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
