ORLANDO---UCF will serve as the institutional host for multiple 2023 NCAA Championships, including a unique tennis event to be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando.

The 100-court USTA facility will serve as the venue for all six tennis championships in 2023. It will mark the first time in NCAA history that men’s and women’s championships in all three divisions (I, II and III) of the same sport are held at the same time in the same venue.

UCF joined the Greater Orlando Sports Commission in submitting bids for these events. Since 1997, GO Sports has hosted at least one NCAA national or regional championship every year. During the NCAA’s 2018-2022 bid cycle, Greater Orlando was awarded 13 championships/regionals across all three divisions, highlighted by the Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships at the USTA National Campus in 2019 and 2021.

The 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships attracted nearly 12,000 fans over the 10-day event. Tennis Channel, which has a permanent production presence at the campus, broadcast more than 50 hours of live coverage in 2019, a first for college tennis. The USTA National Campus also is scheduled to host the NCAA Division III championships in 2022.

“Congratulations to the Greater Orlando Sports Commission for its work in ensuring that Orlando continues to qualify as the top destination in the country for intercollegiate championship events,” said UCF vice president and director of athletics Danny White.

“The NCAA announcement of these future site selections is proof of that—and UCF looks forward to its role in making those events memorable ones for student-athletes, coaches and spectators.

“Since our tennis teams play their home matches at the USTA National Campus, all of us at UCF are well aware that it’s unquestionably the best collegiate tennis facility in the country. So it’s no surprise that the NCAA has elected to bring its tennis championships back to Orlando.”