Friday, April 18
Cary, N.C.
3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest University
vs
Clemson
Photo by: Wake Forest Athletics
No. 1 Demon Deacons to Open ACC Tournament Against Clemson
4/17/2025 7:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest will begin its quest for its fourth ACC Championship on Friday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Looking to capture its third trophy of the 2025 campaign and fourth ACC Championship in program history, the No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team is set to kick off its ACC Championship run as it takes on eighth-seeded Clemson in the quarterfinals on Friday at Cary Tennis Park.
The Demon Deacons (33-0, 13-0 ACC) have previously won the ACC Championship in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Of note, Wake Forest will look to complete the ACC double for the third time (2018, 2019) having captured the regular season title last Saturday against NC State.
First serve against the Tigers is slated for 3:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on the ACC's website with live results available here.
Since 2007, the ACC Champion has been either Wake Forest or Virginia in every season except for one, as Florida State ended the streak last season.
This will mark the second meeting between the two schools this season as Wake Forest defeated Clemson, 4-1, in South Carolina on March 28. With that win, the Deacs improved to 37-29 all-time against the Tigers and have won 15-consecutive matches in the series dating back to 2012.
Historic Regular Season
For the fourth time in program history, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team has won the ACC regular season title following its 4-2 victory over No. 5-ranked NC State last Saturday evening at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
Also with the win over the Wolfpack, the Demon Deacons secured the first-ever perfect regular season in program history, as well as the third undefeated conference record with the previous two also coming under head coach Tony Bresky in 2017 and 2019. Wake Forest is the first ACC team to finish the entire regular season without a loss since Virginia in 2013.
This marks the first regular-season crown for the Demon Deacons since they three-peated from 2017-2019. Since 2017, Wake Forest is tied with Virginia for the most regular-season titles in the conference.
Now with 33 wins, Bresky's squad is now just one shy of the program record for most wins in a single season, previously set by the 2019 team (34). The Demon Deacons can break the record as early as this weekend with wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
Path to ACC Championship
2025 ACC Men's Tennis Tournament
One-day tickets are priced at $15 for adults (ages 18 and older) and $10 for children ages 17 and under and non-ACC college students with a valid school ID. Admission is free for children 8 and under and ACC college students with a school ID. A full championship pass for all six days is priced at $30.
Tickets may be purchased online here.
Wake Forest 2025 Singles Records
Last Time Out
Playing together for the first time against NC State, graduate student Stefan Dostanic and freshman Charlie Robertson took down No. 12 Leroux/Staeheli, 6-3, on court two. The two newcomers are a combined 22-3 in doubles this season, with both primarily playing alongside junior DK Suresh Ekambaram.
Suresh and sophomore Luca Pow moved to 3-0 as a pairing this campaign with a 6-3 victory over No. 7 Shick/Van Sambeek on court one. It marked Suresh's team-high 25th doubles win this season as he moved to 11-1 against ranked duos. Additionally, Pow is now second on the team with 18 doubles wins with six coming against ranked foes. The win clinched Wake Forest's 31st doubles point in 33 matches as the Deacs took a 1-0 lead into singles.
Extending his winning streak to 21-consecutive matches, Pow picked up a quick and dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over Jules Leroux on court five. He now holds a 26-2 record in singles this season and an incredible 51-4 mark over his two-year career with the Demon Deacons. Pow is now just three matches shy of his previous career-best winning streak of 24. Additionally, the Englishman finished with an 11-0 record in conference play this season, which brought his career record in ACC matches to 18-0.
Dostanic returned to the singles lineup for the first time in a month and picked up where he left off for the Demon Deacons, as he earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court one over No. 29 Braden Shick. The No. 17-ranked player in the nation is now 7-2 in a Wake Forest uniform with six of his seven wins coming against ranked opponents.
Of note, it marked Dostanic's first singles win since his three-set thriller over TCU's Jack Pinnington to clinch Wake Forest's second ITA National Indoor Championship back in February. Additionally, it was his second win over Shick this season following his 7-6(4), 7-6(3) win over him in the quarterfinals of national indoors.
After taking the time to adjust to collegiate tennis, Robertson has now completely taken over and won six-straight matches to bring his record to 8-6 on the year as he defeated Fons Van Sambeek (6-4, 6-4) on court four to clinch the regular season title.
The Scot has not lost since Feb. 25 and now holds a perfect 5-0 record against ACC opponents. He has quickly become one of the most clutch players in the nation with multiple clinching victories in huge matches. Of note, Wake Forest hasn't dropped the fourth singles court since Feb. 25 against UNCW and holds an incredible 21-2 record overall.
ITA Rankings
Since winning the ITA National Indoor Championship back in February, the Demon Deacons have been tabbed as the best team in the nation in nine-consecutive polls and are one of eight ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has three singles players and seven doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
Doubles
Ranked Tigers
Singles
Doubles
2025 Wake Forest Weekly Honors
ACC Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 4 – Stefan Dostanic
April 1 – DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 15 – Stefan Dostanic
ACC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Jan. 21 – DK Suresh Ekambaram & Stefan Dostanic
March 11 – Charlie Robertson & DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 1 – Charlie Robertson & DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 15 – Luca Pow & DK Suresh Ekambaram
ACC Men's Tennis Freshman of the Week
April 1 – Charlie Robertson
April 15 – Charlie Robertson
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. This season, he has led Wake Forest to its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship and fourth ACC regular season title.
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 362 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
With a win on Friday, the Demon Deacons will return to the courts Saturday at 2 p.m. for the ACC semifinals against the winner of fifth-seeded Virginia and fourth-seeded Cal.
The match will be shown live on ACCNX.
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The Demon Deacons (33-0, 13-0 ACC) have previously won the ACC Championship in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Of note, Wake Forest will look to complete the ACC double for the third time (2018, 2019) having captured the regular season title last Saturday against NC State.
First serve against the Tigers is slated for 3:30 p.m. and will be streamed live on the ACC's website with live results available here.
Since 2007, the ACC Champion has been either Wake Forest or Virginia in every season except for one, as Florida State ended the streak last season.
This will mark the second meeting between the two schools this season as Wake Forest defeated Clemson, 4-1, in South Carolina on March 28. With that win, the Deacs improved to 37-29 all-time against the Tigers and have won 15-consecutive matches in the series dating back to 2012.
Historic Regular Season
For the fourth time in program history, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team has won the ACC regular season title following its 4-2 victory over No. 5-ranked NC State last Saturday evening at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
Also with the win over the Wolfpack, the Demon Deacons secured the first-ever perfect regular season in program history, as well as the third undefeated conference record with the previous two also coming under head coach Tony Bresky in 2017 and 2019. Wake Forest is the first ACC team to finish the entire regular season without a loss since Virginia in 2013.
This marks the first regular-season crown for the Demon Deacons since they three-peated from 2017-2019. Since 2017, Wake Forest is tied with Virginia for the most regular-season titles in the conference.
Now with 33 wins, Bresky's squad is now just one shy of the program record for most wins in a single season, previously set by the 2019 team (34). The Demon Deacons can break the record as early as this weekend with wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
Path to ACC Championship
- Friday, April 18 - Quarterfinals
- 3:30 p.m. - (1) Wake Forest vs. (8) Clemson
- Saturday, April 19 - Semifinals
- 2 p.m. - (1) Wake Forest* vs. (4) Cal or (5) Virginia
- Sunday, April 20 - Championship
- 2 p.m. - (1) Wake Forest* vs. TBD
2025 ACC Men's Tennis Tournament
One-day tickets are priced at $15 for adults (ages 18 and older) and $10 for children ages 17 and under and non-ACC college students with a valid school ID. Admission is free for children 8 and under and ACC college students with a school ID. A full championship pass for all six days is priced at $30.
Tickets may be purchased online here.
Wake Forest 2025 Singles Records
| Player | Overall | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Capalbo | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| Chang | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Dostanic | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Guilleme | 9-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Parichkov | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Pow | 26-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 8-2 | 5-0 |
| Robertson | 8-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shalmi | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Suresh | 14-7 | 10-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Tacchi | 13-7 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Thursfield | 5-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Vyas | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Xilas | 16-6 | 3-0 | 7-3 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total | 114-32 | 23-5 | 19-8 | 15-10 | 21-2 | 19-4 | 17-3 |
Playing together for the first time against NC State, graduate student Stefan Dostanic and freshman Charlie Robertson took down No. 12 Leroux/Staeheli, 6-3, on court two. The two newcomers are a combined 22-3 in doubles this season, with both primarily playing alongside junior DK Suresh Ekambaram.
Suresh and sophomore Luca Pow moved to 3-0 as a pairing this campaign with a 6-3 victory over No. 7 Shick/Van Sambeek on court one. It marked Suresh's team-high 25th doubles win this season as he moved to 11-1 against ranked duos. Additionally, Pow is now second on the team with 18 doubles wins with six coming against ranked foes. The win clinched Wake Forest's 31st doubles point in 33 matches as the Deacs took a 1-0 lead into singles.
Extending his winning streak to 21-consecutive matches, Pow picked up a quick and dominant 6-0, 6-0 win over Jules Leroux on court five. He now holds a 26-2 record in singles this season and an incredible 51-4 mark over his two-year career with the Demon Deacons. Pow is now just three matches shy of his previous career-best winning streak of 24. Additionally, the Englishman finished with an 11-0 record in conference play this season, which brought his career record in ACC matches to 18-0.
Dostanic returned to the singles lineup for the first time in a month and picked up where he left off for the Demon Deacons, as he earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court one over No. 29 Braden Shick. The No. 17-ranked player in the nation is now 7-2 in a Wake Forest uniform with six of his seven wins coming against ranked opponents.
Of note, it marked Dostanic's first singles win since his three-set thriller over TCU's Jack Pinnington to clinch Wake Forest's second ITA National Indoor Championship back in February. Additionally, it was his second win over Shick this season following his 7-6(4), 7-6(3) win over him in the quarterfinals of national indoors.
After taking the time to adjust to collegiate tennis, Robertson has now completely taken over and won six-straight matches to bring his record to 8-6 on the year as he defeated Fons Van Sambeek (6-4, 6-4) on court four to clinch the regular season title.
The Scot has not lost since Feb. 25 and now holds a perfect 5-0 record against ACC opponents. He has quickly become one of the most clutch players in the nation with multiple clinching victories in huge matches. Of note, Wake Forest hasn't dropped the fourth singles court since Feb. 25 against UNCW and holds an incredible 21-2 record overall.
ITA Rankings
Since winning the ITA National Indoor Championship back in February, the Demon Deacons have been tabbed as the best team in the nation in nine-consecutive polls and are one of eight ACC teams in the top 25. Individually, Wake Forest has three singles players and seven doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
| DK Suresh Ekambaram | 10 |
| Stefan Dostanic | 13 |
| Ioannis Xilas | 121 |
Ranked Tigers
Singles
| Noa Vukadin | 50 |
| Noa Vukadin/Maxwell Smith | 28 |
| Romain Gales/Max Damm | 31 |
ACC Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 4 – Stefan Dostanic
April 1 – DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 15 – Stefan Dostanic
ACC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Jan. 21 – DK Suresh Ekambaram & Stefan Dostanic
March 11 – Charlie Robertson & DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 1 – Charlie Robertson & DK Suresh Ekambaram
April 15 – Luca Pow & DK Suresh Ekambaram
ACC Men's Tennis Freshman of the Week
April 1 – Charlie Robertson
April 15 – Charlie Robertson
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. This season, he has led Wake Forest to its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship and fourth ACC regular season title.
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 362 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, 2025
- 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
With a win on Friday, the Demon Deacons will return to the courts Saturday at 2 p.m. for the ACC semifinals against the winner of fifth-seeded Virginia and fourth-seeded Cal.
The match will be shown live on ACCNX.
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