Tournament Facts
WHAT: 121st NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships
WHEN: Saturday, May 21, 2005 to Monday, May 30, 2005
WHERE: George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, College Station, Texas
CAPACITY: 3,000
PARTICIPANTS: Final 16 teams of the 64-team field, 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Team-Baylor University; Singles-Benjamin Becker, Baylor; Doubles-KC Corkery/Sam Warburg, Stanford
OUTDOOR PLAYING SURFACE: 30, World Class Acrylic Color System fully windscreened outdoor courts
INDOOR PLAYING SURFACE: Bryan Tennis Center (3 courts)
TOURNAMENT HOTELS: Hilton College Station, Hampton Inn & Suites, and Holiday Inn Express
TICKETS: 1-888-99-AGGIE, reserved and general admission
- Will be contested in the State of Texas in 2005 for the second time since 1976 when Texas-Pan American hosted the event at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. A&M hosted the event in 2002.
- The University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. and the Dan Magill Tennis Complex have served as the event’s host during 23 of the previous 28 years
- Only other hosts have been Southern California in 1990 (Indian Wells, Calif.), Notre Dame in 1994 (South Bend, Ind.), UCLA in 1997 (Los Angeles, Calif.); Texas A&M in 2002, and Tulsa in 2004
- Future hosts for the new combined championship are Stanford in 2006, Georgia in 2007, Tulsa in 2008, and Texas A&M in 2009
- Since the team format was instituted with the 1977 NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga., only six teams have won the national title: Stanford (15), Georgia (4), Southern California (4), UCLA (3), Illinois (1), and Baylor (1)
- Previous format awarded points to a team based on the performance of each school’s entries in the singles and doubles competitions
- First team trophy was awarded in 1946 and only champions are Stanford, Georgia, UCLA, USC, William & Mary (1947, ’48), San Francisco (1949), Michigan (1957), Notre Dame and Tulane (co-champs in 1959), Trinity (1972), Illinois (2003), and Baylor (2004)
- UCLA is the only school to participate in every team championship since the team format was instituted in 1977
- Host Texas A&M is one of two teams (UCLA) to reach the final site each of the last five seasons.
- Texas A&M has participated in 11 straight NCAA Tournaments
- Oldest national championships competition recognized by the NCAA
- 1883-First National Collegiate Tennis Championships hosted by Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut and sponsored by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association
- Previous individual champions include Arthur Ashe (singles and doubles in 1965), John McEnroe (singles in 1978), Mikael Pernfors (singles in 1984 and 1985), and Chris Woodruff (singles 1993).