The 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the women's tennis tournaments played from May 6 to May 28, 2022, at campus sites and Champaign, Illinois at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex. It was the 40th edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship.
Women's team championship There were 64 teams selected to the women's team championship, 31 of which were automatic qualifiers from each Division I conference. The remaining 33 teams were selected at-large. Teams played two rounds of single-elimination matches in groups of four from May 6–7 or 7–8 at campus sites; the winners of those regionals advanced to a super-regional round, also held at campus sites. The remaining eight teams advanced to the championship rounds in Champaign, Illinois.
Automatic qualifiers The following 31 teams were automatic qualifiers, representing their conferences:
Conference Team ACC Duke American Memphis ASUN Stetson Atlantic 10 VCU Big East Xavier Big Sky Northern Arizona Big South Charleston Southern Big Ten Michigan Big 12 Texas Big West UC Santa Barbara CAA William & Mary Conference USA Old Dominion Horizon Youngstown State Ivy Princeton MAAC Quinnipiac MAC Ball State MEAC South Carolina State Missouri Valley Illinois State Mountain West San Diego State Northeast Bryant Ohio Valley Southeast Missouri State Pac-12 Stanford Patriot Army SEC Texas A&M Southern Furman Southland Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Summit Denver Sun Belt South Alabama SWAC Jackson State WAC New Mexico State West Coast Pepperdine
National seeds Sixteen teams were selected as national seeds, and were guaranteed to host for the first two rounds, if they submitted a bid and met criteria.
1. North Carolina (semifinals) 2. Oklahoma (runner-up) 3. Duke (semifinals) 4. Texas (National Champions) 5. Virginia (quarterfinals) 6. NC State (quarterfinals) 7. Texas A&M (quarterfinals) 8. Pepperdine (quarterfinals) 9. Miami (FL) (Super Regionals) 10. Ohio State (second round) 11. California (Super Regionals) 12. Oklahoma State (Super Regionals) 13. Auburn (Super Regionals) 14. Georgia (Super Regionals) 15. Stanford (Super Regionals) 16. Florida (Super Regionals)
Bracket Bold indicates winner. Host institutions for the first two rounds and Super Regionals are marked with an asterisk (*).
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Women's singles championship There were 64 singles players selected to the women's singles championship, 15 of which were automatic qualifiers from each Division I conference with an eligible team ranked in the ITA Top 125. The remaining 49 players were selected at-large. The tournament was played following the team championship from May 23–28 in Champaign, Illinois.
Automatic qualifiers The following 15 players were automatic qualifiers, representing their conferences:
Conference Player Team ACC Virginia American UCF ASUN North Florida Atlantic 10 VCU Big Ten Ohio State Big 12 Texas Big West UC Santa Barbara Colonial William & Mary Conference USA Old Dominion Ivy Princeton Mountain West San Diego State Pac-12 USC SEC South Carolina Southern Furman West Coast Pepperdine
National seeds The following sixteen players were seeded for this tournament:
Emma Navarro (Virginia) Peyton Stearns (Texas) (National Champion) Petra Hule (Florida State) Daria Frayman (Princeton) Cameron Morra (North Carolina) Sarah Hamner (South Carolina) Eryn Cayetano (USC) Carson Branstine (Texas A&M)
Players ranked 9th–16th, listed by last name Chloe Beck (Duke) Jaeda Daniel (NC State) Georgia Drummy (Duke) Shiori Fukuda (Pepperdine) McCartney Kessler (Florida) Mell Reasco (Georgia) Irina Cantos Siemers (Ohio State) Layne Sleeth (Oklahoma)
Draw Bracket:
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles championship There were 32 doubles teams selected to the women's doubles championship, 10 of whom were automatic qualifiers from each Division I conference with an eligible team ranked in the ITA Top 60. The remaining 22 teams were selected at-large. The tournament was played following the team championship from May 23–28 in Champaign, Illinois.
Automatic qualifiers The following 10 teams were automatic qualifiers, representing their conferences:
Conference Player Team ACC NC State American Tulane ASUN North Florida Big 12 Baylor Big Ten Ohio State Conference USA Old Dominion Pac-12 Stanford SEC Texas A&M Southern Furman West Coast Pepperdine
National seeds The following eight teams were seeded for this tournament:
Jaeda Daniel / Nell Miller (NC State) (National Champions) Elizabeth Scotty / Fiona Crawley (North Carolina) Emma Navarro / Hibah Shaikh (Virginia) Carol Lee / Kate Sharabura (Georgia Tech)
Players ranked 5th–8th, listed by institution Alicia Herrero Linana / Melany Krywoj (Baylor) Tatsiana Sasnouskaya / Yuliia Starodubtseva (Old Dominion) Jayci Goldsmith / Tatiana Makarova (Texas A&M) Anna Brylin / Brooke Killingsworth (Wake Forest)
Draw Bracket:
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
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