ATP Houston

Fayez Sarofim & Co.US Men's Clay Court Championship
ATP tour
venue	Houston United States
First run	1910
category	Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 583,585
Center Court	3,000 spectators
Website	Official website
As of April 4, 2019

The venue for the tournament, the River Oaks Country Club

The US Men's Clay Court Championship (also Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship ) is an annual ATP tournament held on clay courts in Houston . The tournament looks back on a long history, the first competition took place as early as 1910 - back then in Omaha , Nebraska . The tournament was founded to promote clay courts and tennis in the American Midwest . In contrast to the grass pitches that were common at the time, clay courts are cheaper to buy and maintain. The tournament has changed locations several times over the decades and has been held in Houston since 2001 ; the current venue is the River Oaks Country Club . Since 2007 it has not been played on sand comparable to that in Roland Garros ; Instead, they use Har-Tru sand, which is uncommon in Europe and is also called American or green sand, but which in Houston has a brownish color.

While there used to be several clay court tournaments in the USA, for example in Atlanta or Coral Springs , the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship is now the only American clay court tournament on the ATP World Tour .

Tommy Haas was the only German-speaking player to win the 2004 tournament. The last winner from the United States was Steve Johnson in 2013. With seven wins is Bill Tilden record title holder, in the Open Era was Jimmy Connors with four titles most successful. Twins Bob and Mike Bryan won the tournament most often in doubles, each with six titles.

The tournament now takes place in April and has an individual field of 28 players; 16 teams take part in doubles. In 2018, the individual field was increased to 32 players.

Winner in the Open Era

singles

venue	year	winner	finalist	Result
Houston	2020	called off
	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 (1)	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 (1)	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 (2)	Pete Sampras	7: 6 9 , 6: 3
	2001	Andy Roddick (1)	Lee Hyung-taik	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
	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
	1988	Andre Agassi (1)	Jimmy Arias	6: 2, 6: 2
Indianapolis	1987	Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson	7: 5, 6: 3
	1986	Andrés Gomez (2)	Thierry Tulasne	6: 4, 7: 6
	1985	Ivan Lendl	Andrés Gómez	6: 1, 6: 3
	1984	Andrés Gomez (1)	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 (1)	Mel Purcell	7: 5, 6: 3
	1979	Jimmy Connors (4)	Guillermo Vilas	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 4
	1978	Jimmy Connors (3)	José Higueras	7: 5, 6: 1
	1977	Manuel Orantes (3)	Jimmy Connors	6: 1, 6: 3
	1976	Jimmy Connors (2)	Wojciech Fibak	6: 2, 6: 4
	1975	Manuel Orantes (2)	Arthur Ashe	6: 2, 6: 2
	1974	Jimmy Connors (1)	Bjorn Borg	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
	1973	Manuel Orantes (1)	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 (1)	Arthur Ashe	8: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

venue	year	winner	Finalists	Result
Houston	2020	called off
	2019	Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3: 6, 6: 4, [10: 6]
	2018	Max Mirny 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 (6) Mike Bryan (6)	Víctor Estrella Santiago González	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
	2015	Ričardas Berankis Teimuras Gabashvili	Treat Huey Scott Lipsky	6: 4, 6: 4
	2014	Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5)	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 (2) Sam Querrey	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	7: 6 14 , 6: 4
	2011	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	John Isner Sam Querrey	6: 7 4 , 6: 2, [10: 5]
	2010	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	6: 3, 7: 5
	2009	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	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 (1) Mike Bryan (1)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 6 3 , 6: 4
	2006	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 5]
	2005	Mark Knowles (2) Daniel Nestor (2)	Martín Alberto García Luis Horna	6: 3, 6: 4
	2004	James Blake (1) Mardy Fish (2)	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	6: 3, 6: 4
	2003	Mark Knowles (1) Daniel Nestor (1)	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6: 4, 6: 3
	2002	Mardy Fish (1) Andy Roddick	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	6: 4, 6: 4
	2001	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes (2)	Kevin Kim Jim Thomas	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
Orlando	2000	Leander Paes (1) Jan Siemerink	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	6: 3, 6: 4
	1999	Jim Courier Todd Woodbridge (2)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 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 Flat David Wheaton	6: 2, 6: 3
	1995	Todd Woodbridge (1) 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 Godfather	Jim Grabb Leonardo Lavalle	6: 2, 6: 3
Charleston	1989	Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson	Agustín Moreno Jaime Yzaga	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
	1988	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7: 6, 6: 3
Indianapolis
	1987	Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6: 0, 6: 3
	1986	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart	6: 4, 6: 3
	1985	Ken Flach (2) Robert Seguso (2)	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6: 4, 6: 4
	1984	Ken Flach (1) Robert Seguso (1)	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7: 6, 7: 5
	1983	Sherwood Stewart (2) Mark Edmondson	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6: 3, 6: 2
	1982	Ferdi Taygan Sherwood Stewart (1)	Robbie Venter Blaine Willenborg	6: 4, 7: 5
	1981	Steve Denton (2) Kevin Curren (2)	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 5
	1980	Steve Denton (1) Kevin Curren (1)	Wojciech Fibak Ivan Lendl	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
	1979	John McEnroe Gene Mayer (2)	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6: 4, 7: 6
	1978	Hank Pfister Gene Mayer (1)	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis	6: 3, 6: 1
	1977	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	Dick Crealy Cliff Letcher	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
	1976	Raúl Ramírez Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6: 2, 6: 2
	1975	Manuel Orantes Juan Gisbert	Wojciech Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7: 5, 6: 0
	1974	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
	1973	Frew McMillan (2) Bob Carmichael	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6: 3, 6: 4
	1972	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan (1)	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6: 2, 6: 3
	1971	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	Clark Graebner Erik Van Dillen	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3
	1970	Arthur Ashe Clark Graebner (2)	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
	1969	Clark Graebner (1) Bill Bowrey	Dick Crealy Allan Stone	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4

Web links

• Official website of the tournament (English)
• Profile of the tournament on the website of ATP (English)