Amanda Anisimova was a qualifying wild card last year, but enters this year as World No. 13.
One of the most remarkable comeback stories over the past 12 months will come full circle as World No. 13 Amanda Anisimova returns this summer for the 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open, held from July 19-27 at Rock Creek Park.
Anisimova adds to a stellar initial player list in the women’s field that includes four players inside the Top 10 of the WTA Rankings: Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Emma Navarro and reigning DC champion Paula Badosa. Former World No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka also joins 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu in rounding out the early player commitments.
The initial player list for the men’s field is equally strong and includes DC’s own Frances Tiafoe, former World No. 1, 2019 DC finalist and 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, and three players inside the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings: Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti and Tommy Paul. More big names competing this year will be revealed on Mubadala Citi DC Open social media channels as the exciting initial field builds up to our full entry list being announced next week.
Anisimova arrived in DC last year as a qualifying wild card ranked No. 176. She took advantage of the opportunity by advancing to the quarterfinals of the main draw and reached her first WTA 1000 final the following week in Toronto. This February, she went one step further at the WTA 1000 in Doha by defeating former Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko in the title match..
The American has established herself as a contender for Wimbledon by finishing runner-up last week at Queen’s Club in London, scoring a pair of Top 10 wins over Navarro and Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng. She is currently in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 event in Berlin and faces 2022 DC champion Liudmila Samsonova today.
Eleven months after arriving in DC, Anisimova currently sits at a career-high WTA Ranking of No. 13. She sat out the last eight months of the 2023 season on a self-imposed break to focus on her mental health, but said that decision is why she's now playing the best tennis of her career.
"I struggled with adapting to the pro tour and the lifestyle of it. To take a break and come back on my terms has helped me," she told media after her Doha title run. "I'm still relatively young and hopefully have a few more years on tour left in me."
This year's initial player commitments also include a pair of past DC champions in Nick Kyrgios and Kei Nishikori, joining 2019 DC finalist and World No. 12 Alex de Minaur, World No. 15 Andrey Rublev and reigning DC champion Sebastian Korda. The men's lineup includes seven players in the Top 15 of the ATP Rankings.
