The 2024 NCAA tennis championships are down to the final rounds, with a top-heavy men’s bracket and wide-open women’s field playing for a national title in Stillwater, Okla.
After falling in the final last year, top-seeded Ohio State is the favorite to take the men’s crown in 2024. The Buckeyes have been dominant all season, winning the national indoor title in February and compiling a 33-1 record entering the quarterfinals. That lone loss, however, came at No. 2 seed Texas in March, and a Longhorns team led by two of the top five-ranked singles players in the country, No. 2 Eliot Spizzirri and No. 5 Micah Braswell, will have a great shot at the title.
One thing is certain: There will be a new champion on the men’s side after two-time defending national champion Virginia, the third seed, fell to ACC rival Wake Forest in the quarterfinals.
The women’s side is more difficult to handicap with the top four seeds out before the semifinals. No. 16 seed Tennessee took out top seed and tournament host Oklahoma State in the super regionals, which also saw No. 13 Texas A&M knock off fourth seed and defending champion North Carolina. No. 7 Georgia then opened the quarterfinals by knocking off No. 2 seed Stanford and No. 6 Pepperdine followed by dumping No. 3 Michigan.
Who will emerge with the titles? Here’s how to watch all the action over four days at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla.
NCAA tennis championships 2024 schedule
Thursday, May 16ScoresRoundNo. 1 Ohio State 4, No. 8 Columbia 2Men’s QFNo. 4 TCU 5, No. 5 Kentucky 0Men’s QFNo. 2 Texas 4, No. 7 Tennessee 2Men’s QFNo. 6 Wake Forest 4, No. 3 Virginia 1Men’s QFFriday, May 17ScoresRoundNo. 7 Georgia 4, No. 2 Stanford 1Women’s QFNo. 6 Pepperdine 4, No. 3 Michigan 1Women’s QFNo. 13 Texas A&M 4, No. 5 Virginia 1Women’s QFNo. 16 Tennessee 4, No. 8 UCLA 3Women’s QFSaturday, May 18ScoresRoundNo. 4 TCU 4, No. 1 Ohio State 2Men’s SFNo. 2 Texas 4, No. 6 Wake Forest 2Men’s SFNo. 7 Georgia 4, No. 6 Pepperdine 0Women’s SFNo. 13 Texas A&M 4, No. 16 Tennessee 1Women’s SFSunday, May 19MatchupRoundTime (ET)Live streamNo. 2 Texas vs. No. 4 TCUMen’s championship5 p.m.ESPN+No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 13 Texas A&MWomen’s championship7:30 p.m.ESPN+
How to watch NCAA tennis championships 2024: TV channel, live stream
TV channel: NoneLive stream: ESPN+
The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship matches of the NCAA men’s and women’s team tournaments will air live on ESPN+. Coverage each day is set to begin 30 minutes before the first match, so 11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at and 4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.
NCAA tennis championships scoring format
College tennis team competition consists of three doubles and six singles matches between the schools.
Doubles is played first, with a single six-game set decided by a seven-point tiebreaker if it gets to 6-6. Whichever school wins two of the doubles matches gets one point toward the team total.
The six singles matches are best-of-three sets and worth one point each, and the first team to four points overall (including the doubles point) is the winner.
NCAA tennis national champions list
Here are the winners of the most recent men’s and women’s NCAA tennis tournaments:
Men’s tennis championsYearFinal result2023Virginia def. Ohio State 4-02022Virginia def. Kentucky 4-02021Florida def. Baylor 4-12020No tournament2019Texas def. Wake Forest 4-12018Wake Forest def. Ohio State 4-22017Virginia def. North Carolina 4-22016Virginia def. Oklahoma 4-12015Virginia def. Oklahoma 4-12014USC def. Oklahoma 4-2Women’s tennis championsYearFinal result2023North Carolina def. NC State 4-12022Texas def. Oklahoma 4-12021Texas def. Pepperdine 4-32020No tournament2019Stanford def. Georgia 4-02018Stanford def. Vanderbilt 4-32017Florida def. Stanford 4-12016Stanford def. Oklahoma State 4-32015Vanderbilt def. UCLA 4-22014UCLA def. North Carolina 4-3