Championship Format
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The NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Tennis Championships features separate team, singles and doubles championships. TEAM - The Team portion of the championships consists of (64) sixty-four teams playing a single elimination tournament at (16) sixteen first and second round sites (four teams at each site). The advancing (16) sixteen teams compete in bracket style competition to determine the national champion. Matches will be regulation duel matches- three(3) eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one point, followed by six(6) singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tie-breaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and six games all in singles. There will be no playoff for third and fourth place. INDIVIDUAL - A (64) sixty-four player singles championship and a (32) thirty-two doubles championship will be conducted. All matches shall be the best of three sets. Regular scoring and a (12) twelve-point tiebreaker at six games all will be used for all matches.
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