Co-founders John A Harris and Donald Dell, founder of ProServ International, have since remained closely involved.
FitzGerald Tennis Center, and Citi replacing Legg Mason as title sponsor of the joint event.
ESPN would not commit to air more than four hours of the tournament on its ESPN2 network; the remainer would be relegated to ESPN3 online streaming.
[3][4] In 2019, the Washington Open was acquired by venture capitalist and USTA board member Mark Ein.
It returned to the US Open Series, and also signed a five-year extension of its media rights with Tennis Channel.
[6][7] The tournament instead organized a women's invitational, featuring Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, and Jennifer Brady.
He also shares with Michael Chang (1996–97), Juan Martín del Potro (2008–09) and Alexander Zverev (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles, with two.