Houston

Tommy Paul First Commitment To 2025 US Clay

HOUSTON, November 21, 2024 (Press Release) Tommy Paul has been announced as the first player to commit to play the 2025 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. An Olympic medal winner for Team USA this summer, Paul returns […]

Shelton Secures Houston Title

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 8, 2024 Ben Shelton claimed his second ATP Tour career title, defeated defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in Sunday’s final of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club […]

Houston Awaits All-US-American Final

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 7, 2024 For the tenth time in the Open Era – and the fourth time since the ATP Tour tournament moved to River Oaks in 2008 – two US-Americans will play for the singles title at the Fayez […]

Tiafoe, Shelton Headline Houston Semi-Finals

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 6, 2024 At least one US-American has reached the semi-finals of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 22nd straight edition of the tournament – the event’s entire tenure in Houston. This year, […]

Tiafoe Advances To Houston Quarterfinals

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 5, 2024 Aleksandar Kovacevic from United States played two of the longest matches recorded history (since 1995) of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship this week. His second round loss Thursday to No. 4 […]

Shelton Starts Houston Title Bid With Hard-Fought Win

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 4, 2024 Three US-Americans advanced to the quarterfinals of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Wednesday – No. 1 seed Ben Shelton, No. 5 seed Marcos Giron and 22-year-old Brandon Nakashima.  First ATP Tour QF on clay […]

Galan Wins Longest Tie-Break In U.S. Clay Houston History

HOUSTON/STARNBERG, April 3, 2024 Tournament history at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship was broken twice on Stadium Court in two different matches on Tuesday with both the longest tie-breaker played (by score) and the longest […]

This Week On The ATP Tour – CW13

STARNBERG, April 1, 2024 It is time for the clay-court season! The ATP Tour switches surfaces from hard to clay with three tournaments across three continents. Ruud to defend Estoril title Norway’s Casper Ruud will try to successfully defend his […]

Trio Of Top 20 Americans Headline Houston Field

HOUSTON, March 7, 2024 (Press Release) A trio of players who have claimed titles already in the 2024 season – Tommy Paul (Dallas), Jordan Thompson (Los Cabos) and Luciano Darderi (Cordoba) – are among the players on the initial entry list for the 2024 Fayez Sarofim […]

Shapovalov Joins River Oaks Field

HOUSTON, February 21, 2024 (Press Release) Canadian Denis Shapovalov will make his Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship debut this year as he has committed to join the field at River Oaks Country Club for this year’s ATP tournament […]