Tommy Paul, currently the third-ranked American men’s tennis player

The results for the US Men’s Clay Court Championshipsin Tennis are [4] Tommy Paul (USA) d. Roman Andres Burruchaga (Argentina) 61 36 75. The final took place last Sunday, April 5, 2026 at the River Oaks Country Club.

Sunday’s championship match marked the first career meeting between the two 2026 US Clay finalists, Tommy Paul and Roman Andres Burruchaga. Paul saved three match points to win his first US Clay title at the site of his first-ever ATP Tour match win in 2016, and he became the fifth consecutive American player to win the US Clay title, following Reilly Opelka (2022), Frances Tiafoe (2023), Ben Shelton (2024), and Jenson Brooksby (2025). The win marks his 5th ATP title in nine finals, and first on clay. This was also Paul’s second ATP final of the year, having finished runner-up earlier this season in Delray Beach. With the victory, Paul re-enters the top 20 for the first time since last October, rising to No. 18 in next week’s ATP rankings.

In Doubles action, Ben Shelton and partner Andres Andrade, a wildcard team entry, won their first ATP doubles title on Sunday, defeating the top-seeded Brazilian team of Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos, 46 63 10-6. Shelton and Andrade were former collegiate teammates who helped lead the Florida Gators to the program’s first NCAA team title in 2021, and they are now 5-1 as a team, which includes a quarterfinals finish in 2024 and title in 2026.

Wit the victory, Shelton becomes the third player this century to win US Clay singles and doubles titles, joining Mardy Fish (2004, 2006) and Andy Roddick. He’s also the first American doubles champion in Houston since Bob and Mike Bryan won in 2016. Shelton’s father and coach, Bryan, was a River Oaks singles champion himself, winning the 1992 River Oaks International. Andrade is the first Ecuadorian US Clay doubles champion in 40 years, since Andres Gomez won the title in 1986. He’s also only the fifth Ecuadorian man to win an ATP doubles title in Open Era history. Though Andrade represents Ecuador, he has lived in the U.S. for the last 20 years and his mother is a Houston resident.

The 2027 edition of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship will take place from Saturday, March 27 – Sunday, April 4, 2027.