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YEARS YEARS

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Championship (USMCCC) Tennis Tournament

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played in Open Era - LANGSTON match-wins in Open Era
CHAMPIONS
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33(2017, 1998, 1982) ’31 Ellsworth Vines,
TILDEN 64 ’33 Frank Parker,
’35 Bitsy Grant,
JIoShNn ER ACES ’55 Tony Trabert,
’59 Bertrand Bartsen,
’60 Barry McKay,
’69 Zeljko Franulovic

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“I was excited
to be in a final,
of course.
I hadn’t made
one in the U.S.

as told to Pete Holtermann

STEVE JOHNSONCATCHINGUPWITH
2017 US MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPION

DEFEATS Steve Johnson was in Australia when the Fayez Sarofim U.S. Men’s Clay Court
Championship began last year. In the span of one week, he flew across the
Dustin Brown | 7-6(12) 6-4 world (though his luggage did not keep up), overcame third set deficits twice
and battled cramps before ultimately lifting the US Clay trophy. We caught up
DEFEATS with our 2017 champion to get the inside story on his title run.

Fernando Verdasco | 6-2 6-4 Sunday night, after the Davis Cup loss (in Brisbane, Australia), you’re kind of
just processing everything and you realize you’re getting on a plane tomorrow.
DEFEATS I remember for me, especially, that Monday morning, making the walk from
terminal to terminal in L.A., I’m only 15 minutes from home. So it was kind of hard
Jack Sock | 4-6 6-4 6-3 for me to get on another plane to Houston. But the event there is so great. The
people are awesome. The club. Anywhere for us in the States feels like that, and
DEFEATS Houston just takes that to another level. We were all excited to go to Houston. it
definitely gave us a little bit more energy than probably going to any other event
Thomaz Bellucci after a tough week in Australia.
6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
I got my bags in LA. They were all there. I re-check them and in the process the
tag rips off. They tried to staple it back on and in my head I’m thinking, ‘There’s
no way this is making it to Houston.’ One bag didn’t make it until the next
morning. My other bag actually missed that first LA flight but somehow came on
the next one. So I waited at the airport for a couple hours for my bag.

My flight was 6 a.m. from Brisbane. I finally got to the hotel in Houston around
6 p.m. I stayed up as much as I could. Went out to dinner and did some work to
try and keep the body as fresh as possible. Then finally went to sleep around 9:30
and slept a good 10 or 12 hours. I was just out.

The next day, we get over the courts and it was a downpour. It was kind of good
because I could take another day here and relax and adjust to the time. So it was
nice to have Tuesday kind of off and refresh the body. And then hit for about an
hour on Wednesday, which was my first time on clay since the French Open.
Then went out on Thursday, just teed it up and fired away.

Thursday defeats Dustin Brown 7-6(12) 6-4
Playing Dustin, you kind of know what you’re going to get, but then on the other
hand you have no idea what you’re going to get. It’s not like a traditional clay

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courter where you’re going to have all of these crazy long rallies. one was going to happen. I knew it was possible, but I didn’t
Dustin kind of takes his shots. He’s flashy. He’s going to serve think about getting into a return game. I wasn’t thinking as clearly
big but make some mistakes. I knew it was going to be kind of as I should have been. I played one good game to break back,
a match where I need to just keep my head about me. Day one and just kind of got through it.
on really any surface and any tournament, this one especially
coming from Australia, you gotta find a way to win. That’s just I cramped a little bit in the game I was returning and I broke
what I did. I was able to win a crazy tie-breaker in the first, back. At 5-all it got up to 40-love and I could start to feel my
got one break in the second and was able to serve it out, legs to lock up. At that point, you’re at the will of your body, not
which was perfect. being able to sit down or not being able to take too much time
between points. At 40-30, my leg was completely locked up.
I was up 5-0 in the tie-break. Then he played a couple good At that point my brain wasn’t quite thinking clearly. (Chair
points. I was serving at 6-2 and took a chance. He swung and hit Umpire) Damian (Steiner) was trying to explain to me what the
a winner, then played a couple good points on his serve. Then rule was. I was just trying to get a grasp of it. I already had one
at 6-5, I doubled. I think 6-all I doubled. Then 7-6, he doubled. time violation. If I had another one, then I miss the serve, then
From that point on nobody lost serve until the last point. After it’s a double fault. I couldn’t take any more time violations.
winning that tie-breaker I was like, ‘OK, I got through that one. That’s what I needed to clarify real quickly.
Let’s put as much as I possibly can into early in this second.
Hopefully I can catch him a little bit of a lull after that breaker At 40-30, I hit that serve. I really think unless he hits it right to
and I can kind of boost my energy a bit.’ I was lucky to break my forehand and I’m able to hit winner I’m not going to be able
early in the second and was able to hold it out. I was able to to win that point. So pretty fortunate that he missed that return.
move on, which is important. I was able to get to the changeover and calm myself down as
much as possible. Just take some deep breaths and focus on
Friday defeats Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-4 tennis and not so much the timing of everything.
I’ve had some good matches against him but I’ve never been able
to get over that edge, across that finish line. I kind of went out I knew I wasn’t going to break the next game, so I figured I had
there with nothing to lose in my mind. Somebody I hadn’t beaten to give myself about five minutes of just trying to calm the body
before on a surface that is probably his favorite, not my favorite. and slow the body down as much as possible to give it all in the
I’m coming from Australia. All these things going against me, so tie-breaker. It’s interesting. The first point I missed a forehand
I went out there with nothing to lose. I played well. I was hitting pretty bad. I went for it, but I wasn’t sure how my body was yet.
my forehand well. I played really well on clay. I played very So I went for a little too much too soon but actually felt ok
smart. I was hitting returns and was moving the ball around and after that.
was sliding and opening the court. Everything seemed to work,
for the most part. I served smart. It was one of my better matches Match point was amazing. To know what I’d overcome in the last
of the year.
45 minutes was definitely exciting. My body was, at that point,
Saturday defeats Jack Sock 4-6 6-4 6-3
It’s interesting when I play Jack. I think it looks kind of ugly in completely out of gas. I was just so happy at the same time and
the beginning because if you can do exactly what you want to
do, we can kind of put each other in such awkward positions so exhausted and so relieved that is was over. It was really just a
you know we just can’t get out of it. He was playing well.
He really enjoys playing on the clay and he adjusts to it really couple moments that I really enjoyed but also wish I could have
quickly. I was able to just kind of find a way to be competitive
early. And then in the third set I was able to take some chances enjoyed more because I was just not feeling 100 percent. After
and it worked out. I just knew if I could keep my head down
and go to battle, that all the hard work and everything that I’ve hitting that last forehand, my hand was cramping. I was
done would pay off. I was able to break back relatively early in
the third, so I still had some time to find my legs and it was great. just glad to be done at that point.
I felt pretty good. My body was tired, but mentally I felt pretty
good, which is most important thing. I was happy to be able to
get through that match in a tough three setter.

Sunday defeats Thomaz Bellucci 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
I was excited to be in a final, of course. I hadn’t made one in
the US. I’ve been to plenty of semis. To make one in Houston,
especially after the crazy week that we had in Australia and
coming back, and playing a guy that is very good on clay, very
comfortable on clay, and has all of his titles on clay, I knew
that he would probably feel more comfortable in the final
than I would.

Against Thomaz, I really served very poorly. I wasn’t playing
great. I started to get a little mentally unstable, more than
usual. I was struggling with that a bit. And was just trying to find
the answers to my game. I played well for most of the week, and
I was just kind of at a loss for words of why that day, of all days,
my game decided to, for about 45 minutes to an hour, decided
to kind of go by the wayside. That was definitely a more stressful
match for me. Being down a break in the third, I didn’t think that

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Former Champions

Year Champion Opponent

1931 Ellsworth Vines Bruce Barnes 1963 Manuel Santana Chuck McKinley 1991 Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson
1932 1964
1933 Wilmer Allison Jake Hess 1965 Roy Emerson Nicola Pilic 1992 Bryan Shelton Jeff Tarango
1934 1966
1935 Frank Parker George Lott 1967 Ramanathan Kr. Cliff Richey 1993 Richey Reneberg Todd Martin
1936 1968
1937 Lester Stoefen Wilmer Allison 1969 Marty Mulligan Nicola Pilic 1994 Magnus Larsson Richey Rene
1938 1970
1939 Bryan Grant Wilmer Allison 1971 John Newcombe Tony Roche 1995 Mikael Tillstrom Richard From
1940 1972
1941 Bryan Grant Wilmer Allison 1973 Cliff Richey Boro Jovanovic 1996 Christian Ruud Jeff Tarango
42-45 1974
1946 Bryan Grant Wilmer Allison 1975 Zeliko Franulovic Rafail Osuna 1997 Jason Stoltenberg Alex O’brien
1947 1976
1948 Wayne Sabin Ernest Sutter 1977 Clark Graebner Cliff Richey 1998 Mariano Zabaleta Xavier Malisse
1949 1978
1950 Frank Guernsey Frank Kovacs 1979 Cliff Richey Clark Graebner 1999 Vince Spadea Jason Stolten
1951 1980
1952 Bobby Riggs Bryan Grant 1981 Rob Laver Bjorn Borg 2000 Magnuss Larsson Roger Federer
1953 1982
1954 Frank Kovaks Bryan Grant 1983 Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle 2001 Andrea Pavel Christian Ruud
1955 1984
1956 Discontinued During War 1985 Rod Laver Bjorn Borg 2002 Michel Kratochvil Wayne Ferreira
1957 1986
1958 Gardnar Mulloy Billy Talbert 1987 Ken Rosewall Cliff Drysdale 2003 James Blake Wayne Ferreira
1959 1988
1960 Jack Kramer Gardnar Mulloy 1989 Harold Solomon Ken Rosewall 2004 Co-Champions Hugo Armando
1961 1990
1962 Frank Parker Billy Talbert Adriano Panatta Vitas Gerulaitis Jiri Novak

Ted Schroeder Billy Talbert Brian Gottfried Ilie Nastase 2005 James Blake Dmitry Tursunov

Bob Falkenburg Ted Schroeder Jose Higueras Gene Mayer 2006 Victor Hanescu Juan Monaco

Art Larsen Vic Siexas Ivan Lendl Eddie Dibbs 2007 Dmitry Tursunov Nicholas Massu

Gardnar Mulloy Art Larsen Guillermo Vilas Sammy Giamalva

Gardnar Mulloy Vic Siexas Ivan Lendl Jose-Luis Clerc

Dick Savitt Ham Richardson Ivan Lendl Paul McNamee

Tony Trabert Vic Siexas Mark Dickson Sammy Gimalva

Ham Richardson Vic Siexas Paul McNamee Anders Jarryd

Herb Flam Mervyn Rose Jimmy Arias Mats Wilander

Barry Mackay Luis Ayala Jimmy Arias Jonas Svensson

Bernard Bartzen Dick Savitt Henri Leconte Michael Chang

Barry Mackay Neale Fraser Magnus Gustafsson Bruno Oresar

Rod Laver Roy Emerson Richey Reneberg Magnus Gust

Rob Laver Roy Emerson

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Singles Champions 1910 - 2017

1910 Melville H. Long 1933 Frank A. Parker 1956 Herbert Flam 1979 Jimmy Connors 2002 Andy Roddick
1911 Walter T. Hayes 1934 Bryan M. Grant Jr. 1957 E. Victor Seixas Jr. 1980 Jose-Luis Clerc 2003 Andre Agassi
1912 Richard N. Williams II 1935 Bryan M. Grant Jr. 1958 Bernard Bartzen 1981 Jose-Luis Clerc 2004 Tommy Haas
1913 John R. Strachan 1936 Bobby Riggs 1959 Bernard Bartzen 1982 Jose Higueras 2005 Andy Roddick
1914 Clarence J. Griffin 1937 Bobby Riggs 1960 Barry MacKay 1983 Jimmy Arias 2006 Mardy Fish
1915 Richard N. Williams II 1938 Bobby Riggs 1961 Bernard Bartzen 1984 Andres Gomez 2007 Ivo Karlovic
1916 Willis E. Davis 1939 Frank A. Parker 1962 Charles R. McKinley 1985 Ivan Lendl 2008 Marcel Granollers
1917 Samuel Hardy 1940 W. Donald McNeill 1963 Charles R. McKinley 1986 Andres Gomez 2009 Lleyton Hewitt
1918 William T. Tilden II 1941 Frank A. Parker 1964 Dennis Ralston 1987 Mats Wilander 2010 Juan Ignacio Chela
1919 William Johnston 1942 Seymour Greenberg 1965 Dennis Ralston 1988 Andre Agassi 2011 Ryan Sweeting
1920 William Johnston 1943 Seymour Greenberg 1966 Cliff Richey 1989 Jay Berger 2012 Juan Monaco
1921 Walter T. Hayes 1944 Francisco Segura 1967 Arthur Ashe 1990 David Wheaton 2013 John Isner
1922 William T. Tilden II 1945 William F. Talbert 1968 Clark Graebner 1991 Jaime Yzaga 2014 Fernando Verdasco
1923 William T. Tilden II 1946 Frank A. Parker 1969 Zeljko Franulovic 1992 MaliVai Washington 2015 Jack Sock
1924 William T. Tilden II 1947 Frank A. Parker 1970 Cliff Richey 1993 Horacio de la Pena 2016 Juan Monaco
1925 William T. Tilden II 1948 Richard A. Gonzalez 1971 Zeljko Franulovic 1994 Jason Stoltenberg 2017 Steve Johnson
1926 William T. Tilden II 1949 Richard A. Gonzalez 1972 Bob Hewitt 1995 Thomas Enqvist
1927 William T. Tilden II 1950 Herbert Flam 1973 Manuel Orantes 1996 Fernando Meligeni
1928 Not held 1951 Tony Trabert 1974 Jimmy Connors 1997 Michael Chang
1929 Emmett Pare 1952 Arthur Larsen 1975 Manuel Orantes 1998 Jim Courier
1930 Bryan M. Grant Jr. 1953 E. Victor Seixas Jr. 1976 Jimmy Connors 1999 Magnus Norman
1931 H. Ellsworth Vines Jr. 1954 Bernard Bartzen 1977 Manuel Orantes 2000 Fernando Gonzalez
1932 George M. Lott Jr. 1955 Tony Trabert 1978 Jimmy Connors 2001 Andy Roddick

Doubles Champions 1910 - 2017

1910 Fred G. Anderson 1933 Jack Tidball 1955 Hamilton Richardson 1977 Pat Cornejo 1998 Grant Stafford
Walter T. Hayes C. Gene Mako Tony Trabert Jaime Fillol Kevin Ullyett
1911 J. Homer Winston 1934 J. Donald Budge 1956 Francisco Contreras 1978 Gene Mayer 1999 Jim Courier
Hugh C. Whitehead C. Gene Mako Alejandro Olmedo Hank Pfister Todd Woodbridge
1912 Harold H. Hackett 1935 J. Gilbert Hall 1957 Ashley J. Cooper 1979 John McEnroe 2000 Leander Paes
W. Merrill Hall Berkeley Bell Neale Fraser Gene Mayer Jan Siemerink
1913 John R. Strachan 1936 Bobby Riggs 1958 Samuel Giammalva 1980 Kevin Curren 2001 Mahesh Bhupathi
Clarence J. Griffin Wayne Sabin Barry MacKay Steve Denton Leander Paes
1914 Nat Browne 1937 John McDiarmid 1959 Bernard Bartzen 1981 Kevin Curren 2002 Mardy Fish
Claude Wayne Eugene McCauliff Grant Golden Steve Denton Andy Roddick
1915 George M. Church 1938 Joseph R. Hunt 1960 Bob Hewitt 1982 Sherwood Stewart 2003 Mark Knowles
Dean Mathey Lewis Wetherell Marting Mulligan Ferdi Taygan Daniel Nestor
1916 George M. Church 1939 Frank A. Parker 1961 Charles McKinley 1983 Mark Edmondson 2004 James Blake
Dean Mathey C. Gene Mako Dennis Ralston Sherwood Stewart Mardy Fish
1917 Charles S. Garland 1940 Robert Harman 1962 Ramsey Earnhart 1984 Ken Flach 2005 Mark Knowles
Sam Hardy Robert C. Peacock Marty Riessen Robert Seguso Daniel Nestor
1918 Charles S. Garland 1941 John A. Kramer 1963 Clark Graebner 1985 Ken Flach 2006 Michael Kohlmann
Sam Hardy Frederick Schroeder Jr. Marty Riessen Robert Seguso Alexander Waske
1919 William M. Johnston 1942 William F. Talbert 1964 Charles McKinley 1986 Hans Gildemeister 2007 Bob Bryan
Sam Hardy William Reedy Dennis Ralston Andres Gomez Mike Bryan
1920 Vincent Richards 1943 Earl Cochell 1965 Clark Graebner 1987 Laurie Warder 2008 Rainer Schuettler
Roland Roberts Robert Kimbrell Marty Riessen Blaine Willenborg Ernest Gulbis
1921 Clifton B. Herd 1944 Francisco Segura 1966 Clark Graebner 1988 Pieter Aldrich 2009 Bob Bryan
Walter T. Hayes William F. Talbert Marty Riessen Danie Visser Mike Bryan
1922 Ralph H. Burdick 1945 Francisco Segura 1967 Clark Graebner 1989 Mikael Pernfors 2010 Bob Bryan
Fred Bastian William F. Talbert Marty Riessen Tobias Svantesson Mike Bryan
1923 Howard Kinsey 1946 William F. Talbert 1968 Bob Lutz 1990 Scott Davis 2011 Bob Bryan
Robert Kinsey Gardnar Mulloy Stan Smith David Pate Mike Bryan
1924 Howard Kinsey 1947 Frederick Schroeder Jr. 1969 Bill Bowrey 1991 Rick Leach 2012 James Blake
Robert Kinsey Jack Tuero Clark Graebner Jim Pugh Sam Querrey
1925 Harvey Snodgrass 1948 Sam Match 1970 Arthur Ashe 1992 Steve DeVries 2013 Jamie Murray
Walter Wesbrook Tom Chambers Clark Graebner David Macpherson John Peers
1926 Lewis N. White 1949 E. Victor Seixas Jr. 1971 Jan Kodes 1993 Rikard Bergh 2014 Bob Bryan
Louis Thalheimer Sam Match Zeljko Franulovic Trevor Kronemann Mike Bryan
1927 John Hennessey 1950 Herb Flam 1972 Bob Hewitt 1994 Richey Reneberg 2015 Ricardas Berankis
Lucien E. Williams Arthur Larsen Frew McMillan Christo van Rensburg Teymuraz Gabashvili
1928 NOT HELD 1951 Hamilton Richardson 1973 Robert Carmichael 2016 Bob Bryan
1929 J. Gilbert Hall Tony Trabert Frew McMillan 1995 Todd Woodbridge Mike Bryan
Frederic Mercur 1952 Grant Golden 1974 Jimmy Connors Mark Woodforde 2017 Julio Peralta
1930 J. Gilbert Hall Arthur Larsen Ilie Nastase 1996 Pat Cash Horacio Zeballos
Frederic Mercur 1953 Bernard Bartzen 1975 Juan Gisbert Patrick Rafter
1931 H. Ellsworth Vines Jr. Grant Golden Manuel Orantes 1997 Mark Merklein
Keith Gledhill 1954 E. Victor Seixas, Jr. 1976 Brian Gottfried Vincent Spadea
1932 George M. Lott, Jr. Tony Trabert Raul Ramirez
Bryan M. Grant Jr.

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Wayne BryanLangston Trophy
2017 Langston Trophy Recipient

The graceful trophy was first presented in 1957 by the insurance firm of Langham,
Langston and Burnett, in the memory of Ernest Langston. An international tennis figure, Mr. Langston
served as the general chairman of the River Oaks Tennis Tournament for eight years and his personal influence was
responsible for attracting the nation’s top-ranked player here.

To carry on the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in the fine tradition of sportsmanship personified by Ernest
Langston is an imposing challenge. It is towards this end that the winners of the trophy strive.

Langston Trophy Recipients 1957-2017

1957 Barry MacKay 1975 Vijay Amritraj 1988 Sammy Giammalva 2004 Jiri Novak
1958 Don Candy 1976 Vitas Gerulaitis Jonas Svensson 2005 James Blake
1959 Billy Talbert 1977 John Alexander 1989 Magnus Gustafsson 2006 Pete Sampras
1960 Roy Emerson 1978 Brian Gottfried 1990 Henri Leconte 2007 Dmitry Tursunov
1961 Wolfgang Stuck 1979 Manuel Orantes 1991 Richey Reneberg 2008 James & Thomas Blake
1962 Chuck McKinley 1980 Jamie Fillol 1992 Bjorn Borg 2009 Lleyton Hewitt
1963 Manuel Santana 1981 Eddie Dibbs 1993 Todd Martin 2010 Bob Bryan
1964 Rafael Osuna 1982 Peter McNamara 1994 Jimmy Connors Mike Bryan
1965 Ramanathan Krishnan 1983 Bill Scanlon 1995 Jason Stoltenberg 2011 John Isner
1966 Marty Mulligan 1984 Paul McNamee 1996 Luke Jensen 2012 Ryan Sweeting
1967 Butch Seewagen 1985 Mats Wilander Murphy Jensen 2013 Van Barry
1968 Rafael Osuna 1986 Yannick Noah 1997 Boris Becker 2014 Fernando Verdasco
1969 Stan Smith 1987 Jimmy Arias 1998 Steve Bryan 2015 Sam Querrey
1970 Clark Graebner Peter Lundgren 1999 Rod Laver 2016 Feliciano Lopez
1971 Frank Froehling Bruno Oresar 2000 Richey Reneberg 2017 Wayne Bryan
1972 Roger Taylor Mikael Pernfors 2001 Roy Emerson
1973 Fred Stolle Derrick Rostagno 2002 Fred Stolle
1974 Bjorn Borg Jonas Svensson 2003 Wayne Ferreira

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