Virginia won the 2026 NCAA DI men’s tennis championship, beating Texas 4-3.
A rematch of the 2023 national championship, it marks the Cavaliers seventh national title, the program’s third in the last five seasons.
The 2026 Division I men’s tennis championship field was revealed on Monday, April 27 in a selection show on NCAA.com. It is a 64-team, single-elimination tournament, where 27 conference champions received automatic bids into the tournament and 37 teams earned at-large bids.
Here is a breakdown of everything you need to know from the 2026 DI men’s tennis team championship.
2026 DI men’s tennis team championship bracket
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2026 DI men’s tennis team championship schedule
- Selection show: Monday, April 27 | Re-watch the selection show here
- First round
- California 4, Kentucky 3
- SMU 4, Princeton 2
- Wisconsin 4, Samford 1
- Columbia 4, St. John’s (NY) 0
- Michigan State 4, North Carolina 1
- No. 3 Ohio State 4, Buffalo 0
- Clemson 4, Ole Miss 3
- NC State 4, Middle Tennessee 2
- UCLA 4, Arizona State 0
- No. 2 Texas 4, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 0
- Florida 5, Stetson 0
- Southern California 4, Duke 2
- Old Dominion 4, Gardner-Webb 0
- No. 4 Virginia 4, Rider 0
- Cornell 4, Arkansas 3
- Pepperdine 4, Michigan 2
- No. 5 Mississippi State 4, Tennessee Tech 0
- No. 1 Wake Forest 4, Navy 0
- No. 8 Arizona 4, Northern Arizona 0
- No. 16 UCF 4, South Carolina State 0
- No. 12 Georgia 4, Elon 0
- No. 13 South Carolina 4, Richmond 0
- No. 15 San Diego 4, UC Santa Barbara 2
- Auburn 4, Santa Clara 3
- No. 7 LSU 4, Alabama State 0
- No. 9 Oklahoma 4, Utah State 0
- No. 6 TCU 4, Denver 0
- Vanderbilt 4, Notre Dame 1
- No. 14 Illinois 4, Yale 0
- No. 10 Baylor 4, Tulsa 0
- No. 11 Texas A&M 4, Wagner 0
- Stanford 4, Penn 1
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Second round:
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Saturday, May 2
- No. 15 San Diego 4, UCLA 0
- No. 8 Arizona 4, Clemson 2
- No. 12 Georgia 4, NC State 0
- No. 3 Ohio State 4, California 0
- No. 13 South Carolina 4, Michigan State 1
- No. 4 Virginia 4, Columbia 2
- No. 6 TCU 4, Cornell 0
- No. 2 Texas 4, SMU 0
- No. 14 Illinois 4, Vanderbilt 0
- No. 1 Wake Forest 4, Old Dominion 0
- Pepperdine 4, No. 7 LSU 3
- No. 9 Oklahoma 4, Southern California 0
- No. 10 Baylor 4, Auburn 1
- No. 16 UCF 4, Florida 3
- Sunday, May 3
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- Super regionals: Friday, May 8 or Saturday, May 9
- Friday, May 8
- Saturday, May 9
- Quarterfinals: Thursday, May 14
- Semifinals: Saturday, May 16 | Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, GA
- Championship: Sunday, May 17 | Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, GA
Championship history
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons beat the TCU Horned Frogs, 4-2, to take home the 2025 national championship. It marked their second in school history and first since 2018.
🏆 RELIVE THE 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP: See how Wake Forest returned to throne
See the full DI men’s tennis team championship history below:
| Year | Champion | Points/Score | Runner-Up | Host |
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| 2025 | Wake Forest | 4-2 | TCU | Baylor |
| 2024 | TCU | 4-3 | Texas | Oklahoma State |
| 2023 | Virginia | 4-0 | Ohio State | UCF |
| 2022 | Virginia | 4-0 | Kentucky | Illinois |
| 2021 | Florida | 4-1 | Baylor | UCF |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Texas | 4-1 | Wake Forest | UCF |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 4-2 | Ohio State | Wake Forest |
| 2017 | Virginia | 4-2 | North Carolina | Georgia |
| 2016 | Virginia | 4-1 | Oklahoma | Tulsa |
| 2015 | Virginia | 4-1 | Oklahoma | Baylor |
| 2014 | Southern California | 4-2 | Oklahoma | Georgia |
| 2013 | Virginia | 4-3 | UCLA | Illinois |
| 2012 | Southern California | 4-2 | Virginia | Georgia |
| 2011 | Southern California | 4-3 | Virginia | Stanford |
| 2010 | Southern California | 4-2 | Tennessee | Georgia |
| 2009 | Southern California | 4-1 | Ohio St. | Texas A&M |
| 2008 | Georgia | 4-2 | Texas | Tulsa |
| 2007 | Georgia | 4-0 | Illinois | Georgia |
| 2006 | Pepperdine | 4-2 | Georgia | Stanford |
| 2005 | UCLA | 4-3 | Baylor | Texas A&M |
| 2004 | Baylor | 4-0 | UCLA | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 2003 | Illinois | 4-3 | Vanderbilt | Georgia |
| 2002 | Southern California | 4-1 | Georgia | Texas A&M |
| 2001 | Georgia | 4-1 | Tennessee | Georgia |
| 2000 | Stanford | 4-0 | Va. Commonwealth | Georgia |
| 1999 | Georgia | 4-3 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1998 | Stanford | 4-0 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1997 | Stanford | 4-0 | Georgia | UCLA |
| 1996 | Stanford | 4-1 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1995 | Stanford | 4-0 | Mississippi | Georgia |
| 1994 | Southern California | 4-3 | Stanford | Notre Dame |
| 1993 | Southern California | 5-3 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1992 | Stanford | 5-0 | Notre Dame | Georgia |
| 1991 | Southern California | 5-2 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1990 | Stanford | 5-2 | Tennessee | Southern California |
| 1989 | Stanford | 5-3 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1988 | Stanford | 5-2 | LSU | Georgia |
| 1987 | Georgia | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1986 | Stanford | 5-2 | Pepperdine | Georgia |
| 1985 | Georgia | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1984 | UCLA | 5-4 | Stanford | Georgia |
| 1983 | Stanford | 5-4 | Southern Methodist | Georgia |
| 1982 | UCLA | 5-1 | Pepperdine | Georgia |
| 1981 | Stanford | 5-1 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1980 | Stanford | 5-3 | California | Georgia |
| 1979 | UCLA | 5-3 | Trinity (Tex.) | Georgia |
| 1978 | Stanford | 6-3 | UCLA | Georgia |
| 1977 | Stanford | 5-4 | Trinity (Tex.) | Georgia |
| 1976 | Southern California, UCLA | 21 | Tex.-Pan American | |
| 1975 | UCLA | 27-20 | Miami (Fla.) | Tex.-Pan American |
| 1974 | Stanford | 30-25 | Southern California | Southern California |
| 1973 | Stanford | 33-28 | Southern California | Princeton |
| 1972 | Trinity (Tex.) | 36-30 | Stanford | Georgia |
| 1971 | UCLA | 35-27 | Trinity (Tex.) | Notre Dame |
| 1970 | UCLA | 26-22 | Trinity (Tex.), Rice | Utah |
| 1969 | Southern California | 35-23 | UCLA | Princeton |
| 1968 | Southern California | 31-23 | Rice | Trinity (Tex.) |
| 1967 | Southern California | 28-23 | UCLA | Southern Ill. |
| 1966 | Southern California | 27-23 | UCLA | Miami (Fla.) |
| 1965 | UCLA | 31-13 | Miami (Fla.) | UCLA |
| 1964 | Southern California | 26-25 | UCLA | Michigan St. |
| 1963 | Southern California | 27-19 | UCLA | Princeton |
| 1962 | Southern California | 22-12 | UCLA | Stanford |
| 1961 | UCLA | 17-16 | Southern California | Iowa St. |
| 1960 | UCLA | 18-8 | Southern California | Washington |
| 1959 | Notre Dame, Tulane | 8 | Northwestern | |
| 1958 | Southern California | 13-9 | Stanford | Navy |
| 1957 | Michigan | 10-9 | Tulane | Utah |
| 1956 | UCLA | 15-14 | Southern California | Kalamazoo |
| 1955 | Southern California | 12-7 | Texas | North Carolina |
| 1954 | UCLA | 15-10 | Southern California | Washington |
| 1953 | UCLA | 11-6 | California | Syracuse |
| 1952 | UCLA | 11-5 | California, Southern California | Northwestern |
| 1951 | Southern California | 9-7 | Cincinnati | Northwestern |
| 1950 | UCLA | 11-5 | California, Southern California | Texas |
| 1949 | San Francisco | 7-4 | Rollins, Tulane, Washington | Texas |
| 1948 | William & Mary | 6-5 | San Francisco | UCLA |
| 1947 | William & Mary | 10-4 | Rice | UCLA |
| 1946 | Southern California | 9-6 | William & Mary | Northwestern |
