2026 DIII men's tennis championship: Bracket, schedule, scores

The 2026 DIII men's tennis tournament continues with the quarterfinals matches on Tuesday, May 19. The championship is set for Friday, May 22 at the Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Here is what to know for the 2026 DIII men's tennis team championship. 

It is a 44-team, single-elimination tournament. The quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played at the championship site. Thirty-five conference champions will receive automatic bids into the tournament, while nine teams will get at-large bids.

Following the team championships, the single and doubles championships will take place May 23-26. Those who qualified were announced in a press release on Wednesday, May 6.  

2026 DIII men's tennis team championship bracket

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2026 DIII men's tennis team championship schedule

• Selection show: Monday, May 4 on vipkrikya888.com 
• Quarterfinals: Tuesday, May 19 | Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, TN
  • 11 a.m. | Claremont-M-S vs. Emory
  • 11 a.m. | Denison vs. CWRU
  • 2 p.m. | Bowdoin vs. UChicago
  • 2 p.m. | Tufts vs. Swarthmore
• Semifinals: Wednesday, May 20 | Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, TN
• Championship: Friday, May 22 | Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, TN
• Single and doubles championships: May 23-26 | Qualifiers

• First round
  • Thursday, May 7
    • Luther 4, Rose-Hulman 0
    • Gustavus Adolphus 4, Greenville 0
  • Friday, May 8
    • Ohio Northern 4, Lake Forest 2 
    • Stevens 4, Penn State Harrisburg 0
    • Allegheny 4, Penn State-Behrend 0
    • Baruch 4, Moravian 0
    • Carthage 4, Illinois Tech 0
    • Roger Williams 4, Farmingdale State 1 
    • North Carolina Wesleyan 4, Albright 0
    • TCNJ 4, Saint John Fisher 0
    • Whitman 4, Asbury 0
    • Skidmore 4, Bridgewater State 0
• Second round
  • Friday, May 8
    • UChicago 4, Luther 0
    • Kenyon 4, Gustavus Adolphus 1
    • Sewanee 4, Colorado Col. 0
    • Claremont-M-S 4, East Tex. Baptist 0
• Second round
  • Saturday, May 9
    • Emory 4, Stevens 0
    • Swarthmore 4, Allegheny 0
    • CWRU 5, Ohio Northern 1
    • Denison 4, Carthage 0
    • Tufts 4, Baruch 0
    • Bowdoin 4, Roger Williams 0
    • WashU 4, Kalamazoo 2
    • Carnegie Mellon 4, Washington & Lee 0
    • Johns Hopkins 4, North Carolina Wesleyan 0
    • Mary Washington 4, Whitman 1
    • Trinity (Texas) 4, TCNJ 1
    • Babson 4, Skidmore 2
• Third round
  • Saturday, May 9
    • UChicago 4, Kenyon 1
    • Claremont-M-S 4, Sewanee 0
  • Sunday, May 10
    • Swarthmore 4, Carnegie Mellon 1
    • CWRU 4,  Mary Washington 0
    • Denison 4,  WashU 1
    • Emory 4,  Johns Hopkins 1 
    • Tufts 4, Trinity (Texas) 0
    • Bowdoin 4, Babson 1 

Championship history

Denison defeated Case Western, 4-2, to win the 2025 national championship, the first in school history. 

🏆 REWIND TO THE LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP: Watch Denison take home its first-ever national title

Below is a full list of every team that’s won the national title.