U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Arthur Ashe Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 2-6 , 6-4 , 6-4
1971 Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen 7-6 , 5-7 , 6-3
1972 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 6-2 , 6-3
1973 Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac 6-3 , 6-4
1974 Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6-7 , 6-3 , 6-4
1975 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes Wojciech Fibak Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 7-5 , 6-0
1976 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6-2 , 6-2
1977 Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol Dick Crealy Cliff Letcher 6-7 , 6-4 , 6-3
1978 Gene Mayer Hank Pfister Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis 6-3 , 6-1
1979 Gene Mayer John McEnroe Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 6-4 , 7-6
1980 Kevin Curren Steve Denton Wojciech Fibak Ivan Lendl 3-6 , 7-6 , 6-4
1981 Kevin Curren Steve Denton Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky 6-3 , 5-7 , 7-5
1982 Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan Robbie Venter Blaine Willenborg 6-4 , 7-5
1983 Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6-3 , 6-2
1984 Ken Flach Robert Seguso Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 7-6 , 7-5
1985 Ken Flach Robert Seguso Pavel Složil Kim Warwick 6-4 , 6-4
1986 Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart 6-4 , 6-3
1987 Laurie Warder Blaine Willenborg Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander 6-0 , 6-3
1988 Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken 7-6 , 6-3
1989 Mikael Pernfors Tobias Svantesson Agustín Moreno Jaime Yzaga 6-4 , 4-6 , 7-5
Past finals -- Doubles
The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP World Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts. The tournament began in 1910 when the Western Lawn Tennis Association (a section of the United States Lawn Tennis Association now known as the USTA/Midwest) lobbied the USLTA that a National Clay Court Championship would help promote the establishment of more clay courts in the West. Clay courts were more economical to install and maintain than grass courts, and the hope was that the lower costs associated with court construction would allow for a more rapid expansion of the game. The first National Clay Court Championships were held at the Omaha Field Club with a crowd of 5,000 watching the finals. Participation and play on clay grew as a result of the event and others, and in 1914 the event was moved to the Cincinnati Tennis Club. It has since been played in numerous cities, with long stints in River Forest and Indianapolis, and is today held in Houston, Texas. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour as part of the Grand Prix Super Series of events (1974-1977).