Florida Gators men's tennis

The Florida Gators men's tennis team represents the University of Florida in the sport of tennis. The Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team hosts its home matches in Linder Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, led by head coach Bryan Shelton. In the eighty-five-year history of the Gators men's tennis program, the Gators have won nine SEC team championships, two NCAA singles championships and one NCAA doubles championship.

Florida Gators men's tennis
UniversityUniversity of Florida
Athletic directorScott Stricklin
Head coachBryan Shelton (5th season)
ConferenceSEC
LocationGainesville, FL
Home CourtLinder Stadium
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameFlorida Gators
ColorsOrange and Blue[1]
         
NCAA Tournament appearances
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
1994, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2016
Conference regular season champions
1950, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2019
Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex, location of the home courts of the Florida Gators men's tennis team.

Team history

The Florida Gators men's tennis team was started by head coach Dennis K. "Dutch" Stanley in 1932. In eight years leading the Gators' tennis program, Stanley compiled a team win-loss record of 54–12 (.818), still the best coaching record in the history of the program as measured by winning percentage. Stanley, who also served as the head coach of the Gators football and track teams, left the university in 1940, but later returned as the first dean of its College of Health and Human Performance.

The Gators have won nine Southeastern Conference team championships (1950, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005).

They Gators men's tennis team has never won an NCAA national team championship, but advanced to the NCAA tournament semifinals in 2000 and 2005. In individual match play, Gators Mark Merklein and David Blair claimed the NCAA doubles championships in 1993. Merklein won the NCAA singles championship in 1994, losing just one set while defeating six tournament opponents. Gator Jeff Morrison claimed the NCAA singles championship in 1999, also losing only a single set on the way to the title.

Year-by-year results

The Florida Gators overall record is 1,208–498–6 through the 2015–2016 season.[2]

SeasonOverall RecordSEC RecordNationalSEC SeasonSEC Tournament
1931–324–0
1932–334–0
1933–345–2
1934–354–5
1935–368–1
1936–376–0
1937–386–0
1938–396–0
1939–4011–4
1940–4110–2–1
1946–473–5–13rd
1947–489–6
1948–4914–5–14th
1949–5021–11st
1950–5116–74th
1951–5213–4
1952–5315–3T2nd
1953–5414–3–14th
1954–5516–12nd
1955–5615–33rd
1956–5718–33rd
1957–5812–76th
1958–599–95th
1959–6018–23rd
1960–6120–11st
1961–6215–5T3rd
1962–6311–418th5th
1963–6411–46th
1964–659–95th
1965–6618–145th
1966–6719–1–15th3rd
1967–6823–16th1st
1968–6919–1–16th1st
1969–7014–84th
1970–7111–124th
1971–7213–1118th5th
1972–7320–622nd3rd
1973–7420–3T13th5th
1974–7525–2T8thT1st
1975–7618–216th3rd
1976–7721–34th
1977–7822–45th
1978–7917–9T5th
1979–8015–9–16th
1980–8123–65th
1981–8220–7T3rd
1982–8314–10T8th
1983–8417–10T6th
1984–8516–115th
1985–8619–10T7th
1986–8716–84th
1987–883–20T6th
1988–8914–119th
1989–9017–9-7th
1990–9119–8T5thT3rd
1991–9215–11T9th5th
1992–9316–12T9th5th
1993–9419–7T9th1st1st
1994–9518–11T9th5th
1995–9616–9T17th5th
1996–9731–1T9th5th
1997–9827–0T25thT6th
1998–9931–2T5thT3rd
1999–200025–310–1T3rd1st1st
2000–019–173–8T10th3rd
2001–0218–77–4T9thT3rd2nd
2002–0325–511–0T5th1st
2003–0418–78–3T9th2nd
2004–0524–610–1T3rdT1st1st
2005–0617–88–3T9thT2nd
2006–0715–87–4T9thT3rd
2007–0817–88–3T9th4th2nd
2008–0918–97–4T17thT4th
2009–1021–59–1T9th2nd2nd
2010–1120–97–4T9th5th1st
2011–1216–107–4T9th4th
2012–1315–117–5T33rdT3rd
2013–1417–108–415th4th2nd
2014–1514–98–4T33rd6th
2015–1621–710–210th2nd1st
2016–179–3

All-Americans

Twenty-two members of the Florida Gators men's tennis team have earned forty-seven All-American honors.[3]

  • Diego Hidalgo – Singles (2016), Doubles (2016)
  • Gordon Watson – Doubles (2016)
  • Florent Diep – Singles (2014)
  • Bob Van Overbeek – Doubles (2013)
  • Stephane Piro – Doubles (2013)
  • Sekou Bangoura – Doubles (2011)
  • Alexndre Lacroix – Singles (2010, 2011), Doubles (2010, 2011)
  • Antoine Benneteau – Doubles (2010)
  • Gregory Ouellette – Singles (2005, 2007, 2008), Doubles (2005, 2007)
  • Jesse Levine – Singles (2007), Doubles (2007)
  • Hamid Mirzadeh – Singles (2003, 2004, 2005), Doubles (2004, 2005)
  • Chris Brandi – Doubles (2004)
  • Janne Holmia – Singles (2003)
  • Justin O'Neal – Singles (1997, 1999, 2000)
  • Jeff Morrison – Singles (1999, 2000), Doubles (1999, 2000)
  • Nathan Overholser – Singles (1999, 2000), Doubles (2000)
  • Damon Henkel – Singles (1994, 1995, 1996)
  • Dyllan Fitzgerald – Doubles (1994)
  • Mark Merklein – Singles (1993, 1994), Doubles (1993, 1994)
  • David Blair – Doubles (1993)
  • Armistead Neely – Singles (1969), Doubles (1968)
  • Jamie Pressly – Singles (1969)
  • Bill Tym – Singles (1963)
  • Jim Shaffer – Singles (1961)

See also

References

  1. "UF Identity Style Guide". March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. Gator All-Americans
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