2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

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2022 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
DateApril 4–10
Edition52nd
Category ATP Tour 250
Draw28S/16D
Prize money$665,330
Surface Clay
Location Houston, TX, United States
Venue River Oaks Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Reilly Opelka
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
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The 2022 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.

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It was the 52nd edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and an ATP Tour 250 event on the 2022 ATP Tour. It was originally scheduled to take place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States for April 6 through April 12, 2020, but this edition of the tournament was postponed to April 4 through April 10, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Point and prize money

Point

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles [2] 25015090452001260
Doubles [2] 0

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles$90,495$52,790$31,035$17,985$10,440$6,380$3,190$1,740
Doubles*$31,440$16,820$9,860$5,510$3,250

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Casper Ruud 81
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Fritz 132
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Reilly Opelka 183
Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Isner 224
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Cristian Garín 305
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frances Tiafoe 316
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tommy Paul 377
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jenson Brooksby 398

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Ebden Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Max Purcell 691
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Santiago González Flag of Poland.svg  POL Łukasz Kubot 842
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nick Kyrgios Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Sock 943
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Hans Hach Verdugo Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Krajicek 1014

Other entrants

The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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