Iconic San Jose WTA Tournament Relocates After 5 Decades, Joining with Men's Event

The Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic women's tennis tournament is moving from San Jose to Washington D.C. after over 50 years in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area's event was the first U.S.-based event held on the Virginia Slims tour in 1971, and has been held every year but two since then, making it the oldest and longest-running women's-only tennis event in the world.
The move to Washington D.C. pairs up the women's 500-level event with the men's ATP in the same city, making it the only combined 500-level event on tour.
The move will create a more convenient tour schedule for players and allow for "larger audiences" in the nation's capital to watch both men's and women's action.
The newly named Mubadala Citi DC Open will be held from July 29-Aug. 6 in Washington D.C.