NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Wake Forest Men’s Tennis’ Path to a National Championship

WACO, Texas – The Wake Forest men's tennis team capped off an incredibly dominant 2025 campaign, capturing the second NCAA championship in program history and the 11th overall championship in Wake Forest history.

The season was filled with special moments that included the program's second ITA National Indoor Championship, numerous top-10 wins, five All-ACC honorees, an ACC record 40 wins and a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

Remembering a special year that started back in January:

January 12, 2025
Demon Deacons Sweep Doubleheader to Open 2025 Campaign | Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Wake Forest men's tennis team opened the 2025 season with a pair of 7-0 victories over Tennessee Tech and ETSU inside the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
With the sweep, Wake Forest started the season 2-0 for the fourth-consecutive season.

January 17, 2025
Wake Forest Dominates in First of Three Trips to Texas | Waco, Texas

Highlighted by the debut of graduate transfer standout Stefan Dostanic, the squad picked up a 4-0 road victory over Baylor in Waco, Texas.
Dostanic secured wins at the No. 1 singles and doubles positions en route to a dominant win over the Bear.
- He partnered with Suresh to defeat the No. 3-ranked doubles pair in the nation (6-3) in Miladinovic and Brostrom Poulsen.
- In singles, he quickly handled No. 25 Devin Badenhorst (6-2, 6-1).

January 19, 2025
Deacs Notch First Ranked Win Over Tennessee | Winston-Salem, N.C.

In front of an electric crowd of over 350 packed into the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center, the team notched a pair of 4-0 victories over No. 13 Tennessee and SC State to improve to 5-0 on the year.
Through five matches, Wake Forest still hadn't lost a singles (21-0) or doubles (10-0) court.
Luca Pow extended his dual-match winning streak to 23-consecutive matches with two wins on the day.

January 24-25, 2025
Wake Forest Breezes Through ITA Kickoff Weekend | Winston-Salem, N.C.

With a pair of 4-0 wins on the weekend over Charlotte and Memphis, Wake Forest advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the fourth-consecutive season after hosting ITA Kickoff Weekend.
Six different Demon Deacons picked up wins across the two matches as the team improved to a combined 27-0 in singles.

February 1, 2025
Robertson Shines in Collegiate Debut | Winston-Salem, N.C.

Behind a sensational comeback from freshman Charlie Robertson on court four, the men's tennis team downed Georgia, 4-3, at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center.
It marked the first time all season the Deacs conceded a singles court, but it didn't matter as Robertson's clutch 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 win over Niels Ratiu secured the Deacs' eighth win of the season and kept them perfect on the year.

February 2, 2025
Record-Breaking Crowd Witnesses Greatness | Winston-Salem, N.C.

In front of over 500 passionate fans inside the Wake Forest Tennis Center, Wake Forest hosted No. 3 Ohio State.
- The top-five matchup featured a full afternoon of back-and-forth action before the Demon Deacons finished on top with a 4-3 win.
Robertson continued his strong weekend with a 6-3, 6-3 victory on court three over No. 46 Alexander Bernard.
Suresh clinched the victory with a hard-fought 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2 comeback victory over No. 64 Will Jansen on court two.

February 14-18, 2025
Wake Forest Claims Second ITA Indoor Championship | Dallas, Texas

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 claimed its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-3 victory over TCU on Feb. 18 inside the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas.
- Dostanic's 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-4 victory over No. 18 Jack Pinnington also helped the Deacs tie the program record for most wins to open a season (14), a record they would go on to shatter.
- 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.
In the semifinals, the Deacs defeated three-seed Texas, 4-3, to advance to the final for the first time since winning the event in 2018.
- Suresh and Xilas propelled Wake Forest with wins over the No. 10 (Sebastian Gorzny) and No. 21 (Jonah Braswell) ranked players in the nation, respectively.
Wake Forest breezed to victories in the round of 16 (4-0 over SMU) and quarterfinals (4-2 over NC State).

February 25, 2025
No. 1 Demon Deacons Open Outdoor Play with Doubleheader Sweep | Winston-Salem, N.C.

On the first outside match day of the 2025 season, the squad picked up a pair of 5-2 victories over UNC Wilmington and Gardner-Webb at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The win over UNCW officially broke the program record for most wins to open a season (15).
It also marked the first matches of the season with Wake Forest holding the No. 1 title, a ranking they would not relinquish.

February 28
Wake Forest Opens ACC Play with 4-2 Win Over Newcomers | Winston-Salem, N.C.

In the first ACC match of the 2025 campaign, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team notched a 4-2 victory over No. 6-ranked Stanford at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
- Wake Forest has now taken nine of the last 10 ACC openers and improved to 4-1 all-time against the Cardinal.
The win was highlighted by Suresh's quick and dominant 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 18 Samir Banerjee on court one.
Franco Capalbo earned his first-career ACC singles win on court six (6-3, 6-4) over Nico Godsick.

March 9, 2025
Demon Deacons Grab Statement Win Against No. 5 Virginia | Charlottesville, Va.

Further solidifying its status as the best team in the country, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a 4-1 ACC road win over No. 5 Virginia on the outdoor courts at the Boar's Head Resort.
- It marked the sixth top-10 victory and fourth top-five win of the season already for Wake Forest.
After a huge doubles win on court two together (7-6 [10-8]), Tacchi and Pow also got it done in singles on courts four (6-1, 6-0) and five (6-0, 7-5), respectively.

March 16, 2025
Deacs Stay Unbeaten, Cruise to 4-2 Victory Over Seminoles | Winston-Salem, N.C.

In the last pair of home matches before a two-week road stretch, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up wins over No. 32 Florida State and NC A&T at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
Sutresh continued his dominant season with a 7-6 (7-0), 7-5 victory over No. 19-ranked Corey Craig of Florida State on court one.
- Capalbo clinched the match on court five as he defeated Dous-Karpenschif, 6-2, 7-5.
Pow picked up two wins on the day as he extended his winning streak to 12-consecutive matches.

March 28, 2025
Wake Forest Secures 12th Top-25 Victory on the Road | Clemson. S.C.

Continuing one of the most dominant seasons in recent collegiate tennis history, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team notched a 4-1 road victory over No. 22 Clemson at the Duckworth Family Tennis Facility.
The Demon Deacons saw singles wins from Suresh, Xilas and Pow en route to the victory.
Wake Forest was the first team to beat Clemson on their home courts, as the Tigers entered with a 13-0 home record.
Also with the win, the ACC regular season title picture shaped up to be a battle between the Deacs and NC State, the two last unbeaten teams in conference play.

April 6, 2025
Seniors Honored with Doubleheader Sweep | Winston-Salem, N.C.

On a day that saw seven seniors and graduate students honored for their contributions to the program, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team closed out its home regular season slate with 4-0 wins over Boston College and Coastal Carolina at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons clinched the Boston College match following a 6-3, 6-1 victory from Pow on court three over Jake Vassel.
- The Englishman also picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win over Coastal Carolina's Christopher Norlin in the second match and brought his record to a ridiculous 25-2 mark and extended his winning streak to 20 matches.

April 12, 2025
Wake Forest Claims ACC Regular Season Title, Completes Perfect Regular Season | Raleigh, N.C.

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 at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
Also with the win, 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.
After taking the time to adjust to collegiate tennis, Robertson completely took over and won six-straight matches as he defeated Fons Van Sambeek (6-4, 6-4) on court four to clinch the regular season title.
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.

April 18-19, 2025
Deacs Fall for First Time at ACC Championships | Cary, N.C.

The No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team dropped its first match of the 2025 campaign as it fell to No. 6-ranked Virginia, 4-3, at Cary Tennis Park in the semifinals of the ACC Championships.
Robertson extended his winning streak to eight-consecutive matches and Suresh earned a hard-fought comeback victory, but it was not enough as the Deacs turned their attention to the NCAA Tournament.
It marked the Deacs' ninth ACC semifinal appearance in the last 10 seasons.
Prior to the loss, Wake Forest notched a 4-0 sweep over Clemson in the quarterfinals.

May 2-3, 2025
Demon Deacons Cruise through Winston-Salem Regional | Winston-Salem, N.C.

For the second-consecutive season, the top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals following its 4-1 victories over Gardner-Webb and Kentucky in the Winston-Salem Regional.
With the win over the Runnin' Bulldogs, the Demon Deacons broke the program record for most wins in a single season (35), surpassing the 2019 team.
- Under Bresky, Wake Forest has advanced past the first round of the tournament in each of the last 11 editions.
Additionally, the Deacs have now reached the Sweet 16 eight times since 2015, including three of the past four seasons.
Despite dropping the doubles point for just the third time of the season, Wake Forest bounced back with wins on courts two, three and six to defeat the Wildcats in the second round.

May 9, 2025
Wake Forest Books Ticket to NCAA Championships | Winston-Salem, N.C.

In front of an energetic and passionate crowd of over 400 fans, the top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships with a 4-0 victory over No. 16-seed Texas A&M at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
- This will mark the fifth quarterfinal appearance for Bresky's men since 2017.
The Deacs completed a perfect season at home for the second time in four seasons, with the 23 wins at the Wake Forest Tennis Center this campaign marking the second most in program history, only behind 2022's record of 26.
On court five, Tacchi clinched Wake Forest's ticket to Waco as he notched a 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 victory over Togan Tokac.

May 18, 2025
Deacs Down Columbia, 4-1, to Advance to National Semifinals | Waco, Texas

In a match that saw all six singles courts enter a third set and lasted over three and a half hours, the top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team has booked its spot in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships following a 4-1 victory over No. 8-seed Columbia Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
With the win, the Demon Deacons (38-1) are now one of just three schools to reach four national semifinals since 2018, along with Ohio State and Texas. Additionally, only two other schools (TCU and Texas) have a chance to make back-to-back semifinals depending on Friday's results.
Avenging his loss from the first meeting in February, Dostanic got the best of No. 2 Michael Zheng when it mattered most as he earned an incredible 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 comeback victory on court one.
In a surprise to nobody, Pow followed up his doubles victory and picked up a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win over Thanaphat Boosarawongse on court six.
Continuing to establish himself as one of the most dominant and composed freshmen in the country, Robertson secured a 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1 win over No. 81 Hugo Hashimoto on court four to clinch the match for the Deacs.

May 19, 2025
Suresh Clinches, Deacs Advance to National Title Match | Waco, Texas

After being moved indoors due to weather, the top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team has advanced to the NCAA national championship match following its 4-2 win against No. 4-seeded Stanford inside the Hawkins Tennis Center.
Becoming the first Demon Deacon to reach 30 wins in a single season since Petros Chrysochos in 2018, Pow picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win over Alex Razeghi on court six after Tacchi earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Nico Godsick on court five.
With the score at 3-2 and the final two matches coming down to the wire, junior DK Suresh Ekambaram officially booked Wake Forest's ticket to the national championship as he defeated Kyle Kang, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3, in second singles. The win marked his 19th of the spring to just eight losses while competing on the first two lines. Additionally, Suresh improved to 4-1 in the NCAA tournament.

May 20, 2025
Wake Forest Claims Second-Ever NCAA National Championship | Waco, Texas

Wake Forest capped off the 40-win, national championship winning season by defeating TCU, 4-2 at the Hurd Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons finished the 2025 campaign with a program and ACC record 40 wins, with 25 coming against ranked opponents. Wake Forest separated itself from the rest of the competition by earning 11 victories against top-10 opponents and seven against teams inside the top five.
The doubles point followed by wins from Stefan Dostanic, Luca Pow and DK Suresh Ekambaram in singles secured the crown for Wake Forest. Stay tuned to GoDeacs.com for a more in-depth breakdown of the match.

A charter member of the ACC, Wake Forest is one of two ACC schools to win multiple national championships, joining Virginia, and one of just seven NCAA programs to do so. Additionally, Wake Forest and Virginia are the only two schools with multiple NCAA titles since 2015.

Wake Forest is also the only team from the state of North Carolina to win an NCAA DI Men's Tennis Championship.

NCAA Men's Tennis Champions (All-Time)

USC - 21 (last: 2014)
Stanford - 17 (last: 2000)
UCLA - 16 (last: 2005)
Virginia - 6 (last: 2023)
Georgia - 6 (last: 2008)
Wake Forest - 2 (last: 2025)
William & Mary - 2 (last: 1948)
TCU - 1 (2024)
Florida - 1 (2021)
Texas - 1 (2019)
Pepperdine - 1 (2006)
Baylor - 1 (2004)
Illinois - 1 (last: 2003)
Trinity - TX - 1 (1972)
Tulane/Notre Dame - 1 (1959)
Michigan - 1 (1957)
San Francisco - 1 (1949)

Sunday's victory marks Wake Forest's 11th overall NCAA championship and the first since women's golf in 2023. Additionally, men's tennis became the second Wake Forest program to win multiple national titles, joining men's golf (3) and field hockey (3).

Wake Forest National Championship Teams

2025 - Men's Tennis
2023 - Women's Golf
2018 - Men's Tennis
2007 - Men's Soccer
2004 - Field Hockey
2003 - Field Hockey
2002 - Field Hockey
1986 - Men's Golf
1975 - Men's Golf
1974 - Men's Golf
1955 - Baseball

2023 - Women's Golf
- A historic season for the Demon Deacons' women's golf program was capped off by winning the first National Championship in program history, defeating No. 6 USC in the National Championship match. The six team titles this season mark a program record and two-time ACC Player of the Year Rachel Keuhn captured two individual titles along the way at the Stephen's Cup and Augusta Nexus. After finishing third in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Demon Deacons defeated Florida State in the quarterfinals, 3.5-1.5, and Texas A&M in the semifinals, 4-1, to earn a spot in the championship against USC.
2018 - Men's Tennis
- Ranked No. 1 nationally for the entirety of the season, the Deacs powered through competition with a 31-2 overall record that was completed with a 4-2 victory over Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament final. Coach Tony Bresky was named ITA Coach of the Year as Wake Forest captured their first-ever ITA National Team Indoor Championship, second consecutive ACC regular season title, second ACC Championship title in three years and second consecutive No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Championship.
2007 - Men's Soccer
- Advancing to the second of four-straight NCAA College Cups, the Demon Deacons capped off a 22-2-2 campaign with a 2-1 victory over Ohio State in the National Championship. The 22 victories set a single-season program record as the Demon Deacons finished the year undefeated at Spry Stadium (13-0-1). Wake Forest outscored opponents 67-14 over the season and logged 15 clean sheets.
2004 - Field Hockey
- The Wake Forest field hockey team captured a third straight National Championship, beating Duke, 3-0 in Kentner Stadium on Sunday. Tamar Meijer scored two goals and Kelly Wood added another as the Deacons finished the 2004 season with a 20-3 record. Field hockey is the only female sport at Wake Forest to have won a national championship and the only of all the sports to win three in a row.
- The Deacons held the nation's best scoring offense to just two shots in the first period. Wake Forest took six shots and three penalty corners and headed into the break with the 1-0 lead.
- Meijer gave the Deacons a two-point cushion just over four minutes into the second half. She maneuvered around several Duke defenders and slid her seventh goal of the tournament behind Morgan. Only once before had a player scored more than seven goals in an NCAA Tournament, Marina Giacomo of ODU scored 11 in the 2000 and Kristy Gleason of Iowa tallied seven in 1990 as well.
2003 - Field Hockey
- In front of 2,320 fans, the No. 1 Wake Forest field hockey team battled No. 2 Duke University in Sunday's NCAA Championship game. The Deacs clinched the National Title for the second year in a row, defeating Duke, 3-1, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
- The Deacs jumped on the board with a goal from senior Katie Ackerman, her eighth of the season. National Player of the Year/Honda Award winner Kelly Doton was credited with the assist. Just minutes later, Kelly Wood connected with Ackerman for her second goal of the match. The Deacs went into halftime with the two-goal lead.
- With 7:08 remaining, freshman Kristi Harshman scored her fifth season goal, to secure the victory for the Deacs. The goal came off of a penalty corner from Claire Laubach, the fifth corner of the day.
- Wake Forest finished its 2003 campaign as NCAA Champions, ACC Champions and owners of a 22-1 record.
2002 - Field Hockey
- The Wake Forest field hockey team etched its name into the record books defeating Penn State by a 2-0 score to win the 2002 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship at the University of Louisville's Trager Stadium. The Demon Deacons were the first Wake Forest team to win a national championship since men's golf in 1986 and were the first women's team in school history to accomplish such a feat. In addition, the Deacs went through all four rounds of the Championship without giving up a single goal, an achievement matched only by Old Dominion in 1992.
- The Deacons did all of their scoring in the first half as ACC Player of the Year Kelly Doton opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute. Less than three minutes later, senior Heather Aughinbaugh, playing in the final game of her career, fired a shot that bounced off the post and into the net for the unassisted goal to put the Deacons ahead, 2-0. The Wake Forest defense tightened its grip even more in the second half, allowing just one shot in the period to hang on for the 2-0 victory and the national championship.
- Five Demon Deacons were named to the NCAA All-Tournament team: Aughinbaugh, sophomore Kelly Dostal, Doton, junior Lucy Shaw and Ridd. The ACC and NCAA Champion Demon Deacons finish the season with a 20-2 record.
1986 - Men's Golf
- Wake Forest, playing on its home course, Bermuda Run, rallied from 16 strokes down to win its third NCAA Golf Championship. Future PGA Tour professionals Billy Andrade and Len Mattice, along with a host of other legendary Demon Deacons helped propel the Deacs to this improbable comeback for the program's third NCAA title.
1975 - Men's Golf
- Wake Forest turned a six shot lead after three rounds into a 33-shot victory at the NCAA Golf Championships. Wake Forest coasted on the final day, with its best team round of the week at 284 and a four-round total of 1,156. Oklahoma State had a team score of 311 and finished second at 1,189. The 33-stroke victory over the Cowboys broke the previous margin of victory in an NCAA golf championship by 20 strokes.
- Wake Forest's Jay Haas and Curtis Strange, along with Alabama's Jerry Pate, battled down the stretch for the individual title. Haas made a four-foot putt on the 18th hole to win medalist honors. He closed with a 70 and a six-under 282 total.
1974 - Men's Golf
- Wake Forest staged the largest comeback in NCAA Championship history and Curtis Strange won the title with one of the greatest shots in championship golf history. The Demon Deacons erased a 33-shot deficit after the second round to go into the final round only three shots out of the lead. On the 72nd and final hole, Strange teed off on a par-5 with Wake Forest tied for the team lead. On his second shot, he hit a one-iron to within three feet and rolled in the putt for a championship-clinching eagle.
- The tournament was held at the Carlton Oaks Country Club in Santee, California, a suburb of San Diego. Wake Forest won the team championship, the Demon Deacons' first men's golf NCAA title.
1955 - Baseball
- The Demon Deacons, thanks to winning the regular-season title, were invited to the regionals, where they beat West Virginia on the road and then swept Rollins College in a series in Florida to make it to the school's second College World Series. They also were in the 1949 College World Series in Wichita, Kansas when Gene Hooks, who would become the head coach and later the legendary athletics director at Wake Forest, was on that team. Wake Forest went 5-1 in the College World Series, losing to Western Michigan in the double-elimination format before it beat the Broncos, 10-7, in the semifinals. In the championship game, Wake Forest beat Western Michigan again, 7-6.

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