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2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

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Singles
2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Ben Shelton
Runner-upUnited States Frances Tiafoe
Score7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 3 WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Ben Shelton defeated the defending champion Frances Tiafoe[1] in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.[2] It was his second career ATP Tour title, and his first on clay. Shelton became the youngest player to win the tournament since Andy Roddick in 2002.

The second round match between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Jordan Thompson was the longest recorded match in the tournament's history lasting 3 hours and 34 minutes, with two tiebreaks in the last two sets.[3][4]

Seeds

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The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. United States Ben Shelton (champion)
  2. Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo (second round)
  3. United States Frances Tiafoe (final)
  4. Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry (semifinals)
  5. United States Christopher Eubanks (first round)
  6. Australia Jordan Thompson (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Marcos Giron (quarterfinals)
  8. Australia Max Purcell (second round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Ben Shelton 64 6 6
4 Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 77 4 4
1 United States Ben Shelton 7 4 6
3 United States Frances Tiafoe 5 6 3
3 United States Frances Tiafoe 6 77
  Italy Luciano Darderi 2 62

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States B Shelton 3 6 6
Q United States P Kypson 65 3 Belgium Z Bergs 6 4 3
Belgium Z Bergs 77 6 1 United States B Shelton 7 711
Croatia D Ajduković 1 4 United States B Nakashima 5 69
United States B Nakashima 6 6 United States B Nakashima 6 6
Australia R Hijikata 77 77 Australia R Hijikata 1 4
5 United States C Eubanks 64 62 1 United States B Shelton 64 6 6
4 Argentina TM Etcheverry 77 4 4
4 Argentina TM Etcheverry 6 6
Colombia DE Galán 715 6 Colombia DE Galán 4 4
France B Paire 613 4 4 Argentina TM Etcheverry 6 0
WC United States M Mmoh 6 77 WC United States M Mmoh 3 1r
Peru JP Varillas 2 64 WC United States M Mmoh 6 7
United States A Michelsen 5 77 4 8 Australia M Purcell 2 5
8 Australia M Purcell 7 64 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Australia J Thompson 6 6
Q China Y Wu 4 4 6 Australia J Thompson 4 77 79
Australia T Kokkinakis 63 77 4 United States A Kovacevic 6 61 67
United States A Kovacevic 77 62 6 6 Australia J Thompson 68 4
Q Netherlands G Brouwer 3 3 3 United States F Tiafoe 710 6
Australia J Duckworth 6 6 Australia J Duckworth 2 77 5
3 United States F Tiafoe 6 64 7
3 United States F Tiafoe 6 77
7 United States M Giron 6 7 Italy L Darderi 2 62
WC Canada D Shapovalov 2 5 7 United States M Giron 6 6
Q Switzerland A Ritschard 3 6 4 United States JJ Wolf 4 3
United States JJ Wolf 6 2 6 7 United States M Giron 0 4
Italy L Darderi 3 77 6 Italy L Darderi 6 6
WC United States D Kudla 6 63 2 Italy L Darderi 6 2 77
2 Argentina F Cerúndolo 4 6 64

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1. Canada Gabriel Diallo (first round)
  2. United States Patrick Kypson (qualified)
  3. Monaco Valentin Vacherot (qualifying competition)
  4. Kazakhstan Denis Yevseyev (qualifying competition)
  5. Switzerland Alexander Ritschard (qualified)
  6. Netherlands Gijs Brouwer (qualified)
  7. France Clément Tabur (first round)
  8. United States Martin Damm (first round)

Qualifiers

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1 Canada Gabriel Diallo 64 66
  United States Mitchell Krueger 77 78
  United States Mitchell Krueger 3 67
6 Netherlands Gijs Brouwer 6 79
  United States Tristan Boyer 0 6 64
6 Netherlands Gijs Brouwer 6 3 77

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2 United States Patrick Kypson 6 6
WC New Zealand Kiranpal Pannu 2 2
2 United States Patrick Kypson 4
  United States Brandon Holt 1r
  United States Brandon Holt 7 1 6
8 United States Martin Damm 5 6 2

Third qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
3 Monaco Valentin Vacherot 3 6 6
  United States Ethan Quinn 6 3 4
3 Monaco Valentin Vacherot 64 65
5 Switzerland Alexander Ritschard 77 77
Alt United States Alex Rybakov 4 4
5 Switzerland Alexander Ritschard 6 6

Fourth qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
4 Kazakhstan Denis Yevseyev 6 6
Alt United States Stefan Kozlov 2 0
4 Kazakhstan Denis Yevseyev 63 3
WC China Wu Yibing 77 6
WC China Wu Yibing 6 6
7 France Clément Tabur 4 4

References

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  1. ^ "Frances Tiafoe Thrills Home Crowd With Houston Title Triumph". ATP Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Ben Shelton beats Frances Tiafoe in US Men's Clay Court Championship final to win title his father once held". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Tiafoe Kicks Off 2024 Title Defense with Deep Three-Set Win". 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Defending champ Tiafoe battles to 'huge' Houston win; Thompson saves 3 MPs, outlasts Kovacevic in record-setting marathon match". 5 April 2024.
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