ATHENS, Ga. -- Amer Delic of Illinois won the NCAA men's singles championship Monday, defeating Benedikt Dorsch of Baylor 6-4, 6-3.
Delic is the first player from Illinois to win the championship. The last Big Ten player to do so was Michigan's Mike Leach in 1982.
Illinois, which won the team title last week, made it a sweep when Brian Wilson and Rajeev Ram beat San Diego State's Oliver Maiberger and Ryan Redondo, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 to win the doubles title.
"It can't get much better," Illinois coach Craig Tiley said. "You put plans together, but there are other things that control whether they come true or not."
Delic made the most of his serve, committing no double faults and not allowing Dorsch a break point.
"Thank God it wasn't a three-setter," said Delic, a junior from Jacksonville, Fla. "My arm would have fallen off. I'm going home to the beach."
Dorsch, a sophomore from Germany, said his concentration was off.
"Mentally I was not in the match," he said. "If you don't believe you are capable of winning the match, then the other guy starts playing well and playing with a lot of confidence."
The two had met twice earlier this year. Delic won the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American, and Dorsch won the finals of the national collegiate indoors.
"I knew what was coming," Dorsch said. "It was a question of focusing. I couldn't come up with the big points on my service games. He started playing well from the baseline, extremely well."
Dorsch fought off three break points in a 12-point fifth game of the second set, but Delic won the last four games.
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