Tuesday, February 25
Winston-Salem, N.C.
1 p.m.
Wake Forest University
vs
UNC-Wilmington
No. 1 Demon Deacons Return Home for Tuesday Doubleheader
2/24/2025 2:29:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest will look to break the program record for most-consecutive wins to open a season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A week removed from winning the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team will make its return to the Wake Forest Tennis Center Tuesday, Feb. 25 against UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb.
First serve against the Seahawks is slated for 1 p.m. followed by a clash with the Runnin' Bulldogs at 5 p.m.
Match Schedule
The live stream for all Wake Forest home matches will be provided via PlaySight, while the live results can be found here.
Fan Information
Wake Forest Athletics is committed to providing the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina within a safe and fan-friendly environment. Admission to all Wake Forest tennis regular season matches are free of charge.
Hot Start
With the win over TCU in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship match, the Deacs matched the best start in program history, tying the 2018 National Championship team for most wins to open a campaign (14). Wake Forest is also a combined 49-16 in singles and 28-5 in doubles so far this season, taking all 14 doubles points.
Wake Forest Singles Records
The Matchup - UNC Wilmington
The Seahawks enter Tuesday with a 3-4 record and are coming off of a 4-0 defeat at No. 31 Clemson. Last season, UNCW posted an impressive 17-6 record and went a perfect 5-0 in CAA play. The team booked its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a 4-1 win over Elon in the conference championship match.
Wake Forest holds a 3-0 record over UNC Wilmington with wins in 2000, 2017 and 2021 over the Seahawks.
The Matchup - Gardner-Webb
The Runnin' Bulldogs are currently on a 10-match winning streak with their only loss on the year coming on the road against Stetson in the season opener, 4-3. Last season, Gardner-Webb went 20-4 and 4-0 in Big South play, but fell to UNC Asheville in the conference final.
The Demon Deacons are 5-0 all-time against the Bulldogs, with the last meeting being a 7-0 sweep at home in 2022.
Last Time Out (ITA National Team Indoor Championship)
Behind a clutch three-set victory from graduate Stefan Dostanic on court one with the eyes of the tennis world on him, the Wake Forest men's tennis team has claimed its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-3 victory over TCU last Tuesday night inside the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas.
The Demon Deacons are one of 13 schools to have multiple ITA National Indoor Team Championship titles as well as one of six ACC schools to do so.
Wake Forest got off to a hot start on court one in doubles and didn't look back, as junior DK Suresh Ekambaram and graduate Stefan Dostanic proved that they were one of the nation's best. The duo took down the reigning NCAA doubles champions Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives in dominant, 6-2 fashion.
Suresh and Dostanic are now 7-1 together this season with four wins over ranked opponents, with Maxted/Vives coming in as the No. 2-ranked pair.
After the Horned Frogs took the second doubles court, all eyes turned to court three where the graduate pair of Ioannis Xilas and Franco Capalbo battled TCU's Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico Kravtsov. The Wake Forest pair remained calm, broke Kravtsov/Chan for the 7-5 win and secured the doubles point.
Xilas/Capalbo have now won five-consecutive matches together and moved to 7-1 on the year. Coming into the match, the Horned Frogs (9-2, 0-0 B12) had only dropped one doubles point all season.
In singles, Wake Forest took four of six first sets and set the tone for the rest of the match. Sophomore Luca Pow put Wake Forest up 2-0 after a strong 6-2, 6-3 win over Kravtsov on court six. It marked Pow's 10th win of the season as he was the first Demon Deacon to reach double digit wins this campaign.
TCU took courts two and three and evened the match, but the Demon Deacons responded with a win on court four courtesy of Xilas. The Greek outlasted Chan in a set-tiebreak and defeated the Horned Frog, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9). Xilas is now 8-2 this season with three-consecutive wins.
The match was once again leveled as the Horned Frogs claimed court five right before TCU's Jack Pinnington forced a third set in first singles.
The moment didn't phase the veteran Dostanic, as he broke Pinnington right away and held serve until the Demon Deacons were crowned national champions.
Five of Dostanic's six wins in a Wake Forest uniform so far have been against ranked opponents in the No. 1 singles spot.
ITA Rankings
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll, one of seven ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has three singles players and five 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. Most recently, he led Wake Forest to its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
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 343 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
Up Next
After Tuesday's doubleheader, the Demon Deacons will prepare for the start of conference play with matches against ACC newcomers Stanford and Cal on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
First serve against the Cardinal is slated for 4 p.m., while Sunday's matchup with the Golden Bears will begin at noon.
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First serve against the Seahawks is slated for 1 p.m. followed by a clash with the Runnin' Bulldogs at 5 p.m.
Match Schedule
- Tuesday, Feb. 25
- 1 p.m. - No. 1 Wake Forest vs. UNC Wilmington
- 5 p.m. - No. 1 Wake Forest vs. Gardner-Webb
The live stream for all Wake Forest home matches will be provided via PlaySight, while the live results can be found here.
Fan Information
Wake Forest Athletics is committed to providing the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina within a safe and fan-friendly environment. Admission to all Wake Forest tennis regular season matches are free of charge.
Hot Start
With the win over TCU in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship match, the Deacs matched the best start in program history, tying the 2018 National Championship team for most wins to open a campaign (14). Wake Forest is also a combined 49-16 in singles and 28-5 in doubles so far this season, taking all 14 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 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 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 | 10-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 5-0 |
| Robertson | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shalmi | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Suresh | 5-3 | 1-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tacchi | 8-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Thursfield | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Xilas | 8-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total | 49-16 | 10-2 | 7-3 | 5-5 | 10-1 | 7-4 | 10-1 |
The Matchup - UNC Wilmington
The Seahawks enter Tuesday with a 3-4 record and are coming off of a 4-0 defeat at No. 31 Clemson. Last season, UNCW posted an impressive 17-6 record and went a perfect 5-0 in CAA play. The team booked its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a 4-1 win over Elon in the conference championship match.
Wake Forest holds a 3-0 record over UNC Wilmington with wins in 2000, 2017 and 2021 over the Seahawks.
The Matchup - Gardner-Webb
The Runnin' Bulldogs are currently on a 10-match winning streak with their only loss on the year coming on the road against Stetson in the season opener, 4-3. Last season, Gardner-Webb went 20-4 and 4-0 in Big South play, but fell to UNC Asheville in the conference final.
The Demon Deacons are 5-0 all-time against the Bulldogs, with the last meeting being a 7-0 sweep at home in 2022.
Last Time Out (ITA National Team Indoor Championship)
Behind a clutch three-set victory from graduate Stefan Dostanic on court one with the eyes of the tennis world on him, the Wake Forest men's tennis team has claimed its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-3 victory over TCU last Tuesday night inside the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas.
The Demon Deacons are one of 13 schools to have multiple ITA National Indoor Team Championship titles as well as one of six ACC schools to do so.
Wake Forest got off to a hot start on court one in doubles and didn't look back, as junior DK Suresh Ekambaram and graduate Stefan Dostanic proved that they were one of the nation's best. The duo took down the reigning NCAA doubles champions Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives in dominant, 6-2 fashion.
Suresh and Dostanic are now 7-1 together this season with four wins over ranked opponents, with Maxted/Vives coming in as the No. 2-ranked pair.
After the Horned Frogs took the second doubles court, all eyes turned to court three where the graduate pair of Ioannis Xilas and Franco Capalbo battled TCU's Duncan Chan and Albert Pedrico Kravtsov. The Wake Forest pair remained calm, broke Kravtsov/Chan for the 7-5 win and secured the doubles point.
Xilas/Capalbo have now won five-consecutive matches together and moved to 7-1 on the year. Coming into the match, the Horned Frogs (9-2, 0-0 B12) had only dropped one doubles point all season.
In singles, Wake Forest took four of six first sets and set the tone for the rest of the match. Sophomore Luca Pow put Wake Forest up 2-0 after a strong 6-2, 6-3 win over Kravtsov on court six. It marked Pow's 10th win of the season as he was the first Demon Deacon to reach double digit wins this campaign.
TCU took courts two and three and evened the match, but the Demon Deacons responded with a win on court four courtesy of Xilas. The Greek outlasted Chan in a set-tiebreak and defeated the Horned Frog, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9). Xilas is now 8-2 this season with three-consecutive wins.
The match was once again leveled as the Horned Frogs claimed court five right before TCU's Jack Pinnington forced a third set in first singles.
The moment didn't phase the veteran Dostanic, as he broke Pinnington right away and held serve until the Demon Deacons were crowned national champions.
Five of Dostanic's six wins in a Wake Forest uniform so far have been against ranked opponents in the No. 1 singles spot.
ITA Rankings
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll, one of seven ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has three singles players and five doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
| DK Suresh Ekambaram | 9 |
| Stefan Dostanic | 10 |
| Ioannis Xilas | 56 |
Doubles
| Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow | 3 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Stefan Dostanic | 4 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Andrew Delgado | 7 |
| DK Suresh Ekambaram/Ioannis Xilas | 31 |
| Franco Capalbo/Ioannis Xilas | 75 |
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. Most recently, he led Wake Forest to its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
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 343 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, 2025
Up Next
After Tuesday's doubleheader, the Demon Deacons will prepare for the start of conference play with matches against ACC newcomers Stanford and Cal on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
First serve against the Cardinal is slated for 4 p.m., while Sunday's matchup with the Golden Bears will begin at noon.
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