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break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                WTA stars Jasmine Paolini, Marta Kostyuk and Iva Jovic                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Open is the first stop of the 2026 North American hard-court swing, and the women\u2019s tournament has been hit by some big name withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the WTA 500 tournament in Washington, which will be staged at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, will get underway on Monday 27 July and conclude on Sunday 2 August.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s main draw at the Mubadala Citi DC Open \u2014 the event\u2019s sponsorship name \u2014 features 28 players.<\/p>\n<p>Leylah Fernandez is the defending women\u2019s singles champion in the U.S. Capital, having defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the 2025 title match.<\/p>\n<p>Eight of the top 20 players in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA<\/a> Rankings featured on the original women\u2019s entry list for the Washington Open, but three of these stars have withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/marta-kostyuk\">Marta Kostyuk<\/a>, Jasmine Paolini and Iva Jovic, who would have been seeded third, fifth and sixth respectively, have all pulled out.<\/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\/kyle-edmund-exclusive-interview-tennis-injuries-alcaraz-djokovic-raducanu-complaints\"><strong>Exclusive: Kyle Edmund speaks out about injuries after Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu complained<\/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<p>Paolini has revealed her withdrawal is due to a foot injury, and the Italian will also miss the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, Paolini wrote: \u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019ve decided to withdraw from Washington and Toronto so I can give my foot some extra time to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry I won\u2019t be there, and I wish everyone involved two amazing tournaments. Thank you, as always, for all your love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paolini, who is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Katerina Siniakova and Jaqueline Cristian are the other women who have withdrawn.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA Washington Open 2026 withdrawal list<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marta Kostyuk<\/strong> (world No 11) \u2014 replaced by Elisabetta Cocciaretto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jasmine Paolini<\/strong> (world No 15) \u2014 replaced by Katie Boulter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iva Jovic<\/strong> (world No 16) \u2014 replaced by Magdalena Frech<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katerina Siniakova<\/strong> (world No 35) \u2014 replaced by Magda Linette<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaqueline Cristian<\/strong> (world No 41) \u2014 replaced by Sara Bejlek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who will be seeded at the Washington Open following the withdrawals?<\/h2>\n<p>As things stand, there are still five top 20 players who will compete at the WTA 500 in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The top eight seeds are currently set to be: Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina, Naomi Osaka, Diana Shnaider, Anna Kalinskaya, Madison Keys, Leylah Fernandez and Emma Navarro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/wta-rankings-alex-eala-emma-raducanu-barbora-krejcikova-paula-badosa\">WTA Rankings: Barbora Krejcikova +6, Paula Badosa +22, Alex Eala drops, Emma Raducanu climbs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Washington Open withdrawal list: Marta Kostyuk &amp; Jasmine Paolini among 5 stars to pull out Ewan West 21 Jul 2026 2:45 PM WTA stars Jasmine Paolini, Marta Kostyuk and Iva Jovic The Washington Open is the first stop of the 2026 North American hard-court swing, and the women\u2019s tournament has been hit by some [&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-2054004","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\/2054004","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=2054004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2054004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2054004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2054004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}