WASHINGTON, August 3, 2026 (by Michael Dickens)
World No. 10 Taylor Fritz of the United States and 19-year-old Rafael Jodar of Spain never took the court for their Mubadala DC Open men’s singles final at Rock Creek Park in northwest Washington, D.C., on Sunday. That’s because from noon onward, there were scattered thunderstorms mixed that produced more than 1.25 inches of rain that fell over the William HG FitzGerald Tennis Center.
While the 57th edition of the hard-court event that kicks off the North American hard-court season leading up to the US Open had been relatively free of severe weather, except for a two-hour rain delay on Tuesday, persistent rain and lightning strikes wreaked havoc Sunday with the final day of the ATP/WTA 500-series combined event.
Now, beginning at Noon Eastern Time (5 p.m. London, 6 p.m. Central Europe, midnight Manila) on Monday, the women’s singles final between World No. 3 Jessica Pegula of the United States and World No. 28 Alexandra Eala of the Philippines will resume where it left off in the second set, to be followed not before 1 p.m. by the men’s singles final between Fritz and Jodar.
Jess Pegula vs Alex Eala for the DC Title!#MubadalaDCOpen 🏆 pic.twitter.com/H0udMXsAGj
— Mubadala DC Open (@mubadaladcopen) August 2, 2026
Pegula, who won the DC Open title in 2019, and Eala started their title match nearly three hours after its scheduled noon starting time. The two finalists played a total of 13 games stretched across 53 minutes in humid and sticky conditions. Pegula won the opening set 6-4 and was on serve after three games of the second set, with Eala ahead 2-1, before play was halted by rain at 3:57 p.m. and chair umpire Paula Vieira Souza sent the players back to the locker room.
First set 👉 Jess@JPegula takes the opening set 6-4 over Eala in the women’s final!#MubadalaDCOpen pic.twitter.com/U7yGFvcqce
— Mubadala DC Open (@mubadaladcopen) August 2, 2026
Although there were a few brief windows of opportunity where the court staff attempted to dry off the Stadium Court hard-court surface during the afternoon and early evening on Sunday with machines and towels, the players never returned to the court.
Finally, at 9:07 p.m., Stadium Court public address announcer Andrew Krasny announced to the crowd that all play had been cancelled for the remainder of the day.
Meanwhile, the men’s doubles final between Great Britain’s Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool against Austin Krajicek of the United States and Nikola Mektic of Croatia, which was moved from Stadium Court to John Harris Court and given an earlier starting time of 11 a.m. due to the impending weather situation, was completed by mid-afternoon at the same time that Pegula and Eala were on court during the opening set of their singles final.
Not to be missed! 😮💨
Taylor Fritz vs Rafa Jodar for the Washington title 🏆 Who takes the crown? 👇@mubadaladcopen pic.twitter.com/QG5XHsGsxH
— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 2, 2026
Looking ahead to the men’s final on Monday, Fritz, who has secured a return to American No. 1 for the first time since March 30, will take a 1-0 career head-to-head into his title final against the Spanish teenager. Fritz previously defeated Jodar in the second round at Delray Beach last February.
Fritz will be going after his first ATP Tour title of the season while Jodar is seeking his second one, having won his first tour-level title at Marrakech in April.
Jodar has already ensured that he will rise to a career-high ranking of World No. 15 this week by reaching the final and could rise to World No. 12 if he wins the Washington tournament.
Cash and Glasspool are first all-British team to win Washington doubles
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool of Great Britain became the first all-British team to win the DC Open doubles in tournament history. On Sunday, following a nearly-three-hour rain delay, the third-seeded British duo won their first title of the season in their fourth final – and 10th tour-level title overall as a team – after defeating unseeded Austin Krajicek of the United States and Nikola Mektic of Croatia, 6-3, 6-4, in one hour and 16 minutes on John Harris Court Sunday afternoon.
Cash and Glasspool won the first set and led 3-1 when rain forced a suspension of play. Once play resumed, it took just six more games for the British team to close out the title final.
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The winners combined to hit six aces and won 75 percent (24 of 32) of their first-serve points. They saved all four break points they faced and broke the American/Croatian pair twice in four attempts. Cash and Glasspool outpointed their opponents 56-49.
After reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Cash and Glasspool finished the week in Washington, D.C., 4-0 and did not drop a set.
The all-British duo – Cash is 29 and Glasspool is 32 – improved to 92-37 as a pair lifetime and are 25-15 this season after debuting as a team in 2024. Last year, they qualified for the 2025 Nitto ATP Finals after earning a personal-best 60 wins and winning seven titles last season and reached the semifinals. Earlier in 2026, Cash and Glasspool reached finals in Brisbane, Doha and Barcelona.
Monday’s Mubadala DC Open order of play
Monday Order of Play 📜
The women’s singles final starts at 12:00pm and the men’s singles final takes place not before 1:00pm.#MubadalaDCOpen pic.twitter.com/ea3XeYD5MB
— Mubadala DC Open (@mubadaladcopen) August 3, 2026
By the numbers
Prior to this year’s men’s final, there have been seven American champions in the ATP 500-series, which began in 2009: Ben Shelton 3, Andy Roddick 2, Sam Querrey 2, Taylor Fritz 1, Tommy Paul 1, Sebastian Korda 1 and Frances Tiafoe 1. Fritz’s previous ATP 500 title came in 2022 at Tokyo.
“Quotable …”
“It already is a great start to my US Open series and hard-court swing. Yeah, I mean, a title would be even better. This will be my fourth final just this year, so I’d like to get a title. I’d like t have that confidence to kind of go all the way.”
– World No. 10 Taylor Fritz of the United States, during his post-match interview following his semifinal victory over Brandon Nakashima on Saturday evening.
