Ohio State's Mikael Torpegaard received the No. 1 seed in the 2016 Men's Tennis Singles Championship
INDIANAPOLIS --The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 19-24. The University of Tulsa will serve as host.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
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 qualifications (14), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Conference | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
|
American Athletic |
Roberto Cid |
South Florida |
|
ACC |
Christopher Eubanks |
Georgia Tech |
|
Atlantic Sun |
Jack Findel-Hawkins |
North Florida |
|
Big Ten |
Michael Torpegaard |
Ohio State |
|
Big 12 |
Cameron Norrie |
TCU |
|
Big South |
Sam Matheson |
Liberty |
|
Big West |
Alec Adamson |
UC Davis |
|
Colonial |
Santtu Leskinnen |
UNC Wilmington |
|
Ivy |
Shawn Hadavi |
Columbia |
|
Missouri Valley |
Tin Ostojic |
Wichita State |
|
Pac-12 |
Mackenzie McDonald |
UCLA |
|
SEC |
Diego Hidalgo |
Florida |
|
Southern |
David Biosca |
ETSU |
|
West Coast |
Uros Petronijevic |
San Diego |
At-large selections (50), listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player Name | School |
|---|---|
|
Rishab Agarwal |
Mississippi State |
|
Collin Altamirano |
Virginia |
|
Nicolas Alvarez |
Duke |
|
William Bushamuka |
Kentucky |
|
Julian Cash |
Oklahoma State |
|
Petros Chrysochos |
Wake Forest |
|
Brett Clark |
North Carolina |
|
Dominic Cotrone |
South Florida |
|
Nick Crystal |
Southern California |
|
Mate Cutura |
Mississippi State |
|
Jordan Daigle |
LSU |
|
Hugo Di Feo |
Ohio State |
|
Tom Fawcett |
Stanford |
|
Gabriel Friedrich |
South Carolina |
|
Andre Goransson |
California |
|
Gustav Hansson |
Ole Miss |
|
Jared Hiltzik |
Illinois |
|
Dominik Koepfer |
Tulane |
|
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski |
Virginia |
|
Florian Lakat |
California |
|
Julian Lenz |
Baylor |
|
Axel Alvarez Llamas |
Oklahoma |
|
Benjamin Lock |
Florida State |
|
Piotr Lomacki |
Miami (Florida) |
|
Gergely Madarasz |
Purdue |
|
Skander Mansouri |
Wake Forest |
|
Ryotaro Matsamura |
Kentucky |
|
Quentin Monaghan |
Notre Dame |
|
Wayne Montegomery |
Georgia |
|
Joao Monteiro |
Virginia Tech |
|
Simon Norenius |
North Carolina State |
|
Elliott Orkin |
Florida |
|
Mazen Osama |
Alabama |
|
Alfredo Perez |
Florida |
|
Or Ram-Harel |
Tulsa |
|
Martin Redlicki |
UCLA |
|
Mike Redlicki |
Arkansas |
|
Arthur Rinderknech |
Texas A&M |
|
Alex Rybakov |
TCU |
|
Ronnie Schneider |
North Carolina |
|
Brayden Schnur |
North Carolina |
|
Ryan Shane |
Virginia |
|
Sam Shropshire |
Northwestern |
|
Austin Smith |
Georgia |
|
Felipe Soares |
Texas Tech |
|
Daniel Valent |
Vanderbilt |
|
Max de Vroome |
Southern California |
|
Shane Vinsant |
Texas A&M |
|
Aleks Vukic |
Illinois |
|
Konrad Zieba |
Northwestern |
Alternates*:
| Number | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Strong Kirchheimer |
Northwestern |
| 2. |
Stefan Lindmark |
Ole Miss |
| 3. |
Gage Brymer |
UCLA |
| 4. |
Aron Hiltzik |
Illinois |
| 5. |
Alexandru Ghilea |
Oklahoma |
| 6. |
Jose Salazar |
Arkansas |
| 7. |
Sam Monette |
Indiana |
| 8. |
Paul Oosterbaan |
Georgia |
*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.
Seeds 1-8:
| Seed | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Mikael Torpegaard |
Ohio State |
|
2. |
Roberto Cid |
South Florida |
|
3. |
Dominik Koepfer |
Tulane |
|
4. |
Aleks Vukic |
Illinois |
|
5. |
Cameron Norrie |
TCU |
|
6. |
Mackenzie McDonald |
UCLA |
|
7. |
Christopher Eubanks |
Georgia Tech |
|
8. |
Ryan Shane |
Virginia |
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player Name | School |
|---|---|
|
Tom Fawcett |
Stanford |
|
Diego Hidalgo |
Florida |
|
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski |
Virginia |
|
Julian Lenz |
Baylor |
|
Benjamin Lock |
Florida State |
|
Skander Mansouri |
Wake Forest |
|
Joao Monteiro |
Virginia Tech |
|
Austin Smith |
Georgia |
DOUBLES
Automatic qualifications (14), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dominik Koepfer |
Chi-Shan Jao |
Tulane |
American Athletic |
|
Brett Clark |
Robert Kelly |
North Carolina |
Atlantic Coast |
|
Jack Findel-Hawkins |
Yannick Zuern |
North Florida |
Atlantic Sun |
|
Herkko Pollanen |
Mikael Torpegaard |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
|
Arjun Kadhe |
Julian Cash |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
|
Tommy Bennett |
David Warren |
Rice |
Conference USA |
|
Shawn Hadavi |
Richard Pham |
Columbia |
Ivy |
|
Hayden Sabatka |
Bart Van Leijsen |
New Mexico |
Mountain West |
|
Alex Alvaro |
Ramon van Flymen |
Eastern Kentucky |
Ohio Valley |
|
Mackenzie McDonald |
Martin Redlicki |
UCLA |
Pacific-12 |
|
Gordon Watson |
Diego Hidalgo |
Florida |
Southeastern |
|
Rogerio Ribeiro |
David Biosca |
ETSU |
Southern |
|
Henry Craig |
Alex Gasson |
Denver |
Summit |
|
Filip Vittek |
Jordan Angus |
San Diego |
West Coast |
At-large selections (18), listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School |
|---|---|---|
|
Korey Lovett |
Mazen Osama |
Alabama |
|
Giammarco Micolani |
Mike Redlicki |
Arkansas |
|
Filip Bergevi |
Florian Lakat |
California |
|
Benjamin Lock |
Marco Nunez |
Florida State |
|
Ben Wagland |
Austin Smith |
Georgia |
|
Jordan Daigle |
Boris Arias |
LSU |
|
Alex Lawson |
Quentin Monaghan |
Notre Dame |
|
Filip Kraljevic |
Zvonimir Babic |
Ole Miss |
|
Axel Alvarez Llamas |
Andrew Harris |
Oklahoma |
|
Maciek Romanowicz |
Tom Fawcett |
Stanford |
|
Luis Valero |
Jack Schipanski |
Tennessee |
|
Arthur Rinderknech |
Jackson Withrow |
Texas A&M |
|
Hugo Dojas |
Felipe Soares |
Texas Tech |
|
Cameron Klinger |
Rhys Johnson |
Vanderbilt |
|
Luca Corinteli |
Ryan Shane |
Virginia |
|
Mac Styslinger |
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski |
Virginia |
|
Andreas Bjerrehus |
Joao Monteiro |
Virginia Tech |
|
Christian Seraphim |
Skander Mansouri |
Wake Forest |
Alternates*:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School |
|---|---|---|
|
Julian Lenz |
Will Little |
Baylor |
|
Brayden Schnur |
Jack Murray |
North Carolina |
|
Sasha Gozun |
Vadym Kalyuzhnyy |
South Florida |
|
Matic Spec |
Felix Corwin |
Minnesota |
|
Yates Johnson |
Hunter Johnson |
SMU |
*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.
Seeds 1-4:
| Seed | Player 1 | Player 2 | School |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Gordon Watson |
Diego Hidalgo |
Florida |
|
2. |
Mackenzie McDonald |
Martin Redlicki |
UCLA |
|
3. |
Brett Clark |
Robert Kelly |
North Carolina |
|
4. |
Luca Corinteli |
Ryan Shane |
Virginia |
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School |
|---|---|---|
|
Korey Lovett |
Mazen Osama |
Alabama |
|
Jordan Daigle |
Boris Arias |
LSU |
|
Arjun Kadhe |
Julian Cash |
Oklahoma State |
|
Cameron Klinger |
Rhys Johnson |
Vanderbilt |