title: NAIA men's tennis championships
text: # 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.
  
  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
  
  ### Singles, Doubles, and Team titles (1952–1999)
  
  NAIA Men's Tennis Championship :
  
  | Year | Site | Team Championship | Team Championship | Team Championship | Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Site | Champion(s) | Points | Runner(s)-up | Points | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions |
  | 1952 | Abilene, Texas | Pepperdine | None | None | None | Butch Krikorian (San Jose State) | Harvey Grimshaw & Bill Delay (Pepperdine) |
  | 1953 | Abilene, Texas | Hardin-Simmons | None | None | None | S.L. Shofner (Central State) | Carl Nunn & Wayne Miller (Hardin-Simmons) |
  | 1954 | Abilene, Texas | Redlands | None | None | None | Gene Land (Central State) | Ron Palmer & Jery Boas (Redlands) |
  | 1955 | Abilene, Texas | Lamar Tech | None | None | None | James Schmidt (Lamar Tech) | Don Coleman & Rafael Reyes (Lamar Tech) |
  | 1956 | San Diego, California | Lamar Tech (2) | None | None | None | James Schmidt (Lamar Tech) | Rafael Reyes & Paul Wilkins (Lamar Tech) |
  | 1957 | Beaumont, Texas | Lamar Tech (3) | None | None | None | George Nadlay (Lamar Tech) | Pedro Bueno & Paul Wilkins (Lamar Tech) |
  | 1958 | Beaumont, Texas | Lamar Tech (4) | None | None | None | Pedro Bueno (Lamar Tech) | James Schmidt & Eugene Saller (Lamar Tech) |
  | 1959 | Charleston, Illinois | Lamar Tech (5) | None | None | None | 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 | Kansas City, Missouri | Pan American | 29 | Southeastern State | 10 | John Sharpe (Pan American) | John Sharpe & Don Russell (Pan American) |
  | 1962 | Kansas City, Missouri | Pan American (2) | 29 | Southeastern State | 11 | Don Russell (Pan American) | Don Russell & Jerry Wortelboer (Pan American) |
  | 1963 | Kansas City, Missouri | Pan American (3) | 31 | East Texas State | 16 | Ken Lang (Pan American) | John Hunter & Ken Lang (Pan American) |
  | 1964 | Kansas City, Missouri | Pan American (4) | 33 | Corpus Christi | 30 | Don Kierbow (Corpus Christi) | Don Kierbow & Gabino Palafox (Corpus Christi) |
  | 1965 | Kansas City, Missouri | Pan American (5) | 29 | East Texas State | 15 | George Kon (Pan American) | Detley Nitsche & Sherwood Stewart (Pan American) |
  | 1966 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (2) | 30 | Corpus Christi | 18 | John Yeomans (Redlands) | John Yeomans & Bill Schoen (Redlands) |
  | 1967 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (3) | 25 | Corpus Christi | 17 | Doug Verdieck (Redlands) | Eduardo Guell & Vincente Zarazua (Corpus Christi) |
  | 1968 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (4) | 34 | Southeastern State | 19 | Doug Verdieck (Redlands) | Doug Verdieck & Bruce Nelson (Redlands) |
  | 1969 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (5) | 43 | Southeastern State | 32 | Doug Verdieck (Redlands) | Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck (Redlands) George Amaya & Jim Amaya (Prebysterian) |
  | 1970 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (6) | 44 | Southeastern State | 33 | Doug Verdieck (Redlands) | Doug Verdieck & Randy Verdieck (Redlands) |
  | 1971 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (7) | 41 | Presbyterian | 36 | George Amaya (Presbyterian) | George Amaya & Milan Kofol (Presbyterian) |
  | 1972 | Kansas City, Missouri | East Texas State | 37 | Redlands | 35 | Harry Fritz (East Texas State) | Harry Fritz & Bob Hochstadter (East Texas State) |
  | 1973 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (8) | 32 | Presbyterian | 28 | Bob Hochstadter (East Texas State) | Dave Petersen & Tim Butorac (Gustavus Adolphus) |
  | 1974 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (9) | 34 | California Baptist | 33 | Stan Franker (Texas Southern) | Bengt Anthin & John Blomberg (California Baptist) |
  | 1975 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (10) | 30 | Presbyterian | 28 | Dave Petersen | Benny Sims & Glenn Moolchan (Texas Southern) |
  | 1976 | Kansas City, Missouri | Mercyhurst | 39 | Redlands | 27 | Kari Pesonen (Mercyhurst) | Reijo Tuomola & Martin Sturgess (Mercyhurst) |
  | 1977 | Kansas City, Missouri | Flagler | 31 | Southwest Texas State | 24 | Gordon Jones (Flagler) | Gordon Jones & Jim Twigg (Flagler) |
  | 1978 | Kansas City, Missouri | East Texas State (2) | 28 | Atlantic Christian | 25 | Francois Synaeghel (Belhaven) | Jeff Gibson & Bruce Gibson (East Texas State) |
  | 1979 | Kansas City, Missouri | Atlantic Christian | 28 | Gustavus Adolphus | 26 | Garry Seymour (Southwest Texas State) | Mike Puc & Dave Kraus (Flagler) |
  | 1980 | Kansas City, Missouri | Redlands (11) | 36 | Southwest Texas State Gustavus Adolphus | 26 | John Mattke (Gustavus Adolphus) | Tony Mmohe & Bullus Hussaini (Saint Augustine's) |
  | 1981 | Kansas City, Missouri | Southwest Texas State | 36 | Redlands | 31 | Brian Lusson (Southwest Texas State) | Brian Lusson & Bart Bernstein (Southwest Texas State) |
  | 1982 | Kansas City, Missouri | Southwest Texas State (2) | 36 | Redlands | 24 | Chuck Nunn (Southwest Texas State) | Jeff Bramlett & Russell Angell (Southwest Texas State) |
  | 1983 | Kansas City, Missouri | Belhaven | 33 | Lander | 32 | Al Jordan (Southwest Baptist) | Stephen Bonneau & Martin Dyotte (Belhaven) |
  | 1984 | Kansas City, Missouri | Atlantic Christian (2) Southwest Baptist | 29 | Belhaven | 28 | Peter Pristach (Lander) | Kevin Kopp & Gregg Yarbrough (Southwest Baptist) |
  | 1985 | Kansas City, Missouri | Lander | 33 | Flagler | 27 | Martin Dyotte (Belhaven) | Tobias Svantesson & Paul Valois (Flagler) |
  | 1986 | Kansas City, Missouri | Flagler (2) | 33 | Lander | 30 | Tobias Svantesson (Flagler) | Tobias Svantesson & Per Asklund (Flagler) |
  | 1987 | Kansas City, Missouri | Auburn Montgomery | 26 | College of Charleston | 25 | Jeff Skeldon (Auburn Montgomery) | Matt Willson & Eric Girard (College of Charleston) |
  | 1988 | Kansas City, Missouri | Lander (2) | 33 | Texas–Tyler | 30 | Keith Evans (Belhaven) | Per Asklund & Michael Malvebo (Flagler) |
  | 1989 | Kansas City, Missouri | Texas–Tyler | 35 | Auburn Montgomery | 24 | Ken Olivier (Texas–Tyler) | Ken Olivier & Chris Harris (Texas–Tyler) |
  | 1990 | Kansas City, Missouri | Elon | 31 | North Florida | 26 | Roland Thornquist (Elon) | Roland Thornquist & Stefan Hager (Elon) |
  | 1991 | Kansas City, Missouri | Lander (3) | 35 | BYU Hawaii West Florida | 27 | Yue Wang (BYU Hawaii) | Eric Hochman & Geoff Watts (West Florida) |
  | 1992 | Kansas City, Missouri | Lander (4) | 31 | BYU Hawaii | 26 | Niclas Nilsson (Lander) | Sorin Cherebetiu & Andrej Tonejc (West Florida) |
  | 1993 | Kansas City, Missouri | 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 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Auburn Montgomery (2) | 31 | Oklahoma City | 27 | Jonas Andersson (Incarnate Word) | Jonas Andersson & Javier Ruiz (Incarnate Word) |
  | 1996 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Auburn Montgomery (2) | 34 | Mobile | 22 | Ivan Keskinov (Lynn) | Gustavo Silva & Rodrigo Monte (Auburn Montgomery) |
  | 1997 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Mobile (2) | 33 | Auburn Montgomery | 26 | Riva DaSilva (Westmont) | Federico Contreras & Ricardo Ferreira (Freed–Hardeman) |
  | 1998 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 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)
  
  NAIA Men's Tennis Championship :
  
  | Year | Site | | Team Championship | Team Championship | Team Championship |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Site | | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
  | 2000 | Lexington, Kentucky | | Oklahoma City (3) | 6–3 | Auburn Montgomery |
  | 2001 | Lexington, Kentucky | | Oklahoma City (4) | 5–2 | Georgia Southwestern |
  | 2002 | Peachtree City, Georgia | | Auburn Montgomery (4) | 5–0 | Vacated |
  | 2003 | Peachtree City, Georgia | | Oklahoma Christian | 5–1 | Azusa Pacific |
  | 2004 | Mobile, Alabama | | Auburn Montgomery (5) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific |
  | 2005 | Mobile, Alabama | | Azusa Pacific | 5–3 | Santa Fe (NM) |
  | 2006 | Mobile, Alabama | | Auburn Montgomery (6) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific |
  | 2007 | Mobile, Alabama | | Auburn Montgomery (7) | 5–0 | Azusa Pacific |
  | 2008 | Mobile, Alabama | | Auburn Montgomery (8) | 5–3 | Fresno Pacific |
  | 2009 | Mobile, Alabama | | Fresno Pacific | 5–3 | Auburn Montgomery |
  | 2010 | Mobile, Alabama | | Auburn Montgomery (9) | 5–3 | Fresno Pacific |
  | 2011 | Mobile, Alabama | | Fresno Pacific (2) | 5–1 | Embry–Riddle |
  | 2012 | Mobile, Alabama | | Oklahoma Christian (2) | 5–4 | Fresno Pacific |
  | 2013 | Mobile, Alabama | | Embry–Riddle | 5–4 | Auburn Montgomery |
  | 2014 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett | 5–1 | Embry–Riddle |
  | 2015 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (2) | 5–0 | Embry–Riddle |
  | 2016 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (3) | 5–2 | Xavier Louisiana |
  | 2017 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (4) | 5–0 | Xavier Louisiana |
  | 2018 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (5) | 5–0 | Keiser |
  | 2019 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (6) | 5–0 | Xavier Louisiana |
  | 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
  | 2021 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (7) | 4–1 | Keiser |
  | 2022 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (8) | 4–1 | Keiser |
  | 2023 | Mobile, Alabama | | Georgia Gwinnett (9) | 4–0 | Tennessee Wesleyan |
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Team titles
  
  | 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.
  