Tulsa to Play Host of Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championship
9/29/2016 9:30:00 AM | Men's Tennis
TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa is set to play host for the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships to be held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center from Oct. 1 through Oct. 10. This year marks the 12th consecutive year that Tulsa has hosted the largest collegiate tennis event in the nation, featuring the top collegiate talent from across the country.
Pre-qualifying for singles play is slated to begin on Saturday, Oct. 1 while singles and doubles qualifying play will begin on Monday, Oct. 3. The main draw for both singles and doubles play is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 6 and wrap up on Monday, Oct. 10.
Pre-qualifying and qualifying matches are set to stream on Streaming Tennis while the main draw events will be streamed on FloTennis. Live statistics will not begin until the second day of qualifying, Monday, Oct. 4.
The ITA will announce pairings for the Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American on Friday, Sept. 30 and can be found on their website.
Results can be found on TulsaHurricane.com here as well as through the ITA website.
SAINT FRANCIS HEATH SYSTEM ITA ALL-AMERICAN QUICK FACTS
-Defending champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia became the first player since 2009 and fourth overall in the history of the ITA Men's All-American Championships to win the singles and doubles championships in the same year.
-Kwiatkowski's double-dip gave the Cavaliers a sweep of the singles and doubles titles for the second time in All-American history (2010), and it's just the sixth time in the history of the event that one program has taken home titles in both main draws.
-A player from the ACC has won the Men's All-American singles championship each of the past six years (2010-15).
-Tulsa is hosting the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships at the state-of-the-art Michael D. Case Tennis Center for the 12th straight year.
-The last Golden Hurricanes player to win the ITA Men's All-American Championship Arnau Bruges-Davi, who defeated Georgia's John Isner in 2006.
-Notable past winners of the ITA Men's All-American Singles Championship include: John Isner (Georgia, 2005); James Blake (Harvard, 1998); Bob Bryan (Stanford, 1997) and MaliVai Washington (Michigan, 1988).
-Al Parker (Georgia, 1989-90) is the only back-to-back singles champion in ITA Men's All-American Championship history.
-Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese (Tennessee, 2013-14) are the only back-to-back doubles champion in ITA Men's All-American Championship history.
-A doubles team from the SEC has won six of the past 11 ITA Men's All-American Championship titles, including three of the last four.
-Just 2 of the past 11 men's singles finals have gone to a deciding third set. Prior to that, the men's singles final reached a third set 5 straight years.
-Stanford has won the most men's singles titles with six, followed by Georgia and Virginia with five apiece.
-Tennessee has won the most men's doubles titles with five, followed by UCLA with three.
-Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 3-6, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
-Kwiatkowski's double-dip gave the Cavaliers a sweep of the singles and doubles titles for the second time in All-American history (2010), and it's just the sixth time in the history of the event that one program has taken home titles in both main draws.
-A player from the ACC has won the Men's All-American singles championship each of the past six years (2010-15).
-Tulsa is hosting the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships at the state-of-the-art Michael D. Case Tennis Center for the 12th straight year.
-The last Golden Hurricanes player to win the ITA Men's All-American Championship Arnau Bruges-Davi, who defeated Georgia's John Isner in 2006.
-Notable past winners of the ITA Men's All-American Singles Championship include: John Isner (Georgia, 2005); James Blake (Harvard, 1998); Bob Bryan (Stanford, 1997) and MaliVai Washington (Michigan, 1988).
-Al Parker (Georgia, 1989-90) is the only back-to-back singles champion in ITA Men's All-American Championship history.
-Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese (Tennessee, 2013-14) are the only back-to-back doubles champion in ITA Men's All-American Championship history.
-A doubles team from the SEC has won six of the past 11 ITA Men's All-American Championship titles, including three of the last four.
-Just 2 of the past 11 men's singles finals have gone to a deciding third set. Prior to that, the men's singles final reached a third set 5 straight years.
-Stanford has won the most men's singles titles with six, followed by Georgia and Virginia with five apiece.
-Tennessee has won the most men's doubles titles with five, followed by UCLA with three.
-Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 3-6, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
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