INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 16-19. The University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will serve as hosts.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: Team qualifiers announced for 2019 DI men's tennis tournament
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, with a minimum of four matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
BRACKET: Here's the full bracket for the DI men's tennis team tournament
SINGLES
Automatic qualifications (15), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Conference | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
|
American Athletic |
Alberto Barroso-Campos |
South Florida |
|
Atlantic Coast |
Carl Söderlund |
Virginia |
|
Atlantic Sun |
Nicaise Muamba |
Liberty |
|
Big 12 |
Alex Rybakov |
TCU |
|
Big Sky |
Tim Handel |
Northern Arizona |
|
Big Ten |
JJ Wolf |
Ohio State |
|
Big West |
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran |
UC Santa Barbara |
|
Conference USA |
Sumit Sarkar |
Rice |
|
Colonial |
Felipe Sarrasague |
Elon |
|
Ivy League |
Jack Lin |
Columbia |
|
Pac-12 |
Brandon Holt |
Southern California |
|
SEC |
Nuno Borges |
Mississippi State |
|
Southland |
Josh Sheehy |
Abilene Christian |
|
Sun Belt |
Guanarteme Nuez |
UT Arlington |
|
West Coast |
Gui Osorio |
San Diego |
At-large selections (49), listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player | School |
|---|---|
|
Juan Carlos Aguilar |
Texas A&M |
|
Andy Andrade |
Florida |
|
Alexander Bakshi |
Oklahoma |
|
William Blumberg |
North Carolina |
|
Bar Botzer |
Wake Forest |
|
Alex Brown |
Illinois |
|
Petros Chrysochos |
Wake Forest |
|
Oliver Crawford |
Florida |
|
Maxime Cressy |
UCLA |
|
Daniel Cukierman |
Southern California |
|
Constant De La Bassetiere |
Penn State |
|
Gabriel Decamps |
UCF |
|
Carlos Divar |
Georgia Tech |
|
Andrew Fenty |
Michigan |
|
Alexis Galarneau |
NC State |
|
Axel Geller |
Stanford |
|
Borna Gojo |
Wake Forest |
|
Alastair Gray |
TCU |
|
Joseph Guillin |
UC Santa Barbara |
|
Hady Habib |
Texas A&M |
|
Yuya Ito |
Texas |
|
Paul Jubb |
South Carolina |
|
Aleksandar Kovacevic |
Illinois |
|
Thomas Laurent |
Oregon |
|
Alex Lebedev |
Notre Dame |
|
Dan Little |
Utah |
|
Ryotaro Matsumura |
Kentucky |
|
John McNally |
Ohio State |
|
Mazen Osama |
Alabama |
|
Spencer Papa |
Oklahoma |
|
Victor Pham |
Columbia |
|
Lucas Poullain |
Florida State |
|
Emil Reinberg |
Georgia |
|
Sam Riffice |
Florida |
|
Tim Sandkaulen |
Ole Miss |
|
Johannes Schretter |
Baylor |
|
Harrison Scott |
Texas |
|
Kyle Seelig |
Ohio State |
|
Christian Sigsgaard |
Texas |
|
Benjamin Sigouin |
North Carolina |
|
Keegan Smith |
UCLA |
|
Tanner Smith |
Southern California |
|
Adria Soriano Barrera |
Miami (Florida) |
|
Matias Soto |
Baylor |
|
Timo Stodder |
Tennessee |
|
Laurens Verboven |
Southern California |
|
Matej Vocel |
Oklahoma State |
|
Adam Walton |
Tennessee |
|
Jan Zielinski |
Georgia |
ALTERNATES*:
| Rank | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Giovanni Oradini |
Mississippi State |
|
2. |
Oscar Mesquida |
Arkansas |
|
3. |
Alexandre Rotsaert |
Stanford |
|
4. |
Majed Kilani |
Tulsa |
|
5. |
Ewan Moore |
Tulane |
|
6. |
Jonas Ziverts |
Arizona |
|
7. |
David Volfson |
Cornell |
|
8. |
Govind Nanda |
UCLA |
|
9. |
Charlie Broom |
Dartmouth |
|
10. |
Jason Kros |
Virginia Tech |
*If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible singles player from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list.
Seeds 1-8:
| Rank | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Nuno Borges |
Mississippi State |
|
2. |
JJ Wolf |
Ohio State |
|
3. |
Carl Söderlund |
Virginia |
|
4. |
Alex Rybakov |
TCU |
|
5. |
Paul Jubb |
South Carolina |
|
6. |
Brandon Holt |
Southern California |
|
7. |
Christian Sigsgaard |
Texas |
|
8. |
Aleksandar Kovacevic |
Illinois |
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:
| Player | School |
|---|---|
|
Alberto Barroso-Campos |
South Florida |
|
Petros Chrysochos |
Wake Forest |
|
Oliver Crawford |
Florida |
|
Axel Geller |
Stanford |
|
Borna Gojo |
Wake Forest |
|
Yuya Ito |
Texas |
|
Thomas Laurent |
Oregon |
|
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran |
UC Santa Barbara |
DOUBLES
Automatic qualifications (13), listed alphabetically by conference:
| Conference | Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|
|
American Athletic |
Trey Hilderbrand |
Bogdan Pavel |
UFC |
|
Atlantic Coast |
William Blumberg |
Bo Boyden |
North Carolina |
|
Big 12 |
Sven Lah |
Jimmy Bendeck |
Baylor |
|
Big South |
Henry Patten |
Oli Nolan |
UNC Asheville |
|
Big Ten |
Hunter Tubert |
Martin Joyce |
Ohio State |
|
Big West |
Anders Holm |
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran |
UC Santa Barbara |
|
Conference USA |
Aziz Kijametovic |
Francois Musitelli |
Old Dominion |
|
Ivy Leage |
David Horneffer |
Charlie Broom |
Dartmouth |
|
Northeast |
Matt Kuhar |
Wilson Dong |
Bryant |
|
Ohio Valley |
Hendrik Inno |
Marko Ilic |
Belmont |
|
Pac-12 |
Maxime Cressy |
Keegan Smith |
UCLA |
|
SEC |
Nuno Borges |
Strahinja Rakic |
Mississippi State |
|
West Coast |
Joel Gamerov |
August Holmgren |
San Diego |
At-large selections (19), listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
|
Mazen Osama |
Patrick Kaukovalta |
Alabama |
|
Nathan Ponwith |
Dominik Kellovsky |
Arizona State |
|
Yuta Kikuchi |
Jacob Brumm |
California |
|
Jack Lin |
William Matheson |
Columbia |
|
Duarte Vale |
McClain Kessler |
Florida |
|
Jan Zielinski |
Robert Loeb |
Georgia |
|
Niclas Braun |
Giovanni Oradini |
Mississippi State |
|
Simen Bratholm |
Nick Brookes |
Northwestern |
|
Richard Ciamarra |
Tristan McCormick |
Notre Dame |
|
Alexander Bakshi |
Stefano Tsorotiotis |
Oklahoma |
|
Brandon Holt |
Riley Smith |
Southern California |
|
Axel Geller |
Alexandre Rotsaert |
Stanford |
|
Alastair Gray |
Alex Rybakov |
TCU |
|
Bertus Kruger |
Reese Stalder |
TCU |
|
Timo Stodder |
Preston Touliatos |
Tennessee |
|
Christian Sigsgaard |
Harrison Scott |
Texas |
|
Juan Carlos Aguilar |
Barnaby Smith |
Texas A&M |
|
Parker Wynn |
Bjorn Thomson |
Texas Tech |
|
Cameron Klinger |
Billy Rowe |
Vanderbilt |
ALTERNATES*:
| Rank | Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Brandon Nakashima |
Henrik Wiersholm |
Virginia |
|
2. |
Marius Frosa |
Murkel Dellien |
Wichita State |
|
3. |
Payton Holden |
Ryan Seggerman |
Princeton |
|
4. |
Mathieu Scaglia |
Maxim Tybar |
Oklahoma State |
|
5. |
Brandon Laubser |
Tad Maclean |
Auburn |
|
6. |
Luca Keist |
Constandinos Christoforou |
Charlotte |
|
7. |
Sumit Sarkar |
Eric Rutledge |
Rice |
|
8. |
Daniel Soyfer |
David Volfson |
Cornell |
*If the withdrawing student-athlete was selected by automatic qualification, the next eligible doubles team from that conference will be considered before substituting from the alternate list.
Seeds 1-4:
| Rank | Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Sven Lah |
Jimmy Bendeck |
Baylor |
|
2. |
Maxime Cressy |
Keegan Smith |
UCLA |
|
3. |
Nuno Borges |
Strahinja Rakic |
Mississippi State |
|
4. |
Henry Patten |
Oli Nolan |
UNC Asheville |
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
| Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
|
Christian Sigsgaard |
Harrison Scott |
Texas |
|
Timo Stodder |
Preston Touliatos |
Tennessee |
|
Cameron Klinger |
Billy Rowe |
Vanderbilt |
|
Juan Carlos Aguilar |
Barnaby Smith |
Texas A&M |
