NORFOLK, Va. -- The NCAA announced its individual selections for the 2022 Men's Singles Championship and Old Dominion junior Francois Le Tallec was named as the automatic qualifier from Conference USA.
The championships will be held May 23-28 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Illinois with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign serving as the host.
Le Tallec had an outstanding season as he is currently ranked 56th nationally and has a 3-1 record against Top 50 opponents this year. He has recorded four wins over nationally-ranked opponents and was the ITA Atlantic Regional champion. That win qualified him for the ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego. This year he sports a record of 15-7.
"I couldn't be more happy and proud of Francois. He battled all year long and has shown throughout the year with his results and toughness that he is the best player in our conference," said ODU Head Coach Dominik Mueller.
All matches at the NCAA Championships will be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 started singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Le Tallec's bid to the tournament marks the fourth year that Old Dominion had a qualifier for the NCAA Tournament under Mueller, with three of those in singles. In 2017, Adam Moundir made the singles event and in 2018 Aziz Kijametovic earned a spot. The doubles tandem of Kijametovic and Francois Musitelli made the 2019 event.
Le Tallec Earns Bid To NCAA Singles Championships
