IRVING, Texas – Memphis’ men’s tennis team has earned the No. 1 seed for the 2024 American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship, which begins Thursday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa.
 
The men’s championship begins Thursday’s four first-round matches and continues through the Sunday, April 21, final. The winner of the men’s championship will earn The American’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships.
 
Seeds for the championships are determined by the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings through matches of Monday, April 15. 
 
Memphis earned the No. 1 seed for the second consecutive season after the Tigers went 16-5 in the regular season, including a 4-1 mark against American Athletic Conference teams. The Tigers, who will be looking for their first American Athletic Conference title, begin their tournament run Friday at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT against the winner of Thursday’s first-round match between No. 9-seeded UAB and No. 8 South Florida.
 
SMU, the No. 2 seed, has won the last two American titles, including the 2022 championship, which was held at Tulsa. The Mustangs will face either No. 10 Tulane or No. 7 UTSA in Friday's quarterfinals. 
 
Florida Atlantic is the No. 3 seed in the tournament in its first season in The American. The Owls will play a quarterfinal match Friday against either No. 11-seeded Temple or No. 6 Charlotte.
 
The No. 4 seed in the tournament will be Rice, which is also in its first season in The American. Rice will take on the winner of the first-round match between No. 12 Wichita State and No. 5 Tulsa in the quarterfinals. 
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. Live coverage of the men’s final will be available on ESPN+ with Bryan Fenley, Mark Bey and Michelle Montaine on the call.
 
 
Championship Notes
South Florida has won five of the first eight American Athletic Conference titles, but is looking for its first title since 2019. The Bulls have gone 21-4 all-time in The American Championship.
 
The only teams other than South Florida to win an American Athletic Conference Championship were Tulane, which claimed the 2018 crown, UCF, which won in 2021, and SMU, which has won the last two titles.
 
The No. 1-seeded team has won five American Athletic Conference titles. South Florida won as the top seed in 2015, 2016 and 2017, UCF claimed the championship from the No. 1 position in 2021 and SMU defended its top seed in 2022.
 
The highest-ranked singles player in The American, as of the April 9 rankings, was SMU’s Trevor Svajda, who was ranked No. 33. Pablo Alemany of Memphis is No. 63, Alvin Tudorica of South Florida is No. 66, Tulsa’s Pierce Rollins is No. 80 and SMU’s Adam Neff is No. 97.
 
The American’s highest-ranked doubles tandem is Huntley Allen/Adam Neff of SMU, who were No. 28 in last week’s ITA rankings. They lead a group of six American Athletic Conference doubles pairings in the national rankings.
 

 
2024 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 18-21 | Michael D. Case Tennis Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma
 

First Round | Thursday, April 18
Match 1: No. 10 Tulane (7-14) vs. No. 7 UTSA (10-9)	10 a.m.
Match 2: No. 11 Temple (7-13) vs. No. 6 Charlotte (15-7)	10 a.m.
Match 3: No. 12 Wichita State (5-17) vs. No. 5 Tulsa (14-12)	2 p.m.
Match 4: No. 9 UAB (12-10) vs. No. 8 South Florida (9-16)	2 p.m.
Quarterfinals | Friday, April 19
Match 5: Match 1 winner vs. No. 2 SMU (17-9)	10 a.m.
Match 6: Match 2 winner vs. No. 3 Florida Atlantic (16-6)	10 a.m.
Match 7: Match 3 winner vs. No. 4 Rice (16-7)	2 p.m.
Match 8: Match 4 winner vs. No. 1 Memphis (16-5)	2 p.m.
Semifinals | Saturday, April 20
Match 9: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner	Noon
Match 10: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner	Noon
Final | Sunday, April 21 | ESPN+
Semifinal winners	Noon
all times Central