U of M Men's Tennis

1957 UMSs tennis team
1957 Tennis Team, U of M's only national champion.

All-Time Michigan Tennis Coaches' Records, 1893-2010
Coach Years Overall Conf. CT NT
[no coaches] 1893-1912 24-7-3* 6+
Alfred O. Lee 1913-1916 13-12-2
[no team]1917
Alfred O. Lee 1918 1-2-0
Chris Mack 1919 4-0-0 1
Chris Mack, A.O. Lee#19206-1-11
Alfred O. Lee 1921 8-3-0
Walter Wesbrook 1922 9-3-0
Alfred O. Lee 1923 9-1-2 1
Paul Leidy 1924 9-2-1
Robert Angell 1925 7-3-1
Henry Hutchins 1926-192924-3-0
Ray Courtright19309-1
John Johnstone1931-1937 40-32-6
Leroy Weir 1938-1946101-41-0 3
W. Robert Dixon 1947-194820-9-0
William Murphy 1949-1969 198-45-0 11 1
Brian Eisner 1970-1998 433-196 246-55-0 18
Mark Mees 1999-200465-48-024-26-0
Bruce Berque 2005-2011 109-73 42-18
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* - results may be incomplete, in some seasons the only competition was
    the "conference" tournament.
+ - 1893, Northwestern Intercollegiate Tournament
    1897-1909, Western Intercollegiate Tournament
    1910 Big Ten Tournament begins
# - Mack became ill just prior to the start of the 1919 season.
    Former coach A.O. Lee took over the coaching duties.

Determining Big Ten team champions:
  • 1910-1933:   If players from one team swept the singles and doubles titles, that team was named champion. If singles and doubles titlists came from different teams, the team championship was shared by the two team.
  • 1934:   Started using the point system to determine team champions.
  • 1965-1974:   Combination of round robin dual meet and championship results determined the team champion
  • 1986-1993:   Singles tournament was held but not sanctioned by the conference.
  • 1994:   Reinstituted singles championship.

Team Championships

NCAA Tournament Champions
1957
Northwestern Intercollegiate Tournament
1893
Western Intercollegiate Tournament
1897, 1901, 1903, 1904
Big Ten Tournament Champions
1919, 1920, 1923, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1996

Individual Tournament Champions

NCAA Singles Champions
1957     Barry MacKay - defeated Sammy Giammalva (Texas) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1982 Michael Leach - defeated Brad Gilbert (Pepperdine) 7-5, 6-3 in title match


Big Ten Singles Champions
1919 Walter K. Wesbrook
1920 Walter K. Wesbrook
1923 Charles Merkel
1948 Andy Paton
1956 Barry MacKay
1957 Barry MacKay
1959 Jon Erickson
1961 Ray Senkowski
1969 Dick Dell
1970 Mark Conti
1971 Joel Ross
1973 Victor Amaya
1974 Victor Amaya
1977 Bill Rennie
1978 Jeff Etterbeek
1980 Michael Leach
1986 Dan Goldberg
1987 Ed Nagel
1988 Dan Goldberg
1989 Mali Vai Washington
1996 Peter Pusztai
2006 Matko Maravic
2007 Jason Jung


Big Ten Doubles Champions
1919 Walter Wesbrook - Nicholas Bartz
1927 Horace Barton - Kingsley Moore
1948 Andy Paton - William Mikulich
1949 Andy Paton - William Mikulich
1955 Barry MacKay - Richard Potter
1956 Barry MacKay - Richard Potter
1957 Barry MacKay - Richard Potter
1959 Jon Erickson - Gerald Dubie
1960 John Wiley - Gerald Dubie
1961 Ray Senkowski - Wayne Peacock
1966 John Hedrick - Jerry Stewart
1968 Peter Fishback - Brian Marcus
1970 Mark Conti - Jon Hainline
1972 Joel Ross - Richard Ravreby
1973 Victor Amaya - Jerry Karzen
1974 Victor Amaya - Eric Friedler
1975 James Gallagher - Freddie DeJesus
1976 Eric Friedler - Jeffrey Etterbeek
1977 Jeffrey Etterbeek - Judson Shaufler
1978 Jeffrey Etterbeek - Matt Horwich
1980 Michael Leach - Matt Horwich
1982 Michael Leach - Mark Mees
1983 Mark Mees - Thomas Haney
1986 James Sharton - Ed Filer
1987 John Royer - Jonathan Morris
1987 Ed Nagel - MaliVai Washington