Emma Raducanu to make Citi Open debut in August

Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu will compete in the 2022 Citi Open®, Washington, D.C.’s premier tennis tournament, July 30 through August 7 at the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center. The tournament recently announced it will once again host a WTA event in conjunction with its current ATP event, making the Citi Open one of only five combined tennis tournaments in the country, featuring professional competition from both men and women.

Raducanu exploded onto the tennis scene in 2021, after winning her first title at the US Open in September. Just 18 years old and ranked world No.150 at the time, she became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam and the first British woman to win one…