2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Date	April 4–10
Edition	43rd
Category	World Tour 250
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$442,500
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Houston, TX, United States
Venue	River Oaks Country Club
Champions
Singles
	Ryan Sweeting
Doubles
	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

The 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 43rd edition of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, and was an ATP World Tour 250 event. It took place at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas, United States, from April 4 through April 10, 2011. Unseeded Ryan Sweeting, who entered the main draw on a wildcard, won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Ryan Sweeting defeated Kei Nishikori, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)

It was Sweeting's only singles title of his career.

Doubles

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated John Isner / Sam Querrey, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Mardy Fish	15	1
USA	Sam Querrey	21	2
ESP	Guillermo García-López	26	3
USA	John Isner	33	4
GER	Benjamin Becker	58	5
JPN	Kei Nishikori	62	6
URU	Pablo Cuevas	67	7
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	70	8

Rankings and seedings are as of March 21, 2011.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry via qualifying:

Withdrawals

Kevin Anderson^[3]
Juan Ignacio Chela (personal reasons)^[4]
Lleyton Hewitt (foot surgery)^[5]
Denis Istomin

References

^ "2011 Houston – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ "2011 Houston – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ Kevin Anderson (April 1, 2011). "messages from Kevin Anderson" (tweet). Official Twitter page of Kevin Anderson. San Francisco, USA: Twitter. Retrieved April 1, 2011. Unfortunately not going competing in #Houston this year for @mensclaycourt.
^ "Fish Comes To Houston As U.S. No. 1; Sweeting Granted Final Wild Card". atpworldtour.com. Houston, USA: Association of Tennis Professionals. 2011-03-31. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
^ "Harrison Joins Field; Doubles Teams Announced". mensclaycourt.com. Houston, Texas, United States: River Oaks Country Club. March 22, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.