Sport | Tennis |
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Founded | 1952 |
Country | United States Canada |
Most recent champion(s) | Georgia Gwinnett (10th) |
Official website | NAIA.com |
The NAIA men's tennis championships are contested at the annual tournament hosted by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to determine the national champions of men's collegiate tennis among its members in the United States and Canada. Held annually since 1966, three separate championships are contested during the tournament: team, singles, and doubles. [1]
The most successful program has been Redlands, with eleven NAIA national titles. Among active NAIA programs, Georgia Gwinnett has the most titles, with ten.
The current champions are Georgia Gwinnett, who won their tenth national title in 2024.
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Year | Site | Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions | |||||
Champion(s) | Points | Runner(s)-up | Points | ||||||
1952 | Abilene, Texas | Pepperdine | None | Butch Krikorian (San Jose State) | Harvey Grimshaw & Bill Delay (Pepperdine) | ||||
1953 | Hardin-Simmons | S.L. Shofner (Central State) | Carl Nunn & Wayne Miller (Hardin-Simmons) | ||||||
1954 | Redlands | Gene Land (Central State) | Ron Palmer & Jery Boas (Redlands) | ||||||
1955 | Lamar Tech | James Schmidt (Lamar Tech) | Don Coleman & Rafael Reyes (Lamar Tech) | ||||||
1956 | San Diego, California | Lamar Tech (2) | Rafael Reyes & Paul Wilkins (Lamar Tech) | ||||||
1957 | Beaumont, Texas | Lamar Tech (3) | George Nadlay (Lamar Tech) | Pedro Bueno & Paul Wilkins (Lamar Tech) | |||||
1958 | Lamar Tech (4) | Pedro Bueno (Lamar Tech) | James Schmidt & Eugene Saller (Lamar Tech) | ||||||
1959 | Charleston, Illinois | Lamar Tech (5) | Reginald Bennett (Lamar Tech) | John Sharpe & Don Russell (Pan American) | |||||
1960 | Kansas City, Missouri | Lamar Tech (6) | 59 | Pan American | 22 | Rudy Hernando (Lamar Tech) | John Sharpe & Don Russell (Pan American) Reginald Bennett & Tim Heckler (Lamar Tech) | ||
1961 | Pan American | 29 | Southeastern State | 10 | John Sharpe (Pan American) | John Sharpe & Don Russell (Pan American) | |||
1962 | Pan American (2) | 29 | Southeastern State | 11 | Don Russell (Pan American) | Don Russell & Jerry Wortelboer (Pan American) | |||
1963 | Pan American (3) | 31 | East Texas State | 16 | Ken Lang (Pan American) | John Hunter & Ken Lang (Pan American) | |||
1964 | Pan American (4) | 33 | Corpus Christi | 30 | Don Kierbow (Corpus Christi) | Don Kierbow & Gabino Palafox (Corpus Christi) | |||
1965 | Pan American (5) | 29 | East Texas State | 15 | George Kon (Pan American) | Detley Nitsche & Sherwood Stewart (Pan American) | |||
1966 | Redlands (2) | 30 | Corpus Christi | 18 | John Yeomans (Redlands) | John Yeomans & Bill Schoen (Redlands) | |||
1967 | Redlands (3) | 25 | Corpus Christi | 17 | Doug Verdieck (Redlands) | Eduardo Guell & Vincente Zarazua (Corpus Christi) | |||
1968 | Redlands (4) | 34 | Southeastern State | 19 | Doug Verdieck & Bruce Nelson (Redlands) | ||||
1969 | Redlands (5) | 43 | Southeastern State | 32 | Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck (Redlands) George Amaya & Jim Amaya (Prebysterian) | ||||
1970 | Redlands (6) | 44 | Southeastern State | 33 | Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck (Redlands) | ||||
1971 | Redlands (7) | 41 | Presbyterian | 36 | George Amaya (Presbyterian) | George Amaya & Milan Kofol (Presbyterian) | |||
1972 | East Texas State | 37 | Redlands | 35 | Harry Fritz (East Texas State) | Harry Fritz & Bob Hochstadter (East Texas State) | |||
1973 | Redlands (8) | 32 | Presbyterian | 28 | Bob Hochstadter (East Texas State) | Dave Petersen & Tim Butorac (Gustavus Adolphus) | |||
1974 | Redlands (9) | 34 | California Baptist | 33 | Stan Franker (Texas Southern) | Bengt Anthin & John Blomberg (California Baptist) | |||
1975 | Redlands (10) | 30 | Presbyterian | 28 | Dave Petersen | Benny Sims & Glenn Moolchan (Texas Southern) | |||
1976 | Mercyhurst | 39 | Redlands | 27 | Kari Pesonen (Mercyhurst) | Reijo Tuomola & Martin Sturgess (Mercyhurst) | |||
1977 | Flagler | 31 | Southwest Texas State | 24 | Gordon Jones (Flagler) | Gordon Jones & Jim Twigg (Flagler) | |||
1978 | East Texas State (2) | 28 | Atlantic Christian | 25 | Francois Synaeghel (Belhaven) | Jeff Gibson & Bruce Gibson (East Texas State) | |||
1979 | Atlantic Christian | 28 | Gustavus Adolphus | 26 | Garry Seymour (Southwest Texas State) | Mike Puc & Dave Kraus (Flagler) | |||
1980 | Redlands (11) | 36 | Southwest Texas State Gustavus Adolphus | 26 | John Mattke (Gustavus Adolphus) | Tony Mmohe & Bullus Hussaini (Saint Augustine's) | |||
1981 | Southwest Texas State | 36 | Redlands | 31 | Brian Lusson (Southwest Texas State) | Brian Lusson & Bart Bernstein (Southwest Texas State) | |||
1982 | Southwest Texas State (2) | 36 | Redlands | 24 | Chuck Nunn (Southwest Texas State) | Jeff Bramlett & Russell Angell (Southwest Texas State) | |||
1983 | Belhaven | 33 | Lander | 32 | Al Jordan (Southwest Baptist) | Stephen Bonneau & Martin Dyotte (Belhaven) | |||
1984 | Atlantic Christian (2) Southwest Baptist | 29 | Belhaven | 28 | Peter Pristach (Lander) | Kevin Kopp & Gregg Yarbrough (Southwest Baptist) | |||
1985 | Lander | 33 | Flagler | 27 | Martin Dyotte (Belhaven) | Tobias Svantesson & Paul Valois (Flagler) | |||
1986 | Flagler (2) | 33 | Lander | 30 | Tobias Svantesson (Flagler) | Tobias Svantesson & Per Asklund (Flagler) | |||
1987 | Auburn Montgomery | 26 | College of Charleston | 25 | Jeff Skeldon (Auburn Montgomery) | Matt Willson & Eric Girard (College of Charleston) | |||
1988 | Lander (2) | 33 | Texas–Tyler | 30 | Keith Evans (Belhaven) | Per Asklund & Michael Malvebo (Flagler) | |||
1989 | Texas–Tyler | 35 | Auburn Montgomery | 24 | Ken Olivier (Texas–Tyler) | Ken Olivier & Chris Harris (Texas–Tyler) | |||
1990 | Elon | 31 | North Florida | 26 | Roland Thornquist (Elon) | Roland Thornquist & Stefan Hager (Elon) | |||
1991 | Lander (3) | 35 | BYU Hawaii West Florida | 27 | Yue Wang (BYU Hawaii) | Eric Hochman & Geoff Watts (West Florida) | |||
1992 | Lander (4) | 31 | BYU Hawaii | 26 | Niclas Nilsson (Lander) | Sorin Cherebetiu & Andrej Tonejc (West Florida) | |||
1993 | Mobile | 28 | Auburn Montgomery North Florida | 23 | Giorgio Carneade (Lynn) | Mattias Karlsson & Jacques Theron (Mobile) | |||
1994 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Texas–Tyler (2) | 39 | Oklahoma City | 32 | Brock Connolly (Oklahoma City) | Brock Connolly & Fadel Berthe (Oklahoma City) | ||
1995 | Auburn Montgomery (2) | 31 | Oklahoma City | 27 | Jonas Andersson (Incarnate Word) | Jonas Andersson & Javier Ruiz (Incarnate Word) | |||
1996 | Auburn Montgomery (2) | 34 | Mobile | 22 | Ivan Keskinov (Lynn) | Gustavo Silva & Rodrigo Monte (Auburn Montgomery) | |||
1997 | Mobile (2) | 33 | Auburn Montgomery | 26 | Riva DaSilva (Westmont) | Federico Contreras & Ricardo Ferreira (Freed–Hardeman) | |||
1998 | Oklahoma City | 31 | Mobile | 26 | Alfonso Honrado (Oklahoma City) | Alfonso Honrado & Andreas Lundgren (Oklahoma City) | |||
1999 | Boca Raton, Florida | Oklahoma City (2) | 35 | Auburn Montgomery | 30 | Ricardo Mena (Flagler) | Egberto Caldas & Cesar Reano (Oklahoma City) |
NAIA Men's Tennis Championship | |||||
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Year | Site | Team Championship | |||
Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||
2000 | Lexington, Kentucky | Oklahoma City (3) | 6–3 | Auburn Montgomery | |
2001 | Oklahoma City (4) | 5–2 | Georgia Southwestern | ||
2002 | Peachtree City, Georgia | Auburn Montgomery (4) | 5–0 | Vacated | |
2003 | Oklahoma Christian | 5–1 | Azusa Pacific | ||
2004 | Mobile, Alabama | Auburn Montgomery (5) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific | |
2005 | Azusa Pacific | 5–3 | Santa Fe (NM) | ||
2006 | Auburn Montgomery (6) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific | ||
2007 | Auburn Montgomery (7) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific | ||
2008 | Auburn Montgomery (8) | 5–3 | Fresno Pacific | ||
2009 | Fresno Pacific | 5–3 | Auburn Montgomery | ||
2010 | Auburn Montgomery (9) | 5–3 | Fresno Pacific | ||
2011 | Fresno Pacific (2) | 5–1 | Embry–Riddle | ||
2012 | Oklahoma Christian (2) | 5–4 | Fresno Pacific | ||
2013 | Embry–Riddle | 5–4 | Auburn Montgomery | ||
2014 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5–1 | Embry–Riddle | ||
2015 | Georgia Gwinnett (2) | 5–0 | Embry–Riddle | ||
2016 | Georgia Gwinnett (3) | 5–2 | Xavier Louisiana | ||
2017 | Georgia Gwinnett (4) | 5–0 | Xavier Louisiana | ||
2018 | Georgia Gwinnett (5) | 5–0 | Keiser | ||
2019 | Georgia Gwinnett (6) | 5–0 | Xavier Louisiana | ||
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Mobile, Alabama | Georgia Gwinnett (7) | 4–1 | Keiser | |
2022 | Georgia Gwinnett (8) | 4–1 | Keiser | ||
2023 | Georgia Gwinnett (9) | 4–0 | Tennessee Wesleyan | ||
2024 | Georgia Gwinnett (10) | 4–0 | Keiser |
Team | Titles | Years |
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Georgia Gwinnett | 10 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Oklahoma City | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
Mobile | 2 | 1993, 1997 |
Team | Titles | Years |
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Redlands | 11 | 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980 |
Auburn Montgomery | 9 | 1987, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
Lamar | 6 | 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 |
Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 5 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 |
Lander | 4 | 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992 |
Oklahoma Christian | 2 | 2003, 2012 |
Fresno Pacific | 2 | 2009, 2011 |
Texas–Tyler | 2 | 1989, 1994 |
Flagler | 2 | 1977, 1986 |
Barton | 2 | 1979, 1984 |
Texas State | 2 | 1981, 1982 |
Texas A&M–Commerce | 2 | 1972, 1978 |
Embry–Riddle | 1 | 2013 |
Azusa Pacific | 1 | 2005 |
Elon | 1 | 1990 |
Southwest Baptist | 1 | 1984 |
Belhaven | 1 | 1983 |
Mercyhurst | 1 | 1976 |
Hardin–Simmons | 1 | 1953 |
Pepperdine | 1 | 1952 |
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