U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Tipus	torneig
Esport	tennis
Tipus de superfície	terra batuda
Organitzador	Associació de Tennistes Professionals
Localització i dates
Localització	Houston (Comtat de Harris) 29° 45′ 46″ N, 95° 22′ 59″ O / 29.7628°N,95.3831°O
Estat	Estats Units d'Amèrica
Vigència	1910 –
Freqüència	anual
Altres
Lloc web	mensclaycourt.com

El torneig de Houston, oficialment conegut com a U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, és una competició tennística professional que es disputa anualment sobre terra batuda al River Oaks Country Club de Houston, Texas, Estats Units. Pertany a les sèries 250 del circuit ATP masculí. És l'últim dels torneigs dels Estats Units que formen part del circuit de l'ATP que es juga sobre terra batuda.

Història

El torneig es va crear l'any 1910 quan la Western Lawn Tennis Association (secció de la United States Lawn Tennis Association) per establir una campionat tennístic sobre terra batuda diferent al National Clay Court Championship. La primera edició es va celebrar a l'Omaha Field Club amb gran èxit i el 1914 es va traslladar al Cincinnati Tennis Club. Durant la seva història, s'ha traslladat a moltes altres ciutats dels Estats Units fins a l'actual Houston, com Indianapolis (1969-87), Charleston (1988-89), Kiawah Island (1990), Charlotte (1991-93), Birmingham (1994), Pinehurst (1995-96), Orlando (1997-2000). L'any 2001 es va desplaçar a Houston, primer al Westside Tennis Club i posteriorment al River Oaks Country Club.

Palmarès

Individual masculí

Localització	Any	Campió	Finalista	Resultat
Houston	2024	Ben Shelton	Frances Tiafoe	7−5, 4−6, 6−3
	2023	Frances Tiafoe	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	7−6(1), 7−6(6)
	2022	Reilly Opelka	John Isner	6−3, 7−6(7)
	2021	Torneig suspès a causa de la pandèmia de COVID-19
	2020	Torneig suspès a causa de la pandèmia de COVID-19
	2019	Christian Garín	Casper Ruud	7−6(4), 4−6, 6−3
	2018	Steve Johnson (2)	Tennys Sandgren	7−6(2), 2−6, 6−4
	2017	Steve Johnson	Thomaz Bellucci	6−4, 4−6, 7−6(5)
	2016	Juan Mónaco (2)	Jack Sock	3−6, 6−3, 7−5
	2015	Jack Sock	Sam Querrey	7−6(9), 7−6(2)
	2014	Fernando Verdasco	Nicolás Almagro	6−3, 7−6(4)
	2013	John Isner	Nicolás Almagro	6−3, 7−5
	2012	Juan Mónaco	John Isner	6−2, 3−6, 6−3
	2011	Ryan Sweeting	Kei Nishikori	6−4, 7−6(3)
	2010	Juan Ignacio Chela	Sam Querrey	5−7, 6−4, 6−3
	2009	Lleyton Hewitt	Wayne Odesnik	6−2, 7−5
	2008	Marcel Granollers	James Blake	6−4, 1−6, 7−5
	2007	Ivo Karlović	Mariano Zabaleta	6−4, 6−1
	2006	Mardy Fish	Jürgen Melzer	3−6, 6−4, 6−3
	2005	Andy Roddick (3)	Sébastien Grosjean	6−2, 6−2
	2004	Tommy Haas	Andy Roddick	6−3, 6−4
	2003	Andre Agassi (2)	Andy Roddick	3−6, 6−3, 6−4
	2002	Andy Roddick	Pete Sampras	7−6(9), 6−3
	2001	Andy Roddick	Hyung-Taik Lee	7−5, 6−3
Orlando	2000	Fernando González	Nicolás Massú	6−2, 6−3
	1999	Magnus Norman	Guillermo Cañas	6−0, 6−3
	1998	Jim Courier	Michael Chang	7−5, 3−6, 7−5
	1997	Michael Chang	Grant Stafford	4−6, 6−2, 6−1
Pinehurst	1996	Fernando Meligeni	Mats Wilander	6−4, 6−2
Pinehurst	1995	Thomas Enqvist	Javier Frana	6−3, 3−6, 6−3
Birmingham	1994	Jason Stoltenberg	Gabriel Markus	6−3, 6−4
Charlotte	1993	Horacio de la Peña	Jaime Yzaga	3−6, 6−3, 6−4
	1992	MaliVai Washington	Claudio Mezzadri	6−3, 6−3
	1991	Jaime Yzaga	Jimmy Arias	6−3, 7−5
Kiawah Island	1990	David Wheaton	Mark Kaplan	6−4, 6−4
Charleston	1989	Jay Berger	Lawson Duncan	6−4, 6−3
Charleston	1988	Andre Agassi	Jimmy Arias	6−2, 6−2
Indianapolis	1987	Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson	7−5, 6−3
	1986	Andrés Gómez (2)	Thierry Tulasne	6−4, 7−6
	1985	Ivan Lendl	Andrés Gómez	6−1, 6−3
	1984	Andrés Gómez	Balázs Taróczy	6−0, 7−6
	1983	Jimmy Arias	Andrés Gómez	6−4, 2−6, 6−4
	1982	José Higueras	Jimmy Arias	7−5, 5−7, 6−3
	1981	José Luis Clerc (2)	Ivan Lendl	4−6, 6−4, 6−2
	1980	José Luis Clerc	Mel Purcell	7−5, 6−3
	1979	Jimmy Connors (4)	Guillermo Vilas	6−1, 2−6, 6−4
	1978	Jimmy Connors	Jose Higueras	7−5, 6−1
	1977	Manuel Orantes (3)	Jimmy Connors	6−1, 6−3
	1976	Jimmy Connors	Wojtek Fibak	6−2, 6−4
	1975	Manuel Orantes	Arthur Ashe	6−2, 6−2
	1974	Jimmy Connors	Bjorn Borg	5−7, 6−3, 6−4
	1973	Manuel Orantes	Georges Goven	6−4, 6−1, 6−4
	1972	Bob Hewitt	Jimmy Connors	7−6, 6−1, 6−2
	1971	Željko Franulović (2)	Cliff Richey	6−3, 6−4, 0−6, 6−3
	1970	Cliff Richey	Stan Smith	6−2, 10−8, 3−6, 6−1
	1969	Željko Franulović	Arthur Ashe	8−6, 6−3, 6−4

Dobles masculins

Localització	Any	Campions	Finalistes	Resultat
Houston	2024	Max Purcell Jordan Thompson (2)	William Blumberg John Peers	7−5, 6−1
	2023	Max Purcell Jordan Thompson	Julian Cash Henry Patten	4−6, 6−4, [10−5]
	2022	Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6−3, 6−3
	2021	Torneig suspès a causa de la pandèmia de COVID-19
	2020	Torneig suspès a causa de la pandèmia de COVID-19
	2019	Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3−6, 6−4, [10−6]
	2018	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	Andre Begemann Antonio Šančić	6−7(2), 6−4, [11−9]
	2017	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	Dustin Brown Frances Tiafoe	4−6, 7−5, [10−6]
	2016	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan (6)	Víctor Estrella Burgos Santiago González	4−6, 6−3, [10−8]
	2015	Ričardas Berankis Teimuraz Gabaixvili	Treat Conrad Huey Scott Lipsky	6−4, 6−4
	2014	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	4−6, 6−4, [11−9]
	2013	Jamie Murray John Peers	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1−6, 7−6(3), [12−10]
	2012	James Blake Sam Querrey	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7−6(14), 6−4
	2011	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	John Isner Sam Querrey	6−7(4), 6−2, [10−5]
	2010	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	6−3, 7−5
	2009	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jesse Levine Ryan Sweeting	6–1, 6–2
	2008	Ernests Gulbis Rainer Schüttler	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	7–5, 7–6(3)
	2007	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7−6(3), 6−4
	2006	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jurgen Melzer	5−7, 6−4, [10−5]
	2005	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor (2)	Martín Alberto García Luis Horna	6−3, 6−4
	2004	James Blake Mardy Fish	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	6−3, 6−4
	2003	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6−4, 6−3
	2002	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6−4, 6−4
	2001	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7−6 (7−4), 6−2
Orlando	2000	Leander Paes Jan Siemerink	Justin Gimelstob Sebastien Lareau	6−3, 6−4
	1999	Jim Courier Todd Woodbridge	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7−6 (7−4), 6−4
	1998	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4−6, 6−4, 7−5
	1997	Mark Merklein Vincent Spadea	Alex O'Brien Jeff Salzenstein	6−4, 4−6, 6−4
Pinehurst	1996	Pat Cash Patrick Rafter	Ken Flach David Wheaton	6−2, 6−3
Pinehurst	1995	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6−2, 6−4
Birmingham	1994	Richey Reneberg Christo van Rensburg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2−6, 6−3, 6−2
Charlotte	1993	Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6−1, 6−2
	1992	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6−4, 7−6
	1991	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6−3, 2−6, 6−3
Kiawah Island	1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Jim Grabb Leonardo Lavalle	6−2, 6−3
Charlotte	1989	Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson	Agustín Moreno Jaime Yzaga	6−4, 4−6, 7−5
Charlotte	1988	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7−6, 6−3

Individual masculí pre-Era Open

Localització	Any	Campió	Finalista	Resultat
Milwaukee	1968	Clark Graebner	Stan Smith	6−3, 7−5, 6−0
	1967	Arthur Ashe	Marty Riessen
	1966	Cliff Richey	Frank Froehling
River Forest	1965	Dennis Ralston (2)	Cliff Richey
	1964	Dennis Ralston	Chuck McKinley
	1963	Chuck McKinley (2)	Dennis Ralston
Chicago	1962	Chuck McKinley	Fred Stolle
River Forest	1961	Bernard Bartzen (4)	Donald Dell
	1960	Barry MacKay	Bernard Bartzen
	1959	Bernard Bartzen	Whitney Reed
	1958	Bernard Bartzen	Sam Giammalva
	1957	Vic Seixas (2)	Herbert Flam
	1956	Herbert Flam (2)	Edward Moylan
Atlanta	1955	Tony Trabert (2)	Bernard Bartzen
River Forest	1954	Bernard Bartzen	Tony Trabert
	1953	Vic Seixas	Ham Richardson
	1952	Art Larsen	Dick Savitt
	1951	Tony Trabert	Art Larsen
	1950	Herbert Flam	Ted Schroeder
	1949	Pancho Gonzalez (2)	Frank Parker	6−1, 3−6, 8−6, 6−3
	1948	Pancho Gonzalez	Nick Carter	7−5, 6−2, 6−3
Salt Lake City	1947	Frank Parker (5)	Ted Schroeder
River Forest	1946	Frank Parker	Bill Talbert
Chicago	1945	Bill Talbert	Pancho Segura
Detroit	1944	Pancho Segura	Bill Talbert
Detroit	1943	Seymour Greenberg (2)	Bill Talbert
Saint Louis	1942	Seymour Greenberg	Harris Everett
River Forest	1941	Frank Parker	Bobby Riggs
Chicago	1940	Don McNeill	Bobby Riggs
Chicago	1939	Frank Parker	Gardnar Mulloy	6−3, 6−0, 5−7, 6−1
River Forest	1938	Bobby Riggs (3)	Gardnar Mulloy
Chicago	1937	Bobby Riggs	Joe Hunt
River Forest	1936	Bobby Riggs	Frank Parker
Chicago	1935	Bryan Grant (3)	Frank Parker
	1934	Bryan Grant	Don Budge
	1933	Frank Parker	Gene Mako
Memphis	1932	George Lott	Bryan Grant
St. Louis	1931	Ellsworth Vines	Keith Gledhill
Kansas City	1930	Bryan Grant	Wilbur F. Coen, Jr.	6−2, 6−4, 6−2
Indianapolis	1929	Emmett Pare	J. Gilbert Hall
	1928	No celebrat
Detroit	1927	Bill Tilden (7)	John F. Hennessey
Detroit	1926	Bill Tilden	Brian I.C. Norton	No presentat
St. Louis	1925	Bill Tilden	George Lott
St. Louis	1924	Bill Tilden	Harvey Snodgrass
Indianapolis	1923	Bill Tilden	Manuel Alonso	6−2, 6−8, 6−1, 7−5
Indianapolis	1922	Bill Tilden	Zehzo Shimizu
Chicago	1921	Walter T. Hayes	Alexander Squair
	1920	Roland Roberts	Vincent Richards	6−3, 6−1, 6−3
	1919	Bill Johnston	Bill Tilden
	1918	Bill Tilden	Charles Garland
Cincinnati	1917	Samuel Hardy	Charles Garland	3−6, 6−1, 6−3, 6−3
Cleveland	1916	Willis E. Davis	C.B. Doyle	6−2, 7−5, 6−3
Pittsburgh	1915	R. Norris Williams (2)	Clarence Griffin	No presentat
Cincinnati	1914	Clarence Griffin	Elia Fottrell	3−6, 6−8, 8−6, 6−0, 6−2
Omaha	1913	John R. Strachan	Walter Merrill Hall	6−0, 6−4, 4−6, 6−4
Pittsburgh	1912	R. Norris Williams	Gus Touchard	6−3, 9−7, 6−3
Omaha	1911	Walter T. Hayes	Percy Siverd	7−5, 6−2, 6−1
Omaha	1910	Melville Long	Walter Merrill Hall	6−0, 6−1, 6−1

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