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Somdev Devvarman
(photo cred: Matt Riley
UVa Athletics Media Relations)

2007 NCAA Men’s Tennis Champ, Somdev Devvarman

What do John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, and Somdev Devvarman have in common?

All three have won NCAA men’s singles tennis championships.

On May 28th, 2007, the 2nd-seeded Devvarman, of the University of Virginia tennis team, defeated the University of Georgia’s John Isner (the top seed) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 to win the 2007 NCAA men’s tennis singles championship.

The 22-year-old champion is from Chennai, and is the first person of Indian descent to win the NCAA men’s singles tennis title (this history dates back to 1883.) A sociology major, Somdev will enter his senior year in the fall of 2007. We caught up with Somdev a few days after he’d won the title.