By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Tournament organizers for the newly mixed ATP/WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open launched an up to date participant area that includes a number of fundamental draw wildcards for big-name gamers, together with two former Grand Slam champions.

In the ladies’s draw, 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu got wildcards into subsequent week’s occasion. Also included as wildcard recipients are former World No. 3 Elina Svitolina, 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins, and 17-year-old and up to date Wimbledon lady’s singles title winner Clervie Ngounoue.

🚨 Women's Wild Card Announcement 🚨

FOUR former Top 10 gamers will all be competing in DC!

🇨🇦 Bianca Andreescu🇺🇸 Sofia Kenin🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina🇺🇸 Danielle Collins#MubadalaCitiDCOpen pic.twitter.com/H1XHSKLX6Y

— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) July 26, 2023

For the boys’s draw, wildcard recipients embody two-time main finalist Kevin Anderson, 2017 US Open finalist and D.C winner Kei Nishikori, 2016 D.C. champion Gael Monfils, and rising school participant Andrew Fenty.

🚨 Men's Wild Card Announcement 🚨

Three former Top 🔟 gamers add to a stacked males's singles lineup!

🇿🇦 Kevin Anderson🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori🇫🇷 Gael Monfils#MubadalaCitiDCOpen pic.twitter.com/QLmmalfXfA

— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) July 26, 2023

The qualifying draw may even characteristic 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez of Canada.

“We have an incredible player field committed to compete in this year’s Mubadala Citi DC Open, the first and only combined ATP and WTA 500 level tournament in the world,” mentioned Mark Ein, Mubadala Citi DC Open Chairman. “Awarding two Grand Slam champions and three Grand Slam finalists wild cards into our event only strengthens an already incredibly deep player field.

"With over 92 percent of our tickets sold and this unbelievable player field and world-class food and beverage experiences throughout the site, we anticipate the tournament will sell out for a third year in a row.”

Last yr’s males’s champion Nick Kyrgios and up to date Wimbledon semifinalist Daniil Medvedev each withdrew from the event attributable to harm. Taylor Fritz is the highest males’s seed this yr whereas Jessica Pegula is the highest girls’s seed.

Main draw play begins on Monday, July 31.

Photo Credit: Rich Kessler/Citi Open

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