US Men's Clay Court Championships 2014

US Men's Clay Court Championship 2014
date	7.4.2014 - 13.4.2014
Edition	27
navigation	2013  ◄  2014  ►  2015
ATP World Tour
venue	Houston United States
Tournament number	717
category	World Tour 250
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 539,730
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	John Isner
Last year's winner (double)	Jamie Murray John Peers
Winner (singles)	Fernando Verdasco
Winner (doubles)	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Tournament director	Van Barry
Tournament supervisor	Ali Nili
Last direct assumption	Michael Russell 106
As of April 13, 2014

The US Men's Clay Court Championship 2014 (officially: Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship ) was a tennis tournament that took place in Houston from April 7th to 13th, 2014 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2014 and was played on clay court. In the same week the Grand Prix Hassan II was played in Casablanca , which, like the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship, was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category .

The defending champions were John Isner in singles and Jamie Murray and John Peers in doubles .

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

The qualification took place from April 5th to 7th, 2014. Four qualifying places were played that entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : US Men's Clay Court Championships 2014 / Qualification

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

Qualifiers
Robby Ginepri
Ryan Harrison
Peter Polansky
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

Prize money and world ranking points

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 apply per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 250 $ 85,900 final 150 $ 45,245 Semifinals 90 $ 24,510 Quarter finals 45 $ 13,965 Round of 16 20th $ 8,230 First round 0 $ 4,875

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 12 Qualifying round 6th $ 785 2nd round 0 $ 380 1 round 0 $ 0

Double round Points Prize money victory 250 $ 26,100 final 150 $ 13,720 Semifinals 90 $ 7,440 Quarter finals 45 $ 4,250 First round 0 $ 2,490

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  John Isner Round of 16 02.  Tommy Robredo Round of 16 03.  Nicolás Almagro final 04th  Fernando Verdasco victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Feliciano López Round of 16 06th  Juan Mónaco Round of 16 07th  Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16 08th.  Ivo Karlović 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

J. Isner

4th

7th

6 4

WC

R. Williams

1

2

OLD

D. Brown

6th

6 7

7th

OLD

D. Brown

6th

6th

OLD

D. Brown

3

7th

3

A. Bogomolov junior

4th

6 6

S. Querrey

6th

6 8

6th

S. Querrey

6th

7th

S. Querrey

6th

6th

Q

P. Polansky

4th

6th

4th

7th

L. Hewitt

3

4th

7th

L. Hewitt

6th

3

6th

S. Querrey

3

N. Almagro

w.

O.

3

N. Almagro

6th

6th

OLD

M. Russell

6th

7th

OLD

M. Russell

2

3

D. Gimeno Traver

3

6 2

3

N. Almagro

6th

6th

B. Becker

6th

1

6th

OLD

J. Sock

2

4th

Q

R. Ramírez Hidalgo

1

6th

3

B. Becker

4th

3

OLD

J. Sock

6th

6th

OLD

J. Sock

6th

6th

8th

I. Karlović

1

4th

3

N. Almagro

3

6 4

6th

J. Mónaco

7th

6th

4th

F. Verdasco

6th

7th

S. Devvarman

6 4

2

6th

J. Mónaco

7th

4th

3

Q

R. Harrison

0

1

D. Young

6 4

6th

6th

D. Young

6th

6th

D. Young

6 1

1

WC

S. Johnson

6th

7th

4th

F. Verdasco

7th

6th

OLD

D. Kudla

3

6 4

WC

S. Johnson

0

6th

3

4th

F. Verdasco

6th

4th

6th

4th

F. Verdasco

6th

7th

5

F. López

7th

6th

S. Giraldo

4th

5

Q

R. Ginepri

5

2

5

F. López

3

0

r

WC

M. Baghdatis

6th

2

1

A. González

6th

2

A. González

4th

6th

6th

A. González

3

4th

S. Giraldo

6th

6th

S. Giraldo

6th

6th

M. Ebden

1

2

S. Giraldo

6th

6th

2

T. Robredo

3

4th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   victory 02.  David Marrero Fernando Verdasco   final 03.  Santiago González Scott Lipsky   1 round 04th  Mate Pavić John-Patrick Smith   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

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

6th

N. Monroe D. Young

3

4th

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

3

[12]

M. Ebden S. Groth

6th

7th

M. Ebden S. Groth

2

6th

[10]

K. Skupski, N. Skupski

4th

6 2

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

7th

6th

3

S. González S. Lipsky

5

2

C. Guccione L. Hewitt

5

3

P. Raja D. Sharan

7th

6th

P. Raja D. Sharan

2

4th

C. Guccione L. Hewitt

6th

6th

C. Guccione L. Hewitt

6th

6th

M. Draganja G. Kretschmer

4th

4th

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

4th

6th

[11]

B. Becker R. Junaid

7th

6th

2

D. Marrero F. Verdasco

6th

4th

[9]

WC

S. Johnson S. Querrey

6 1

2

B. Becker R. Junaid

6th

6 1

[9]

S. Giraldo A. González

7th

6th

S. Giraldo A. González

1

7th

[11]

4th

M. Pavić J.-P. Smith

6 7

4th

S. Giraldo A. González

4th

2

OLD

T. de Bakker M. van Gemerden

3

5

2

D. Marrero F. Verdasco

6th

6th

A. Krajicek M. Venus

6th

7th

A. Krajicek M. Venus

3

1

J. Erlich M. Mertiňák

4th

2

2

D. Marrero F. Verdasco

6th

6th

2

D. Marrero F. Verdasco

6th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule for individual qualifications on the ATP homepage