College Tennis Top Moments – 2024 Season

Tempe, AZ – As another year comes to a close, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) wanted to look back at some of the top moments in college tennis from the 2024 calendar year.

From the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, NCAA Individual & Team Championships, Olympic Games, Grand Slams and countless other championships and events in which current and former college tennis players competed, this year was another shining example of all the talent currently in college tennis and currently on the professional tours.

Below are many of the top moments from the past calendar year. The date after each category of top moments corresponds to the date that category will be featured on ITA's social media pages, reliving these exciting moments.

Top moments from the ITA National Team Indoor Championship – To be seen on December 17

• Top-seeded Ohio State bounces back to defeat No. 2 TCU 4-3 to capture the ITA Division I Men's National Team Indoor Championship for the third time in program history.
• Oklahoma State crowned ITA Division I Indoor Champions Women's team for the first time in program history.
• Emory University wins its 10th ITA Division III Men's National Team Indoor Championship, the most by any program in tournament history.
• CMS tops UChicago in the ITA Division III Women's National Team Indoor Championship, a rematch of the 2023 ITA National Team Indoor Championship and NCAA Team Championship.
• Barry wins ITA Division II national indoor team championships for men and women.
• Georgia Gwinnett captures first ITA NAIA men's and women's national indoor team championship titles.

Outdoor National Championship Top Moments – Featured on December 18

• Filip Planinsek (Alabama) wins the first NCAA Division I Men's Singles National Championship in Alabama program history.
• Alexa Noel (Miami (FL)) is crowned NCAA Division I Womens Singles National Champion, the third champion in program history, and the 10th ACC student-athlete to capture the NCAA women's singles title.
• Texas A&M wins their program's first NCAA Division I Women's Team Championship.
• TCU wins their program's first NCAA Division I Men's Team Championship against rival Texas.
• Nova Southeastern wins their program's first NCAA Divison II Women's Team Championship against conference foe Barry.
• UChicago wins the NCAA Division III men's and women's team championships.
• Georgia Gwinnett continues her dominance at the NAIA Team Championships, winning both the men's and women's titles for the eighth year in a row.
• Houston dethrones Alabama in the ITA National Collegiate Wheelchair Tennis Championships.
• American River wins back-to-back CCCAA Women's Team State Championships.
• Cowley College wins the program's first NJCAA Women's Tennis Team Championship.

Top moments from College On Tour – Featured on December 19

• John Peers (MTSU & Baylor) wins gold at the Olympics, the first Baylor tennis alum to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
• Rajeev Ram (Illinois) and Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M) give the United States its first Olympic medal in men's doubles since the 2012 Olympic Games.
• Diana Shnaider (NC State) wins silver at the Olympic Games in women's doubles.
• Henry Patten (UNC Asheville) becomes Grand Slam Men's Doubles Champion at Wimbledon.
• Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa) wins the second Grand Slam Doubles title at the French Open and finishes at number 1 in the world.
• Lulu Sun (Texas) reaches the quarter-finals of the singles at Wimbledon and is named WTA Newcomer of the Year.
• Emma Navarro (Virginia) reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the semifinals at the US Open before being named WTA Most Improved Player.
• Danielle Collins (Virginia) wins consecutive WTA titles at the Miami Open and Credit One Charleston Open to return to the WTA Top Ten.
• Jake Fearnley (TCU) moves up hundreds of spots to enter the ATP Top 100 just a few months after leading TCU to their first NCAA team title.

College Tennis Fall Season Top Moments – Featured on December 20

• Maria Sholokhova (Wisconsin) becomes the first ITA Women's All-American Singles Champion in Wisconsin history.
• Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) becomes the first player to win both the ITA Men's All-American Championship Singles and Doubles titles since 2015.
• Ashley Simes (Lee) wins the first ITA Cup Division II Women's Singles title in Lee program history.
• Tyler Junior College claims three of the four JUCO National Individual Championships at the ITA Cup.
• Frencesco Felici (Alabama) wins his first ITA Collegiate Wheelchair Tennis National Singles Championship in his freshman year at Alabama.
• Team USA wins its fifth consecutive gold medal at the Master'U BNP Paribas Championships.
• Michael Zheng (Columbia) wins the first NCAA Singles Championship since 1906 for Columbia after reaching the finals of the second straight tournament.
• Dasha Vidmanova becomes the first player since 1979 to win both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships during her collegiate career.

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