U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

ATP Tour
Location	Houston, Texas United States
Venue	River Oaks Country Club
Category	International Series
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$416,000
Website	ATPTennis.com

The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament held in Houston, Texas. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts. The tournament has been held since 1910 in various locations across the USA.

New Home

The event was held at the Westside Tennis Club from 2001-2007. The event will move across town to the River Oaks Country Club in the River Oaks neighborhood beginning in 2008. On May 8, 2007 the U.S. Tennis Association announced that the River Oaks Country Club will host the tournament staring in 2008, which will keep the event in Houston for several years. Other cities that competed for the event were Atlanta, Georgia, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The tournament pays out US$415,000 with the winner receiving US$65,850. The new venue will feature American red clay courts that were installed in 2005. The stadium capacity is 3,000. Temporary seating for 500 will be installed for the second court.^[1]

In 2007, after a few years being held on the same red clay used at the French Open, the event was held on Har-Tru green clay. In 2008, the event will return to red clay.

Tournament History

The tournament has been held in several different cities over the years:

Indianapolis, Indiana (1969-87)
Charleston, South Carolina (1988-89)
Kiawah Island, South Carolina (1990)
Charlotte, North Carolina (1991-93)
Birmingham, Alabama (1994)
Pinehurst, North Carolina (1995-96)
Orlando, Florida (1997-2000)
Houston, Texas at Westside Tennis Club (2001-2007)
Houston, Texas at River Oaks Country Club (2008-)

Men's singles finals

Houston, Texas - River Oaks Country Club
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008
Houston, Texas - Westside Tennis Club
2007	Ivo Karlović	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4, 6-1
2006	Mardy Fish	Jürgen Melzer	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
2005	Andy Roddick	Sébastien Grosjean	6-2, 6-2
2004	Tommy Haas	Andy Roddick	6-3, 6-4
2003	Andre Agassi	Andy Roddick	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2002	Andy Roddick	Pete Sampras	7-6⁹, 6-3
2001	Andy Roddick	Hyung-Taik Lee	7-5, 6-3
Orlando, Florida
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, North Carolina
1996	Fernando Meligeni	Mats Wilander	6-4, 6-2
1995	Thomas Enqvist	Javier Frana	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Birmingham, Alabama
1994	Jason Stoltenberg	Gabriel Markus	6-3, 6-4
Charlotte, North Carolina
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, South Carolina
1990	David Wheaton	Mark Kaplan	6-4, 6-4
Charleston, South Carolina
1989	Jay Berger	Lawson Duncan	6-4, 6-3
1988	Andre Agassi	Jimmy Arias	6-2, 6-2
Indianapolis, Indiana
1987	Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson	7-5, 6-3
1986	Andrés Gómez	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	Ivan Lendl	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1980	José Luis Clerc	Mel Purcell	7-5, 6-3
1979	Jimmy Connors	Guillermo Vilas	6-1, 2-6, 6-4
1978	Jimmy Connors	Jose Higueras	7-5, 6-1
1977	Manuel Orantes	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	Cliff Richey	6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
1970	Cliff Richey	Stan Smith	6-2, 10-8, 3-6, 6-1