IHSA

Season Summaries

Boys Tennis

Last updated on August 5, 2008.

Season summaries include titles won, final place in state, final won-lost record, and head coach for all seasons submitted by the school or gathered from IHSA records. A few titles are missing (complete list of missing titles). Please submit changes or additions for your school by using this form.

Key to titles: Pl–place won, D–district, R–regional, S–sectional, U–super-sectional, Q–team qualifier for state finals, P–Public League champion (only when an automatic qualifier).


 1940-41
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Orin North Peoria (H.S.) | D 2 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | Chicago (Crane) | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | East Moline (United) | D | | Elgin (H.S.) | D | | Flora | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Murphysboro | D | | Princeton | D | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D | |
 1941-42
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Senn) | 1 | | Harry Leighton Winnetka (New Trier) | 2 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Bloomington (H.S.) | D | | Blue Island | D | | Champaign (H.S.) | D | | Effingham (H.S.) | D | | Evanston (Twp.) | D | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | D | | Jacksonville (H.S.) | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Peoria (H.S.) | D | | Pinckneyville | D | | Princeton | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | |
 1942-43
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Chicago (Senn) | 1 | | Harry Leighton Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Bloomington (H.S.) | D | | Carbondale | D | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Effingham (H.S.) | D | | Granite City | D | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D | | Pekin | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (East) | D | | Sparta | D | |
 1943-44
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Evanston (Twp.) | D 1 | | Ralph Bentz Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 2 | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D 3 | | Pekin | D 4 | | John Moss Chicago (Kelvyn Park) | 4 | | Danville (H.S.) | D 6 | | Rockford (East) | D 6 | | Chicago (Crane) | 8 | | Chicago (Senn) | 8 | | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shie | 8 | | Moline (H.S.) | 8 | | Urbana (University) | 8 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Elgin (H.S.) | D | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | D | | Joliet (Twp.) | D | | Lincoln | D | | Murphysboro | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | |
 1944-45
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Orin North Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 3 | | Pekin | D 3 | | John Moss Chicago (Hyde Park) | 5 | | Joliet (Twp.) | D 6 | | Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | D 6 | | Chicago (Senn) | 6 | | Chicago (Kelvyn Park) | 9 | | Chicago (Lane) | 9 | | Winnetka (New Trier) | 9 | | Danville (H.S.) | D | | Decatur (H.S.) | D | | Freeport (H.S.) | D | | Granite City | D | | Murphysboro | D | |
 1945-46
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Danville (H.S.) | D 1 | | Martin Zeiter Decatur (H.S.) | D 2 | | Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | D 2 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 4 | | Pekin | D 5 | | John Moss Evanston (Twp.) | 5 | | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shie | 7 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D 8 | | Chicago (Hyde Park) | 8 | | Chicago (Kelvyn Park) | 8 | | Chicago (Morgan Park Academy) | 8 | | Chicago (Sullivan) | 8 | | Aurora (East) | D | | Carbondale | D | | Dixon (H.S.) | D | | Flora | D | | Harrisburg | D | | Moline (H.S.) | D | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D | |
 1946-47
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Decatur (H.S.) | D 1 | | Gerald Cox Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Danville (H.S.) | D 3 | | Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | 3 | | Pekin | D 3 | | John Moss Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D 6 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D 7 | | Chicago (Von Steuben) | 7 | | Geneva | 7 | | Blue Island | D 10 | | Flora | D 10 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D 10 | | Quincy (Sr.) | D 10 | | Chicago (Sullivan) | 10 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 10 | | East Moline (United) | D | | Elmhurst (York) | D | | Maywood (Proviso) | D | | Murphysboro | D | | Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | |
 1947-48
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | William Murphy Evanston (Twp.) | D 2 | | Danville (H.S.) | D 3 | | Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) | D 4 | | Lincoln | D 4 | | Pekin | D 4 | | John Moss Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 7 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 7 | | Rockford (West) | D 7 | | Chicago (Sullivan) | 7 | | Maywood (Proviso) | 7 | | Blue Island | D | | Granite City | D | | Harrisburg | D | | Mattoon | D | | Quincy (Sr.) | D | |
 1948-49
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Eugene Richards Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 2 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 3 | | Chicago (Senn) | 4 | | Moline (H.S.) | D 5 | | Blue Island | D 6 | | Danville (H.S.) | D 6 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D 6 | | Rockford (East) | D 6 | | Chicago (Sullivan) | 10 | | Riverside (R.-Brookfield) | 10 | | Belleville (Twp.) | D | | Bloomington (H.S.) | D | | Carmi | D | | Flora | D | | Havana | D | | Lincoln | D | | Pekin | D | | John Moss Teutopolis | D | |
 1949-50
School Titles Pl W L T Coach Blue Island | D 1 | | Gerald Witsman Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) | D 1 | | Paul Yates Pekin | D 3 | | John Moss Springfield (H.S.) | 4 | | Evanston (Twp.) | D 5 | | Chicago (Schurz) | 5 | | Danville (H.S.) | D 7 | | Flora | D 7 | | Hinsdale (Twp.) | D 7 | | Decatur (H.S.) | D 10 | | LaGrange (Lyons) | D 10 | | Chicago (Senn) | 10 | | Des Plaines (Maine) | 10 | | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 10 | | Carmi | D | | Edwardsville (H.S.) | D | | Havana | D | | Rock Island (H.S.) | D | | Rockford (West) | D | | Winnetka (New Trier) | D | |