray), Andrey Rublev (Doha), Tomas Machac (Acapulco), Jakub Mensik (Miami), Jenson Brooksby (Houston), Flavio Cobolli (Bucharest, Hamburg), Taylor Fritz (Stuttgart), Gabriel Diallo ('s-Hertogenbosch)

• Seven 2025 WTA Champions: Clara Tauson (Auckland), McCartney Kessler (Hobart, Nottingham), Ekaterina Alexandrova (Linz), Amanda Anisimova (Doha), Emma Navarro (Merida), Jessica Pegula (Austin, Charleston), Elena Rybakina (Strasbourg)

The Mubadala Citi DC Open’s ATP 500 competition will include a 48-player singles draw and 16 doubles teams, while the WTA 500 tournament will feature 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. Additional players will join the main draws via wild card entry, to be announced in the coming weeks.

As is tradition at DC’s iconic tennis tournament, daily autograph sessions, meet and greets, family days, tennis talks and more will provide endless opportunities for fans to interact with the stars of the ATP and WTA Tours. In addition, the tournament continues to revolutionize its fan experience by partnering with beloved and award-winning DC restaurateurs and premium sponsors to deliver unparalleled food and beverage offerings.

Single session tickets and ticket packages can be purchased online at SeatGeek.com or mubadalacitidcopen.com or by calling (202) 721-9500. For additional information, please email [email protected].

For more than 50 years, the Mubadala Citi DC Open has hosted top tennis talent in Rock Creek Park. The tournament was founded to support Arthur Ashe’s vision of playing a professional tennis tournament in a fully accessible public park. The Mubadala Citi DC Open has continued to build and expand the event, with the goal of positively impacting the Washington community and creating one of the best events in the world. The WTEF, a longtime beneficiary of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, capitalizes on the tournament annually for fundraising and has raised millions for youth programs in the Washington area.

In April 2019, MDE Sports, owned and led by Washington-based venture capitalist, entrepreneur and civic leader Ein, acquired the management rights of the Mubadala Citi DC Open tournament from the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF), a non-profit which provides free tennis and educational programs for children in underserved communities. This acquisition secured the Mubadala Citi DC Open’s future in the U.S. and specifically in Washington.

About Mubadala Citi DC Open: The Mubadala Citi DC Open tournament, played in Washington DC, is one of the world’s premier tennis events and benefits the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF). The tournament was founded in 1969 by Donald Dell, John Harris and Arthur Ashe in its current location in Rock Creek Park with a vision of making pro tennis accessible for all athletes and fans in the Washington community. Beginning in 2019, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and DC native Mark Ein’s organization, MDE Tennis, began managing and operating the tournament under an agreement with WTEF. The organization provides underserved children in the DC area with a safe environment to learn critical life skills both on and off the courts through academic and athletic enrichment. In 2023, the Mubadala Citi DC Open tennis tournament became the only combined ATP and WTA 500 level event in the world on the tour calendar and one of only five combined ATP/WTA tour events in the United States when MDE Tennis secured the rights to the WTA 500 that had played in the Bay Area since the 1970's. MDE has committed and is annually ramping up to provide equal prize money to men and women by 2027, which is six years ahead of the schedule prior to the move. The tournament is also the longest-running professional tennis event at the same site in the United States.

About MDE Tennis: MDE Tennis, which is part of MDE Sports & Entertainment, oversees operations for the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Mark D. Ein is the CEO of MDE Sports & Entertainment and MDE Tennis. Ein is an investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, who has created, acquired, invested in and built a series of growth companies across a diverse set of industries over the course of his 30-year career. During this time, Ein has been involved in the founding or early stages of six companies that have been worth over one billion dollars and has led over $10 billion of private equity, venture capital, and public company investments. Mr. Ein is the Chairman and CEO of investment firms Capitol Investment Corp, Leland Investment Corp and Venturehouse Group that create, invest in and build growth businesses in a range of industries. Among the current companies in the portfolios are Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND), a global leader in expedition travel, where he serves as Co-Chairman, and majority-owned Kastle Systems, the country's leading provider of proptech and security systems for commercial real estate, where he serves as Executive Chairman. Mr. Ein is also currently a member of the board of Soho House & Co. (NYSE:SHCO) and Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (NYSE:CTOS). In 2018, Ein acquired the Washington City Paper, the renowned weekly paper serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since 1981. In February 2023, Mr. Ein was nominated by President Biden to be Chairman of his President’s Export Council and in July, 2023, Mr. Ein was one of the founding partners that helped lead the acquisition of the Washington Commanders NFL franchise. Ein is deeply dedicated to supporting his Washington area community with active leadership roles in many community, charitable and cultural organizations including currently serving on the boards of the DC Public Education Fund (Chairman), DC College Access Program (DC-CAP), and DC Policy Center (Co-Founder). He formerly served on the Board of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) from 2012-2018 (serving as a Vice President of the Board from 2016-2018) and has served as a Presidential Appointee to the USTA Board since 2018. A native of the Washington, D.C., area and a ball boy in his youth at the city’s summer pro tennis tournament that became the Mubadala Citi DC Open, Ein was also the Founder and Owner of the Washington Kastles, the most successful team in World TeamTennis history. The Kastles won the league championship six of its 13 years in the league and holds the record for the longest winning streak in U.S. pro team sports history winning 34 straight matches from 2011 through 2013. In September 2009, Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty presented Ein with the Key to the City, highlighting his Washington Kastles success on the court and, “for their commitment to the District’s communities and our youth.”

About Mubadala Investment Company: Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign investor managing a global portfolio, aimed at generating sustainable financial returns for the Government of Abu Dhabi. Mubadala’s $302 billion (AED 1,111 billion) portfolio spans six continents with interests in multiple sectors and asset classes. We leverage our deep sectoral expertise and long-standing partnerships to drive sustainable growth and profit, while supporting the continued diversification and global integration of the economy of the United Arab Emirates. For over 15 years, Mubadala has been a steadfast supporter of tennis, nurturing talent, inspiring future players, and impacting communities worldwide. Mubadala's global impact includes partnerships with the Rio Open (2017), supporting underprivileged youth through the NERO program; the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic (2018), promoting diversity and inclusion in women's tennis; and the Mubadala Citi DC Open (2023), co-sponsoring an ATP and WTA 500 event in Washington, D.C. In May 2024, we partnered with the Washington Tennis Education Foundation (WTEF) to empower under-resourced youth through tennis and education. In Abu Dhabi, Mubadala has been committed to the development of tennis through a title sponsorship of the first sanctioned WTA 500 tournament, Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open (MADO), since 2023 and community focused tennis initiatives like Road to MADO. For more information about Mubadala Investment Company, please visit: www.mubadala.com

About Citi: Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in more than 180 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com | Twitter: @Citi | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/citi | YouTube: www.youtube.com/citi | Facebook: www.facebook.com/citi

About WTEF: The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF) is a premier educational and tennis organization for underserved children in Washington, DC. The mission of WTEF is to improve the life prospects of low-income, underserved children and youth in the District of Columbia through athletic and academic enrichment. WTEF seeks to keep children off city streets during out-of-school time in a safe environment they can trust. We also engage them in productive activities that teach discipline, build confidence, improve school performance, and encourage a healthy lifestyle. WTEF empowers students to achieve their highest potential by helping them develop meaningful values and critical life skills that will lead them to make constructive life choices. WTEF builds life champions. For more information, visit wtef.org.

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