SERIES HISTORY (SINCE 1980) OPPONENT W-L OPPONENT W-L OPPONENT W-L Abilene Christian 14-0 Long Beach State 0-4 St. Edwards 1-0 Alabama 2-1 Louisiana-Lafayette 14-8 St. John’s 0-1 Arizona 6-1 Louisiana-Monroe 9-5 St. Joseph’s 1-0 Arizona State 1-2 Louisiana Tech 2-0 Stanford 1-2 Arkansas 2-14 Loyola Marymount 3-1 Stephen F. Austin 2-0 Arkansas-Little Rock 2-2 LSU 7-11 TCU 10-29 Auburn 0-5 Maryland BC 1-0 Tennessee 0-3 Ball State 1-0 McClennan College 4-0 Texas 4-35 Baylor 15-5 McNeese State 2-2 Texas A&M 4-35 Boise State 2-2 Maryland 0-2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11-0 Bowling Green 1-0 Memphis 6-2 Texas-Arlington 18-0 BYU 2-1 Miami 6-7 Texas-Pan American 14-0 California 1-3 Michigan 4-1 Texas-Rio Grande Valley 2-0 Centenary 3-0 Michigan State 2-0 Texas-Tyler 2-0 Charlotte 3-0 Middle Tennessee State 5-3 Texas Southern 4-0 Clemson 1-1 Minnesota 2-4 Texas State 8-3 Cleveland State 1-0 Mississippi 0-2 Texas Tech 19-11 Coastal Carolina 1-0 Mississippi State 0-4 Toledo 1-0 Colorado 2-0 Nebraska 9-2 Trinity 6-6 Columbia 6-1 Nevada 1-0 Tulane 6-5 Cornell 3-2 New Mexico 0-6 Tulsa 11-18 Dartmouth 1-0 New Mexico State 3-0 UAB 5-1 Davidson 1-0 New Orleans 7-0 UCF 3-0 Denver 2-0 Newport Beach 1-0 UC Irvine 4-6 Drake 3-2 Nicholls State 2-1 UCLA 0-2 Duke 2-1 North Carolina 3-5 UC Riverside 1-0 East Carolina 4-0 North Carolina State 6-1 UC Santa Barbara 2-0 Elon 1-0 Northern Arizona 1-0 UNLV 3-1 Evansville 2-0 Northwestern 2-2 USC 0-3 Florida 2-1 Notre Dame 1-2 USF 2-3 Florida Atlantic 1-1 Ohio State 2-4 UTEP 2-0 Florida International 0-1 Old Dominion 2-1 UTSA 19-3 Florida State 3-9 Oklahoma 3-10 Utah 1-0 Fresno State 3-2 Oklahoma City 1-0 Vanderbilt 2-1 Furman 5-0 Oklahoma State 3-4 Virginia Commonwealth 0-2 George Washington 1-0 Oral Roberts 2-0 Virginia Tech 3-4 Georgia 0-3 Oregon 3-1 Wake Forest 1-4 Georgia Tech 4-4 Pennsylvania 2-0 Washington 3-1 Gonzaga 1-0 Penn State 0-1 Weber State 1-0 Grambling 2-0 Pepperdine 0-4 West Texas State 2-0 Harvard 1-0 Prairie View A&M 11-0 West Virginia 4-0 Hawai`i 3-0 Princeton 1-1 Wichita State 2-0 Houston 4-3 Purdue 2-0 William & Mary 3-1 Houston Baptist 6-0 Radford 1-0 Wisconsin 4-0 Illinois 1-0 Rollins 0-1 TOTALS 467-354 Incarnate Word 3-0 San Diego 7-7 Indiana 1-2 San Diego State 7-3 Indiana State 2-0 Santa Clara 3-0 Iowa 4-1 South Alabama 3-3 James Madison 1-0 South Carolina 2-1 Kansas 1-0 SMU 20-27 Kentucky 0-1 Southern Miss 6-0 Lamar 28-3 Southwest Missouri State 1-0 RICE MEN’S TENIS HISTORY YEAR-BY-YEAR 2004 Richard & William Barker--#1 seed (2-1) Season Record Pct. 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Rank Head Coach 2006 Tony Hearle & Robert Searle (1-1) 1979-80 10-10 .500 2-6 .250 Larry Turville 2008 Ralph Knupfer & Christoph Müller (0-1) 1980-81 16-10 .615 2-6 .250 Larry Turville 2016 Tommy Bennett & David Warren (0-1) 1981-82 7-14 .333 2-6 .250 Larry Turville 2017 Tommy Bennett & David Warren (0-1) 1982-83 9-12 .429 2-6 .250 Larry Turville 1983-84 4-19 .174 0-8 .000 Larry Turville HIGHEST NCAA TEAM FINISH 1984-85 11-14 .440 1-7 .125 Larry Turville Season Finish Opponent 1985-86 17-8 .680 3-5 .375 Larry Turville 1947 National Runner-Up William & Mary 1986-87 13-11 .542 3-5 .375 Larry Turville 1968 National Runner-Up USC 1987-88 10-10 .500 2-6 .250 Larry Turville 1970 National Runner-Up UCLA 1988-89 16-5 .762 6-3 .667 21 Larry Turville 1989-90 12-8 .600 4-3 .571 Larry Turville NCAA TEAM APPEARANCES (SINCE 1977) 1990-91 14-4 .778 3-4 .429 Larry Turville Year Location Opponent (Round) Result 1991-92 9-8 .529 2-4 .333 24 Larry Turville 2001# Durham, NC Auburn (64) L, 4-1 1992-93 7-13 .350 3-3 .500 Larry Turville 2003 # Austin, TX South Carolina (64) W, 4-2 1993-94 10-10 .500 3-3 .500 Larry Turville Texas (32) L, 4-3 1994-95 3-14 .176 2-5 .286 Larry Turville 2004* Baton Rouge, LA South Alabama (64) W, 4-1 1995-96 10-9 .526 1-6 .143 Larry Turville LSU (32) W, 4-0 Tulsa, OK Baylor (16) L, 4-1 1996-97 13-11 .542 0-5 .000 73 S. Ladhani & L. Turville 2005# Waco, TX Texas (64) L, 4-3 1997-98 16-9 .640 3-3 .500 65 Ron Smarr 2006# Austin, TX Louisiana-Laf (64) W, 4-1 1998-99 17-9 .654 0-2 .000 54 Ron Smarr Texas (32) L, 4-0 1999-00 16-13 .552 1-4 .200 Ron Smarr 2007# Waco, TX Texas A&M (64) L, 4-2 2000-01 21-9 .700 1-3 .250 37 Ron Smarr 2008# Austin, TX TCU (64) W, 4-3 2001-02 13-14 .481 0-2 .000 51 Ron Smarr Texas (32) L, 4-0 2002-03 20-8 .714 2-0 1.000 29 Ron Smarr 2009# Baton Rouge, LA LSU (64) L, 4-0 2003-04 24-4 .857 4-0 1.000 11 Ron Smarr 2010* Waco, TX Washington (64) W, 4-3 2004-05 15-10 .600 2-1 .667 38 Ron Smarr Baylor (32) L, 4-0 2011# Waco, TX Texas Tech (64) L, 4-3 2005-06 19-8 .704 1-1 .500 29 Ron Smarr 2016* Ft. Worth, TX LSU (64) L, 4-3 2006-07 15-12 .556 0-2 .000 34 Ron Smarr 2017* Waco, TX Cornell (64) L, 4-0 2007-08 17-9 .654 2-3 .400 22 Ron Smarr *Automatic bid 2008-09 17-11 .607 3-1 .750 34 Ron Smarr 2009-10 14-10 .583 2-0 1.000 30 Ron Smarr 2010-11 17-10 .630 4-1 .800 41 Ron Smarr RICE ALL-AMERICANS 2011-12 18-9 .667 3-1 .750 56 Ron Smarr 2012-13 11-14 .440 0-3 .000 Efe Ustundag Season Player Event Finish 2013-14 10-13 .435 2-2 .500 Efe Ustundag 1932 Jake Hess 2014-15 12-14 .462 0-2 .000 60 Efe Ustundag 1935 Wilbur Hess 2015-16 23-8 .742 3-0 1.000 30 Efe Ustundag 1938 Frank Guernsey 2016-17 23-8 .742 3-0 1.000 44 Efe Ustundag 1939 Frank Guernsey 1948 Sam Match NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1948 Bobby Curtis Season Players Championship 1950 Jack A. Turpin 1935 Wilber Hess NCAA Singles 1950 Chick Harris 1938 Frank Guernsey NCAA Singles 1961 Ronnie Fisher 1939 Frank Guernsey NCAA Singles 1964 Jim Parker singles (quarterfinals) 1947 Sam Match & Bobby Curtis NCAA Doubles 1965 John Pickens singles (quarterfinals) 2002 Richard Barker & William Barker ITA Indoor Doubles 1966 John Pickens singles (quarterfinals) NCAA SINGLES QUALIFIERS 1967 Butch Seewagen singles (quarterfinals) Year Player 1967 Mike Hamilton 1981 Rocky Royer (1-1) 1968 Butch Seewagen 1983 Tres Cushing (0-1) 1969 Mike Estep 1985 Scott Melville (1-1) 1969 Zan Guerry 1986 Scott Melville (0-1) 1970 Mike Estep 1992 Steve Campbell (0-1) 1970 Zan Guerry 1999 Efe Ustundag (0-1) 1971 Mike Estep 2003 Richard Barker (2-1), William Barker (0-1), Robert Searle (0-1) 1971 Zan Guerry 2004 Richard Barker (1-1), Robert Searle*(1-1) 1971 Harold Solomon singles (quarterfinals) 2005 Robert Searle (0-1) 2006 Robert Searle (1-1) 1992 Steve Campbell singles ranked 18th 2007 Ben Harknett (1-1) 1999 Shane Stone, Efe Ustundag doubles (quarterfinals) 2008 Christoph Müller (0-1), Bruno Rosa (1-1) 2003 Richard Barker, William Barker doubles (semifinals) 2009 Christoph Müller (0-1), Bruno Rosa (2-1) 2004 Richard Barker, William Barker doubles (quarterfinals) 2010 Bruno Rosa (0-1) 2008 Bruno Rosa singles Ranked 20th *Defeated #1 seed in first round 2009 Bruno Rosa singles (round of 16) NOTE: Since 1977, ITA awards All-America status based on players meeting NCAA DOUBLES QUALIFIERS 1one of the following criteria: (SINGLES) Top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Cham- Year Players pionships, or; Reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championships, or; Finish 1983 Don Tomasco & Tres Cushing (0-1) in the Top 20 of the final ITA Rankings. (DOUBLES) Top 8 seed in NCAA Singles 1986 Scott Melville, Andrew Taylor (0-1) Championships, or; Reach quarters in NCAA Doubles Championships, or; Finish 1999 Efe Ustundag & Shane Stone (2-1) in the Top 10 of the final ITA Rankings. 2002 Matthias Mathaes & Prakash Venkataraman (1-1) 2003 Richard & William Barker--#1 seed ( (3-1) RICE INVITATIONAL RICE INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL Season Team Champion Singles Champion RICE INVITATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS 1959 Rice Art Foust (Rice) 1960 Trinity Chuck McKinley (Trinity) Rice 22 1961 Rice, Univ. of Corpus Christi Ronnie Fisher (Rice) Trinity 13 1962 Trinity Frank Froehling (Trinity) Tennessee 3 1963 Trinity Chuck McKinley (Trinity) SMU 3 1964 Trinity Frank Froehling (Trinity) South Alabama 2 1965 Trinity Antonio Palafox (UCC) Arkansas-Little Rock 2 1966 Rice Bill Harris (Trinity) Long Beach State 2 1967 Univ.