The surviving eight men's programs converge on Orlando for the 2019 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. Get to know all of the teams right here.

 

Baylor Quick Facts

Record: 25-5

Head Coach: Brian Boland

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 7

NCAA Tournament Results: Utah (4-0), Michigan (4-1), UCLA (4-1)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Johannes Schretter, Matias Soto. Doubles - Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck.

Location: Waco, Texas

Founded: 1845

Enrollment: 17,217

Mascot: Bears

Conference: Big 12

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 22

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2004)

NCAA Singles Champions: 2 (2004, 2005)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-Baylor claimed the 2019 Big 12 Tournament title.

-The Bears lost to Texas in the regular season but came back to beat the Longhorns in the Big 12 finals. 

-The doubles tandem of Jimmy Bendeck (Hollywood, Fla.) and Sven Lah have played more than 30 matches together this year, and qualified for the NCAA doubles tournament.

 

Florida Quick Facts

Record: 24-3

Head Coach: Bryan Shelton

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 4

NCAA Tournament Results: FGCU (4-0), Florida State (4-0), Tennessee (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Andy Andrade, Oliver Crawford, Sam Riffice. Doubles - Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler.

Location: Gainesville, Fla.

Founded: 1853

Enrollment: 55,862

Mascot: Gators

Conference: SEC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 29

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Semifinals (2000, 2005)

NCAA Singles Champions: 2 (1994, 1999)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 1 (1993)

-Florida was the SEC regular season champions. At times during the year, the singles lineup featured a combination of five freshmen and sophomores.

-Two of UF's regular season losses came indoors. It defeated Tennessee during the year, lost to the Volunteers in the SEC semifinals, then topped them in the NCAA Round of 16.

-Sophomore Oliver Crawford (Spartanburg, S.C.) is on the 2019 SEC Community Service Team and ranked in the ATP Top 600.

-Freshman Sam Riffice (Orlando, Fla.) is ranked in the ATP Top 600, and his mother, Lori, is a coach for USTA Player Development at the USTA National Campus. 

 

North Carolina Quick Facts

Record: 21-6

Head Coach: Sam Paul

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 9

NCAA Tournament Results: Navy (4-0), Georgia (4-1), USC (4-1)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - William Blumberg, Benjamin Sigouin. Doubles - William Blumberg and Bo Boyden.

Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.

Founded: 1789

Enrollment: 29,469

Mascot: Tar Heels

Conference: ACC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 26

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Finals (2017)

NCAA Singles Champions: 0

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-Head coach Sam Paul is in his 26th season as the leader of the Tar Heels, and is the winningest active coach in the ACC.

-UNC went 13-0 in home dual-matches in 2019.

-Junior William Blumberg (Greenwich, Conn.) was an NCAA singles quarterfinalist last year, and is ranked inside the ATP Top 400. 

 

 

Ohio State Quick Facts

Record: 32-2

Head Coach: Ty Tucker

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 1

NCAA Tournament Results: Cleveland State (4-0), Vanderbilt (4-0), Columbia (4-1)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - JJ Wolf, John McNally, Kyle Seelig. Doubles - Hunter Tubert and Martin Joyce.

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Founded: 1870

Enrollment: 61,170

Mascot: Buckeyes

Conference: Big Ten

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 20

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Finals (2009, 2018)

NCAA Singles Champions: 1 (2013)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 1 (2012)

-Head coach Ty Tucker is a 14-time Big Ten Coach of the Year winner and led his team to the Big Ten regular season and conference championships in 2019.

-OSU won the 2019 ITA National Indoor Championships, defeating defending NCAA champion Wake Forest in the finals. The Buckeyes lost to the Demon Deacons in the 2018 NCAA title match.

-Junior JJ Wolf (Cincinnati, Ohio) was consistently ranked as the top player in the country for most of the season, and earned the No. 2 seed in the singles tournament. He is ranked in the ATP Top 300.

-Sophomore John McNally (Cincinnati, Ohio) was the 2018 Big Ten Rookie of the Year, and is ranked in the ATP Top 600. 

 

TCU Quick Facts

Record: 22-6

Head Coach: David Roditi

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 12

NCAA Tournament Results: Harvard (4-1), Arizona State (4-1), Mississippi State (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Alex Rybakov, Alastair Gray. Doubles - Alastair Gray and Alex Rybakov, Bertus Kruger and Reese Stalder.

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Founded: 1873

Enrollment: 10,394

Mascot: Horned Frogs

Conference: Big 12

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 29

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Semifinals (1989, 1996, 2001, 2015)

NCAA Singles Champions: 0

NCAA Doubles Champions: 1 (1981)

-TCU head coach David Roditi was a three-time All-American as a player for the Horned Frogs.

-Senior Alex Rybakov (Coral Springs, Fla.) is ranked in the ATP Top 500, and was named the Big 12 Co-Player of the Year for 2019.

-The Horned Frogs defeated top-five program Mississippi State twice in the season, including in the NCAA Round of 16 on the Bulldogs home courts to qualify for Orlando. 

 

 

Texas Quick Facts

Record: 26-3

Head Coach: Bruce Berque

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 3

NCAA Tournament Results: Tennessee Tech (4-0), South Florida (4-1), California (4-0)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Yuya Ito, Harrison Scott, Christian Sigsaard. Doubles - Christian Sigsgaard and Harrison Scott.

Location: Austin, Texas

Founded: 1883

Enrollment: 51,832

Mascot: Longhorns

Conference: Big 12

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 37

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): Finals (2008)

NCAA Singles Champions: 4 (1927, 1929, 1979, 1990)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 6 (last in 2015)

-Texas claimed the Big 12 regular season crown.

-Bruce Berque took over as interim head coach on March 12. He is in his fifth season overall at Texas, and previously served as head coach at Michigan from 2004-14.

-Reached No. 1 in the Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 on March 20.

 

Virginia Quick Facts

Record: 24-4

Head Coach: Andres Pedroso

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 6

NCAA Tournament Results: St. John's (4-0), South Carolina (4-1), Stanford (4-2)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Carl Soderlund.

Location: Charlottesville, Va.

Founded: 1819

Enrollment: 22,805

Mascot: Cavaliers

Conference: ACC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 21

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)

NCAA Singles Champions: 4 (2007, 2008, 2015, 2017)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 3 (2009, 2010, 2013)

-Junior Carl Soderlund (Player of the Year), Brandon Nakashima (Freshman of the Year) and Andres Pedroso (Coach of the Year) swept the ACC postseason awards for the Cavaliers.

-Nakashima hails from San Diego, Calif., and is ranked in the ATP Top 550.

-Virginia won the NCAA title three straight years, went 14-13 in Pedroso's first year as head coach before he helped turn it around this year and get back into the top 10. Pedroso was a USTA Player Development national coach prior to Virginia.

-Senior Henrik Wiersholm (Kirkland, Wash.) missed all of last year with an injury, and was a key member of UVA winning three consecutive titles. 

 

 

Wake Forest Quick Facts

Record: 32-3

Head Coach: Tony Bresky

Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Ranking: No. 2

NCAA Tournament Results: Morgan State (5-0), Kentucky (4-1), Oklahoma (4-1)

Individual(s) Qualified: Singles - Bar Botzer, Petros Chrysochos, Borna Gojo.

Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.

Founded: 1834

Enrollment: 8,116

Mascot: Demon Deacons

Conference: ACC

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 19

NCAA Tournament Best Finish (Prior to 2019): National Champions (2018)

NCAA Singles Champions: 1 (2018)

NCAA Doubles Champions: 0

-Head coach Tony Bresky is in his eight season at the helm of the program. 

-Wake Forest claimed the 2019 ACC regular season and tournament crowns, a year after winning the NCAA championships.

-Senior Petros Chrysochos and junior Borna Gojo split time at the 1-2 singles positions. Chrysochos won the NCAA singles title a year ago, defeating Gojo in the finals.