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Efstathiou Primed for 2023 NCAA Singles Championships
5/21/2023 4:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Limassol, Cyprus native earned the fourth overall seed in the 64-man field.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Following an excellent 2023 campaign, in which he was tabbed the ACC Player of the Year, senior Melios Efstathiou will represent the Wake Forest men's tennis program in the NCAA Singles Championships at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
The 64-man NCAA Singles Championships field features the top 64 players across Division I tennis. Efstathiou earned the fourth overall seed in the tournament and will begin competition on Monday, May 22 at 5 p.m., taking on Samir Banerjee of Stanford.
The Matchup (First Round)
Efstathiou was tabbed the 2023 ACC Player of the Year this season, joining Noah Rubin who won the award in 2015 as the only Demon Deacons to earn the nod in program history.
Efsatthiou's recognition came on the heels of a stellar season, in which he accumulated a 21-5 mark in dual singles action, including a 5-1 ledger over his final six matches. Of note, Efstathiou is currently ranked the No. 4 singles player nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
In addition to being crowned ACC Player of the Year, Efstathiou was tabbed to the All-ACC First Team, marking Wake Forest's 32nd honoree during the head coach Tony Bresky era.
During the 2023 ACC Championships, Efstathiou defeated then-No. 13 Garrett Johns, then-No. 49 Ryan Fishback and then-No. 58 Rafael Iziquierdo Luque in a three-day span, leading Wake Forest to its seventh ACC semifinal appearance in the last eight years.
Efstathiou by the Numbers (2023)
2023 Wake Forest Season Highlights
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The 64-man NCAA Singles Championships field features the top 64 players across Division I tennis. Efstathiou earned the fourth overall seed in the tournament and will begin competition on Monday, May 22 at 5 p.m., taking on Samir Banerjee of Stanford.
The Matchup (First Round)
- No. 4 Melios Efstathiou (Wake Forest) vs. No. 56 Samir Banerjee (Stanford)
- Monday, May 22 at 5 p.m. ET
Efstathiou was tabbed the 2023 ACC Player of the Year this season, joining Noah Rubin who won the award in 2015 as the only Demon Deacons to earn the nod in program history.
Efsatthiou's recognition came on the heels of a stellar season, in which he accumulated a 21-5 mark in dual singles action, including a 5-1 ledger over his final six matches. Of note, Efstathiou is currently ranked the No. 4 singles player nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
In addition to being crowned ACC Player of the Year, Efstathiou was tabbed to the All-ACC First Team, marking Wake Forest's 32nd honoree during the head coach Tony Bresky era.
During the 2023 ACC Championships, Efstathiou defeated then-No. 13 Garrett Johns, then-No. 49 Ryan Fishback and then-No. 58 Rafael Iziquierdo Luque in a three-day span, leading Wake Forest to its seventh ACC semifinal appearance in the last eight years.
Efstathiou by the Numbers (2023)
| Overall | Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Streak | |
| Efstathiou | 21-5 | 7-2 | 18-5 | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | L1 |
2023 Wake Forest Season Highlights
- The Demon Deacons finished the 2023 campaign 26-12, including a 7-5 mark in ACC play.
- The Deacs' 26 wins this season marked the seventh time in the last eight years that Wake Forest has tallied 25+ wins.
- The lone exception was the COVID-impacted 2020 season.
- The Deacs' 26 wins this season marked the seventh time in the last eight years that Wake Forest has tallied 25+ wins.
- Wake Forest opened the season 10-0, including wins over then-No. 6 Tennessee and then-No. 23 Auburn.
- Head coach Tony Bresky became the winningest coach in program history this year, passing the legendary Jim Leighton in the Demon Deacons' 4-3 win over Tennessee on January 22.
- The Deacs punched their ticket to the 2023 ITA National Team Indoor Championships after winning the Wake Forest Regional during ITA Kickoff Weekend.
- Of note, the Deacs notched victories over Auburn and Middle Tennessee during ITA Kickoff Weekend.
- Three players (Melios Efstathiou, Filippo Moroni and Luciano Tacchi) recorded 20+ dual singles wins this season.
- Graduate student Jurabek Karimov (10-9) and senior Juan Lopez de Azcona (19-7) both recorded double-digit dual singles wins this season.
- Despite starting the regular-season unranked, Efstathiou rose to No. 2 in the ITA singles rankings.
- Efstathiou was crowned the 2023 ACC Player of the Year after accumulating a 18-4 record in dual singles matches during the regular season.
- Efstathiou became only the second player in program history to be tabbed ACC Player of the Year, joining Noah Rubin who won the award in 2015.
- In addition to being crowned ACC Player of the Year, Efstathiou was tabbed to the All-ACC First Team, marking Wake Forest's 32nd honoree during the head coach Tony Bresky era.
- During the 2023 ACC Championships, Wake Forest reached the semifinals of the annual tournament for the seventh time in the past eight seasons after knocking off Virginia Tech and NC State.
- After earning an at-large bid, the Demon Deacons reached the NCAA Tournament for the 10th-consecutive season.
- Additionally, the Deacs reached the second round for the ninth-straight year after defeating Memphis.
- Overall, Wake Forest recorded 12 ranked wins, including three victories over teams ranked in the top 25 this season.
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