1959 NCAA Tennis Championships

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1959 NCAA Tennis Championships
DateJune 1959
Edition14th
Location Evanston, Illinois
Venue Northwestern University
Champions
Men's Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Reed
(San Jose State)
Men's Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Crawford Henry /
Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Holmberg
(Tulane)
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The 1959 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 14th annual NCAA-sponsored tournaments to determine the national champions of men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. [1]

Contents

Notre Dame and Tulane shared the team championship, the first such title for both the Fighting Irish and the Green Wave. Both teams finished with 8 points in the final team standings.

Host site

This year's tournaments were contested at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Team scoring

Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.

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References

  1. "NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 8, 2017.