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2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Final
Champion	Ben Shelton
Runner-up	Frances Tiafoe
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	28 (4 Q / 3 WC)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Ben Shelton defeated the defending champion Frances Tiafoe in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. 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.

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.

Seeds

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

1. Ben Shelton (champion)
2. Francisco Cerúndolo (second round)
3. Frances Tiafoe (final)
4. Tomás Martín Etcheverry (semifinals)
5. Christopher Eubanks (first round)
6. Jordan Thompson (quarterfinals)
7. Marcos Giron (quarterfinals)
8. Max Purcell (second round)

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							Final
	1	Ben Shelton	6	6	6
	4	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	7	4	4
								1	Ben Shelton	7	4	6
								3	Frances Tiafoe	5	6	3
	3	Frances Tiafoe	6	7
		Luciano Darderi	2	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	B Shelton	3	6	6
	Q	P Kypson	6	3					Z Bergs	6	4	3
		Z Bergs	7	6											1	B Shelton	7	7
		D Ajduković	1	4												B Nakashima	5	6
		B Nakashima	6	6					B Nakashima	6	6
		R Hijikata	7	7					R Hijikata	1	4
	5	C Eubanks	6	6																		1	B Shelton	6	6	6
																						4	TM Etcheverry	7	4	4
								4	TM Etcheverry	6	6
		DE Galán	7	6					DE Galán	4	4
		B Paire	6	4											4	TM Etcheverry	6	0
	WC	M Mmoh	6	7											WC	M Mmoh	3	1
		JP Varillas	2	6				WC	M Mmoh	6	7
		A Michelsen	5	7	4			8	M Purcell	2	5
	8	M Purcell	7	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	J Thompson	6	6
	Q	Y Wu	4	4				6	J Thompson	4	7	7
		T Kokkinakis	6	7	4				A Kovacevic	6	6	6
		A Kovacevic	7	6	6										6	J Thompson	6	4
	Q	G Brouwer	3	3											3	F Tiafoe	7	6
		J Duckworth	6	6					J Duckworth	2	7	5
								3	F Tiafoe	6	6	7
																						3	F Tiafoe	6	7
	7	M Giron	6	7																			L Darderi	2	6
	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	7	6											L Darderi	6	6
	WC	D Kudla	6	6	2				L Darderi	6	2	7
								2	F Cerúndolo	4	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Gabriel Diallo (first round)
2. Patrick Kypson (qualified)
3. Valentin Vacherot (qualifying competition)
4. Denis Yevseyev (qualifying competition)
5. Alexander Ritschard (qualified)
6. Gijs Brouwer (qualified)
7. Clément Tabur (first round)
8. Martin Damm (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Gijs Brouwer
2. Patrick Kypson
3. Alexander Ritschard
4. Wu Yibing

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Gabriel Diallo	6	6
		Mitchell Krueger	7	7
									Mitchell Krueger	3	6
								6	Gijs Brouwer	6	7
		Tristan Boyer	0	6	6
	6	Gijs Brouwer	6	3	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Patrick Kypson	6	6
	WC	Kiranpal Pannu	2	2
								2	Patrick Kypson	4
									Brandon Holt	1
		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	6	6
								5	Alexander Ritschard	7	7
	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	6	3
								WC	Wu Yibing	7	6
	WC	Wu Yibing	6	6
	7	Clément Tabur	4	4

References

1. "Frances Tiafoe Thrills Home Crowd With Houston Title Triumph". ATP Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. "Ben Shelton beats Frances Tiafoe in US Men's Clay Court Championship final to win title his father once held". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
3. "Tiafoe Kicks Off 2024 Title Defense with Deep Three-Set Win". 4 April 2024.
4. "Defending champ Tiafoe battles to 'huge' Houston win; Thompson saves 3 MPs, outlasts Kovacevic in record-setting marathon match". 5 April 2024.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw

• 2024 ATP Tour
• U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships