NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship

The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship is an annual men's college tennis national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for teams in Division I. The tournament crowns a team, individual, and doubles champion. Held every year since 1883 (except 2020), the championship is typically contested in May, and–in recent years–has been held at the same location as the NCAA women's Division I tournaments.

Originally known as the U.S. Intercollegiate Championships, the first championship was held in 1883, 23 years before the founding of the NCAA; Harvard's Joseph Clark won the inaugural singles title. The first NCAA-sponsored tennis tournament, however, would not be held until 1946.

In 1963, the NCAA began to organize separate tournaments for Division I and Division II (then known as the ''University Division'' and the ''College Division''). A tournament for Division III would later be added in 1973.

USC have been the most successful program, with 21 team national titles.

Pre-NCAA Championships

Singles and Doubles Championships (1883–1945)

NCAA Championships

Singles, Doubles, and Team–Points Championships (1946–1976)

Singles, Doubles, and Team–Bracket Championships (1977–present)

*The NCAA was founded in 1906, but the first NCAA-sponsored championship would not be held until 1946.
*Before 1977, individual wins counted in the team's total points. In 1977, a dual-match, single-elimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.

Team titles

Appearances by team

Before 1977, there was no separate team tournament. The national championship was determined by adding up results in the singles and doubles tournaments. Because detailed year-by-year results are not currently available (''for example, the NCAA Men's Tennis Record Book only shows results for 1977 to present'' ), this table shows results only from the team brackets from 1977 to present.

Total columns
* School refers to the current name and branding of the tennis team.
* Conference shows where the school as of the 2025 season.
* Total appearances in the NCAA Tournament since 1977, not counting vacated appearances.
* Total appearances in the top 16 of the tournament
* Total appearances in the quarterfinals
* Total appearances in the semifinals
* Total appearances in the championship match
* National championships

Table entries
* National champion
* National runner-up
* Semifinals
* Quaterfinals
* Round of 16
* Round of 32 (1999 to present)
** Round of 20 (1987 to 1993)
* Round of 64 (1999 to present)
* ''From 1996 to 1998, eight teams were selected to advance directly to the round of 16, while all other teams were placed into regional tournaments to determine the other eight teams.
** Regional finals
** Regional semifinals
** Regional quarterfinals
* South Alabama's participation in the 2001 and 2002 tournaments was vacated by the NCAA. They are not credited for those years in the total columns.

From 1996 to 1998, the eight teams who advanced directly to the round of 16 are marked with an ^x. Since 1999, the top 16 teams have been seeded 1 through 16, and the seeds are marked in superscript.

See also

*NCAA Men's Tennis Championships ( Division II, Division III)
* NAIA Men's Tennis Championship
*NCAA Women's Tennis Championships ( Division I, Division II, Division III)

References

External links

List of NCAA champions

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