by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Duke University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Duke competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Duke men’s tennis team carries 13 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 25. The most recent cohort included 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Duke women’s tennis team lists 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Duke fields 22 tennis athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Duke sponsors, tennis ranks #12 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Ramsey Smith.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jamie Ashworth.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 18 sports, tennis ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Duke men’s tennis program brought in $1,423,000 in revenue against $1,778,280 in expenses, a net loss of $355,280. Per athlete, that is about $34,308 in operating expense per athlete, or $446,008 per team.
The Duke women’s tennis program reported $1,799,450 in revenue against $1,975,297 in expenses, a net loss of $175,847. That works out to about $55,025 in operating expense per athlete, or $495,222 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,423,000 to the women’s $1,799,450 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, tennis ranks #8 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 986 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, tennis sits below average at 993.
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