INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif., following the conclusion of the team championship that runs May 19-24. Stanford will serve as host.
All matches shall be the best of three sets. Regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six games all will be used for all matches.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a record of a minimum of 13 completed singles matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have a record of a minimum of 10 completed doubles matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
| Conference | Player, School | Conference | Player, School |
|---|---|---|---|
| America East | Sven Vloedgraven, Binghamton | Big West | Chris Kearney, UC-Irvine |
| Atlantic Coast | Alex Domijan, Virginia | Conference USA | Marcelo Arevalo, Tulsa |
| Atlantic Sun | Davy Sum, Campbell | Mountain West | Mehdi Bouras, UNLV |
| Big East | Austen Childs, Louisville | Pac-10 | Steve Johnson, Southern California |
| Big Sky | Kiryl Harbatsiuk,Sacramento State | Southeastern | Rhyne Williams, Tennessee |
| Big South | Ivan Salec, Radford | Sun Belt | Enej Bonin, Denver |
| Big Ten | Blaz Rola, Ohio State | West Coast | Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine |
| Big 12 | Austin Krajicek, Texas A&M | Western Athletic | Arthur Surreaux, New Mexico State |
| Player, School | Player, School | Player, School |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Allare, Ohio State | Jose Hernandez, North Carolina | John Peers, Baylor |
| Sekou Bangoura Jr., Florida | Dean Jackson, San Diego | Jaak Poldma, Southern California |
| Artem Baradach, SMU | Jarmere Jenkins, Virginia | Tim Puetz, Auburn |
| Ionut Beleleu, Oklahoma | Jason Jung, Michigan | Eric Quigley, Kentucky |
| Chase Buchanan, Ohio State | Evan King, Michigan | Tennys Sandgren, Tennessee |
| Reid Carleton, Duke | Bradley Klahn, Stanford | Ray Sarmiento, Southern California |
| Raony Carvalho, Texas Tech | Daniel Kosakowski, UCLA | Michael Shabaz, Virginia |
| Ed Corrie, Texas | Alexandre Lacroix, Florida | Sanam Singh, Virginia |
| Drew Courtney, Virginia | Ryan Lipman, Vanderbilt | John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee |
| Henrique Cunha, Duke | Kyle McMorrow, Washington | Luka Somen, Virginia Tech |
| Jeff Dadamo, Texas A&M | Marek Michalicka, Wisconsin | Will Spencer, Georgia |
| Kellen Damico, Texas | Vahid Mirzadeh, Florida State | Finn Tearney, Pepperdine |
| Sadio Doumbia, Georgia | Alex Musialek, Kentucky | Ryan Thacher, Stanford |
| Gonzalo Escobar, Texas Tech | Dennis Nevolo, Illinois | Marcel Thiemann, Ole Miss |
| Javier Garrapiz, Georgia | Daniel Nguyen, Southern California | Tucker Vorster, Ole Miss |
| Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech | Costin Paval, Oklahoma | Pedro Zerbini, California |
| Alternates | ||
| 1. Amit Inbar UCLA | 5. Carlos Cueto, California | |
| 2. Artem Ilyushin, Mississippi State | 6. Devin McCarthy, Ohio State | |
| 3. George Coupland, Mississippi State | 7. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Washington | |
| 4. Casey Watt, Notre Dame |
| Seed | Player, School | Seeds 9-16 | Player, School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Johnson, Southern California | - | Chase Buchanan, Ohio State |
| 2 | Alex Domijan, Virginia | - | Reid Carleton, Duke |
| 3 | Michael Shabaz, Virginia | - | Austen Childs, Louisville |
| 4 | Rhyne Williams, Tennessee | - | Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech |
| 5 | Blaz Rola, Ohio State | - | Bradley Klahn, Stanford |
| 6 | Alexandre Lacroix, Florida | - | Dennis Nevolo, Illinois |
| 7 | Eric Quigley, Kentucky | - | Tim Puetz, Auburn |
| 8 | Henrique Cunha, Duke | - | John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee |
| Conference | Players, School |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Coast | Drew Courtney/Michael Shabaz, Virginia |
| Big East | Austen Childs/Viktor Maksimcuk, Louisville |
| Big Ten | Chase Buchanan/Blaz Rola, Ohio State |
| Big 12 | Jeff Dadamo/Austin Krajicek, Texas A&M |
| Big West | Andre Dome/Alexander Sonesson, Cal Poly |
| Colonial Athletic Association | Jamie Whiteford/Sebastien Vidal, William & Mary |
| Conference USA | Clifford Marsland/Ashley Watling, Tulsa |
| Mountain West | Mehdi Bouras/Bernard Schoeman, UNLV |
| Pac-10 | Bradley Klahn/Ryan Thacher, Stanford |
| Southeastern | Boris Conkic/John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee |
| Sun Belt | Lucas Viel/Romain Bocaert, South Alabama |
| West Coast | Dean Jackson/Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego |
| Western Athletic | Rikus de Villiers/Remi Boutillier, Fresno State |
| Players, School | Players, School |
|---|---|
| *If a student-athlete would have been selected to the championship with two different partners, that student-athlete has the ability to be an alternate in the draw with the other partner. This only comes into play if the student-athlete not listed on both teams is unable to participate. | |
| Tim Puetz/Daniel Cochrane, Auburn | Jason Jung/Evan King, Michigan |
| John Peers/Roberto Maytin, Baylor | Christoph Thiemann/Marcel Thiemann, Ole Miss |
| Christoffer Konigsfeldt/Nick Andrews, California | Matt Allare/Peter Kobelt, Ohio State |
| Henrique Cunha/Reid Carleton, Duke | Jaak Poldma/JT Sundling, Southern California |
| Alexandre Lacroix/Sekou Bangoura Jr., Florida | Ray Sarmiento/Steve Johnson, Southern California |
| Connor Smith/Vahid Mirzadeh, Florida State | Ed Corrie/Jean Andersen, Texas |
| Hernus Pieters/Javier Garrapiz, Georgia | Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia, Texas Tech |
| Kevin King/Juan Spir, Georgia Tech | Jarmere Jenkins/Alex Domijan, Virginia |
| Brad Cox/Eric Quigley, Kentucky | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/Kyle McMorrow, Washington |
| Sebastian Carlsson/Neal Skupski, LSU | |
| Alternates | |
| 1. Nassim Slilam/Alexandre Lacroix*, Florida | 4. Adrien Puget/Alex Brigham, UCLA |
| 2. Nick Meister/Amit Inbar, UCLA | 5. Brennan Boyajian/Jose Hernandez, North Carolina |
| 3. Aleksey Bessonov/Rifat Biktyakov, Oklahoma State | 6. Iain Atkinson/David Hopkins, Wake Forest |
| Seed | Players, School | Seeds 5-8 | Players, School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Conkic/John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee | - | John Peers/Roberto Maytin, Baylor |
| 2 | Drew Courtney/Michael Shabaz, Virginia | - | Henrique Cunha/Reid Carleton, Duke |
| 3 | Jeff Dadamo/Austin Krajicek, Texas A&M | - | Sebastian Carlsson/Neal Skupski, LSU |
| 4 | Hernus Pieters/Javier Garrapiz, Georgia | - | Bradley Klahn/Ryan Thacher, Stanford |

