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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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