title: 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
text: # 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
  
  The 2019 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 51st edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and an ATP Tour 250 event on the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States, from April 8 through April 14, 2019.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Steve Johnson | 39 | 1 |
  | FRA | Jérémy Chardy | 42 | 2 |
  | GBR | Cameron Norrie | 55 | 3 |
  | USA | Reilly Opelka | 56 | 4 |
  | USA | Taylor Fritz | 58 | 5 |
  | USA | Mackenzie McDonald | 59 | 6 |
  | AUS | Jordan Thompson | 67 | 7 |
  | USA | Sam Querrey | 71 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of April 1, 2019.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Bjorn Fratangelo
  * Noah Rubin
  * Janko Tipsarević
  
  The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:
  
  * Daniel Elahi Galán
  * Santiago Giraldo
  * Peđa Krstin
  * Henri Laaksonen
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * John Isner → replaced by Marcel Granollers
  * Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Paolo Lorenzi
  * Yoshihito Nishioka → replaced by Casper Ruud
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 20 | 1 |
  | USA | Austin Krajicek | NZL | Artem Sitak | 80 | 2 |
  | GBR | Luke Bambridge | GBR | Jonny O'Mara | 93 | 3 |
  | GBR | Ken Skupski | GBR | Neal Skupski | 95 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of April 1, 2019.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Robert Galloway / Nathaniel Lammons
  * Lleyton Hewitt / Jordan Thompson
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Taylor Fritz
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Cristian Garín def. Casper Ruud, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 4–6, 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Santiago González / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi def. Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski, 3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
  