US Clay Court Championships for mænd

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Arrangement
Grundlagt	1910; 114 år siden (1910)
Spillested	River Oaks Country Club
Værtsby	Houston, Texas, USA
Underlag	Grus (udendørs)
Website	mensclaycourt.com
ATP Tour
Kategori	ATP 250
Deltagerfelt	28S / 16D
Præmiesum	$661.585  (2024)
Flest titler
Herresingle	Bill Tilden (7. titler)
Herredouble	Bob Bryan (6. titler) Mike Bryan (6. titler)
Senest opdateret: 24. juni 2024

US Men's Clay Court Championships er en årlig ATP Tour 250 tennisturnering, der startede i 1910. Det er den sidste tilbageværende turnering på ATP World Tour-niveau i USA, der spilles på grusbaner.

Turneringen begyndte i 1910, da Western Lawn Tennis Association mente, at en national grusbane turnering ville hjælpe med at fremme etableringen af flere grusbaner i vesten. Grusbaner var mere økonomiske at installere og vedligeholde end græsbaner, og håbet var, at de lavere omkostninger forbundet med banebyggeriet ville give mulighed for en hurtigere udvidelse af spillet. De første nationale mesterskaber, blev afholdt i Omaha Field Club, hvor et publikum på 5.000 så finalerne. Deltagelse og spil på grus voksede som et resultat af begivenheden, og i 1914 blev begivenheden flyttet til Cincinnati Tennis Club. Det er siden blevet spillet i adskillige byer, med lange ophold i River Forest og Indianapolis, og afholdes i dag i Houston, Texas. ^[1] Mellem 1970 og 1989 var det en del af Grand Prix Tennis Tour som en del af Grand Prix Super Series (1974-1977). Under opholdet i Indianapolis fra 1969 til 1986 var turneringen en kombineret mænds og kvinders begivenhed.

Tidligere finaler

River Oaks Country Club

Singler

Bill Tilden har rekorden for flest titler (7).Bill Tilden og Frank Parker har sammen rekorden for flest finaler (8).

År	By	Vinder	Finalist	Score
1910	Omaha, Nebraska	Melville H. Long	Walter Merrill Hall	6–0, 6–1, 6–1
1911		Walter T. Hayes	Percy D. Siverd	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
1912	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Richard N. Williams	Walter T. Hayes	6–3, 6–1, 8–6
1913	Omaha, Nebraska	John R. Strachan	Walter Merrill Hall	6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1914	Cincinnati, Ohio	Clarence Griffin	Elia Fottrell	3–6, 6–8, 8–6, 6–0, 6–2
1915	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Richard N. Williams (2)	Clarence Griffin	Default
1916	Cleveland, Ohio	Willis E. Davis	Conrad B. Doyle	6–2, 7–5, 6–3
1917		Samuel Hardy	Charles Garland	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1918	Chicago, Illinois	Bill Tilden	Charles Garland	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1919		William Johnston[2]	Bill Tilden	6–0, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1920		Roland Roberts	Vincent Richards	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1921		Walter T. Hayes (2)	Alexander Squair	6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1922	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bill Tilden (2)	Zenzo Shimizu	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
1923		Bill Tilden (3)	Manuel Alonso	6–2, 6–8, 6–1, 7–5
1924	St. Louis, Missouri	Bill Tilden (4)	Harvey Snodgrass	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1925		Bill Tilden (5)	George Lott	3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2, 8–6
1926	Detroit, Michigan	Bill Tilden (6)	Brian I. C. Norton	Default
1927		Bill Tilden (7)	John F. Hennessey	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1928	Ikke afholdt
1929	Indianapolis, Indiana	Emmett Paré	J. Gilbert Hall	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–1
1930	Kansas City, Missouri	Bryan Grant	Wilbur F. Coen, Jr.	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1931	St. Louis, Missouri	Ellsworth Vines	Keith Gledhill	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1932	Memphis, Tennessee	George Lott	Bryan Grant	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1933	Chicago, Illinois	Frank Parker	Gene Mako	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1934		Bryan Grant (2)	Donald Budge	6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1935		Bryan Grant (3)	Frank Parker	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1936	River Forest, Illinois	Bobby Riggs	Frank Parker	6–1, 6–8, 6–4
1937	Chicago, Illinois	Bobby Riggs (2)	Joe Hunt	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1938	River Forest, Illinois	Bobby Riggs (3)	Gardnar Mulloy	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1939	Chicago, Illinois	Frank Parker	Gardnar Mulloy	6–3, 6–0, 5–7, 6–1
1940		Donald McNeill	Bobby Riggs	6–1, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1941	River Forest, Illinois	Frank Parker	Bobby Riggs	6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 4–6, 6–3
1942	St. Louis, Missouri	Seymour Greenberg	Harris Everett	5–7, 7–5, 7–9, 7–5, 8–6
1943	Detroit, Michigan	Seymour Greenberg (2)	William Talbert	6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1944		Pancho Segura	William Talbert	6–3, 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1945	Chicago, Illinois	William Talbert	Pancho Segura	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1946	River Forest, Illinois	Frank Parker (2)	William Talbert	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1947	Salt Lake City, Utah	Frank Parker (3)	Ted Schroeder	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1948	River Forest, Illinois	Pancho Gonzalez	Nick Carter	7–5, 6–2, 6–3
1949		Pancho Gonzalez (2)	Frank Parker	6–1, 3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1950		Herbert Flam	Ted Schroeder	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1951		Tony Trabert	Arthur Larsen	6–8, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6
1952		Arthur Larsen	Richard Savitt	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1953		Vic Seixas	Hamilton Richardson	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1954		Bernard Bartzen	Tony Trabert	6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
1955	Atlanta, Georgia	Tony Trabert (2)	Bernard Bartzen	10–8, 6–1, 6–4
1956	River Forest, Illinois	Herbert Flam (2)	Edward Moylan	3–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1957		Vic Seixas (2)	Herbert Flam	1–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1958		Bernard Bartzen (2)	Sam Giammalva	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1959		Bernard Bartzen (3)	Whitney Reed	6–0, 8–6, 9–7
1960		Barry MacKay	Bernard Bartzen	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–0
1961		Bernard Bartzen (4)	Donald Dell	6–1, 2–6, 6–2, 6–0
1962	Chicago, Illinois	Chuck McKinley	Fred Stolle	6–3, 8–6, 6–4
1963	River Forest, Illinois	Chuck McKinley (2)	Dennis Ralston	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1964		Dennis Ralston	Chuck McKinley	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1965		Dennis Ralston (2)	Cliff Richey	6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1966	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Cliff Richey	Frank Froehling III	13–11, 6–1, 6–3
1967		Arthur Ashe	Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
1968		Clark Graebner	Stan Smith	6–3, 7–5, 6–0
↓Open Era↓
1969	Indianapolis, Indiana	Željko Franulović	Arthur Ashe	8–6, 6–3, 6–4
1970		Cliff Richey (2)	Stan Smith	6–2, 10–8, 3–6, 6–1
1971		Željko Franulović (2)	Cliff Richey	6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–3
1972		Bob Hewitt	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–1, 6–2
1973		Manuel Orantes	Georges Goven	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1974		Jimmy Connors	Björn Borg	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1975		Manuel Orantes (2)	Arthur Ashe	6–2, 6–2
1976		Jimmy Connors (2)	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 6–4
1977		Manuel Orantes (3)	Jimmy Connors	6–1, 6–3
1978		Jimmy Connors (3)	José Higueras	7–5, 6–1
1979		Jimmy Connors (4)	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1980		José Luis Clerc	Mel Purcell	7–5, 6–3
1981		José Luis Clerc (2)	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1982		José Higueras	Jimmy Arias	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
1983		Jimmy Arias	Andrés Gómez	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1984		Andrés Gómez	Balázs Taróczy	6–0, 7–6
1985		Ivan Lendl	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–3
1986		Andrés Gómez (2)	Thierry Tulasne	6–4, 7–6
1987		Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson	7–5, 6–3
1988	Charleston, South Carolina	Andre Agassi	Jimmy Arias	6–2, 6–2
1989		Jay Berger	Lawson Duncan	6–4, 6–3
1990	Kiawah Island, South Carolina	David Wheaton	Mark Kaplan	6–4, 6–4
1991	Charlotte, North Carolina	Jaime Yzaga	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 7–5
1992		MaliVai Washington	Claudio Mezzadri	6–3, 6–3
1993		Horacio de la Peña	Jaime Yzaga	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994	Birmingham, Alabama	Jason Stoltenberg	Gabriel Markus	6–3, 6–4
1995	Pinehurst, North Carolina	Thomas Enqvist	Javier Frana	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1996		Fernando Meligeni	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2
1997	Orlando, Florida	Michael Chang	Grant Stafford	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1998		Jim Courier	Michael Chang	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
1999		Magnus Norman	Guillermo Cañas	6–0, 6–3
2000		Fernando González	Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–3
2001	Houston, Texas	Andy Roddick	Hyung-Taik Lee	7–5, 6–3
2002		Andy Roddick (2)	Pete Sampras	7–6^(11–9), 6–3
2003		Andre Agassi (2)	Andy Roddick	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2004		Tommy Haas	Andy Roddick	6–3, 6–4
2005		Andy Roddick (3)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–2, 6–2
2006		Mardy Fish	Jürgen Melzer	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2007		Ivo Karlović	Mariano Zabaleta	6–4, 6–1
2008		Marcel Granollers	James Blake	6–4, 1–6, 7–5
2009		Lleyton Hewitt	Wayne Odesnik	6–2, 7–5
2010		Juan Ignacio Chela	Sam Querrey	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
2011		Ryan Sweeting	Kei Nishikori	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2012		Juan Mónaco	John Isner	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2013		John Isner	Nicolás Almagro	6–3, 7–5
2014		Fernando Verdasco	Nicolás Almagro	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2015		Jack Sock	Sam Querrey	7–6^(11–9), 7–6^(7–2)
2016		Juan Mónaco (2)	Jack Sock	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2017		Steve Johnson	Thomaz Bellucci	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2018		Steve Johnson (2)	Tennys Sandgren	7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 6–4
2019		Cristian Garín	Casper Ruud	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2020–2021		Ikke afholdt grundet COVID-19 pandemic
2022		Reilly Opelka	John Isner	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)
2023		Frances Tiafoe	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6)
2024		Ben Shelton	Frances Tiafoe	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Doublea (open era)

År	Vinder	Finalist	Score
1969	Bill Bowrey Clark Graebner	Dick Crealy Allan Stone	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1970	Arthur Ashe Clark Graebner (2)	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1971	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1972	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6–2, 6–3
1973	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan (2)	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6–3, 6–4
1974	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1975	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	Wojciech Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–0
1976	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
1977	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	Dick Crealy Cliff Letcher	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1978	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis	6–3, 6–1
1979	Gene Mayer (2) John McEnroe	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–6
1980	Kevin Curren (2) Steve Denton (2)	Wojciech Fibak Ivan Lendl	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1981	Kevin Curren (2) Steve Denton (2)	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1982	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	Robbie Venter Blaine Willenborg	6–4, 7–5
1983	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart (2)	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–3, 6–2
1984	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
1985	Ken Flach (2) Robert Seguso (2)	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
1986	Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
1987	Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–0, 6–3
1988	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 6–3
1989	Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson	Agustín Moreno Jaime Yzaga	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Jim Grabb Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–3
1991	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1992	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
1993	Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	6–1, 6–2
1994	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1995	Mark Woodforde (2) Todd Woodbridge (2)	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
1996	Pat Cash Patrick Rafter	Ken Flach David Wheaton	6–2, 6–3
1997	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	Alex O'Brien Jeff Salzenstein	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1998	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1999	Jim Courier Todd Woodbridge (3)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
2000	Leander Paes Jan Siemerink	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	6–3, 6–4
2001	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes (2)	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2002	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6–4, 6–4
2003	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6–4, 6–3
2004	Richey Reneberg Christo van Rensburg	Brian MacPhie David Witt	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
2005	Mark Knowles (2) Daniel Nestor (2)	Martín García Luis Horna	6–3, 6–4
2006	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5–7, 6–4, 10–5
2007	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2008	Ernests Gulbis Rainer Schüttler	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
2009	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	Jesse Levine Ryan Sweeting	6–1, 6–2
2010	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	6–3, 7–5
2011	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	John Isner Sam Querrey	6–7, 6–2, [10–5]
2012	James Blake Sam Querrey	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7–6^(16–14), 6–4
2013	Jamie Murray John Peers	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), [12–10]
2014	Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5)	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
2015	Ričardas Berankis Teymuraz Gabashvili	Treat Huey Scott Lipsky	6–4, 6–4
2016	Bob Bryan (6) Mike Bryan (6)	Víctor Estrella Burgos Santiago González	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2017	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	Dustin Brown Frances Tiafoe	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
2018	Max Mirnyi Philipp Oswald	Andre Begemann Antonio Šančić	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, [11–9]
2019	Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2020–2021	Ikke afholdt grundet COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–3, 6–3
2023	Max Purcell (2) Jordan Thompson	Julian Cash Henry Patten	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2024	Max Purcell (3) Jordan Thompson (2)	William Blumberg John Peers	7–5, 6–1

Rekorder

Herresingle

Flest titler	Bill Tilden	7
Flest finaler	Bill Tilden	8
Flest titler i træk	Bill Tilden	6
Flest finaler i træk	Bill Tilden	6
Titel med færrest nederlag	Andre Agassi	23
Flest kampe spillet	Tut Bartzen	64
Flest kampe vundet	Frank Parker	56
Flest kampe i træk vundet	Bill Tilden	36
Flest udgaver spillet	Seymour Greenberg	16
	Grant Golden
Bedste vinder %	Bill Tilden	97,96 %
Yngste vinder	Frank Parker	17 år, 5m, 3d
Ældste vinder	Samuel Hardy	40 år, 7m, 18d

Referencer

1. Clifford Terry (11. juli 1965). "Tennis by the quartz". Chicago Tribune. s. Sunday Magazine, 16-19.
2. "W.M. Johnston Wins Two Tennis Titles". The Toronto World. Chicago. 21. juli 1919. s. 8.