2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
2024 tennis event results
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Ben Shelton defeated the defending champion Frances Tiafoe[1] in the first African-American men’s singles tennis final in the Open Era, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.[2] It was his second career ATP Tour title, and his first on clay. Shelton became the youngest player to win the tournament since Andy Roddick in 2002.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships | |
| Champion |  Ben Shelton |
| Runner-up | Frances Tiafoe |
| Score | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Draw | 28 (4 Q / 3 WC) |
| Seeds | 8 |
The second round match between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Jordan Thompson was the longest recorded match in the tournament's history lasting 3 hours and 34 minutes, with two tiebreaks in the last two sets.[3][4]
Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Ben Shelton (champion)
Francisco Cerúndolo (second round)- Frances Tiafoe (final)
- Tomás Martín Etcheverry (semifinals)
- Christopher Eubanks (first round)
Jordan Thompson (quarterfinals)- Marcos Giron (quarterfinals)
- Max Purcell (second round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ben Shelton
| 64 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Tomás Martín Etcheverry
| 77 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | Ben Shelton
| 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Frances Tiafoe
| 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Frances Tiafoe
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
 Luciano Darderi
| 2 | 62 | |||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | B Shelton
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | P Kypson
| 65 | 3 |  Z Bergs
| 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Bergs
| 77 | 6 | 1 | B Shelton
| 7 | 711 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 D Ajduković
| 1 | 4 | B Nakashima
| 5 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Nakashima
| 6 | 6 | B Nakashima
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Hijikata
| 77 | 77 | R Hijikata
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | C Eubanks
| 64 | 62 | 1 | B Shelton
| 64 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | TM Etcheverry
| 77 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | TM Etcheverry
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 DE Galán
| 715 | 6 | DE Galán
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Paire
| 613 | 4 | 4 | TM Etcheverry
| 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Mmoh
| 6 | 77 | WC | M Mmoh
| 3 | 1r | ||||||||||||||||||||
 JP Varillas
| 2 | 64 | WC | M Mmoh
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Michelsen
| 5 | 77 | 4 | 8 | M Purcell
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | M Purcell
| 7 | 64 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | J Thompson
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  Y Wu
| 4 | 4 | 6 | J Thompson
| 4 | 77 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Kokkinakis
| 63 | 77 | 4 | A Kovacevic
| 6 | 61 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kovacevic
| 77 | 62 | 6 | 6 | J Thompson
| 68 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Brouwer
| 3 | 3 | 3 | F Tiafoe
| 710 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Duckworth
| 6 | 6 | J Duckworth
| 2 | 77 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | F Tiafoe
| 6 | 64 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | F Tiafoe
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | M Giron
| 6 | 7 | L Darderi
| 2 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  D Shapovalov
| 2 | 5 | 7 | M Giron
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  A Ritschard
| 3 | 6 | 4 | JJ Wolf
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JJ Wolf
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | M Giron
| 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Darderi
| 3 | 77 | 6 | L Darderi
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | D Kudla
| 6 | 63 | 2 | L Darderi
| 6 | 2 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | F Cerúndolo
| 4 | 6 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
Gabriel Diallo (first round)- Patrick Kypson (qualified)
Valentin Vacherot (qualifying competition)
Denis Yevseyev (qualifying competition)
Alexander Ritschard (qualified)
Gijs Brouwer (qualified)
Clément Tabur (first round)- Martin Damm (first round)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gabriel Diallo
| 64 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Mitchell Krueger
| 77 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Krueger
| 3 | 67 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Gijs Brouwer
| 6 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Tristan Boyer
| 0 | 6 | 64 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Gijs Brouwer
| 6 | 3 | 77 | |||||||||
Second qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Patrick Kypson
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC |  Kiranpal Pannu
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Patrick Kypson
| 4 | |||||||||||
| Brandon Holt
| 1r | ||||||||||||
| Brandon Holt
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Martin Damm
| 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
Third qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Valentin Vacherot
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ethan Quinn
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Valentin Vacherot
| 64 | 65 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Alexander Ritschard
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Alt | Alex Rybakov
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Alexander Ritschard
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Fourth qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Denis Yevseyev
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Alt | Stefan Kozlov
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Denis Yevseyev
| 63 | 3 | ||||||||||
| WC | Wu Yibing
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Wu Yibing
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Clément Tabur
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||