The 2017 DI Men's tennis championship will begin on May 12
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 24-29 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 18-23. The University of Georgia 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 championship 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.
SINGLES
Automatic qualifications (15), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Conference | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| American Athletic | Constantin Schmitz | Tulane |
| ACC | Petros Chrysochos | Wake Forest |
| ASUN | Jack Findel-Hawkins | North Florida |
| Big Ten | Mikael Torpegaard | Ohio State |
| Big 12 | Cameron Norrie | TCU |
| Conference USA | Adam Moundir | Old Dominion |
| Ivy | Victor Pham | Columbia |
| Missouri Valley | Piotr Baranski | Southern Illinois |
| Ohio Valley | Eduardo Mena | Tennessee Tech |
| Pac-12 | Tom Fawcett | Stanford |
| SEC | Nuno Borges | Mississippi State |
| Southern | David Biosca | East Tennessee State |
| Sun Belt | Tuki Jacobs | South Alabama |
| Summit | Razvan Grigorescu | Omaha |
| West Coast | Filip Vittek | San Diego |
At-large selections (49), listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player Name | School |
|---|---|
| Collin Altamirano | Virginia |
| Jordi Arconada | Texas A&M |
| Juan Benitez | Baylor |
| William Blumberg | North Carolina |
| William Bushamuka | Kentucky |
| Gage Brymer | UCLA |
| Jolan Cailleau | Texas Tech |
| Julian Cash | Oklahoma State |
| Jordan Daigle | LSU |
| Hugo Di Feo | Ohio State |
| Aziz Dougaz | Florida State |
| Christopher Eubanks | Georgia Tech |
| Gabriel Friedrich | South Carolina |
| Alex Ghilea | Oklahoma |
| Borna Gojo | Wake Forest |
| Andre Goransson | California |
| Sasha Gozun | South Florida |
| Josh Hagar | Notre Dame |
| Gustav Hansson | Ole Miss |
| Aron Hiltzik | Illinois |
| Maxime Hinnisdaels | Auburn |
| Brandon Holt | Southern California |
| Yuya Ito | Texas |
| Strong Kirchheimer | Northwestern |
| Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | Virginia |
| Florian Lakat | California |
| Thomas Laurent | Oregon |
| Korey Lovett | University of Central Florida |
| Skander Mansouri | Wake Forest |
| Wayne Montgomery | Georgia |
| Mazen Osama | Alabama |
| Spencer Papa | Oklahoma |
| Alfredo Perez | Florida |
| Nathan Ponwith | Georgia |
| Or Ram-Harel | Tulsa |
| Emil Reinberg | Georgia |
| Martin Redlicki | UCLA |
| Mike Redlicki | Arkansas |
| Arthur Rinderknech | Texas A&M |
| Alex Rybakov | TCU |
| Jose Salazar | Arkansas |
| Ronnie Schneider | North Carolina |
| Harrison Scott | Texas |
| Christian Sigsgaard | Texas |
| Timo Stodder | Tennessee |
| Maxime Tchoutakian | Baylor |
| Daniel Valent | Vanderbilt |
| Aleks Vukic | Illinois |
| JJ Wolf | Ohio State |
ALTERNATES*:
| Number | Player Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piotr Lomacki | Miami (Florida) |
| 2 | Johannes Schretter | Baylor |
| 3 | Tyler Lu | Yale |
| 4 | Ryotaro Matsumura | Kentucky |
| 5 | Konrad Zieba | Northwestern |
| 6 | Ronald Slobodchikov | SMU |
| 7 | Harrison O’Keefe | South Carolina |
| 8 | Jathan Malik | Michigan |
*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 | Cameron Norrie | TCU |
| 2 | Mikael Torpegaard | Ohio State |
| 3 | Aleks Vukic | Illinois |
| 4 | Nuno Borges | Mississippi State |
| 5 | Petros Chrysochos | Wake Forest |
| 6 | Arthur Rinderknech | Texas A&M |
| 7 | Christopher Eubanks | Georgia Tech |
| 8 | Alfredo Perez | Florida |
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player Name | School |
|---|---|
| Juan Benitez | Baylor |
| William Blumberg | North Carolina |
| Hugo Di Feo | Ohio State |
| Tom Fawcett | Stanford |
| Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | Virginia |
| Florian Lakat | California |
| Skander Mansouri | Wake Forest |
| Mike Redlicki | Arkansas |
DOUBLES
Automatic qualifications (12), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yates Johnson | Hunter Johnson | SMU | American Athletic |
| Christian Seraphim | Skander Mansouri | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast |
| Jack Findel-Hawkins | Lasse Muscheites | North Florida | Atlantic Sun |
| Mikheil Khmiadashvili | Mason Dragos | Butler | Big East |
| Herkko Pollanen | Mikael Torpegaard | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| Arjun Kadhe | Julian Cash | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
| Simon Freund | Morgan Mays | UC Santa Barbara | Big West |
| Tommy Bennett | David Warren | Rice | Conference USA |
| Charlie Emhardt | Jeffrey Schorsch | Valparaiso | Horizon League |
| Alexander Day | Luke Gamble | Princeton | Ivy |
| Martin Redlicki | Evan Zhu | UCLA | Pacific-12 |
| Jan Zielinski | Robert Loeb | Georgia | SEC |
At-large selections (20), listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player 1 | Player 2 | School |
|---|---|---|
| Mazen Osama | Spencer Richey | Alabama |
| Jose Salazar | Mike Redlicki | Arkansas |
| Maxime Hinnisdaels | Conner Huertas | Auburn |
| Juan Benitez | Will Little | Baylor |
| Filip Bergevi | Florian Lakat | California |
| Spencer Furman | Nick Stachowiak | Duke |
| Johannes Ingildsen | Alfredo Perez | Florida |
| Parker Wynn | Sean Donohue | Louisville |
| Justin Butsch | Jordan Daigle | LSU |
| Hugo Di Feo | Martin Joyce | Ohio State |
| Fabian Fallert | Grey Hamilton | Ole Miss |
| Trevor Foshey | Niclas Braun | Mississippi State |
| William Blumberg | Robert Kelly | North Carolina |
| Spencer Papa | Andrew Harris | Oklahoma |
| Yancy Dennis | Harrison O’Keefe | South Carolina |
| Brandon Holt | Riley Smith | Southern California |
| Reese Stalder | Jerry Lopez | TCU |
| Arthur Rinderknech | AJ Catanzariti | Texas A&M |
| Bjorn Thomson | Connor Curry | Texas Tech |
| Jai Corbett | Henrik Korsgaard | Virginia Tech |
ALTERNATES*:
| Number | Player Name 1 | Player Name 2 | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jathan Malik | Connor Johnston | Michigan |
| 2 | Gergely Madarasz | Ricky Medinilla | Purdue |
| 3 | Christopher Eubanks | Carlos Benito | Georgia Tech |
| 4 | Beck Pennington | Enzo Wallart | Kentucky |
*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 Name 1 | Player Name 2 | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Zielinski | Robert Loeb | Georgia |
| 2 | Martin Redlicki | Evan Zhu | UCLA |
| 3 | Johannes Ingildsen | Alfredo Perez | Florida |
| 4 | Christian Seraphim | Skander Mansouri | Wake Forest |
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player Name 1 | Player Name 2 | School |
|---|---|---|
| Jose Salazar | Mike Redlicki | Arkansas |
| Filip Bergevi | Florian Lakat | California |
| Arjun Kadhe | Julian Cash | Oklahoma State |
| Arthur Rinderknech | AJ Catanzariti | Texas A&M |
