2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
# 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

Cristian Garín defeated Casper Ruud in the final, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 4–6, 6–3, to win the singles tennis title at the 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. The win earned Garín his first career Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles title and made him the first Chilean ATP title holder in ten years. Ruud was also in contention to win his first ATP Tour title after reaching his first final, joining father Christian Ruud as the only two Norwegian players to reach a final at this level.

Steve Johnson was the two-time defending champion, but he lost in the second round to Daniel Elahi Galán.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Steve Johnson (second round)
* Jérémy Chardy (second round)
* Cameron Norrie (second round)
* Reilly Opelka (second round)
* Taylor Fritz (first round)
* Mackenzie McDonald (first round)
* Jordan Thompson (quarterfinals)
* Sam Querrey (semifinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | Daniel Elahi Galán | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Casper Ruud | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Casper Ruud | 7 | 6 | Casper Ruud | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | Cristian Garín | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Sam Querrey | $6^2$ | 2 | Cristian Garín | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| | Cristian Garín | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | S Johnson | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | DE Galán | $7^7$ | 6 | | Q | DE Galán | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | Q | DE Galán | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Giraldo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | J Thompson | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | B Klahn | 4 | 4 | | Q | S Giraldo | 6 | $6^1$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Krstin | 5 | 2 | | 7 | J Thompson | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Thompson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | DE Galán | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Ruud | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | R Opelka | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | $7^9$ | 6 | | | C Ruud | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dellien | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Tomic | $7^{10}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | M Granollers | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | D Kudla | $6^8$ | 5 | | | B Tomic | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Fritz | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | S Querrey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Fratangelo | 3 | 4 | | 8 | S Querrey | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García López | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | G García López | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Rubin | $7^7$ | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | S Querrey | $7^8$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
| WC | J Tipsarević | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | WC | J Tipsarević | $6^6$ | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | T Sandgren | 1 | $6^4$ | | WC | J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Norrie | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Querrey | $6^2$ | 2 |
| 6 | M McDonald | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Garín | $7^7$ | 6 |
| Q | H Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | Q | H Laaksonen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Harrison | 6 | 6 | | | R Harrison | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | H Laaksonen | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Garín | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Garín | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Cuevas | 6 | 4 | 2 | | C Garín | 3 | $7^7$ | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Chardy | 6 | $6^4$ | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Henri Laaksonen (qualified)
* Peter Polansky (first round)
* Christopher Eubanks (qualifying competition)
* Sebastian Ofner (first round)
* Mitchell Krueger (qualifying competition)
* Roberto Quiroz (qualifying competition)
* Marcos Giron (first round)
* James Ward (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Henri Laaksonen
* Peđa Krstin
* Santiago Giraldo
* Daniel Elahi Galán

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | $6^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Tommy Paul | 4 | $7^{10}$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | Tommy Paul | 4 | $7^{10}$ | 4 | 1 | Henri Laaksonen | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Mitchell Krueger | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | Dominik Köpfer | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Mitchell Krueger | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Mitchell Krueger | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Peter Polansky | 4 | 1 | | | |
| | Darian King | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Darian King | 6 | 6 | Darian King | $6^4$ | 5 |
| | | | | Peđa Krstin | $7^7$ | 7 |
| | Peđa Krstin | 6 | 6 | Peđa Krstin | $7^7$ | 7 |
| 7 | Marcos Giron | 4 | 1 | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Christopher Eubanks | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jay Clarke | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Jay Clarke | 3 | 4 | 3 | Christopher Eubanks | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | Alt | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 | Alt | Santiago Giraldo | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | James Ward | 4 | 4 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Sebastian Ofner | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Daniel Elahi Galán | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Daniel Elahi Galán | 6 | 6 | WC | Daniel Elahi Galán | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 6 | Roberto Quiroz | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| WC | JC Aragone | 2 | 0 | 6 | Roberto Quiroz | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Roberto Quiroz | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
