US Men's Clay Court Championships 2013

ATP World Tour
US Men's Clay Court Championships 2013

date	6.4.2013 - 14.4.2013
Edition	26th
navigation	2012 ◄ 2013 ► 2014
venue	Houston United States United States
Tournament number	717
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 455,775
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Argentina Juan Mónaco
Last year's winner (double)	United States James Blake Sam Querrey United States

Winner (singles)	United States John Isner
Winner (doubles)	United Kingdom Jamie Murray John Peers Australia

Tournament director	Linda McIngvale
Tournament supervisor	Ali Nili
Last direct assumption	France Josselin Ouanna (116)

As of April 6, 2013

The US Men's Clay Court Championships 2013 was a tennis tournament that took place from April 6-14, 2013 in Houston . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2013 and was played on clay court. In the same week the Grand Prix Hassan II was played in Casablanca , which, like the US Men's Clay Court Championships, was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category .

Defending champion in singles was Juan Mónaco , but he was eliminated in the semifinals against eventual winner John Isner and in doubles the Americans James Blake and Sam Querrey , who were eliminated in the first round, the pairing Jamie Murray and John won the doubles Win peers .

The field of participants in the single competition consisted of 28 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The four top seeded players in the singles each got a bye into the second round.

qualification

Qualification for the US Men's Clay Court Championships 2013 took place from April 6th to 8th, 2013. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players survived the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Austria Gerald Melzer	Croatia Ivo Karlović
United States Robby Ginepri
Argentina Facundo Argüello
United States Bradley Klahn

Prize money and world ranking points

At the US Men's Clay Court Championships 2013, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition were per player.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 82,300
final	150	$ 43,310
Semifinals	90	$ 23,475
Quarter finals	45	$ 13,375
Round of 16	20th	$ 7,880
First round	0	$ 4,670

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	12
Qualifying round	6th	$ 750
2nd round	0	$ 360
1 round	0	$ 0

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	250	$ 25,000
final	150	$ 13,140
Semifinals	90	$ 7,120
Quarter finals	45	$ 4,070
First round	0	$ 2,390

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Spain Nicolás Almagro	final
02.	Germany Tommy Haas	Round of 16
03.	Argentina Juan Mónaco	Semifinals
04th	United States Sam Querrey	retreat

No.	player	Round reached
05.	United States John Isner	victory
06th	Spain Fernando Verdasco	Round of 16
07th	Italy Paolo Lorenzi	Quarter finals
08th.	United States Michael Russell	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Spain N. Almagro

2

6th

OLD

France G. Monfils

7th

OLD

G. Monfils

6th

0

3

J. Blake

6 ⁵

5

1

Spain N. Almagro

6th

Italy F. Cipolla

4th

6th

7th

7th

P. Lorenzi

4th

Q

F. Argüello

6th

4th

5

F. Cipolla

6 ⁴

1

Q

G. Melzer

2

7th

Italy P. Lorenzi

7th

6th

7th

Italy P. Lorenzi

6th

1

Spain N. Almagro

6th

WC

R. Williams

2

1

LL

I. Karlović

4th

7th

6 ³

WC

United States R. Williams

7th

WC

United States R. Williams

6th

6 ⁵

7th

G. Pella

5

WC

United States R. Williams

7th

1

6th

PR

S. Devvarman

6 ⁵

0

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6 ¹

6th

4th

Spain R. Ramírez Hidalgo

7th

6th

Spain R. Ramírez Hidalgo

6th

WC

S. Johnson

6 ⁵

2

6th

F. Verdasco

3

2

6th

Spain F. Verdasco

7th

6th

1

N. Almagro

3

5

8th

M. Russell

2

5

United States J. Isner

6th

7th

Q

United States R. Ginepri

6th

Q

United States R. Ginepri

6th

4th

6th

Argentina M. Alund

4th

6th

M. Alund

2

6th

4th

L. Hewitt

6th

3

1

Q

R. Ginepri

1

0

OLD

J. Ouanna

1

2

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

6th

United States T. Smyczek

6th

T. Smyczek

6 ⁵

1

3

Argentina J. Mónaco

7th

6th

3

J. Mónaco

6th

4th

5

United States J. Isner

7th

6th

5

United States J. Isner

1

6th

R. Harrison

6 ⁴

4th

5

United States J. Isner

7th

6 ³

7th

WC

United States J. Sock

7th

6th

WC

J. Sock

5

7th

6 ³

Q

B. Klahn

6 ³

3

5

United States J. Isner

6th

3

6th

Lithuania R. Berankis

6 ³

7th

6th

R. Berankis

3

6th

3

J. Levine

7th

5

4th

Lithuania R. Berankis

6th

2

T. Haas

3

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States	final
02.	Mexico Santiago González Scott Lipsky United States	1 round
03.	Philippines Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot United Kingdom	Quarter finals
04th	United States Eric Butorac Jonathan Erlich Israel	Quarter finals