Read the latest news and features from both Tours and watch highlights, hot shots, interviews and features in the 'Latest' section, accessed via the nav bar. View the latest Tour calendars and click through to the tournaments' respective profile pages. in the nav bar), to set alerts and be instantly notified when new content is available about your favourite ATP and WTA players and tournaments.Įasily toggle between ATP Tour & Hologen WTA Tour events, as well as ATP Challenger and WTA 125s, to get the latest live scores, results, stats, draws and schedule. Past finals River Oaks Country Club Singles īill Tilden holds the record for most titles (7).īill Tilden and Frank Parker share the record of most finals (8).Head to the preferences centre (click More. Its Har-Tru clay, of a maroon color, was renewed in 20. The new venue has a stadium with seating for 3,000 with temporary seating for 500 for the second court. But in May 2007, the USTA announced that the tournament would simply move downtown to River Oaks Country Club in the River Oaks neighborhood. Tennis Association sought a new venue and entertained bids from Atlanta, Georgia Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. 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. During the stint in Indianapolis, from 1969 through 1986, the tournament was a combined men's and women's event.įrom 2001 to 2007, the event was held at the Houston Westside Tennis Club. Between 19 it was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour as part of the Grand Prix Super Series of events (1974–1977). It has since been played in numerous cities. Participation and play on clay grew as a result of the event and others, and in 1914, the event was moved to the Cincinnati Tennis Club. The first National Clay Court Championships were held at the Omaha Field Club a crowd of 5,000 watched the finals. Clay courts were cheaper to install and maintain than grass courts, and the hope was that these lower costs would accelerate the growth of the game's popularity. The tournament began in 1910 when the Western Lawn Tennis Association (a section of the United States Lawn Tennis Association now known as the USTA/Midwest) persuaded the USLTA that a National Clay Court Championship would promote the construction of more clay courts in the West. It is the only remaining ATP World Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts. It currently pays out US$474,000 with the winner receiving US$85,900. Founded in 1910, it has been held in nearly two dozen cities, and since 2001 has been held in Houston, Texas. Men's Clay Court Championships is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament.
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