Friday, February 14
Dallas, TX
4:30 p.m. (ET)
Wake Forest University
at
SMU
Top-Seeded Demon Deacons Set to Open ITA National Indoor Championship Against SMU
2/13/2025 3:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The round of 16 clash against the tournament hosts will begin at 4:30 p.m. (ET) Friday afternoon.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – After opening the season 10-0 for the second time in three years, the No. 2-ranked and No. 1-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team will open the ITA National Indoor Championship against the hosts SMU on Friday, Feb. 14 in Dallas, Texas.
First serve against the Mustangs is slated for 4:30 p.m. eastern time. With a win, the Demon Deacons will take on the winner of Kentucky and NC State on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
The Demon Deacons are one of six ACC schools to have previously won the ITA National Indoor Team Championship, as Bresky's men took the crown in 2018 with the likes of Borna Gojo, Petros Chrysochos and Skander Mansouri leading the charge. Wake Forest will look to become the 13th team in the competition's history to win multiple titles.
Of note, Wake Forest is 3-0 this season against teams in the field with wins over Ohio State, Columbia and Baylor.
ITA National Team Indoor Championship
Composed of 16 of the nation's best teams, the ITA Division I Men's National Team Indoor Championship is an event packed with excitement and history as the championship continues its storied history Friday from Texas, jointly hosted by SMU (Dallas) and Baylor (Waco).
As a single-elimination tournament, teams will play one match each day with the Championship Match being played on Tuesday, February 18, at 6:30 p.m. (CT). However, all teams are guaranteed to play at least three matches over the weekend through either the main or consolation draw.
Seeding
Day One (Feb. 14)
The live stream for all matches will be provided via the ITA Youtube, while the live results can be found here. For those looking to make the trip to Dallas, tickets can be purchased here
Hot Start
Wake Forest has started the season 10-0 for the second time in three years and has swept in seven of the 10 opening matches. The Demon Deacons are a combined 37-8 in singles and 20-3 in doubles so far this campaign, taking all 10 doubles points.
Wake Forest Singles Records
The Matchup - SMU
The Mustangs enter the weekend with a 7-3 record including a 6-2 mark at home. Wake Forest will be the Mustangs' second ranked test of the season, after they fell to No. 10 San Diego, 4-1, at home on Feb. 2. Last season, SMU made the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but dropped its first-round match to Stanford, 4-0.
The Demon Deacons are currently 1-3 all-time against the Mustangs. This will mark the first meeting between the two schools since 1999.
Of note, the Mustangs won the competition in 1979 and 1983.
Ranked Mustangs
Singles
Last Time Out
The No. 2-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a massive, 5-2, road win over No. 6 Columbia last Saturday afternoon inside the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons are now a combined 37-8 in singles and 20-3 in doubles so far this campaign. Additionally, Wake Forest remained perfect all-time against Columbia with five wins and zero losses dating back to 2010. This marked the first true road victory over the Lions.
Wake Forest went into singles with a 1-0 advantage following doubles wins on courts one and three. The No. 30-ranked pair of graduate Student Stefan Dostanic and junior DK Suresh Ekambaram moved to 4-0 together as they took down No. 45 Kotzen/Zheng, 6-4.
Moments later, the graduate student pair of Franco Capalbo and Ioannis Xilas clinched the point with a 6-3 win over No. 62 Hashimoto/Templeman. This marked the first time this season the Lions dropped a doubles point as the Deacs are now 10-for-10 in doubles points this campaign.
Five of the six singles courts went the distance, with Luca Pow's 7-6(7-2), 6-4 victory over Thanaphat Boosarawongse on court six being the only straight-set win Saturday afternoon. Not long after Pow's win, Tacchi made it 3-0 to Wake Forest with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory in fifth singles over Sachin Palta.
The Lions cut the deficit to 3-2 following tight wins on courts one and three.
Despite dropping the first set following a tiebreaker, Suresh battled back and clinched the win for Wake Forest with a 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 win over No. 40 Nicolas Kotzen on court two. Suresh is now 3-1 on the year and 2-1 against ranked opponents.
Xilas closed out the match with a comeback victory of his own on court four, downing No. 41 Hugo Hashimoto (5-7, 7-5, 6-1) for his second ranked win of the year.
Pow, Tacchi and Xilas are all tied for the most singles wins this campaign with six each.
ITA Rankings
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the second-best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll, the highest-ranked out of six ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has four singles players and four doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
Doubles
The Bresky Era
Since arriving at Wake Forest, head coach Tony Bresky has enjoyed a decorated career, winning ITA National Coach of the Year in 2018, along with garnering ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2013 and 2016. Additionally, Bresky has been tabbed ITA Regional Coach of the Year on five occasions (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024). Of note, Bresky led Wake Forest to its first-ever national title in 2018, after accumulating a 33-2 mark.
Individually, Bresky has coached two ACC Players of the Year (Noah Rubin and Melios Efstathiou), along with 35 All-ACC selections and 10 ITA Singles All-Americans.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, Bresky has amassed 339 wins. Of note, early in 2023 with a victory over No. 6 Tennessee, Bresky became the winningest coach in program history, surpassing the legendary Jim Leighton.
Wake Forest's Team Success Under Bresky
Bresky's teams have also excelled in the classroom during his stint in Winston-Salem, as he's coached 22 All-ACC Academic Team honorees and an ACC Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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First serve against the Mustangs is slated for 4:30 p.m. eastern time. With a win, the Demon Deacons will take on the winner of Kentucky and NC State on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
The Demon Deacons are one of six ACC schools to have previously won the ITA National Indoor Team Championship, as Bresky's men took the crown in 2018 with the likes of Borna Gojo, Petros Chrysochos and Skander Mansouri leading the charge. Wake Forest will look to become the 13th team in the competition's history to win multiple titles.
Of note, Wake Forest is 3-0 this season against teams in the field with wins over Ohio State, Columbia and Baylor.
ITA National Team Indoor Championship
Composed of 16 of the nation's best teams, the ITA Division I Men's National Team Indoor Championship is an event packed with excitement and history as the championship continues its storied history Friday from Texas, jointly hosted by SMU (Dallas) and Baylor (Waco).
As a single-elimination tournament, teams will play one match each day with the Championship Match being played on Tuesday, February 18, at 6:30 p.m. (CT). However, all teams are guaranteed to play at least three matches over the weekend through either the main or consolation draw.
Seeding
- SMU Host Site
- (1) Wake Forest
- (2) Virginia
- (3) Texas
- (4) Kentucky
- (5) NC State
- (6) Texas A&M
- (7) Michigan
- (8) SMU
- Baylor Host Site
- (1) TCU
- (2) Ohio State
- (3) Columbia
- (4) Duke
- (5) San Diego
- (6) Stanford
- (7) UCF
- (8) Baylor
Day One (Feb. 14)
- Main Draw
- Match 1 | Time: 9:00 am | Teams: (2) Virginia vs (7) Michigan | Site: SMU
- Match 2 | Time: 9:00 am | Teams: (2) Ohio State vs (7) UCF | Site: Baylor
- Match 3 | Time: 12:00 pm | Teams: (3) Texas vs (6) Texas A&M | Site: SMU
- Match 4 | Time: 12:00 pm | Teams: (3) Columbia vs (6) Stanford | Site: Baylor
- Match 5 | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: (1) Wake Forest vs (8) SMU | Site: SMU
- Match 6 | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: (4) Duke vs (5) San Diego | Site: Baylor
- Match 7 | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: (4) Kentucky vs (5) NC State | Site: SMU
- Match 8 | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: (1) TCU vs (8) Baylor | Site: Baylor
- Main Draw
- Match 9 | Time: 12:00 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 10 | Time: 12:00 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Match 11 | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 12 | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Back Draw
- Match 1C | Time: 9:00 am | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 2C | Time: 9:00 am | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Match 3C | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 4C | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Back Draw
- Match 5C | Time: 1:00 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 6C | Time: 12:00 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Match 7C | Time: 4:00 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 8C | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Match 9C | Time: 7:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 10C | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: Baylor
- Main Draw
- Match 13 | Time: 3:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Match 14 | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
- Main Draw
- Match 15 | Time: 6:30 pm | Teams: TBD | Site: SMU
The live stream for all matches will be provided via the ITA Youtube, while the live results can be found here. For those looking to make the trip to Dallas, tickets can be purchased here
Hot Start
Wake Forest has started the season 10-0 for the second time in three years and has swept in seven of the 10 opening matches. The Demon Deacons are a combined 37-8 in singles and 20-3 in doubles so far this campaign, taking all 10 doubles points.
Wake Forest Singles Records
| Player | Overall | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Capalbo | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Chang | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Dostanic | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Guilleme | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Parichkov | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Pow | 6-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 |
| Robertson | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shalmi | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Suresh | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tacchi | 6-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Thursfield | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Xilas | 6-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total | 37-8 | 8-1 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 8-1 | 5-2 | 6-1 |
The Mustangs enter the weekend with a 7-3 record including a 6-2 mark at home. Wake Forest will be the Mustangs' second ranked test of the season, after they fell to No. 10 San Diego, 4-1, at home on Feb. 2. Last season, SMU made the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but dropped its first-round match to Stanford, 4-0.
The Demon Deacons are currently 1-3 all-time against the Mustangs. This will mark the first meeting between the two schools since 1999.
Of note, the Mustangs won the competition in 1979 and 1983.
Ranked Mustangs
Singles
| Trevor Svajda | 70 |
The No. 2-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a massive, 5-2, road win over No. 6 Columbia last Saturday afternoon inside the Philip and Cheryl Milstein Family Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons are now a combined 37-8 in singles and 20-3 in doubles so far this campaign. Additionally, Wake Forest remained perfect all-time against Columbia with five wins and zero losses dating back to 2010. This marked the first true road victory over the Lions.
Wake Forest went into singles with a 1-0 advantage following doubles wins on courts one and three. The No. 30-ranked pair of graduate Student Stefan Dostanic and junior DK Suresh Ekambaram moved to 4-0 together as they took down No. 45 Kotzen/Zheng, 6-4.
Moments later, the graduate student pair of Franco Capalbo and Ioannis Xilas clinched the point with a 6-3 win over No. 62 Hashimoto/Templeman. This marked the first time this season the Lions dropped a doubles point as the Deacs are now 10-for-10 in doubles points this campaign.
Five of the six singles courts went the distance, with Luca Pow's 7-6(7-2), 6-4 victory over Thanaphat Boosarawongse on court six being the only straight-set win Saturday afternoon. Not long after Pow's win, Tacchi made it 3-0 to Wake Forest with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 victory in fifth singles over Sachin Palta.
The Lions cut the deficit to 3-2 following tight wins on courts one and three.
Despite dropping the first set following a tiebreaker, Suresh battled back and clinched the win for Wake Forest with a 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 win over No. 40 Nicolas Kotzen on court two. Suresh is now 3-1 on the year and 2-1 against ranked opponents.
Xilas closed out the match with a comeback victory of his own on court four, downing No. 41 Hugo Hashimoto (5-7, 7-5, 6-1) for his second ranked win of the year.
Pow, Tacchi and Xilas are all tied for the most singles wins this campaign with six each.
ITA Rankings
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the second-best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll, the highest-ranked out of six ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has four singles players and four doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
| DK Suresh Ekambaram | 7 |
| Stefan Dostanic | 17 |
| Charlie Robertson | 98 |
| Ioannis Xilas | 100 |
| Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow | 3 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Andrew Delgado | 10 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Ioannis Xilas | 22 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Stefan Dostanic | 30 |
Since arriving at Wake Forest, head coach Tony Bresky has enjoyed a decorated career, winning ITA National Coach of the Year in 2018, along with garnering ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2013 and 2016. Additionally, Bresky has been tabbed ITA Regional Coach of the Year on five occasions (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024). Of note, Bresky led Wake Forest to its first-ever national title in 2018, after accumulating a 33-2 mark.
Individually, Bresky has coached two ACC Players of the Year (Noah Rubin and Melios Efstathiou), along with 35 All-ACC selections and 10 ITA Singles All-Americans.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, Bresky has amassed 339 wins. Of note, early in 2023 with a victory over No. 6 Tennessee, Bresky became the winningest coach in program history, surpassing the legendary Jim Leighton.
Wake Forest's Team Success Under Bresky
- NCAA Championship: 2018
- ACC Tournament: 2016, 2018, 2019
- ACC Regular Season: 2017, 2018, 2019
- ITA National Team Indoor Championship: 2018
Bresky's teams have also excelled in the classroom during his stint in Winston-Salem, as he's coached 22 All-ACC Academic Team honorees and an ACC Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year.
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