In the final match of the 2019 Division I men's tennis team championships, Texas topped Wake Forest 4-1. The championship is the first for Texas in men's tennis.
Texas does it!
— NCAA Tennis (@NCAATennis) May 19, 2019
A historic win as @TexasMTN defeats Wake Forest 4-1 to win its first #NCAATennis national title!
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The Longhorns earned the spot in the final match after taking down Florida 4-2 in the semifinals. Texas met Wake Forest for the final battle after the Demon Deacons beat UNC in a close 4-3 competition. The tournament began with a field of 64 teams on May 3.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship matches took place from May 16-19 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.
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The matches were regulation dual matches. Three doubles matches consisting of six-game sets were played for one team point, followed by six singles matches, each valued at one team point; played the best of three sets. No-ad scoring was be used and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) was be played at six-games-all. The team winning four or more team points advanced in the championship bracket.
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During the championships, all matches were stopped after the doubles point is decided. All remaining individual matches were stopped once a team winner (four points won) was determined. The score reflected completed matches.
The quarterfinals featured three teams from the ACC, three teams from the Big 12, and then Ohio State of the Big Ten and Florida of the SEC.
Below, you can find participating teams, stats and results from each quarterfinals matchup.
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 4 Wake Forest 4, No. 5 Virginia 2 | Box score | USTA Stream | May 16 - 12 p.m. |
| No. 2 Texas 4, No. 10 TCU 1 | Box score | USTA Stream | May 16 - 2 p.m. |
| No. 9 North Carolina 4, No. 1 Ohio State 2 | Live Stats | The Tennis Channel | May 16 - 5 p.m. |
| No. 3 Florida 4, No. 6 Baylor 0 | Live Stats | The Tennis Channel | May 16 - 7 p.m. |
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 Texas 4, No. 3 Florida 2 | Live Stats | USTA Stream | May 18 - 12 p.m. |
| No. 4 Wake Forest 4, vs. No. 9 North Carolina 3 | Live Stats | The Tennis Channel | May 18 - 4 p.m. |
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 Texas 4, No. 4 Wake Forest 1 | Live Stats | The Tennis Channel | May 19 - 3 p.m. |
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The singles and doubles competition for Division I men's tennis were conducted May 20-25 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida at the conclusion of the team championship on May 19. Participants for the singles and doubles championships were announced on May 13. South Carolina's Paul Jubb won the singles title while UCLA's Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith earned the doubles title.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | POINTS/SCORE | RUNNER-UP | HOST | SITE ATTENDANCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Texas | 4-1 | Wake Forest | UCF | |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 4-2 | Ohio State | Wake Forest | |
| 2017 | Virginia | 4-2 | North Carolina | Georgia | |
| 2016 | Virginia | 4-1 | Oklahoma | Tulsa | |
| 2015 | Virginia | 4-1 | Oklahoma | Baylor | |
| 2014 | Southern California | 4-2 | Oklahoma | Georgia | |
| 2013 | Virginia | 4-3 | UCLA | Illinois | |
| 2012 | Southern California | 4-2 | Virginia | Georgia | |
| 2011 | Southern California | 4-3 | Virginia | Stanford | |
| 2010 | Southern California | 4-2 | Tennessee | Georgia | |
| 2009 | Southern California | 4-1 | Ohio St. | Texas A&M | |
| 2008 | Georgia | 4-2 | Texas | Tulsa | |
| 2007 | Georgia | 4-0 | Illinois | Georgia | |
| 2006 | Pepperdine | 4-2 | Georgia | Stanford | |
| 2005 | UCLA | 4-3 | Baylor | Texas A&M | |
| 2004 | Baylor | 4-0 | UCLA | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 13,041 |
| 2003 | Illinois | 4-3 | Vanderbilt | Georgia | 7,010 |
| 2002 | Southern California | 4-1 | Georgia | Texas A&M | 7,946 |
| 2001 | Georgia | 4-1 | Tennessee | Georgia | 21,855 |
| 2000 | Stanford | 4-0 | Va. Commonwealth | Georgia | 11,089 |
| 1999 | Georgia | 4-3 | UCLA | Georgia | 5,874 |
| 1998 | Stanford | 4-0 | Georgia | Georgia | 7,976 |
| 1997 | Stanford | 4-0 | Georgia | UCLA | 15,899 |
| 1996 | Stanford | 4-1 | UCLA | Georgia | 8,230 |
| 1995 | Stanford | 4-0 | Mississippi | Georgia | 14,395 |
| 1994 | Southern California | 4-3 | Stanford | Notre Dame | 8,185 |
| 1993 | Southern California | 5-3 | Georgia | Georgia | 34,184 |
| 1992 | Stanford | 5-0 | Notre Dame | Georgia | 28,156 |
| 1991 | Southern California | 5-2 | Georgia | Georgia | 30,208 |
| 1990 | Stanford | 5-2 | Tennessee | Southern California | 5,103 |
| 1989 | Stanford | 5-3 | Georgia | Georgia | 14,304 |
| 1988 | Stanford | 5-2 | LSU | Georgia | 12,944 |
| 1987 | Georgia | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia | 12,816 |
| 1986 | Stanford | 5-2 | Pepperdine | Georgia | 10,981 |
| 1985 | Georgia | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia | 16,102 |
| 1984 | UCLA | 5-4 | Stanford | Georgia | 12,408 |
| 1983 | Stanford | 5-4 | Southern Methodist | Georgia | 9,927 |
| 1982 | UCLA | 5-1 | Pepperdine | Georgia | 12,942 |
| 1981 | Stanford | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia | 14,240 |
| 1980 | Stanford | 5-3 | California | Georgia | 12,098 |
| 1979 | UCLA | 5-3 | Trinity (Tex.) | Georgia | 15,655 |
| 1978 | Stanford | 6-3 | UCLA | Georgia | 15,157 |
| 1977 | Stanford | 5-4 | Trinity (Tex.) | Georgia | 16,069 |
| 1976 | Southern California, UCLA | 21 | Tex.-Pan American | 5,770 | |
| 1975 | UCLA | 27-20 | Miami (Fla.) | Tex.-Pan American | - |
| 1974 | Stanford | 30-25 | Southern California | Southern California | - |
| 1973 | Stanford | 33-28 | Southern California | Princeton | - |
| 1972 | Trinity (Tex.) | 36-30 | Stanford | Georgia | - |
| 1971 | UCLA | 35-27 | Trinity (Tex.) | Notre Dame | - |
| 1970 | UCLA | 26-22 | Trinity (Tex.), Rice | Utah | - |
| 1969 | Southern California | 35-23 | UCLA | Princeton | - |
| 1968 | Southern California | 31-23 | Rice | Trinity (Tex.) | - |
| 1967 | Southern California | 28-23 | UCLA | Southern Ill. | - |
| 1966 | Southern California | 27-23 | UCLA | Miami (Fla.) | - |
| 1965 | UCLA | 31-13 | Miami (Fla.) | UCLA | - |
| 1964 | Southern California | 26-25 | UCLA | Michigan St. | - |
| 1963 | Southern California | 27-19 | UCLA | Princeton | - |
| 1962 | Southern California | 22-12 | UCLA | Stanford | - |
| 1961 | UCLA | 17-16 | Southern California | Iowa St. | - |
| 1960 | UCLA | 18-8 | Southern California | Washington | - |
| 1959 | Notre Dame, Tulane | 8 | Northwestern | - | |
| 1958 | Southern California | 13-9 | Stanford | Navy | - |
| 1957 | Michigan | 10-9 | Tulane | Utah | - |
| 1956 | UCLA | 15-14 | Southern California | Kalamazoo | - |
| 1955 | Southern California | 12-7 | Texas | North Carolina | - |
| 1954 | UCLA | 15-10 | Southern California | Washington | - |
| 1953 | UCLA | 11-6 | California | Syracuse | - |
| 1952 | UCLA | 11-5 | California, Southern California | Northwestern | - |
| 1951 | Southern California | 9-7 | Cincinnati | Northwestern | - |
| 1950 | UCLA | 11-5 | California, Southern California | Texas | - |
| 1949 | San Francisco | 7-4 | Rollins, Tulane, Washington | Texas | - |
| 1948 | William & Mary | 6-5 | San Francisco | UCLA | - |
| 1947 | William & Mary | 10-4 | Rice | UCLA | - |
| 1946 | Southern California | 9-6 | William & Mary | Northwestern | - |
