USTA Tennis on Campus#Spring and Fall Invitationals
{{Infobox sports league
| title = USTA Tennis on Campus
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| sport = Team tennis
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| inaugural =
| owner = United States Tennis Association
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| teams = 370
| champion = California (2025)
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| most_champs = California (6)
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| website = [http://www.tennisoncampus.com/ tennisoncampus.com]
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Tennis on Campus (TOC) is the national collegiate club tennis league operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The league is played on hard courts in World TeamTennis format. 370 colleges throughout the 15 USTA geographical sections nationwide compete in the league.{{Cite web|title=AboutUs|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/AboutUs.htm|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}
The league's regular season takes place in the fall and spring along with four major tournaments, culminating with the National Championship.{{Cite web|title=USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/USTATennisOnCampusNationalChampionship.htm|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}
Competition format
The regular season games are played in tournaments which are hosted by individual universities at their campus tennis facilities or a local tennis center. The matches are played in mixed gender World TeamTennis format which features four separate brackets in tournaments; copper, bronze, silver, and gold in a pool play system. Gold is the leading bracket, which is the overall champion of each tournament.{{Cite web|title=Results|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/page5121.aspx|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}
During a game, five matches are played, with a minimum of four players on a team, on hard courts.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=USTA WTT TOC Rules|url=https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/sections/pacific-northwest/pdfs/play/toc/WTTRules.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}
- Men's doubles
- Women's doubles
- Men's singles
- Women's singles
- Mixed doubles
TOC players typically have an NTRP rating of 3.5 to 5.0 and played varsity high school tennis.
Major tournaments
Outside the regular season, there are four major tournaments directly hosted by the USTA held seasonally. All four tournaments (Spring and Fall Invitationals, Sectional Championships, and the National Championship) feature free merchandise for the players, and professional photographers.{{Cite web|title=Tennis On Campus Photos|url=https://tennisoncampus.drawbridgedigital.com/pages/themes.php?theme1=USTA+Tennis+on+Campus&theme2=2019+Tennis+On+Campus+National+Championship|access-date=2020-08-11|website=tennisoncampus.drawbridgedigital.com}} The champions and runners-up of the Sectional and Invitational tournaments earn automatic bids to the National Championship, depending on the size of the section.{{Cite web|title=Tennis On Campus History|url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/play/college-tennis/programs/national/tennis-on-campus-history.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.usta.com|language=en}}
The four major tournaments are hosted at major or professional tennis centers at rotating venues nationwide.{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.ustanationalcampus.com/en/home.html|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.ustanationalcampus.com}}
= Sectional Championships =
The 15 USTA sections host a championship tournament where their respective sectional teams compete to win the trophy. The winners and runners-up get a bid to the National Championship.{{Cite web|title=USTA Tennis On Campus Section Championships|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/Events-2/USTATennisOnCampusSectionChampionships.htm|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}
= Fall and Spring Invitationals =
The Fall and Spring Invitationals are national invitational tournaments to which 64 schools from random sections are invited based on their seasonal record, with the winner of the tournament receiving an automatic bid to the National Championship. The tournaments were typically hosted in Surprise, Arizona and Cary, North Carolina, but the most recent ones were in Austin, Texas and Folsom, California.{{Cite web|title=USTA Tennis On Campus Fall Invitational|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/Events-2/FallInvitational.htm|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}{{Cite web|title=USTA Tennis On Campus Spring Invitational|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/Events-2/USTATennisOnCampusSpringInvitational-2.htm|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}{{Cite web |title=USTA / TOC 2023 Fall Invite |url=https://playtennis.usta.com/Competitions/ustatexas/Tournaments/Overview/3bb9a323-4158-4388-b92f-b6f041bceb82 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=playtennis.usta.com}}{{Cite web |title=USTA / 2024 TOC Spring Invitational |url=https://playtennis.usta.com/competitions/USTANorthernCalifornia/Tournaments/draws/ED57E5F4-FFA4-45E6-A400-C77D3955A9CD/E1FC4CD8-9C04-417E-BB93-9D02B4121AE2 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=playtennis.usta.com}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic several 2020-2022 tournaments were cancelled.
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year !Spring champion !Fall champion |
| 2024
| |
|---|
| 2023
|UCF |USC |
| 2022
| No Event |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| 2016 |
| 2015 |
| 2014
|UCLA |
| 2013
|USC |
| 2012
|Duke |
| 2011 |
| 2010 |
= National Championship =
The USTA Tennis on Campus National Championship is the pinnacle major tournament hosted in April.{{Cite web|title=USTA Florida Tennis on Campus Sectional Championship|url=https://www.ustanationalcampus.com/en/home/news/usta-florida-tennis-on-campus-sectional-championship.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.ustanationalcampus.com}} A pool of 64 schools throughout the nation which were the champions or runners-up of their Sectional Championship or the Fall/Spring Invitational earn automatic bids to Nationals. After the National Championship game is an awards ceremony.{{Cite web|title=USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship|url=http://www.tennisoncampus.com/USTATennisOnCampusNationalChampionship.htm|access-date=2020-08-11|website=www.tennisoncampus.com}}
The tournament lasts three days. Some years, the matches are livestreamed on YouTube with live commentary by the USTA.{{Cite web|title=Watch|url=https://www.ustanationalcampus.com/en/home/watch.html/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.ustanationalcampus.com}}{{Citation|title=LIVE - USTA National Campus hosts 2018 Tennis on Campus Championship Final| date=15 April 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_YxhFM-R0|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-09}}
== Results by year ==
Below are the results of all the National Championships.
| class="wikitable"
! style="width:40px" |Year ! style="width:200px" |Champion !Runner-up !Score !Location !Ref. |
| 2025
|30-16 |
|---|
| 2024
|USC |25-17 | |
| 2023
|22-20 | |
| 2022
|UCLA |28-22 | |
| 2019
|UCLA |23-22 |
| 2018
|27-13 | rowspan="2" |Orlando, Florida |
| 2017
|24-20 |
| 2016
|23-22 | rowspan="2" |Cary, North Carolina |
| 2015
|27-17 |
| 2014
|27-13 | rowspan="2" |Surprise, Arizona |
| 2013
|26-24 |
| 2012
|25-23 | rowspan="2" |Cary, North Carolina |
| 2011
|UCLA |30-19 |
| 2010
|30-14 | rowspan="2" |Surprise, Arizona |
| 2009
|Duke |26-21 |
| 2008
|22-16 |
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Champion |
| 2007 |
|---|
| 2006 |
| 2005 |
| 2004 |
| 2003 |
| 2002 |
| 2001 |
| 2000 |
== Results by school ==
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!School !Titles !Years won !Years runner-up |
| California
|6 |2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2024, 2025 |2008, 2019, 2022 |
| Texas A&M
|5 |2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |— |
| UCLA
|3 |2011, 2019, 2022 |— |
| North Carolina
|2 |2000, 2001 |2016, 2018 |
| Auburn
|1 |2016 |— |
| Duke
|1 |2009 |— |
| Florida
|1 |2003 |2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Georgia
|1 |2013 |— |
| Michigan
|1 |2017 |— |
| Ohio State
|1 |2018 |— |
| Texas
|1 |2008 |— |
| Virginia
|1 |2023 |2012 |
References
External links
- {{official website|http://www.tennisoncampus.com/}}
Category:Tennis in the United States
Category:Sports organizations established in 2000