Friday, February 28
Winston-Salem, N.C.
4 p.m.
Wake Forest University
vs
Stanford
Photo by: Helen McGinnis / Wake Forest Athletics
No. 1 Demon Deacons to Open Conference Play Against Stanford and Cal
2/27/2025 12:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest will also host a non-conference clash with NC Wesleyan on Sunday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In the midst of the best start to a season in program history, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team will look to carry the momentum into conference play with ACC newcomers No. 6 Stanford and No. 22 Cal paying a visit to the Wake Forest Tennis Center this weekend.
The Demon Deacons (16-0, 0-0 ACC) will take on the Cardinal on Friday, Feb. 28 with first serve slated for 4 p.m. On Sunday, the Deacs will face the Golden Bears at noon before hosting a non-conference match against NC Wesleyan at 4 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 doubleheader sweep over UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, the Demon Deacons have now broken the program record for most wins to open a campaign, surpassing the previous record of 14 set by the 2018 National Championship team. Wake Forest is also a combined 57-20 in singles and 32-5 in doubles so far this season, taking all 16 doubles points.
Wake Forest Singles Records
The Matchup - Stanford
The No. 6 Cardinal come into the weekend with an 8-2 record, with both losses coming to TCU. They most recently picked up a 4-0 victory over No. 36 UC Irvine. Last season, Wake Forest and Stanford met in the Super Regionals as the Demon Deacons knocked off the Cardinal, 4-1, and reached the Elite Eight for the fourth time in program history.
Wake Forest holds a 3-1 record over Stanford, all four matches have come since 2017.
Ranked Cardinal
Singles
Doubles
The Matchup - Cal
The Golden Bears enter the weekend with a perfect 7-0 record and will open conference play against NC State on Friday before coming to Winston-Salem. Last season, Cal went 10-10 overall with a 3-3 mark in PAC-12 play.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Ranked Golden Bears
Singles
Doubles
Last Time Out
On the first outside match day of the 2025 season, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a pair of 5-2 victories over UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb at the Wake Forest Tennis Center Tuesday afternoon.
Playing together for the first time as a pair, junior DK Suresh Ekambaram and freshman Charlie Robertson notched two impressive victories over UNCW's Mallory/Huen (6-3) and Gardner-Webb's Dias/Schreiber (6-1).
The No. 75-ranked pairing of graduate students Ioannis Xilas and Franco Capalbo clinched the doubles point against the Seahawks with a 6-4 win over Steffen/de Gabriele. The two are now tied for the team-lead with eight doubles wins this campaign (Pow/Tacchi).
The Deacs remained perfect in doubles against the Runnin' Bulldogs as sophomore Martin Mazev and freshman Cornelius Shalmi took down Lemieux-Monette/Cressoni (6-3). It marked the first doubles win of Shalmi's collegiate career.
In singles, Suresh clinched the first win of the day for Wake Forest with a comeback victory over UNCW's Harold Huens (3-6, 6-2, 6-1) on court one.
Sophomore Luca Pow notched a pair of victories on the day and now has a team-best 12 wins this campaign. He breezed through UNCW's Alex de Gabriele (6-2, 6-1) and Gardner-Webb's Numa Lemieux-Monette (6-2, 6-2) in straight sets and extended his winning streak to seven matches.
Xilas joined Pow as the second Wake Forest player to reach double-digit wins this season as he picked up a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win over Sam Nicholson (UNCW) before a 6-2, 6-2 match-clinching victory over Eduardo Dias (GWU).
Freshman Joaquin Guilleme was the third Demon Deacon to pick up multiple wins on Tuesday. He defeated Trey Mallory of UNCW (6-4, 6-0) in straight-sets and notched a comeback win against Gardner-Webb's Alexandre Bergeron, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7). Guilleme is now 4-0 in singles this season.
Graduate student Harry Thursfield improved to 3-0 on the year as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Gardner-Webb's Alex Lepine.
The Demon Deacons are now 6-0 all-time against the Bulldogs and 4-0 against UNC Wilmington.
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 345 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.
Up Next
After this weekend, the Demon Deacons will hit the road for a pair of ACC matches against Virginia Tech and Virginia on March 7 and 9, respectively.
First serve against the Hokies is slated for 2 p.m., while Sunday's matchup with the Cavaliers will begin at 1 p.m.
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The Demon Deacons (16-0, 0-0 ACC) will take on the Cardinal on Friday, Feb. 28 with first serve slated for 4 p.m. On Sunday, the Deacs will face the Golden Bears at noon before hosting a non-conference match against NC Wesleyan at 4 p.m.
Match Schedule
- Friday, Feb. 28
- 4 p.m. - No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 6 Stanford
- Sunday, March 2
- Noon - No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 22 Cal
- 4 p.m. - No. 1 Wake Forest vs. NC Wesleyan
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 doubleheader sweep over UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, the Demon Deacons have now broken the program record for most wins to open a campaign, surpassing the previous record of 14 set by the 2018 National Championship team. Wake Forest is also a combined 57-20 in singles and 32-5 in doubles so far this season, taking all 16 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 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Parichkov | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Pow | 12-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 5-0 |
| Robertson | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shalmi | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Suresh | 6-3 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tacchi | 8-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Thursfield | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Xilas | 10-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total | 57-20 | 12-2 | 8-4 | 6-6 | 11-2 | 9-4 | 11-2 |
The Matchup - Stanford
The No. 6 Cardinal come into the weekend with an 8-2 record, with both losses coming to TCU. They most recently picked up a 4-0 victory over No. 36 UC Irvine. Last season, Wake Forest and Stanford met in the Super Regionals as the Demon Deacons knocked off the Cardinal, 4-1, and reached the Elite Eight for the fourth time in program history.
Wake Forest holds a 3-1 record over Stanford, all four matches have come since 2017.
Ranked Cardinal
Singles
| Samir Banerjee | 18 |
| Max Basing | 80 |
| Von Der Schulenburg/Banerjee | 49 |
| Godsick/Banerjee | 54 |
The Golden Bears enter the weekend with a perfect 7-0 record and will open conference play against NC State on Friday before coming to Winston-Salem. Last season, Cal went 10-10 overall with a 3-3 mark in PAC-12 play.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Ranked Golden Bears
Singles
| Carl Emil Overbeck | 5 |
| Theo Dean | 32 |
| Alex Chang | 70 |
| Derrick Chen | 83 |
| Dean/Emil Overbeck | 25 |
On the first outside match day of the 2025 season, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a pair of 5-2 victories over UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb at the Wake Forest Tennis Center Tuesday afternoon.
Playing together for the first time as a pair, junior DK Suresh Ekambaram and freshman Charlie Robertson notched two impressive victories over UNCW's Mallory/Huen (6-3) and Gardner-Webb's Dias/Schreiber (6-1).
The No. 75-ranked pairing of graduate students Ioannis Xilas and Franco Capalbo clinched the doubles point against the Seahawks with a 6-4 win over Steffen/de Gabriele. The two are now tied for the team-lead with eight doubles wins this campaign (Pow/Tacchi).
The Deacs remained perfect in doubles against the Runnin' Bulldogs as sophomore Martin Mazev and freshman Cornelius Shalmi took down Lemieux-Monette/Cressoni (6-3). It marked the first doubles win of Shalmi's collegiate career.
In singles, Suresh clinched the first win of the day for Wake Forest with a comeback victory over UNCW's Harold Huens (3-6, 6-2, 6-1) on court one.
Sophomore Luca Pow notched a pair of victories on the day and now has a team-best 12 wins this campaign. He breezed through UNCW's Alex de Gabriele (6-2, 6-1) and Gardner-Webb's Numa Lemieux-Monette (6-2, 6-2) in straight sets and extended his winning streak to seven matches.
Xilas joined Pow as the second Wake Forest player to reach double-digit wins this season as he picked up a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win over Sam Nicholson (UNCW) before a 6-2, 6-2 match-clinching victory over Eduardo Dias (GWU).
Freshman Joaquin Guilleme was the third Demon Deacon to pick up multiple wins on Tuesday. He defeated Trey Mallory of UNCW (6-4, 6-0) in straight-sets and notched a comeback win against Gardner-Webb's Alexandre Bergeron, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7). Guilleme is now 4-0 in singles this season.
Graduate student Harry Thursfield improved to 3-0 on the year as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Gardner-Webb's Alex Lepine.
The Demon Deacons are now 6-0 all-time against the Bulldogs and 4-0 against UNC Wilmington.
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 |
| 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 |
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 345 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
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.
Up Next
After this weekend, the Demon Deacons will hit the road for a pair of ACC matches against Virginia Tech and Virginia on March 7 and 9, respectively.
First serve against the Hokies is slated for 2 p.m., while Sunday's matchup with the Cavaliers will begin at 1 p.m.
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