Best teams of the decade

From the professional ranks to the collegiate battles throughout all the divisions, some teams just had a better decade than others.

Stanford Cardinal women’s tennis

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Few teams can claim perennial dominance like the Cardinal women’s tennis team can—beyond the 2010s, too. Like UConn basketball, the Lady Cardinal are the benchmark of tennis greatness. This past decade was another demonstration of the talented groups’ ability to hold court, too, as they captured the National title in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2019.