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Champ Stats: ATP U.S. Clay Court Chps., Houston; Granollers Defends Posted on April 9, 2009
Unheralded Spaniard Marcel Granollers won the US Men's Clay Court Championship last year, shocking top-seeded James Blake in the final. Granollers is back this year, as is Blake who lost in the first round earlier this week.
Blake and Fish were the top two seeds, both losing first round on the red clay.
Andy Roddick (2001-02) and Jaime Yzaga (1992-93) are the only two players to win back-to-back US Clay Court titles. Two other career No. 1s joined Roddick as US Clay Court winners: Jim Courier (1998) and Andre Agassi (2003). The legendary "Woodies," Aussies Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, are the only doubles team to win back-to-back titles in 1994-95:
2008 Marcel Granollers 2007 Ivo Karlovic 2006 Mardy Fish 2005 Andy Roddick 2004 Tommy Haas 2003 Andre Agassi 2002 Andy Roddick 2001 Andy Roddick 2000 Fernando Gonzalez 1999 Magnus Norman 1998 Jim Courier 1997 Michael Chang 1996 Fernando Meligeni 1995 Thomas Enqvist 1994 Jared Palmer 1993 Jaime Yzaga 1992 Jaime Yzaga 1991 Richey Reneberg 1980 Paul McNamee
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