Tennis on Campus (TOC) is the national collegiate club

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league operated by the

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(USTA). The league is played on

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format. 370 colleges throughout the 15 USTA geographical sections nationwide compete in the league. The league's regular season takes place in the fall and spring along with four major tournaments, culminating with the National Championship in

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Competition format

The regular season games are played in

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s which are hosted by individual universities at their campus tennis facilities or a local tennis center. The matches are played in mixed gender

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. * Men's doubles * Women's doubles * Men's singles * Women's singles * Mixed doubles TOC players typically have an NTRP rating of 3.5 to 5.0 and played varsity high school tennis.

Major tournaments

Outside the regular season, there are four major tournaments directly hosted by the

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held seasonally. All four tournaments (Spring and Fall Invitationals, Sectional Championships, and the National Championship) feature free merchandise for the players, and professional photographers. The champions and runners-up of the Sectional and Invitational tournaments earn automatic bids to the National Championship. The four major tournaments are hosted at major or professional tennis centers at rotating venues nationwide.

Sectional Championships

The 15 USTA sections host a championship tournament where their respective sectional teams compete to win their title and trophy.

Spring and Fall Invitationals

The Spring and Fall Invitationals are national tournaments to which 64 schools from random sections are invited based on their seasonal record. The tournaments are typically hosted in

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and

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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic several 2020-2022 tournaments were cancelled. Results by year:

National Championship

The USTA Tennis on Campus National Championship is the pinnacle major tournament hosted in April at the USTA National Campus in

. A pool of 64 schools throughout the nation which were the champions or runners-up of their Sectional Championship or the Fall/Spring Invitational earn automatic bids to Nationals. After the National Championship game is an awards ceremony. The tournament lasts four days, and the matches are

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with live commentary by the USTA.

Results by year

Below are the results of all the National Championships.

Results by school

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.tennisoncampus.com/ Tennis in the United States Sports organizations established in 2000 Exhibition tennis tournaments Tennis leagues in the United States Tennis leagues