NAIA men's tennis championships

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NAIA men's tennis championships
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Sport Tennis
Founded1952
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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]

Contents

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.

Results

Singles, Doubles, and Team titles (1952–1999)

NAIA Men's Tennis Championship
YearSiteTeam ChampionshipSingles ChampionDoubles Champions
Champion(s)PointsRunner(s)-upPoints
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)
1958Lamar 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)
1961Pan American29 Southeastern State 10 John Sharpe
(Pan American)
John Sharpe & Don Russell
(Pan American)
1962Pan American (2)29Southeastern State11 Don Russell
(Pan American)
Don Russell & Jerry Wortelboer
(Pan American)
1963Pan American (3)31 East Texas State 16 Ken Lang
(Pan American)
John Hunter & Ken Lang
(Pan American)
1964Pan American (4)33 Corpus Christi 30 Don Kierbow
(Corpus Christi)
Don Kierbow & Gabino Palafox
(Corpus Christi)
1965Pan American (5)29East Texas State15 George Kon
(Pan American)
Detley Nitsche & Sherwood Stewart
(Pan American)
1966Redlands (2)30Corpus Christi18 John Yeomans
(Redlands)
John Yeomans & Bill Schoen
(Redlands)
1967Redlands (3)25Corpus Christi17 Doug Verdieck
(Redlands)
Eduardo Guell & Vincente Zarazua
(Corpus Christi)
1968Redlands (4)34Southeastern State19 Doug Verdieck & Bruce Nelson
(Redlands)
1969Redlands (5)43Southeastern State32 Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck
(Redlands)
George Amaya & Jim Amaya
(Prebysterian)
1970Redlands (6)44Southeastern State33 Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck
(Redlands)
1971Redlands (7)41 Presbyterian 36 George Amaya
(Presbyterian)
George Amaya & Milan Kofol
(Presbyterian)
1972East Texas State37Redlands35 Harry Fritz
(East Texas State)
Harry Fritz & Bob Hochstadter
(East Texas State)
1973Redlands (8)32Presbyterian28 Bob Hochstadter
(East Texas State)
Dave Petersen & Tim Butorac
(Gustavus Adolphus)
1974Redlands (9)34 California Baptist 33 Stan Franker
(Texas Southern)
Bengt Anthin & John Blomberg
(California Baptist)
1975Redlands (10)30Presbyterian28 Dave Petersen Benny Sims & Glenn Moolchan
(Texas Southern)
1976 Mercyhurst 39Redlands27 Kari Pesonen
(Mercyhurst)
Reijo Tuomola & Martin Sturgess
(Mercyhurst)
1977 Flagler 31 Southwest Texas State 24 Gordon Jones
(Flagler)
Gordon Jones & Jim Twigg
(Flagler)
1978East Texas State (2)28 Atlantic Christian 25 Francois Synaeghel
(Belhaven)
Jeff Gibson & Bruce Gibson
(East Texas State)
1979Atlantic Christian28Gustavus Adolphus26 Garry Seymour
(Southwest Texas State)
Mike Puc & Dave Kraus
(Flagler)
1980Redlands (11)36Southwest Texas State
Gustavus Adolphus
26 John Mattke
(Gustavus Adolphus)
Tony Mmohe & Bullus Hussaini
(Saint Augustine's)
1981Southwest Texas State36Redlands31 Brian Lusson
(Southwest Texas State)
Brian Lusson & Bart Bernstein
(Southwest Texas State)
1982Southwest Texas State (2)36Redlands24 Chuck Nunn
(Southwest Texas State)
Jeff Bramlett & Russell Angell
(Southwest Texas State)
1983Belhaven33 Lander 32 Al Jordan
(Southwest Baptist)
Stephen Bonneau & Martin Dyotte
(Belhaven)
1984Atlantic Christian (2)
Southwest Baptist
29Belhaven28 Peter Pristach
(Lander)
Kevin Kopp & Gregg Yarbrough
(Southwest Baptist)
1985Lander33Flagler27 Martin Dyotte
(Belhaven)
Tobias Svantesson & Paul Valois
(Flagler)
1986Flagler (2)33Lander30 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)
1988Lander (2)33 Texas–Tyler 30 Keith Evans
(Belhaven)
Per Asklund & Michael Malvebo
(Flagler)
1989Texas–Tyler35Auburn Montgomery24 Ken Olivier
(Texas–Tyler)
Ken Olivier & Chris Harris
(Texas–Tyler)
1990 Elon 31 North Florida 26 Roland Thornquist
(Elon)
Roland Thornquist & Stefan Hager
(Elon)
1991Lander (3)35 BYU Hawaii
West Florida
27 Yue Wang
(BYU Hawaii)
Eric Hochman & Geoff Watts
(West Florida)
1992Lander (4)31BYU Hawaii26 Niclas Nilsson
(Lander)
Sorin Cherebetiu & Andrej Tonejc
(West Florida)
1993 Mobile 28Auburn 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)
1995Auburn Montgomery (2)31Oklahoma City27 Jonas Andersson
(Incarnate Word)
Jonas Andersson & Javier Ruiz
(Incarnate Word)
1996Auburn Montgomery (2)34Mobile22 Ivan Keskinov
(Lynn)
Gustavo Silva & Rodrigo Monte
(Auburn Montgomery)
1997Mobile (2)33Auburn Montgomery26 Riva DaSilva
(Westmont)
Federico Contreras & Ricardo Ferreira
(Freed–Hardeman)
1998Oklahoma City31Mobile26 Alfonso Honrado
(Oklahoma City)
Alfonso Honrado & Andreas Lundgren
(Oklahoma City)
1999 Boca Raton, Florida Oklahoma City (2)35Auburn Montgomery30 Ricardo Mena
(Flagler)
Egberto Caldas & Cesar Reano
(Oklahoma City)

Team title only (2000–present)

NAIA Men's Tennis Championship
YearSiteTeam Championship
ChampionScoreRunner-up
2000 Lexington, Kentucky Oklahoma City (3)6–3Auburn Montgomery
2001Oklahoma City (4)5–2 Georgia Southwestern
2002 Peachtree City, Georgia Auburn Montgomery (4)5–0Vacated
2003 Oklahoma Christian 5–1 Azusa Pacific
2004 Mobile, Alabama Auburn Montgomery (5)5–0Azusa Pacific
2005Azusa Pacific5–3Santa Fe (NM)
2006Auburn Montgomery (6)5–0Azusa Pacific
2007Auburn Montgomery (7)5–0Azusa Pacific
2008Auburn Montgomery (8)5–3 Fresno Pacific
2009Fresno Pacific5–3Auburn Montgomery
2010Auburn Montgomery (9)5–3Fresno Pacific
2011Fresno Pacific (2)5–1 Embry–Riddle
2012Oklahoma Christian (2)5–4Fresno Pacific
2013Embry–Riddle5–4Auburn Montgomery
2014 Georgia Gwinnett 5–1Embry–Riddle
2015Georgia Gwinnett (2)5–0Embry–Riddle
2016Georgia Gwinnett (3)5–2 Xavier Louisiana
2017Georgia Gwinnett (4)5–0Xavier Louisiana
2018Georgia Gwinnett (5)5–0 Keiser
2019Georgia Gwinnett (6)5–0Xavier Louisiana
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Mobile, Alabama Georgia Gwinnett (7)4–1Keiser
2022Georgia Gwinnett (8)4–1Keiser
2023Georgia Gwinnett (9)4–0 Tennessee Wesleyan
2024Georgia Gwinnett (10)4–0Keiser

Champions

Team titles

Active programs

TeamTitlesYears
Georgia Gwinnett 102014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Oklahoma City 41998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Mobile 21993, 1997

Former programs

TeamTitlesYears
Redlands 111954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980
Auburn Montgomery 91987, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Lamar 61955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 51961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lander 41985, 1988, 1991, 1992
Oklahoma Christian 22003, 2012
Fresno Pacific 22009, 2011
Texas–Tyler 21989, 1994
Flagler 21977, 1986
Barton 21979, 1984
Texas State 21981, 1982
Texas A&M–Commerce 21972, 1978
Embry–Riddle 12013
Azusa Pacific 12005
Elon 11990
Southwest Baptist 11984
Belhaven 11983
Mercyhurst 11976
Hardin–Simmons 11953
Pepperdine 11952
  • Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
  • Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.

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References

  1. "NAIA Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA. NAIA Honors.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.