FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: PREVIEW & DAY 1 MEDIA NOTES Monday, April 4, 2016 River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas, United States | April 4 – 10, 2016 Draw: S-28, D-16 | Prize Money: $577,860 | Surface: Clay ATP Info: Tournament Info: ATP PR & Marketing: www.ATPWorldTour.com http://www.mensclaycourt.com/ Joshua Rey:
[email protected] @ATPWorldTour @mensclaycourt Press Room: +1 713-874-6356 facebook.com/ATPWorldTour facebook.com/mensclaycourt FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP TALKING POINTS FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP: This year's event will mark the 82nd tournament hosted at River Oaks Country Club. The last four winners are in the 28-player field, with reigning champion Jack Sock, 2014 titlist Fernando Verdasco, 2013 champ John Isner, who is the top seed for the second time in three years, and 2012 titleholder Juan Monaco. The other seeds are: No. 2 Benoit Paire, No. 3 Feliciano Lopez, No. 4 Sock, No. 5/two-time finalist Sam Querrey, No. 6 Steve Johnson, No. 7 Marcos Baghdatis and No. 8 Denis Kudla. Overall, there are seven players in the Top 50 Emirates ATP Rankings in the draw. DAY 1 PREVIEW: There are five matches (3 singles, 2 doubles) scheduled on opening day at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. In the first singles match on Center Court Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic, the first player to win a clay court title in 2016 by defending his unbeaten record in Quito (d.