INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 14-19. Baylor University 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 minimum of 13 completed singles matches, with six matches in the spring, 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 started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, eight must be completed, with four of the eight matches completed in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
| Automatic Qualifiers (11) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conference | Pair | School |
| American Athletic | Oliver Pramming, Justin Roberts | South Florida |
| ACC | Luca Corinteli, Ryan Shane | Virginia |
| Big Ten | Kevin Metka, Ralf Steinbach | Ohio State |
| Big 12 | Julian Lenz, Diego Galeano | Baylor |
| Ivy | Denis Nguyen, Brian Yeung | Harvard |
| Missouri Valley | Tomislav Gregurovic, Tin Ostojic | Wichita State |
| Pac-12 | Roberto Quiroz, Yannick Hanfmann | Southern California |
| SEC | Ben Wagland, Austin Smith | Georgia |
| Southland | Michael Feucht, Nikita Lis | Lamar |
| Summit League | Henry Craig, Alex Gasson | Denver |
| West Coast | Filip Vittek, Jordan Angus | San Diego |
| Alternates * | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seed | Pair | School |
| 1 | Kyle Koch, Thiago Pinheiro | South Carolina |
| 2 | Cameron Norrie, Trevor Johnson | TCU |
| 3 | Roberto Cid, Sasha Gozun | South Florida |
| 4 | Ian Dempster, Robbie Mudge | North Carolina State |
| 5 | Chris Kipouras, Dovydas Sakinis | Dartmouth |
| 6 | Eddy Covalschi, Josh Hagar | Notre Dame |
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* If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible singles player or doubles team from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list. |
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| Seeds 1-4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seed | Pair | School |
| 1 | Ben Wagland, Austin Smith | Georgia |
| 2 | Roberto Quiroz, Yannick Hanfmann | Southern California |
| 3 | Luca Corinteli, Ryan Shane | Virginia |
| 4 | Mikelis Libietis, Hunter Reese | Tennessee |
| Seeds 5-8 * | |
|---|---|
| Pair | School |
| Julian Lenz, Diego Galeano | Baylor |
| Julian Cash, Florian Lakat | Mississippi State |
| Kevin Metka, Ralf Steinbach | Ohio State |
| Gonzales Austin, Rhys Johnson | Vanderbilt |
| * Listed alphabetically by institution | |
