Editors Note : Good for Pete Holtermann . Getting the word out. Save the date. The countdown has begun. Buy your tickets to tennis in Houston. Only 150 days from now. Why are we posting this ? Tennis in America is being run by “undertakers “( they killed the Los Angeles event as well as the Indianapolis tourney among the big ones ) so when you get a hundred year event like “River Oaks ” trying to get the “BUZZ ” going ! Always count on 10sballs.com to help spread the word. The Bryan brothers finish 2014 number one again. They have announced they will be there. There will never be another doubles team in history to achieve their amazing record. They are so much fun to watch the way they move around the court together. Great to hear the dashing Feliciano Lopez will be there too. Buy your tickets now to get the best seats.
There are just 150 days until the first serve of the 2015 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, and the stars of the ATP World Tour are already committing to play the tournament.
Five-time doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan will return to defend their title while 2012 semifinalist Feliciano Lopez will return after compiling his career-best season in 2014.
The 2015 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship will be held April 6-12 at River Oaks Country Club.
The Bryans and Lopez are concluding their 2014 season at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The Bryans will be the top seed for the season-ending championship while Lopez is an alternate in singles.
The Bryans will finish 2014 as the No. 1 team on the ATP World Tour for the 10th time in their career and the sixth straight season. The win in Houston was one of nine titles the California twins claimed in 2014, which brings their career haul to 102. Of those titles, 16 have come at Grand Slams, including this year’s US Open.
Lopez will finish 2014 at a career-high ranking of No. 14. His season was highlighted by a successful grass court campaign in which he won the title at Eastbourne, reached the final at Queen’s Club and the fourth round at Wimbledon. The Spaniard also reached a pair of ATP Masters 1000 semifinals – at Toronto and Shanghai. Lopez will be making his third career appearance in at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship.
In 2014 Fernando Verdasco defeated fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro for the singles title at River Oaks while the Bryans downed Verdasco and David Marrero to win the doubles title.
Classic Series tickets are on sale now for the 2015 tournament. Individual session and the popular Champs Pass tickets will be available on Dec. 1.
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club
In 2015, the River Oaks Country Club will celebrate the 81st professional tournament to be hosted in its historic stadium when the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship is held April 6-12. River Oaks first hosted its own tournament,The River Oaks International, in 1931, and its roster of former champions includes Jack Kramer, Tony Trabert, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Ken Rosewall, Ivan Lendl, Guillermo Vilas and James Blake. Houston is the 23rd city to host the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. The tournament came to Houston in 2001, and has been hosted at River Oaks since 2009. Started in 1910 by the USTA, the 2015 tournament is the 105th competition for the Clay Court Championship. More information is available at www.mensclaycourt.com.
Topics: Bryan Brothers, River Oaks tennis
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