# Clemson Tigers men's tennis

The Clemson Tigers men's tennis team represents Clemson University in NCAA Division I tennis competition. Tennis has been played at Clemson since the early 20th century, with the team gaining varsity status in 1907. The Tigers have participated in the NCAA Tournament 23 times since dual match play began in 1977, and has been ranked in the top 25 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association 19 times. Members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Tigers play their home matches at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center.

## History

Tennis has been played at Clemson since the university's earliest days, but the Clemson Athletic Association first sponsored a team in the 1907 South Carolina state tournament. Brothers James and John Erwin were some of Clemson's earliest stars; James won the state singles tournament in 1912 and 1913 and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association singles championship in 1913, and the brothers won the SIAA doubles title in 1913. Allen Haskell and Julian Robertson won the 1917 and 1918 state tournaments in doubles.
The Tigers began competing in dual matches in 1921. The team's first coach was P. B. Holtzendorff in 1927. After not fielding a team in 1928, Hoke Sloan coached the team in 1929, beginning a 30-year run. Chemical engineering professor Duane Bruley, who had previously coached at Tennessee, took over as coach in 1963. Bruley led Clemson to their first ACC championship in 1969, posting a 16–0 record and 7–0 in conference play, and to a second conference regular season title in 1971.
Chuck Kriese was hired as head coach in 1976. In Kriese's 33 seasons, the Tigers won 10 ACC tournament championships, 10 regular season titles, and reached the NCAA Tournament 22 times. Additionally, Lawson Duncan was runner-up in the 1984 NCAA Tournament in singles.

## Year-by-Year Results

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| no coach (Southern Conference) (1921–1926) ||||||
| 1921 | | 1–0 | | | |
| 1922 | | 0–1 | | | |
| 1923 | | 4–1 | | | |
| 1924 | | 1–3 | | | |
| 1925 | | 2–5–1 | | | |
| 1926 | | 1–4 | | | |
| P. B. Holtzendorff (Southern Conference) (1927–present) ||||||
| 1927 | P. B. Holtzendorff | 3–3–1 | | | |
| Hoke Sloan (Southern Conference) (1929–1953) ||||||
| 1929 | Hoke Sloan | 0–6–2 | | | |
| 1930 | Hoke Sloan | 7–4–1 | | | |
| 1931 | Hoke Sloan | 2–6 | | | |
| 1934 | Hoke Sloan | 9–1 | | | |
| 1935 | Hoke Sloan | 7–3 | | | |
| 1937 | Hoke Sloan | 4–7 | | | |
| 1938 | Hoke Sloan | 6–3 | | | |
| 1939 | Hoke Sloan | 9–6 | | | |
| 1940 | Hoke Sloan | 14–5 | | | |
| 1941 | Hoke Sloan | 9–7 | | | |
| 1942 | Hoke Sloan | 7–3 | | | |
| 1943 | Hoke Sloan | 4–3 | | | |
| 1946 | Hoke Sloan | 7–5 | | | |
| 1947 | Hoke Sloan | 8–4 | | | |
| 1948 | Hoke Sloan | 9–8 | | | |
| 1949 | Hoke Sloan | 2–7–1 | | | |
| 1950 | Hoke Sloan | 6–7 | | | |
| 1951 | Hoke Sloan | 7–1 | | | |
| 1952 | Hoke Sloan | 9–1 | | | |
| 1953 | Hoke Sloan | 7–5 | | | |
| Hoke Sloan (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1954–1958) ||||||
| 1954 | Hoke Sloan | 4–8 | 2–2 | 4th | |
| 1955 | Hoke Sloan | 5–10 | 1–5 | 8th | |
| 1956 | Hoke Sloan | 6–8 | 2–6 | 6th | |
| 1957 | Hoke Sloan | 10–3 | 4–2 | T-3rd | |
| 1958 | Hoke Sloan | 2–7 | 0–5 | 8th | |
| Hoke Sloan: | Hoke Sloan: | 160–128 | 9–20 (ACC) | | |
| Les Longshore (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1959–1962) ||||||
| 1959 | Les Longshore | 9–5 | 3–2 | 3rd | |
| 1960 | Les Longshore | 3–12 | 0–6 | 8th | |
| 1961 | Les Longshore | 0–13 | 0–7 | 8th | |
| 1962 | Les Longshore | 14–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |
| Les Longshore: | Les Longshore: | 26–31 | 8–16 | | |
| Duane Bruley (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1963–1973) ||||||
| 1963 | Duane Bruley | 13–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |
| 1964 | Duane Bruley | 9–8 | 5–2 | 3rd | |
| 1965 | Duane Bruley | 15–4 | 5–2 | T-2nd | |
| 1966 | Duane Bruley | 12–4 | 6–1 | 2nd | |
| 1967 | Duane Bruley | 16–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |
| 1968 | Duane Bruley | 13–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |
| 1969 | Duane Bruley | 16–0 | 7–0 | 1st | |
| 1970 | Duane Bruley | 15–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |
| 1971 | Duane Bruley | 15–4 | 7–0 | 1st | |
| 1972 | Duane Bruley | 14–6 | 4–2 | 3rd | |
| 1973 | Duane Bruley | 12–6 | 4–2 | T-2nd | |
| Duane Bruley: | Duane Bruley: | 150–42 | 61–14 | | |
| Bill Beckwith (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1974–1975) ||||||
| 1974 | Bill Beckwith | 14–9 | 3–3 | T-3rd | |
| 1975 | Bill Beckwith | 7–14 | 0–6 | 7th | |
| Bill Beckwith: | Bill Beckwith: | 21–23 | 3–9 | | |
| Chuck Kriese (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1976–2008) ||||||
| 1976 | Chuck Kriese | 17–18 | 1–5 | 7th | |
| 1977 | Chuck Kriese | 21–18 | 1–5 | T-5th | |
| 1978 | Chuck Kriese | 18–12 | 3–3 | T-4th | |
| 1979 | Chuck Kriese | 24–7 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA first round |
| 1980 | Chuck Kriese | 32–5 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1981 | Chuck Kriese | 30–7 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1982 | Chuck Kriese | 24–10 | 6–1 | 2nd | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1983 | Chuck Kriese | 29–11 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1984 | Chuck Kriese | 27–9 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA first round |
| 1985 | Chuck Kriese | 24–12 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1986 | Chuck Kriese | 31–7 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA Final 8 |
| 1987 | Chuck Kriese | 19–14 | 6–0 | 1st | Runner-up National ITCA Indoor Championship NCAA second round |
| 1988 | Chuck Kriese | 22–9 | 6–1 | 2nd | NCAA second round |
| 1989 | Chuck Kriese | 25–12 | 7–0 | 1st | NCAA second round |
| 1990 | Chuck Kriese | 16–18 | 6–1 | T-1st | |
| 1991 | Chuck Kriese | 14–14 | 6–1 | 2nd | |
| 1992 | Chuck Kriese | 15–11 | 5–3 | 4th | NCAA first round |
| 1993 | Chuck Kriese | 9–20 | 3–5 | T-5th | |
| 1994 | Chuck Kriese | 21–12 | 5–3 | T-4th | |
| 1995 | Chuck Kriese | 21–12 | 6–2 | T-3rd | |
| 1996 | Chuck Kriese | 12–12 | 5–3 | 4th | NCAA regional first round |
| 1997 | Chuck Kriese | 20–11 | 6–2 | 2nd | NCAA regional second round |
| 1998 | Chuck Kriese | 11–18 | 3–5 | 7th | NCAA regional first round |
| 1999 | Chuck Kriese | 21–12 | 6–2 | T-2nd | NCAA second round |
| 2000 | Chuck Kriese | 18–17 | 5–3 | T-3rd | NCAA second round |
| 2001 | Chuck Kriese | 8–20 | 2–6 | 7th | |
| 2002 | Chuck Kriese | 11–18 | 3–5 | 6th | |
| 2003 | Chuck Kriese | 25–11 | 6–2 | T-2nd | NCAA second round |
| 2004 | Chuck Kriese | 26–12 | 4–4 | 5th | NCAA Final 8 |
| 2005 | Chuck Kriese | 25–11 | 6–4 | 5th | NCAA second round |
| 2006 | Chuck Kriese | 23–10 | 5–6 | T-7th | NCAA second round |
| 2007 | Chuck Kriese | 31–10 | 6–5 | T-5th | NCAA second round |
| 2008 | Chuck Kriese | 15–20 | 1–10 | T-11th | |
| Chuck Kriese: | Chuck Kriese: | 685–420 | 166–87 | | |
| Chuck McCuen (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2009–2016) ||||||
| 2009 | Chuck McCuen | 11–13 | 3–8 | T-9th | |
| 2010 | Chuck McCuen | 17–10 | 3–8 | T-9th | |
| 2011 | Chuck McCuen | 15–12 | 2–9 | T-10th | |
| 2012 | Chuck McCuen | 9–14 | 5–6 | T-6th | |
| 2013 | Chuck McCuen | 19–8 | 6–4 | T-4th | NCAA second round |
| 2014 | Chuck McCuen | 21–9 | 6–5 | 5th | |
| 2015 | Chuck McCuen | 12–16 | 2–10 | 11th | |
| 2016 | Chuck McCuen | 16–14 | 5–7 | | |
| Chuck McCuen: | Chuck McCuen: | 120–96 | 32–57 | | |
| John Boetsch (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2017–2019) ||||||
| 2017 | John Boetsch | 9–16 | 2–10 | 12th | |
| 2018 | John Boetsch | 10–13 | 3–9 | 11th | |
| 2019 | John Boetsch | 10–17 | 2–10 | 12th | |
| John Boetsch: | John Boetsch: | 29–46 | 7–29 | | |
| Robbie Weiss (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2020–2023) ||||||
| 2020 | Robbie Weiss | 7–6 | 0–3 | — | Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Robbie Weiss | 10–14 | 2–10 | T-11th | |
| 2022 | Robbie Weiss | 13–14 | 2–10 | 12th | |
| 2023 | Robbie Weiss | 11–15 | 1–11 | 12th | |
| Robbie Weiss: | Robbie Weiss: | 41–49 | 5–34 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1270–883–6 | 299–282 | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Honors
### All-Americans

* Mike Gandolfo, Singles 1980
* Mark Dickson, Singles 1980, 1981, 1982; Doubles 1981
* Pender Murphy, Singles & Doubles 1980, 1981
* Jean Desdunes, Singles 1982, 1983
* Rick Rudeen, Singles 1983
* Lawson Duncan, Singles 1984
* Miguel Nido, Singles 1985
* Richard Matuszewski, Singles & Doubles 1985, 1986
* Brandon Walters, Doubles 1985, 1986
* Jay Berger, Singles 1986
* Craig Boynton, Doubles 1987
* Kent Kinnear, Doubles 1987
* John Sullivan, Doubles 1987; Singles 1989
* Vince van Gelderen, Doubles 1987, 1989
* Todd Watkins, Doubles 1989
* Bruce Li, Doubles 1996
* Mitch Sprengelmeyer, Doubles 1996; Singles 1997
* Nathan Thompson, Doubles 2004
* Jarmaine Jenkins, Doubles 2004
* Clément Reix, Singles 2006
* Yannick Maden, Doubles 2013
* Dominique Maden, Doubles 2013
* Hunter Harrington, Doubles 2014

### ITA National Coach of the Year

* Chuck Kriese, 1981