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!text-content\">\n                                ATP stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 North American hard-court season on the ATP Tour will begin with the Washington Open, and five top 10 players are set to star.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Washington Open, which will be held from 27 July to 2 August, will mark the 57th edition of the men\u2019s tournament in the U.S. capital.<\/p>\n<p>The ATP 500 tournament in Washington, which is known as the Mubadala Citi DC Open for sponsorship reasons, is staged at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.<\/p>\n<p>Alex de Minaur is the reigning champion, having beaten Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in last year\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<h2>How many players will be in the Washington Open draw, and who will be seeded?<\/h2>\n<p>The main draw size for the men\u2019s event in Washington has been reduced from 48 players to 32 players for this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The eight seeds are set to be: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur, Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti, Learner Tien and Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-washington-open-entry-list-draw-prize-money-pegula-no-1-osaka-eala-feature\"><strong>WTA Washington Open Entry List, Draw, Prize Money: Pegula No 1, Osaka and Eala feature<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-admits-mistake-helped-jannik-sinner-advice\"><strong>Novak Djokovic shares advice he gave Jannik Sinner as he makes \u2018mistake\u2019 comment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Which players have received wildcards?<\/h2>\n<p>The four main draw wildcards have been awarded to Ben Shelton, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jack Draper and Kei Nishikori.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton needed a wildcard to play as he was not on the initial entry list, while Tsitsipas, Draper and Nishikori were not ranked highly enough to enter directly.<\/p>\n<h2>How much prize money will be on offer?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> website, the total prize money pot for the 2026 men\u2019s event in Washington is $2,469,450.<\/p>\n<h2>Washington Open ATP ranking points breakdown<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Champion:<\/strong> 500 points<br \/>\n<strong>Finalist:<\/strong> 330 points<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finals<\/strong>: 200 points<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-finals:<\/strong> 100 points<br \/>\n<strong>Round of 16:<\/strong> 50 points<br \/>\n<strong>First round:<\/strong> 0 point<\/p>\n<h2>2026 Washington Open ATP Entry List<\/h2>\n<p>1. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada<br \/>\n2. Alex de Minaur, Australia<br \/>\n3. Ben Shelton, United States (WC)<br \/>\n4. Daniil Medvedev<br \/>\n5. Taylor Fritz, United States<br \/>\n6. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy<br \/>\n7. Learner Tien, United States<br \/>\n8. Frances Tiafoe, United States<br \/>\nTommy Paul, United States<br \/>\nRafael Jodar, Spain<br \/>\nJakub Mensik, Czechia<br \/>\nBrandon Nakashima, United States<br \/>\nAlex Michelsen, United States<br \/>\nTallon Griekspoor, Netherlands<br \/>\nUgo Humbert, France<br \/>\nMatteo Arnaldi, Italy<br \/>\nAlejandro Tabilo, Chile<br \/>\nTomas Martin Etcheverry, Argentina<br \/>\nArthur Rinderknech, France<br \/>\nAdrian Mannarino, France<br \/>\nZizou Bergs, Belgium<br \/>\nKamil Majchrzak, Poland<br \/>\nStefanos Tsitsipas, Greece (WC)<br \/>\nJack Draper, Great Britain (WC)<br \/>\nKei Nishikori, Japan (WC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/canadian-open-withdrawal-list-carlos-alcaraz-emma-raducanu-joined-karolina-muchova\">Canadian Open withdrawal list: 6 stars out as Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu joined by Wimbledon finalist<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 ATP Washington Open Entry List, Prize Money: Draper returns as Auger-Aliassime among 5 top 10 stars Ewan West 20 Jul 2026 3:00 PM ATP stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper The 2026 North American hard-court season on the ATP Tour will begin with the Washington Open, and five top 10 players are set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2052453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2052453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}