2016 NCAA Division I tennis championships explained

The 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships, consisting of men's and women's singles and doubles tournaments, were played concurrently from May 19 to May 30, 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the campus of the University of Tulsa. The event was the 71st edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship[1] and the 35th edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship.[2] 2016 marked the 11th instance that the men's and women's tournaments were held at the same venue.[3]

Stanford defeated Oklahoma State in the women's team final, 4-3, extending their record number of national titles to 18 and winning their first since 2016. Danielle Collins won her second singles championship for Virginia after previously holding the trophy in 2014. Florida's Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan claimed the doubles title with a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the final over California.

On the men's side, Virginia won its third team championship in four years. The Cavaliers reprised the result of the 2015 final by defeating Oklahoma, 4-1 – the Sooners' third consecutive loss in the final round. UCLA's Mackenzie McDonald swept the individual honors, dropping one set each en route to the singles title (over finalist Ohio State's Mikael Torpegaard) and doubles title with Martin Redlicki.

Men's team championship

Note: Matches from the First Round and Second Round are held at the home courts of the national seeds with the winning team advancing to the championship rounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[4] Bold indicates that a team is still active.

National seeds

1. Virginia (National Champions)
2. North Carolina (quarterfinals)
3. UCLA (quarterfinals)
4. TCU (round of16)
5. Ohio State (quarterfinals)
6. Wake Forest (round of 16)
7. Georgia (semifinals)
8. Texas Tech (second round)
9. Florida (quarterfinals)
10. USC (round of 16)
11. Oklahoma (Runner-up)
12. Texas A&M (second round)
13. California (semifinals)
14. Northwestern (second round)
15. Illinois (second round)
16. Oklahoma State (round of 16)

All-tournament team

Women's team championship

National seeds

1. California (semifinals)
2. Florida (round of 16)
3. North Carolina (round of 16)
4. Ohio State (quarterfinals)5. Georgia (round of 16)
6. Vanderbilt (semifinals)
7. Miami (FL) (round of 16)
8. Pepperdine (quarterfinals) 9. Duke (second round)
10. Michigan (quarterfinals)
11. Auburn (round of 16)
12. Oklahoma State (Runner-up)13. South Carolina (second round)
14. Virginia (quarterfinals)
15. Stanford (National Champions)
16. Texas Tech (round of 16)

All-tournament team

Men's singles championship

National seeds

  1. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State (final)
  2. Roberto Cid, South Florida (quarterfinals)
  3. Dominik Köpfer, Tulane (third round)
  4. Aleksandar Vukic, Illinois (quarterfinals)
  5. Cameron Norrie, TCU (semifinals)
  6. Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA (National Champion)
  7. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech (first round)
  8. Ryan Shane, Virginia (third round)

Players seeded 9th–16th, listed by last name

Bottom half

Women's singles championship

Bracket

Men's doubles championship

Bracket

Bottom half

Women's doubles championship

Bracket

Bottom half

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of NCAA Men's Tennis Champions . Ncaa.com . 2013-12-02.
  2. Web site: List of NCAA Women's Tennis Champions . Ncaa.com . 2013-12-02.
  3. Web site: 2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites . Ncaa.com . 2015-05-14.
  4. Web site: 2016 Division I Men's Tennis Championship . NCAA.com . 2016-05-09.
  5. Web site: 2016 Division I Women's Tennis Championship Bracket . NCAA.com . 2016-05-07.