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UChicago won the 2026 DIII men’s tennis team national championship, beating Claremont-Mudd-Scripps for the title, 4-3, on Friday, May 22 at the Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Watch live: 2026 DIII tennis individual championships
It is a 44-team, single-elimination tournament. The quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played at the championship site. Thirty-five conference champions will receive automatic bids into the tournament, while nine teams will get at-large bids.
Following the team championships, the single and doubles championships will take place May 23-26. Those who qualified were announced in a press release on Wednesday, May 6.
2026 DIII men’s tennis team championship bracket
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2026 DIII men’s tennis team championship schedule
First round
Thursday, May 7
Friday, May 8
Ohio Northern 4, Lake Forest 2
Stevens 4, Penn State Harrisburg 0
Allegheny 4, Penn State-Behrend 0
Baruch 4, Moravian 0
Carthage 4, Illinois Tech 0
Roger Williams 4, Farmingdale State 1
North Carolina Wesleyan 4, Albright 0
TCNJ 4, Saint John Fisher 0
Whitman 4, Asbury 0
Skidmore 4, Bridgewater State 0
Second round
Second round
Saturday, May 9
Emory 4, Stevens 0
Swarthmore 4, Allegheny 0
CWRU 5, Ohio Northern 1
Denison 4, Carthage 0
Tufts 4, Baruch 0
Bowdoin 4, Roger Williams 0
WashU 4, Kalamazoo 2
Carnegie Mellon 4, Washington & Lee 0
Johns Hopkins 4, North Carolina Wesleyan 0
Mary Washington 4, Whitman 1
Trinity (Texas) 4, TCNJ 1
Babson 4, Skidmore 2
Third round
Saturday, May 9
Sunday, May 10
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, May 19
Semifinals: Wednesday, May 20
Championship: Friday, May 22
Championship history
Denison defeated Case Western, 4-2, to win the 2025 national championship, the first in school history.
🏆 REWIND TO THE LAST YEAR’S CHAMPIONSHIP: Watch Denison take home its first-ever national title
Below is a full list of every team that’s won the national title.
Year
Champion
Points/Score
Runner-Up
Host
2025
Denison
4-2
Case Western
Claremont, California
2024
UChicago
5-4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
2023
Case Western
5-2
Tufts
Orlando, Fla.
2022
UChicago
5-2
Case Western
Orlando, Fla.
2021
Emory
5-2
Case Western
Chattanooga, Tenn.
2020
Canceled due to Covid-19
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2019
Emory
5-3
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Kalamazoo, Mich.
2018
Middlebury
5-3
Bowdoin
Claremont, Cailf.
2017
Emory
5-2
Claremont-M-S
Chattanooga, Tenn.
2016
Bowdoin
5-0
Middlebury
Kalamazoo, Mich.
2015
Claremont M-S
5-0
Middlebury
Mason, Ohio
2014
Amherst
5-3
Claremont-M-S
Claremont, Calif.
2013
Williams
5-2
Claremont-M-S
Kalamazoo, Mich.
2012
Emory
5-3
Kenyon
Cary, N.C.
2011
Amherst
5-2
Emory
Claremont, Calif.
2010
Middlebury
5-1
Amherst
Oberlin, Ohio
2009
UC Santa Cruz
5-0
Amherst
Claremont, Calif.
2008
Washington-St. Louis
5-3
Emory
Lewiston, Maine
2007
UC Santa Cruz
5-1
Emory
Washington University
2006
Emory
4-1
Middlebury
Fredericksburg, Va.
2005
UC Santa Cruz
4-1
Middlebury
Santa Cruz
2004
Middlebury
4-3
Williams
Bates
2003
Emory
4-0
Williams
Gust. Adolphus
2002
Williams
4-3
Emory
UC Santa Cruz
2001
Williams
4-1
UC Santa Cruz
DePauw
2000
Trinity (Tex.)
4-3
Gust. Adolphus
Kalamazoo
1999
Williams
4-1
Kalamazoo
Claremont-M-S
1998
UC Santa Cruz
4-2
Williams
Williams
1997
Washington (Md.)
4-2
Kalamazoo
Wash. & Lee
1996
UC Santa Cruz
4-2
Emory
Emory
1995
UC Santa Cruz
4-1
Washington (Md.)
Kalamazoo
1994
Washington (Md.)
5-4
Claremont-M-S
Redlands
1993
Kalamazoo
5-2
UC Santa Cruz
Kalamazoo
1992
Kalamazoo
5-1
UC Santa Cruz
Emory
1991
Kalamazoo
7-2
UC Santa Cruz
Claremont-M-S
1990
Swarthmore
5-1
UC Santa Cruz
Swarthmore
1989
UC Santa Cruz
5-4
Swarthmore
Kalamazoo
1988
Wash. & Lee
5-4
UC Santa Cruz
Wash. & Lee
1987
Kalamazoo
6-3
Wash. & Lee
Salisbury
1986
Kalamazoo
6-3
Wash. & Lee
Claremont-M-S
1985
Swarthmore
5-4
Kalamazoo
Wash. & Lee
1984
Redlands
7-2
Gust. Adolphus
Emory
1983
Redlands
5-4
Claremont-M-S
Albany (N.Y.)
1982
Gust. Adolphus
19-14
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
1981
Claremont-M-S / Swarthmore
9
Bates
Salisbury
1980
Gust. Adolphus
14-13
Claremont-M-S
Claremont-M-S
1979
Redlands
17-13
Gust. Adolphus
Millsaps
1978
Kalamazoo
20-12
Wash. & Lee
Ohio Wesleyan
1977
Swarthmore
15-12
Claremont-M-S
Millsaps
1976
Kalamazoo
18-15
Claremont-M-S
Millsaps
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