For the first time since all of them were even born, there are eight Americans through to the quarterfinals of an ATP event, as Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Brandon Nakashima, Alex Michelsen, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Chris Eubanks, Colton Smith and Jenson Broosky have swept all eight spots in the quarterfinals in Houston.
The last all-American line-up at an ATP event came on the hard courts of Orlando in 1991, which was actually more than five years before any of the Houston quarterfinalists were born.
In Orlando that year, the quarterfinal line-up consisted of Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Brad Gilbert, Derrick Rostagno, Jimmy Arias, David Pate, MaliVai Washington and Chuck Adams.
Agassi would go on to win the title, defeating Rostagno in the final.
More to come…
