The Ultimate 2022 College Tennis Preview
The 2022 college tennis season is here, and Cracked Racquets has everything you need to prepare for another exciting season!
With the ITA Kickoff Weekend now just two weeks away, the 2022 college tennis season is finally upon us. Cracked Racquets has plenty of content to get you fully up to speed with the biggest storylines, team previews, and more!
Check out all of our college content available on our website, YouTube Channel, and Podcast Network!
Power 5 Coach Interviews
As such, to kickoff our coverage of the upcoming College Tennis season, we decided to raise the stakes even further. Before the start of play this January, we will attempt to interview every Power 5 Men’s and Women’s Tennis Head Coach!!!!
So far, we have published more than 50 interviews with coaches of men’s and women’s college teams from across the country.
Check out the entire colelction of interviews by clicking here.
2022 College Contenders
Cracked Racquets team is laying out the case for each of our preseason Top 10 Men’s and Women’s contenders to capture the 2022 NCAA Team Championship.
Cracked Racquets contributor John Parsons has joined host Alex Gruskin on the Great Shot Podcast each Tuesday, and contributors Matt Stachowiak and Chris Halioris each Thursday, to break down one of our Top 10 teams entering the season.
Latest Team Previews
University of North Carolina [Women’s Tennis]
North Carolina is one of the best women’s tennis programs yet to win a NCAA team title. After dominating the regular season throughout the 2010s with a 292-42 (87%) win record, capturing 6 ACC regular season titles, 3 ITA National Team Indoor crowns, 2 NCAA Final Four finishes and 1 NCAA final, 2020 looked to finally be their coronation year.
UNC now looks to rebound from 2 years of heartache and the departure of their trio of fifth years. They return a core of experienced and successful players who will need to rise to the occasion to maintain the success the program is now accustomed to.
Check out all of our Tar Heels coverage by clicking here.
Baylor University [Men’s Tennis]
The Baylor Bears are coming off one of their most successful seasons in program history, and they’ll be looking to carry the momentum into the new year. The Big 12 regular season co-champions, Big 12 Tournament champions, ITA National Team Indoor finalists, and NCAA Tournament finalists seemingly can’t get too much better based on those results, but don’t tell that to Head Coach Michael Woodson.
The Bears are going to be as dangerous as any squad in the country, and all the pieces appear to be in place for another special championship run.
Check out all of our Tar Heels coverage by clicking here.
Complete Lists to Date
Women’s Top 10
#10 Ohio State University
#9 Texas A&M University
#8 Duke University
#7 Stanford University
#6 University of Georgia
#5 University of Virginia
#4 UCLA
#3 University of North Carolina
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Men’s Top 10
#10 University of Kentucky
#9 University of Arizona
#8 Texas Christian University (TCU)
#7 Stanford University
#6 University of Virginia
#5 Ohio State University
#4 University of Texas
#3 Baylor University
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The Next Top 100 Men’s Collegians
Cracked Racquets contributor Chris Halioris joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to discuss which men’s players with collegiate ties will be the next to crack the Top 100 of the ATP Singles Rankings.
Listen to the full episode by clicking here.
Debating College Tennis Format Changes
Cracked Racquets contributor John Parsons joins Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin to speculate on the future of college tennis. John offers his thoughts on our Power 5 Coaching Interviews series. The guys then discuss the latest format, recruiting, and other trends in college tennis.
Click here to listen to the episode.