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2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships (also known as the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 53rd edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and an ATP Tour 250 event on the 2023 ATP Tour. It took place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States from April 3 through 9, 2023. Champions Singles * Frances Tiafoe def. Tomás Martín Etcheverry, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6) Doubles * Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson def. Julian Cash / Henry Patten, 4–6, 6–4, 0–5 Point and prize money Point Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds *Rankings are as of 20 March 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Steve Johnson * Jack Sock * Fernando Verdasco The following players received entry via the qualifying draw: * Yannick Hanfmann * Tomáš Machá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP World Tour 250 Series
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam/major tournaments, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 tournaments, and ATP 500 tournaments, ATP 500 tournaments. As of 2024 ATP Tour, 2024, the series included 38 tournaments, with 250 ranking points awarded to each singles champion—which accounts for the name of the series. Draws consist of 28, 32, or 48 for singles and 16 for doubles. In 2025 ATP Tour, 2025, the series includes only 30 tournaments after the retirement of three tournaments (Atlanta, Córdoba and Lyon), the downgrade of two (Estoril and Newport) and the upgrade of three tournaments to the 500 level (Dallas, Doha and Munich). Thomas Muster holds the record for most singles titles at 26, while Mike Bryan holds the record for most doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ever to play on the ATP Tour, Isner achieved his career-high singles ranking in July 2018 by virtue of his first Masters 1000 crown at the 2018 Miami Open and a semifinal appearance at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Isner played the longest professional tennis match in history, requiring five sets and 183 games to defeat Nicolas Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over the course of three days. Isner holds the record for hitting the ATP's fastest official serve ever and third-fastest on record in tennis at during his first-round 2016 Davis Cup match. He has the most aces in the history of the ATP Tour, having served 14,470, as of August 31, 2023. Isner retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gijs Brouwer
Gijs Brouwer (; born 14 March 1996) is a Dutch tennis player. Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 114 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 August 2022. Brouwer has won two ATP Challenger doubles titles at the 2021 Puerto Vallarta Open with Reese Stalder and at the 2022 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger with Christian Harrison. Career 2022: ATP & Major debut & top-50 win, top 150 in singles & doubles On his ATP Tour debut at the 2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Brouwer as a qualifier, made the quarterfinals after defeating Feliciano López and J. J. Wolf. He lost to third seed and eventual champion Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals. As a result he made his top 300 debut at world No. 286. In May, Brouwer reached his first Challenger final at the 2022 Tunis Open losing to Roberto Carballés Baena. Brouwer made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open as a qualifier. He rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Krajinović
Filip Krajinović (, ; born 27 February 1992) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018.Filip Krajinović at the Association of Tennis Professionals His best individual result has been a Masters 1000 final, at the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, 2017 Paris Masters. He played a Davis Cup semifinal with the Serbia Davis Cup team, Serbian national team. His ATP Tour debut came at the 2009 Serbia Open – Singles, 2009 Serbia Open. Career Junior career Krajinović started playing tennis in local tennis clinic TK Žak. In 2006, he reached the fourth round of 2006 Orange Bowl, losing to Bernard Tomic.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs (; born 3 June 1999) is a Belgian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 49, achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 265, achieved on 27 November 2023. He is currently the No. 1 player from Belgium. Early life Bergs was born in Lommel. His parents named him Zizou after French football player Zinedine Zidane, whose nickname is Zizou. Professional 2020: ATP Tour debut and first win Bergs made his ATP main draw debut as a wildcard at the 2020 European Open. In the first round, he recorded his first ATP victory by defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in straight sets, before pushing world No. 17 Karen Khachanov to three sets in the second round. 2021: Three ATP Challenger titles, top 200 debut In March 2021, Bergs won his first Challenger title at 2021 Saint Petersburg Challenger, Saint Petersburg. Later that month, he won his second Challenger title at 2021 Play In Challenger, Lille. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosuke Watanuki
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 30 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019. He is currently the No. 6 Japanese player. Career 2016: Junior No. 2 On the junior tour, Watanuki has a career high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved on 21 March 2016. Watanuki was the winner of the 2016 Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, a Grade A event in Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2018–19: ATP & ATP 500 debuts & first win, Maiden Challenger title He made his ATP and ATP 500 debut at the 2018 Citi Open after qualifying. Watanuki first main draw match victory on the ATP Tour came at the 2018 Rakuten Japan Open over Robin Haase as a qualifier. He won his maiden title at the 2019 Kobe Challenger. 2021–22: ATP quarterfinal, Two Challenger titles, Top 150 Watanuki entered the 2021 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser and won his first match against Jaume Munar. He lost to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Вукић, Aleksandar Vukić, separator=" / ", ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 389 achieved on 21 March 2022. Vukic has reached one ATP Tour singles final at the 2023 Atlanta Open. Vukic made his main draw ATP singles debut at the 2018 Sydney International and his Grand Slam debut at the 2020 French Open, after qualifying for both. Early life Vukic was born in Sydney, Australia, and is of Serbian and Montenegrin descent. His parents and older brother left Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and settled in Sydney before Vukic was born. Vukic began playing tennis at the age of 6 and attended Normanhurst Boys High School throughout his upbringing. He later attended the University of Illinois from 2015 to 2018 where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Macháč
Tomáš Macháč (; born 13 October 2000) is a Czech professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 20 on 3 March 2025 and doubles ranking of No. 46 on 30 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Czech player. He won the Mixed Doubles title with Kateřina Siniaková at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics. Early life and background Macháč was born in Beroun, Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemia. He took up tennis after watching his older sister, Kateřina, compete in tournaments. He began training at TK Sparta Prague in Prague from the age of eight. Professional career 2021: First Grand Slam win, top 150 & Olympics debut In March, Macháč won his second ATP Challenger Tour, ATP Challenger singles title at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger II. In August, he reached his second Challenger final of 2021 at the 2021 Svijany Open, Svijany Open where he lost to Alex Molčan in 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Hanfmann
Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in July 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 81, achieved in July 2024. He is known for his powerful serves (up to 143 mph) and groundstrokes. Hanfmann is hearing-impaired, having been so since birth. College career Hanfmann played college tennis at the University of Southern California. Professional career 2017: First career ATP final Hanfmann made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2017 BMW Open after defeating Arthur De Greef and Uladzimir Ignatik in the qualifying rounds. Ranked world No. 273, he upset both Gerald Melzer and Thomaz Bellucci to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to second seed Roberto Bautista Agut. At the 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad, Hanfmann made a sensational run to the final after defeating Facundo Bagnis, third seed and defending champion Feliciano López, eighth seed João Sousa and sixth seed Robin Haase, aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spaniards, Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He was ranked world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, achieved in April 2009, and world No. 8 in men's doubles, achieved in November 2013. Verdasco won seven singles titles on the ATP Tour, and reached a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles semifinal at the 2009 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2009 Australian Open. He also won eight Doubles tennis, doubles titles, including the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles, 2013 ATP World Tour Finals partnering David Marrero. In singles, Verdasco was a finalist at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles, 2010 Monte-Carlo Masters, reached the quarterfinals twice at the US Open (tennis), US Open in 2009 and 2010, and reached the quarterfinals at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where he led eventual champion And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sock
Jack Sock (born September 24, 1992) is an American former professional tennis doubles and a current pickleball player. He won four career singles titles and 17 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and had career-high tennis rankings of world No. 8 in singles (on 20 November 2017) and world No. 2 in doubles (on 10 September 2018). Sock won four major doubles tennis titles: one in mixed doubles at the 2011 US Open partnering with Melanie Oudin, and three in men's doubles, first at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships partnering with Vasek Pospisil, and then in the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 US Open partnering with Mike Bryan. Sock also won the 2018 ATP Finals doubles title partnering with Bryan. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sock won both a gold medal in mixed doubles partnering with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and a bronze medal in men's doubles partnering with Steve Johnson. In tennis singles, Sock is a former junior US Open champion, victor at the 2017 Paris Masters, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Johnson (tennis)
Steve Johnson Jr. (born December 24, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. He had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 achieved on July 25, 2016, and a doubles ranking of world No. 39 achieved on May 23, 2016. For one week in August 2016, Johnson was the top-ranked American in men's singles. He won four ATP Tour and nine ATP Challenger Tour titles, one at Nottingham on grass, twice at Houston on clay, and one at Newport on grass. He won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 Olympics with fellow American Jack Sock. Johnson played college tennis for the USC Trojans. He won the NCAA Men's Singles Championship in his junior and senior seasons (2011–2012), and he was a part of a Trojan team that won four consecutive NCAA Championships. Personal life Johnson's father, Steve Johnson Sr. (died May 11, 2017, aged 58), was a tennis coach at the Rancho San Clemente Tennis and Fitness Club, and his mother, Michelle, is a mathematics professor. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
