2025 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships

2025 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
DateNovember 19–24, 2024
May 2–18, 2025
Edition79th
LocationWaco, Texas
VenueHurd Tennis Center
Hosted by: Baylor University
Champions
Men's singles
Michael Zheng (Columbia)
(Fall 2024)
Men's doubles
Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted (TCU)
(Fall 2024)
Men's team
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
(Spring 2025)

The 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships were the men's tennis tournaments played from November 19–24, 2024 and May 2 to May 18, 2025, at campus sites and Waco, Texas at the Hurd Tennis Center hosted by Baylor University.[1] It was the 79th edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship. As part of a two-year pilot program, the men's singles and doubles championships were conducted in the fall of 2024, while the team championships were played in the spring of 2025.[2]

Men's team championship

There were 64 teams selected for the men's team championship, 28 of which were automatic qualifiers from each Division 1 conference. The remaining 36 teams were selected at-large. Teams played two rounds of single-elimination matches in groups of four on May 2-3 or 3-4 at campus sites; the winners of those regionals advanced to a super-regional round on May 9 or 10, also held at campus sites. The remaining eight teams advanced to the championship rounds in Waco, Texas on May 16-18.[3]

Automatic qualifiers

The following 28 teams were automatic qualifiers, representing their conferences:[3]

ConferenceTeam
American Rice
Atlantic 10 VCU
ACC Stanford
ASUN North Alabama
Big East St. John's
Big Sky Montana
Big South Gardner–Webb
Big Ten UCLA
Big 12 Arizona
Big West UC Irvine
CAA UNC Wilmington
CUSA Middle Tennessee
Horizon Belmont
Ivy Columbia
MAAC Quinnipiac
MAC Buffalo
MEAC South Carolina State
Mountain West New Mexico
Northeast Binghamton
Patriot Bucknell
SEC Texas
Southern Samford
Southland New Orleans
SWAC Alabama State
Summit Denver
Sun Belt Old Dominion
West Coast San Diego
WAC Abilene Christian

National seeds

Sixteen teams were selected as national seeds and were guaranteed to host for the first two rounds if they submitted a bid and met criteria.[4]

1. Wake Forest (National Champions)
2. TCU (runner-up)
3. Texas (semifinals)
4. Stanford (semifinals)
5. Ohio State (super regionals)
6. San Diego (second round)
7. Virginia (quarterfinals)
8. Columbia (quarterfinals)
9. NC State (super regionals)
10. Arizona (super regionals)
11. California (second round)
12. Mississippi State (quarterfinals)
13. South Carolina (super regionals)
14. Tennessee (super regionals)
15. UCF (super regionals)
16. Texas A&M (super regionals)

Bracket

Bold indicates winner. Host institutions for the first two rounds and Super Regionals are marked with an asterisk (*).

First Round
May 2–3 or 3–4, 2025
Campus sites
Second Round
May 2–3 or 3–4, 2025
Campus sites
Super Regionals
May 9 or 10, 2025
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
May 16, 2025
Waco
Semifinals
May 17, 2025
Waco
Championship
May 18, 2025
Waco
                  
1 Wake Forest* 4
Gardner–Webb 1
1 Wake Forest 4
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Kentucky 1
  Old Dominion 0
Kentucky 4
1 Wake Forest* 4
16 Texas A&M 0
  Baylor 4
Nebraska 1
Baylor 3
College Station, Texas
16 Texas A&M 4
Rice 2
16 Texas A&M* 4
1 Wake Forest 4
8 Columbia 1
9 NC State* 4
South Carolina State 0
9 NC State 4
Raleigh, North Carolina
Georgia 1
  UNC Wilmington 0
Georgia 4
9 NC State 2
8 Columbia* 4
  Clemson 4
Quinnipiac 0
Clemson 2
New York City, New York
8 Columbia 4
Binghamton 0
8 Columbia* 4
1 Wake Forest 4
4 Stanford 2
5 Ohio State* 4
Buffalo 0
5 Ohio State 4
Columbus, Ohio
Auburn 1
  Belmont 0
Auburn 4
5 Ohio State* 2
12 Mississippi State 4
  Michigan State 4
North Alabama 0
Michigan State 0
Starkville, Mississippi
12 Mississippi State 4
New Orleans 0
12 Mississippi State* 4
12 Mississippi State 3
4 Stanford 4
13 South Carolina* 4
VCU 0
13 South Carolina 4
Columbia, South Carolina
Florida State 3
  Samford 0
Florida State 4
13 South Carolina 0
4 Stanford* 4
  Pepperdine 4
Alabama 3
Pepperdine 0
Stanford, California
4 Stanford 4
New Mexico 0
4 Stanford* 4
1 Wake Forest 4
2 TCU 2
3 Texas* 4
Montana 0
3 Texas 4
Austin, Texas
Cornell 1
  Cornell 4
Michigan 0
3 Texas* 4
14 Tennessee 0
  Duke 4
Middle Tennessee 0
Duke 3
Knoxville, Tennessee
14 Tennessee 4
Alabama State 0
14 Tennessee* 4
3 Texas 4
UCLA 1
11 California* 4
Boise State 1
11 California 2
Berkeley, California
UCLA 4
  UC Santa Barbara 0
UCLA 4
UCLA* 4
Southern California 2
  Southern California 4
Arizona State 0
Southern California 4
San Diego, California
6 San Diego 2
UC Irvine 2
6 San Diego* 4
3 Texas 2
2 TCU 4
7 Virginia* 4
Bucknell 0
7 Virginia 4
Charlottesville, Virginia
Bucknell 0
  St. John's 0
Princeton 4
7 Virginia* 4
10 Arizona 2
  Harvard 4
Washington 0
Harvard 0
Tucson, Arizona
10 Arizona 4
Denver 0
10 Arizona* 4
7 Virginia 3
2 TCU 4
15 UCF* 4
Miami (FL) 1
15 UCF 4
Orlando, Florida
Florida 1
  Florida 4
South Florida 1
15 UCF 0
2 TCU* 4
  Oklahoma 4
Illinois 0
Oklahoma 2
Fort Worth, Texas
2 TCU 4
Abilene Christian 0
2 TCU* 4

Bracket source:[4]

Men's singles championship

64 singles players qualified for the men's singles championship via competition in approved ITA qualifying pathway events. The tournament was played in the Fall of 2024 from November 19 to 24 in Waco, Texas.[5]

Columbia junior Michael Zheng won the men's singles title against Michigan State junior Ozan Baris 6–2, 4–6, 6–2.[6]

National seeds

The following sixteen players were seeded for this tournament:[5]

Draw

Bracket:[7]

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
9–16 Corey Craig (Florida State) 3 2
9–16 Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) 6 6
9–16 Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) 5 6
Ozan Baris (Michigan State) 7 75
Ozan Baris (Michigan State) 6 7
5 Jay Friend (Arizona) 1 5
Ozan Baris (Michigan State) 2 6 2
2 Michael Zheng (Columbia) 6 4 6
Spencer Johnson (UCLA) 3 2
9–16 Timo Legout (Texas) 6 6
9–16 Timo Legout (Texas) 1ret.
2 Michael Zheng (Columbia) 4
6 Lui Maxted (TCU) 3 2
2 Michael Zheng (Columbia) 6 6

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Sebastian Gorzny (Texas) 5 6 6
  Gavin Young (Michigan) 7 4 4 1 S Gorzny (Texas) 2 6 2
  Benito Sanchez Martinez (Mississippi State) 2 3 P Inchauspe (Princeton) 6 3 6
  Paul Inchauspe (Princeton) 6 6 P Inchauspe (Princeton) 72 2 1
9–16 Corey Craig (Florida State) 6 6 75 9–16 C Craig (Florida State) 6 6 6
  Oscar Lacides (Oklahoma) 74 4 6 9–16 C Craig (Florida State) 6 6
  Alex Chang (California) 2 5 E Van Loben Sels (UCLA) 2 2
  Emon Van Loben Sels (UCLA) 6 7 9–16 C Craig (Florida State) 3 2
8 Aidan Kim (Ohio State) 6 6 9–16 D Suresh (Wake Forest) 6 6
  Pedro Rodenas (Duke) 1 3 8 A Kim (Ohio State) 6 6 6
  Daniel Sancho Arbizu (Denver) 6 6 D Dietrich (Virginia) 71 0 1
  Dylan Dietrich (Virginia) 74 77 8 A Kim (Ohio State) 6 6 3
9–16 Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) 6 6 9–16 D Suresh (Wake Forest) 4 73 6
  Miguel Perez Pena (Georgia) 4 1 9–16 D Suresh (Wake Forest) 6 6
  Martin Borisiouk (NC State) 4 6 D Badenhorst (Baylor) 4 2
  Devin Badenhorst (Baylor) 6 77

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Carl Emil Overbeck (California) 2 6 71
Roan Jones (Alabama) 6 4 6 4 C E Overbeck (California) 3 7 2
  Ozan Baris (Michigan State) 6 6 O Baris (Michigan State) 6 5 6
  Samir Banerjee (Stanford) 1 2 O Baris (Michigan State) 6 6 6
9–16 Pedro Vives (TCU) 6 6 9–16 P Vives (TCU) 74 4 2
  Oscar Pinto Sansano (Georgia) 4 4 9–16 P Vives (TCU) 6 6
  Noah Zamora (UC Irvine) 6 6 N Zamora (UC Irvine) 4 4
  Sebastian Dominko (Notre Dame) 4 4 O Baris (Michigan State) 6 7
5 Jay Friend (Arizona) 7 6 5 J Friend (Arizona) 1 5
  Martin Katz (Miami (FL)) 5 3 5 J Friend (Arizona) 3 6 6
  Trevor Svajda (SMU) 6 1 6 T Svajda (SMU) 6 3 4
  Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) 2 6 4 5 J Friend (Arizona) 7 6
9–16 Shunsuke Mitsui (Tennessee) 6 4 6 9–16 S Mitsui (Tennessee) 5 4
  Connor Van Schalkwyk (Old Dominion) 4 6 4 9–16 S Mitsui (Tennessee) 7 3 6
  Anton Arzhankin (Western Michigan) 3 1 C Bouchelaghem (Washington) 5 6 4
  Cesar Bouchelaghem (Washington) 6 6

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Duncan Chan (TCU) 6 3 4
  Spencer Johnson (UCLA) 3 6 6   S Johnson (UCLA) 6 3 74
  Petar Jovanovic (Mississippi State) 6 3 9–16 B Shick (NC State) 1 6 6
9–16 Braden Shick (NC State) 74 6 S Johnson (UCLA) 6 6
  Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) 6 6 K Miyoshi (Illinois) 3 4
  Jack Loutit (Kentucky) 3 4 K Miyoshi (Illinois) 6 6
  Radu Papoe (Cornell) 2 6 6 R Papoe (Cornell) 3 4
7 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) 6 4 3 S Johnson (UCLA) 3 2
  Cooper Williams (Duke) 6 6 9–16 T Legout (Texas) 6 6
  Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) 3 4 C Williams (Duke) 76 4 1
  Timofey Stepanov (California) 3 4 9–16 T Legout (Texas) 6 6 6
9–16 Timo Legout (Texas) 6 6 9–16 T Legout (Texas) 6 74
  Aristotelis Thanos (Michigan State) 6 6 3 C Smith (Arizona) 3 6
  Alex Kotzen (Tennessee) 2 4 A Thanos (Michigan State) 6 4 4
  Youssef Kadiri (Nevada) 4 3 3 C Smith (Arizona) 4 6 6
3 Colton Smith (Arizona) 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Maxi Homberg (Pepperdine) 6 6
  Jordan Hasson (Oklahoma) 3 4 M Homberg (Pepperdine) 6 6
  Raffaello Papajcik (Denver) 5 73 7 R Papajcik (Denver) 3 3
9–16 Jonah Braswell (Texas) 7 6 5 M Homberg (Pepperdine) 2 5
  Lucas Andrade de Silva (South Carolina) 6 6 3 6 L Maxted (TCU) 6 7
  Luca Staeheli (NC State) 73 3 6 L Staeheli (NC State) 4 1
  Tiago Silva (Pacific) 6 3 2 6 L Maxted (TCU) 6 6
6 Lui Maxted (TCU) 2 6 6 6 L Maxted (TCU) 3 2
  Jamie Connel (Florida State) 6 6 2 M Zheng (Columbia) 6 6
  Niccolo Baroni (Mississippi State) 1 4 J Connel (Florida State) 2 6 1
  Theo Dean (California) 5 4 9–16 T Paulsell (Georgia) 6 1 6
9–16 Thomas Paulsell (Georgia) 7 6 9–16 T Paulsell (Georgia) 6 4 2
  Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor) 2 6 3 2 M Zheng (Columbia) 2 6 6
  Top Nidunjianzan (Princeton) 6 4 6 T Nidunjianzan (Princeton) 3 3
  Jeremy Jin (Florida) 1 2 2 M Zheng (Columbia) 6 6
2 Michael Zheng (Columbia) 6 6

Men's doubles championship

32 doubles teams qualified for the men's doubles championship, via competition in approved ITA qualifying pathway events. The tournament was played at the same time as the singles championship in the Fall of 2024 from November 19 to 24 in Waco, Texas.[5]

Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted of TCU beat Gavin Young and Benjamin Kittay of Michigan, to win the men's double title.[8]

National seeds

The following eight teams were seeded for this tournament:[5]

Draw

Bracket:[9]

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Gavin Young (Michigan)
Benjamin Kittay (Michigan)
6 6
5–8 Youcef Rihane (Florida State)
Alex Bulte (Florida State)
4 2
Gavin Young (Michigan)
Benjamin Kittay (Michigan)
3 76 2
5–8 Pedro Vives (TCU)
Lui Maxted (TCU)
6 6 [10]
5–8 Pedro Vives (TCU)
Lui Maxted (TCU)
6 6
Timo Legout (Texas)
Lucas Brown (Texas)
4 2

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego)
Stian Klaassen (San Diego)
6 7
  Eric Verdes (Cornell)
Rushil Kholsa (Cornell)
4 5 1 O Tarvet (San Diego)
S Klaassen (San Diego)
4 1
  Gavin Young (Michigan)
Benjamin Kittay (Michigan)
2 6 [11] G Young (Michigan)
B Kittay (Michigan)
6 6
  Peter Nad (Notre Dame)
Sebastian Dominko (Notre Dame)
6 3 9 G Young (Michigan)
B Kittay (Michigan)
adv.
5–8 Zsombor Velcz (Baylor)
Devin Badenhorst (Baylor)
3 6 A Tripathi (UCLA)
A Hoogmartens (UCLA)
inj.
  Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA)
Alexander Hoogmartens (UCLA)
6 73 A Tripathi (UCLA)
A Hoogmartens (UCLA)
4 6 [10]
  William Nolan (Auburn)
Billy Blaydes (Auburn)
6 6 W Nolan (Auburn)
B Blaydes (Auburn)
6 3 6
  Nicholas Godsick (Stanford)
Samir Banerjee (Stanford)
2 4 G Young (Michigan)
B Kittay (Michigan)
6 6
4 Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest)
Luca Pow (Wake Forest)
6 6 5–8 Y Rihane (Florida State)
A Bulte (Florida State)
4 2
  Arthus de la Bassetiere (Rice)
Kabeer Kapasi (Rice)
2 4 4 L Tacchi (Wake Forest)
L Pow (Wake Forest)
6 7 [10]
  Mario Martinez Serrano (Mississippi State)
Niccolo Baroni (Mississippi State)
1 6 5 F Yunis (Indiana)
J van Assendelft (Indiana)
74 5 4
  Facundo Yunis (Indiana)
Jip van Assendelft (Indiana)
6 4 [10] 4 L Tacchi (Wake Forest)
L Pow (Wake Forest)
7 4 7
5–8 Youcef Rihane (Florida State)
Alex Bulte (Florida State)
6 6 5–8 Y Rihane (Florida State)
A Bulte (Florida State)
5 6 [10]
  Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia)
Michael Zheng (Columbia)
3 1 5–8 Y Rihane (Florida State)
A Bulte (Florida State)
6 7
  Carl Emil Overbeck (California)
Theo Dean (California)
4 6 8 J Almeida (Liberty)
S Auytayakul (Liberty)
3 5
Joaquim Almeida (Liberty)
Siwanat Auytayakul (Liberty)
6 3 [10]

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Vasco Prata (Charlotte)
Matias Iturbe (Charlotte)
6 4 [11]
  Connor Kruger (Weber State)
Minh Tuan Dinh Viet (Weber State)
3 6 9 V Prata (Charlotte)
M Iturbe (Charlotte)
0 3
  Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest)
Ioannis Xilas (Wake Forest)
6 6 3 5–8 P Vives (TCU)
L Maxted (TCU)
6 6
5–8 Pedro Vives (TCU)
Lui Maxted (TCU)
4 73 [10] 5–8 P Vives (TCU)
L Maxted (TCU)
6 7
  Bruno Nhavene (Oklahoma)
Oscar Lacides (Oklahoma)
4 6 3 P Jovanovic (Mississippi State)
B Sanchez Martinez (Mississippi State)
3 5
  Filippos Astreinidis (Princeton)
Paul Inchauspe (Princeton)
6 74 F Astreinidis (Princeton)
P Inchauspe (Princeton)
4 2
  Michael Wright (California)
Alex Chang (California)
6 2 6 3 P Jovanovic (Mississippi State)
B Sanchez Martinez (Mississippi State)
6 6
3 Petar Jovanovic (Mississippi State)
Benito Sanchez Martinez (Mississippi State)
4 6 [10] 5–8 P Vives (TCU)
L Maxted (TCU)
6 6
  Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State)
William Jansen (Ohio State)
0 6 [10] T Legout (Texas)
L Brown (Texas)
4 2
  Patrick Schoen (North Carolina)
Logan Zapp (North Carolina)
6 3 7 B Nakashima (Ohio State)
W Jansen (Ohio State)
6 71
  Tanapatt Nirundorn (Florida)
Henry Jefferson (Florida)
6 6 8 5–8 C Williams (Duke)
T Winegar (Duke)
4 6
5–8 Cooper Williams (Duke)
Theo Winegar (Duke)
1 73 [10] B Nakashima (Ohio State)
W Jansen (Ohio State)
75 3 8
  Timo Legout (Texas)
Lucas Brown (Texas)
3 6 [10] T Legout (Texas)
L Brown (Texas)
6 6 [10]
  Wally Thayne (BYU)
Zach Fuchs (BYU)
6 4 8 T Legout (Texas)
L Brown (Texas)
6 6 [10]
  Ondrej Horak (Middle Tennessee)
Karim Al-Amin (Middle Tennessee)
5 73 8 2 M Miladinovic (Baylor)
O Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor)
77 4 5
2 Marko Miladinovic (Baylor)
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor)
7 6 [10]

References

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  2. ↑ "2024 NCAA DI men's and women's singles and doubles tennis championships: Brackets, final results". NCAA.com. November 24, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Teams announced for 2025 NCAA DI men's tennis championship". NCAA.com. April 28, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "2025 Division I Men's Tennis Official Bracket" (pdf). NCAA.com. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
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  7. ↑ "2024–25 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Event: Singles Championship" (pdf). NCAA.com. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Lui Maxted claims NCAA Doubles Championship title". LTA Tennis. November 26, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
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