May 29, 2006
NCAA Men's Singles Championship
May 29, 2006 * Stanford, CA
Finals
No. 1 seed is now 11-3 in NCAA men's singles final ... Last top seed to win title was Benedikt Dorsch of Baylor last season ... German players have won last three NCAA singles titles ... First international player to win NCAAs was an Australian, Penn's Edward B. Dewhurst, in 1903 (at the age of 32). All told, there have been 22 times when a non-U.S. player has won the NCAA men's singles title (recent champions Matias Boeker of Georgia (2001-02) and Amer Delic of Illinois (2003) spent much of their adolescence in United States, but gained U.S. citizenship after winning NCAAs) ... Collegiate men's singles championship is the oldest in collegiate sports, dating back to 1883 ... Kohlleoffel was the 2005 ITA National Rookie of the Year ... Reached '05 NCAA singles quarterfinals and led Bruins to team championship ... Devvarman joins Brian Vahaly as UVA's two NCAA singles finalists ... Vahaly reached 2001 final (lost to Georgia's Matias Boeker) ... Devvarman had actually lost six of his last 10 matches entering this week's tournament ... He came to UVA as No. 1 ranked junior in India.
NCAA Men's Doubles Championship
May 29, 2006 * Stanford, CA
Finals
Kevin Anderson and Ryan Rowe became the third team from Illinois to win the NCAA doubles crown ... The other two are Rajeev Ram and Brian Wilson in 2003 and Graydon Oliver and Cary Franklin in 2000 ... Rowe and Anderson finished the season 23-3 ... They entered the NCAA's ranked fourth and seeded third ... The duo won their last 11 matches of the season ... Anderson is a sophomore from Johannesburg, South Africa and Row is a sophomore from Moline, Ill ... Begemann and Doerner helped Pepperdine win the men's team championships this season.