NOW YOU KNOW
Benedikt Dorsch of Baylor defeated Pierrik Ysern of San Diego, 6-2, 7-6 (6) Monday to win the NCAA Division I tennis championship, an event contested since 1881. Past champions of the events since 1941, the year the NCAA took over sole control of the tournament from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Assn:
* 1941, Joseph Hunt...Navy
* 1942, Fred Schroeder...Stanford
* 1943, Pancho Segura...Miami
* 1944, Pancho Segura...Miami
* 1945, Pancho Segura...Miami
* 1946, Bob Falkenburg...USC
* 1947, Garner Larned...William & Mary
* 1948, Harry Likas...San Francisco
* 1949, Jack Tuero...Tulane
* 1950, Herbert Flam...UCLA
* 1951, Tony Trabert...Cincinnati
* 1952, Hugh Stewart...USC
* 1953, Ham Richardson...Tulane
* 1954, Ham Richardson...Tulane
* 1955, Jose Aguero...Tulane
* 1956, Alex Olmedo...USC
* 1957, Barry MacKay...Michigan
* 1958, Alex Olmedo...USC
* 1959, Whitney Reed...San Jose St.
* 1960, Larry Nagler...UCLA
* 1961, Allen Fox...UCLA
* 1962, Rafael Osuna...USC
* 1963, Dennis Ralston...USC
* 1964, Dennis Ralston...USC
* 1965, Arthur Ashe...UCLA
* 1966, Charlie Pasarell...UCLA
* 1967, Bob Lutz...USC
* 1968, Stan Smith...USC
* 1969, Joaquin Loyo-Mayo...USC
* 1970, Jeff Borowiak...UCLA
* 1971, Jimmy Connors...UCLA
* 1972, Dick Stockton...Trinity (Texas)
* 1973, Alex Mayer...Stanford
* 1974, John Whitlinger...Stanford
* 1975, Bill Martin...UCLA
* 1976, Bill Scanlon...Trinity (Texas)
* 1977, Matt Mitchell...Stanford
* 1978, John McEnroe...Stanford
* 1979, Kevin Curren...Texas
* 1980, Robert Van’t Hof...USC
* 1981, Tim Mayotte...Stanford
* 1982, Mike Leach...Michigan
* 1983, Greg Holmes...Utah
* 1984, Mikael Pernfors...Georgia
* 1985, Mikael Pernfors...Georgia
* 1986, Dan Goldie...Stanford
* 1987, Andrew Burrow...Miami
* 1988, Robby Weiss...Pepperdine
* 1989, Donni Leaycraft...LSU
* 1990, Steve Bryan...Texas
* 1991, Jared Palmer...Stanford
* 1992, Alex O’Brien...Stanford
* 1993, Chris Woodruff...Tennessee
* 1994, Mark Merklein...Florida
* 1995, Sargis Sargisian...Arizona St.
* 1996, Cecil Mamiit...USC
* 1997, Luke Smith...UNLV
* 1998, Bob Bryan...Stanford
* 1999, Jeff Morrison...Florida
* 2000, Alex Kim...Stanford
* 2001, Matias Boeker...Georgia
* 2002, Matias Boeker...Georgia
* 2003, Amer Delic...Illinois
* 2004, Benjamin Becker...Baylor
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