Texas Longhorns men's tennis

The Texas Longhorns men's tennis team represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's tennis competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.

Founded1912; 114 years ago (1912)

UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin

Athletic directorChris Del Conte

Head coachBruce Berque (7th season)

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Texas Longhorns men's tennis
Founded	1912; 114 years ago (1912)
University	University of Texas at Austin
Athletic director	Chris Del Conte
Head coach	Bruce Berque (7th season)
Conference	SEC
Location	Austin, Texas, US
Home Court	Texas Tennis Center
Nickname	Longhorns
Colors	Burnt Orange and White
NCAA Tournament championships
2019
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1955, 2008, 2024
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
1993, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
SWC 1990, 1993 Big 12 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2024
Conference regular season champions
SWC 1915, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 Big 12 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024

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The team has played at The University of Texas as early as 1884, although it was not until 1909 that intercollegiate competition developed. Between that time and the advent of the Southwest Conference in 1915, Texas and Oklahoma annually held a meet for the championship of the Southwest. The first season of Texas Men's Tennis was in 1912. Since forming, the Men's Tennis team has won 17 Southwest Conference Championships, 5 Big 12 Championships and the 2019 NCAA Championship.^[1] Texas teams have reached the NCAA Championship semifinals five times (1993, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2019) and prior to the formation of the tournament when the final standings were determined by a poll, the Longhorns finished fourth or better five times, including 1946 (4th), 1952 (tie 4th), 1955 (2nd), 1957 (3rd), and 1960 (tie 4th).^[2]

The team has also produced athletes who have gone on to achieve professional success on the ATP Tour including Lloyd Glasspool and Eliot Spizzirri. Glasspool achieved a career high doubles ranking of #1 in the world on August 18th, 2025. Spizzirri achieved a career high ATP ranking of 67 in the world after reaching the second round of the Australian open before losing in a close match against world #2 Jannik Sinner.

In March 2019 tennis head coach Michael Center was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.^[3]

Despite losing their head coach to scandal just two months earlier, the Texas Men's Tennis team won its first ever NCAA tennis championship over Wake Forest in May 2019 under Coach Bruce Berque.