Take a Glance at Prospects for the US Mens Claycourt Championship

Head for Houston, Texas this April 14 to April 20, 2008 because that is where and when the US Men's Claycourt Championship tournament will be conducted. Do get a ticket for the clay surface matches which promise to be very competitive because there is a sizeable pot of prize money at stake – 436,000 US dollars to be exact.

In the past seven years, the US Men's Claycourt Championship used to be hosted at the Westside Tennis Club (also in Houston.) The champion for the 2007 matches was Ivo Karlovic.

One reason men's tennis matches are very exciting to watch (either as a ticket holder or from the comfort of your living room on the TV) is because you never know which new upstart will be able to score an upset and become the next champion to be heralded by world tennis. The 2008 matches are to be played on American red clay courts. Many familiar names in men's tennis have conquered the US Men's Claycourt Championship match surface to emerge as the tournament champions. To name a few, past champions in this tourney were Michael Chang, Andre Agassi, and Jimmy Connors.

If you do manage to get your own ticket for a match at the River Oaks Country Club, you will be gratified to learn that this venue is actually one of the earliest US tennis clubs to be founded and which is still operating up to this date. Just this 2007, the River Oaks Country Club also served as the venue for an exhibition match between Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova. This country club was also the site of the first exhibition match that Pete Sampras had ever played in since 2002, when he retired after winning the 2002 US Open.

Do get a ticket for this 2008 because play for the US Men's Claycourt Championship will probably get more intense (hard as it may be to believe) as more lower-ranking players attempt to snatch the title of Champion from the seeded players. It happened this 2007 to Ivo Karlovic who was originally ranked #108 in the world rankings prior to winning this clay court tournament. Who knows The match for which you bought your ticket might reveal a new upstart in the world of men's clay court tennis players – and you will be there to say you witnessed it all yourself.