Stanford won the 2019 NCAA Division I women's tennis championship in dominating fashion, beating Georgia 4-0.
To earn a trip the finals, Stanford defeated a rallying North Carolina squad, 4-2. The Cardinal faced a Bulldog team that had earned its semifinal win 4-2 win over Duke.
Bringing home No. 20.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/f4MUsCB5Dl
— Stanford Women’s Tennis (@StanfordWTennis) May 20, 2019
The semifinals and championship matches took place from May 18-19 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, hosted by the UCF and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission. The final were be played at 5 p.m. on Sunday and were aired on the Tennis Channel.
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Quarterfinal recap:
In quarterfinal action Duke beat South Carolina 4-1 to book a ticket to Saturday's semifinals, and Georgia survived a tight semifinal match against Vanderbilt 4-3. On the other side of the bracket, North Carolina and Stanford each defeated their respective opponents 4-1.
The tournament began with a field of 64 teams on May 3.
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All matches will be played as regulation dual matches. Three doubles matches consisting of six-game sets will be 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 will be used and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) will be played at six-games-all. The team winning four or more team points advances in the championship bracket.
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During the championships, all matches were stopped after the doubles point was decided. All remaining individual matches were be stopped once a team winner (four points won) has been determined. The score reflected completed matches.
The semifinals featured two teams from the ACC, one from the Pac-12 and one from the SEC.
Below, you can find participating teams, stats and results from each quarterfinals match-up, as well as how to watch to remaining three games in the tournament
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 7 UCLA vs. No. 2 North Carolina | UNC, 4-1 | USTA Stream | May 17 - 12 p.m. |
| No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 Pepperdine | Stanford, 4-1 | USTA Stream | May 17 - 2 p.m. |
| No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Vanderbilt | Georgia, 4-3 | The Tennis Channel | May 17 - 5 p.m. |
| No. 5 Duke vs. No. 4 South Carolina | Duke, 4-1 | The Tennis Channel | May 17 - 7 p.m. |
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 2 North Carolina | Stanford, 4-2 | USTA Stream | May 18 - 2 p.m. |
| No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 5 Duke | Georgia, 4-2 | The Tennis Channel | May 18 - 6 p.m. |
| MATCH-UP | RESULTS | HOW TO WATCH | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 3 Stanford | Stanford, 4-0 | The Tennis Channel | May 19 - 5 p.m. |
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The singles and doubles competition for Division I women's tennis will be conducted May 20-25 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship on May 19. Participants for the singles and doubles championships were announced in April.
