NAIA men's tennis championships

The NAIA Men's Tennis Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of men's NAIA collegiate tennis in the United States and Canada. Held annually since 1966, three separate championships are contested: team, singles, and doubles.[1]

NAIA men's tennis championships
SportTennis
Founded1952
CountryUnited States and Canada
Most recent
champion(s)
Georgia Gwinnett (9th)
Official websiteNAIA.com

The most successful program has been Redlands, with 11 NAIA national titles (Redlands has subsequently joined the NCAA).

The current champions are Georgia Gwinnett, who won their ninth national title in 2023.

Results edit

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

NAIA Men's Tennis Championship
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)

Team title only (2000–present) edit

NAIA Men's Tennis Championship
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

Champions edit

Team titles edit

Team Number Years won
Redlands 11 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980
Georgia Gwinnett 9 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Auburn Montgomery 9 1987, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Lamar Tech 6 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
Pan American 5 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Lander 4 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992
Oklahoma City 4 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Atlantic Christian 2 1979, 1984
East Texas State 2 1972, 1978
Flagler 2 1977, 1986
Fresno Pacific 2 2009, 2011
Mobile 2 1993, 1997
Oklahoma Christian 2 2003, 2012
Southwest Texas State 2 1981, 1982
Texas–Tyler 2 1989, 1994
Azusa Pacific 1 2005
Belhaven 1 1983
Elon 1 1990
Embry–Riddle 1 2013
Hardin–Simmons 1 1953
Mercyhurst 1 1976
Pepperdine 1 1952
Southwest Baptist 1 1984
  • Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
  • Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit