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The NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship is an annual men's college tennis national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for teams in Division III. Team, individual, and doubles championships are awarded each year.
 Logo of the most recent iteration of the championship | |
| Sport | College tennis |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Team: Chicago (2nd) |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
UC Santa Cruz and Kalamazoo are the most successful men's Division III programs, with seven team titles each.
Chicago are the reigning team national champions, winning their second title in 2024.
The championship first began in 1976 after the NCAA divided its membership into its current three-division system in 1973–74. The national championship rounds are contested annually in May.[1]
| NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships | |||||||||
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| Year | Site (Host) |
Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions | |||||
| Winner | Points | Runners-Up | Points | ||||||
| 1976 | Jackson, MS | Kalamazoo | 18 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 15 | John Blomberg (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Larry Davidson / John Irwin (Swarthmore) | ||
| 1977 | Swarthmore | 15 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 12 | A.J. Shaka (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Ben Johns / Stewart Jackson (Washington & Lee) | |||
| 1978 | Delaware, OH | Kalamazoo (2) | 20 | Washington & Lee | 12 | Chris Bussert (Kalamazoo) |
Chris Bussert / Jim Hosner (Kalamazoo) | ||
| 1979 | Jackson, MS | Redlands | 17 | Gustavus Adolphus | 13 | Mark Tappan (Redlands) |
Mike Capelouto / Ken Whitmer (Redlands) | ||
| 1980 | Claremont, CA | Gustavus Adolphus | 14 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 13 | Chris Burns (Kalamazoo) |
John Mattke / Paul Holbach (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| 1981 | Salisbury, MD | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Swarthmore (2) |
9 | — | Donovan Jones (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Jim Hearn / Shaun Miller (Gustavus Adolphus) | |||
| 1982 | Kalamazoo, MI | Gustavus Adolphus (2) | 19 | Kalamazoo | 14 | Shaun Miller (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Shaun Miller / Rich Skanse (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship | ||||||||
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| Year | Site (Host) |
Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions | ||||
| Winner | Score/Games | Runners-Up | ||||||
| 1983 | Albany, NY | Redlands (2) | 5–4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Erik Michelsen (Redlands) |
Alex Gaeta / Bob Swartout (Rochester) | ||
| 1984 | Atlanta, GA | Redlands (3) | 7–2 | Gustavus Adolphus | Scott Moore (Redlands) |
Eugene Jones / Dan Beers (UC San Diego) | ||
| 1985 | Lexington, VA | Swarthmore (3) | 5–4 | Kalamazoo | Toby Clark (Principia) |
Jeff Krieger / Shep Davidson (Swarthmore) | ||
| 1986 | Claremont, CA | Kalamazoo (2) | 6–3 | Washington & Lee | Tim Corwin (Kalamazoo) |
Jim Burda / Alex Palladino (Kalamazoo) | ||
| 1987 | Salisbury, MD | Kalamazoo (3) | 6–3 | Washington & Lee | Toby Clark (Principia) | |||
| 1988 | Lexington, VA | Washington & Lee | 5–4 | UC Santa Cruz | Noel Occomy (Brandeis) |
Lance Au / Frank Hinman (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||
| 1989 | Kalamazoo, MI | UC Santa Cruz | 5–4 | Swarthmore | John Morris (Washington & Lee) |
John Morris / Robert Matthews (Washington & Lee) | ||
| 1990 | Swarthmore, PA | Swarthmore (4) | 5–1 | UC Santa Cruz | Larry Gewer (Washington College) |
John Morris / Bill Meadows (Washington & Lee) | ||
| 1991 | Claremont, CA | Kalamazoo (4) | 7–2 | UC Santa Cruz | Lewis Miller (Kalamazoo) |
Dave Jussila / Ryan Skanse (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| 1992 | Atlanta, GA | Kalamazoo (5) | 5–1 | UC Santa Cruz | Ryan McKee / Chris Noyes (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | |||
| 1993 | Kalamazoo, MI | Kalamazoo (6) | 5–2 | UC Santa Cruz | Ryan McKees (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Tim Cooley / Ryan McKee (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||
| 1994 | Redlands, CA | Washington College | 5–4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Seth Denawetz (Kalamazoo) |
Ron Ward / Jonathan Harper (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 1995 | Kalamazoo, MI | UC Santa Cruz (2) | 4–1 | Washington College | Damian Polla (Washington College) |
Todd Born / John Weston (Redlands) | ||
| 1996 | Atlanta, GA | UC Santa Cruz (3) | 4–2 | Emory | Mark Ellis (Cal Lutheran) |
Josh Vining / Jonathan Harper (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 1997 | Lexington, VA | Washington College (2) | 4–2 | Kalamazoo | Damian Polla (Washington College) |
Mark Ellis / Jenia Karimov (Cal Lutheran) | ||
| 1998 | Williamstown, MA | UC Santa Cruz (4) | 4–2 | Williams | David Weisman (Babson) |
Brian Cummings / Thomas Oechel (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 1999 | Claremont, CA | Williams | 4–1 | Kalamazoo | Thomas Oechel (UC Santa Cruz) | |||
| 2000 | Kalamazoo, MI | Trinity (TX) | 4–3 | Gustavus Adolphus | Kayvon Fatahalian (Carnegie Mellon) |
Peter Gladkin / Thomas Oechel (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 2001 | Greencastle, IN | Williams (2) | 4–1 | UC Santa Cruz | Derek Fitzpatrick (UC Santa Cruz) |
Derek Fitzpatrick / Nick Cunningham (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 2002 | Santa Cruz, CA | Williams (3) | 4–3 | Emory | Josh Lefkowitz (Williams) |
John Michael Cham-A-Koon / Ivan Yeh (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||
| 2003 | St. Peter, MN | Emory | 4–0 | Williams | Eric Butorac (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Eric Butorac / Kevin Whipple (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| 2004 | Lewiston, ME | Middlebury | 4–3 | Williams | Matt Seeberger (UC Santa Cruz) |
Dan Uyar / Paul Bristow (Mary Washington College) | ||
| 2005 | Santa Cruz, CA | UC Santa Cruz (5) | 4–1 | Middlebury | Matt Seeberger / Matt Brunner (UC Santa Cruz) | |||
| 2006 | Fredericksburg, VA | Emory (2) | 4–1 | Middlebury | Will Boe-Wiegaard (Bates) |
Shane Templeman / Matt Seeberger (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 2007 | St. Louis, MO | UC Santa Cruz (6) | 5–1 | Emory | Matt Seeberger (UC Santa Cruz) |
Matt Seeberger / Max Ortiz (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 2008 | Lewiston, ME | Washington–St. Louis | 5–3 | Emory | Michael Greenberg (Williams) |
Guillaume Schils / Larry Wang (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||
| 2009 | Claremont, CA | UC Santa Cruz (7) | 5–0 | Amherst | Michael Goodwin (Emory) |
Amrit Ruspasinghe / Ben Stein (Bates) | ||
| 2010 | Oberlin, OH | Middlebury (2) | 5–1 | Amherst | Daniel Kim (Amherst) |
Brian Pybas / Marc Vartabedian (UC Santa Cruz) | ||
| 2011 | Claremont, CA | Amherst | 5–2 | Emory | Chris Goodwin (Emory) |
Oscar Pena / Stephen Sullivan (Bowdoin) | ||
| 2012 | Cary, NC | Emory (3) | 5–3 | Kenyon | Dillon Pottish (Emory) |
Austin Chafetz / Luis Rattenhuber (Amherst) | ||
| 2013 | Kalamazoo, MI | Williams (4) | 5–2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Adam Putterman (Washington–St. Louis) |
Elliot Kahler / Ian Wagner (Emory) | ||
| 2014 | Claremont, CA | Amherst (2) | 5–3 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Joey Fritz (Amherst) |
Eric Klawitter / Christopher Krimbill (Case Western Reserve) | ||
| 2015 | Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, OH | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2) | 5–0 | Middlebury | Warren Wood (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Warren Wood / Joe Dorn (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||
| 2016 | Kalamazoo, MI | Bowdoin | 5–0 | Middlebury | Skylar Butts (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Samuel Geier / Tristan Kaye (Kenyon) | ||
| 2017 | Chattanooga, TN | Emory (4) | 5–2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Lubomir Cuba (Middlebury) |
Lubomir Cuba / William De Quant (Middlebury) | ||
| 2018 | Claremont, CA | Middlebury (3) | 5–3 | Bowdoin | Grant Ukren (Bowdoin) |
Lubomir Cuba / Kyle Schlanger (Middlebury) | ||
| 2019 | Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory (5) | 5–3 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Jonathan Jemison (Emory) |
Jerry Jiang / Grant Ukren (Bowdoin) | ||
| 2020 | St. Louis, MO (Washington) |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | Chattanooga, TN (Sewanee) |
Emory (6) | 5–2 | Case Western Reserve | Leo Vithoontien (Carleton) |
Leo Vithoontien /Xander Zuczek (Carleton) | ||
| 2022 | Orlando, FL (Oglethorpe) |
Chicago | 5-2 | Case Western Reserve | Stan Morris (Middlebury) |
James Hopper / Jonathan Powell (Case Western Reserve) | ||
| 2023 | Orlando, FL (Oglethorpe) |
Case Western Reserve | 5-2 | Tufts | Rishabh Sharda (Tufts) | James Hopper / Vishwa Aduru (Case Western Reserve) | ||
| 2024 | St. Louis, MO (Washington–St. Louis) |
Chicago (2) | 5–4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Tristan Bradley (Bowdoin) |
Gage Gohl / Tyler Haddorff (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| 2025 | Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
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| 2026 | Chattanooga, TN (Sewanee) |
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Team titles |
Singles titles |
Doubles titles
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