Wake Forest to Open Fall Slate at ITA All-American Championships

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — In the most-anticipated tournament of this year's fall slate, the Wake Forest men's tennis team will travel to Tulsa, Okla., for the 2024 ITA All-American Championship at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The event will run through Saturday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept. 29 with action beginning at 9 a.m. each day.

Tournament Information
The 2024 ITA Men's All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following, Singles: Pre-Qualifying (128), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64) and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying (32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). From this, ten singles players (10) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams (4) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).

Schedule & Draw Sizes

Pre-Qualifying
- Saturday, Sept. 21 – Singles R128, Doubles R32
- Sunday, Sept. 22 – Singles R64, Singles Cons R64, Singles R32, Doubles R16
Qualifying
- Monday, Sept. 23 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
- Tuesday, Sept. 24 – Singles R32, Singles Cons R32, Doubles R16
Main Draw
- Wednesday, Sept. 25 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
- Thursday, Sept. 26 – Singes R32, Singles Cons R32a, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16
- Friday, Sept. 27 – Singles R16, Singles QF, Doubles QF
- Saturday, Sept. 28 – Singles SF, Doubles SF
- Sunday, Sept. 29 – Singles F, Doubles F

This Time Last Year
In the 2023 edition of the tournament, the doubles pairing of DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons led the Deacs as the duo reached the quarterfinals of the doubles main draw.

Senior Luciano Tacchi also had an excellent showing during the annual tournament as he reached the round of 32 in singles after being one of only 16 individuals to reach the main draw through the qualifying rounds.

Wake Forest Victories

Singles
- Prequalifying
  - Dylan Chang (Wake Forest) def. Judson Blair (Georgia Southern) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
  - Jamieson Nathan (Wake Forest) def. Anton Shepp (Nebraska) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Qualifying
  - Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Jordan Hasson (Oklahoma) 6-3, 6-3
  - Holden Koons (Wake Forest) def. Nick Lagaev (Arizona) 7-5, 6-3
  - Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Luka Petrovic (Tulane) 6-1, 6-2
  - Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
- Main Draw
  - Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Martin Katz (Miami) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
- Qualifying
  - Suresh/Koons (Wake Forest) def. Jirousek/Pinnington (TCU) 6-4, 1-6, [10-7]
  - Suresh/Koons (Wake Forest) def. Neff/Silagy (SMU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-2
  - Suresh/Koons (Wake Forest) def. Seger/Rollins (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-3
- Main Draw
  - Suresh/Koons (Wake Forest) def. Engelhardt/Slavic (Ole Miss) 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-3) [10-5]
  - Suresh/Koons (Wake Forest) def. Vives/Gorzny (TCU) 6-3, 6-3

ITA Preseason Rankings
In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Preseason Rankings, Wake Forest had five singles players and three doubles pairs ranked.

Singles

26	DK Suresh Ekambaram
69	Franco Capalbo
81	Luciano Tacchi
95	Luca Pow
97	Ioannis Xilas

Doubles

49	Suresh/Delgado
70	Capalbo/Xilas
72	Tacchi/Pow

Up Next
The Demon Deacons will resume fall play Oct. 10-15 at the ITA Carolina Regionals, hosted by Duke.

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