The Championships welcome eight high performing nations from across the world, competing against each other in an enthralling mixed team tournament.
Nominations for the 2025 edition of the Championships are now open here. Once open nominations will close at 11.59pm on Tuesday 21 October.
British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) as the National University Sport Federdation (NUSF) within international university sport, sanctions the participation of GB Students on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in association with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).
GB Students has a rich history of participation at Master'U BNP Paribas with a number of well-known professional tennis players having performed at the Championships including Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls winning a bronze medal at the Master'U BNP Paribas in 2016, with Nicholls going on to win a bronze medal in the doubles at the World University Games in Taipai the following year. Jonny O’Mara won Gold in Lille in 2017, along with Maia Lumsden winning gold in Lille (2017) and silver (2018 and 2019).
O’Mara and Nicholls reached the semi-final of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon 2023, whilst Maia Lumsden reached the quarter-final of the Ladies Doubles.
Joe Salisbury won gold at the 2015 WUGs. The former Number 1 in the world (doubles) has played in 7 Davis Cup ties for GB and is 6-time grand slam champion.
GB Students has won seven consecutive medals for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Championships and sixteen consecutive medals at major international university events including the Summer World University Games (WUGs). At the most recent edition of the Summer World University Games in Germany in 2025, the GB Students Team achieved their most successful games ever taking home 3 medals; 2 silver and 1 bronze.
- 2013: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Bronze (Steph Cornish, Georgia Craven, Alex Walker, Scott Duncan, Darren Walsh, Mark Whitehouse)
- 2015 Summer World University Games Men’s Doubles Gold (Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh)
- 2015: Summer World University Games Mixed Doubles Silver (Darren Walsh & Alex Walker)
- 2016: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Bronze (Alicia Barnett, Olivia Nicholls, Emma Hurst, Mark Whitehouse, Scott Duncan and Jonny Binding)
- 2017: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Gold (Scott Duncan, Jonny O’Mara, Maia Lumsden, Emma Hurst, Pippa Horn and Jack Findel-Hawkins)
- 2017: Summer World University Games Women’s Doubles Bronze (Olivia Nicholls & Emily Arbuthnott)
- 2017: Summer World University Games Men’s Doubles (Jack Findel Hawkins & Luke Johnson)
- 2018: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Silver (Manisha Foster, Laura Sainsbury, Maia Lumsden, Jack Findel-Hawkins, Isaac Stoute and Ben Jones)
- 2019: Summer World University Games Silver (Emily Arbuthnott)
- 2019: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Silver (Maia Lumsden, Ella Taylor, Emily Arbuthnott, Ben Jones, George Houghton and Daniel Little
- 2022: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Silver (Emily Arbuthnott, Charles Broom, Holly Hutchinson, Giles Hussey, Nadia Rawson and Ben Jones)
- 2023: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Silver (Victoria Allen, Millie Rajecki, Esther Adeshina, Finn Bass, Michael Shaw and Ewen Lumsden)
- 2024: Master U BNP Paribas World University Tennis Championships Silver (Esther Adeshina, Finn Bass, Liam Hignett, Eliz Maloney, Millie Rajecki and James Story)
- 2025: Summer World University Games Men's Singles Bronze (Jamie Connel)
- 2025: Summer World University Games Men's Singles Silver (Toby Samuel)
- 2025: Summer World University Games Men's Team Silver (Jamie Connel, Rahul Dhokia and Toby Samuel)
