Demon Deacons Set for ITA All-American Championships

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Four months removed from winning the 2025 NCAA national championship, five members of the Wake Forest men's tennis team are set to travel to Tulsa, Okla., for the 2025 ITA All-American Championships at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The event will run through Saturday, Sept. 20 to Sunday, Sept. 28 with action beginning at 9 a.m. each day.

Tournament Information
The 2025 ITA Men's All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following, Singles: Pre-Qualifying (160), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64) and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying (32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). From this, ten singles players (10) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams (4) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).

Participating Deacs

Main Draw Singles
- DK Suresh Ekambaram
Qualifying Singles
- Kacper Szymkowiak
- Luca Pow
- Andrew Delgado (WC)
Pre-Qualifying Singles
- Joaquin Guilleme
Main Draw Doubles
- Pow/Szymkowiak
- Suresh/Delgado

Schedule & Draw Sizes

Pre-Qualifying
- Saturday, Sept. 20
  - Singles R160
  - Doubles R32
- Sunday, Sept. 21
  - Singles R80
  - Singles Cons. R80
  - Singles R40
  - Doubles R16
  - Doubles Cons. R16
Qualifying
- Monday, Sept. 22
  - Singles R64
  - Doubles R32
- Tuesday, Sept. 23
  - Singles R32
  - Singles Cons. R32
  - Doubles R16
  - Doubles Cons. R16
Main Draw
- Wednesday, Sept. 24
  - Singles R64
  - Doubles R32
- Thursday, Sept. 25
  - Singles R32
  - Singles Cons. R32a,
  - Doubles R16
  - Doubles Cons. R16
- Friday, Sept. 26
  - Singles R16
  - Singles QF
  - Singles Cons. R32b
  - Singles Cons. R16a
  - Doubles QF
  - Doubles Cons. QF
- Saturday, Sept. 27
  - Singles Semifinals
  - Singles Cons. R16b
  - Singles Cons. QF
  - Doubles Semifinals
  - Doubles Cons. Semifinals
- Sunday, Sept. 28
  - Singles Final
  - Singles Cons Semifinals
  - Doubles Final
  - Doubles Cons. Final

Wake Forest Results at the 2024 ITA All-American Championships

Singles
- #26 DK Suresh Ekambaram
  - Round of 64: Won vs. #56 Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) 6-3, 7-5
  - Round of 32: Lost vs. #2 Michael Zheng (Columbia), 5-7, 3-6
  - Consolation Round of 32: Won vs. #34 Alex Kotzen (Tennessee), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)
  - Consolation Round of 16 (Q): Won vs. #12 Petar Jovanovic (MSU), 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
  - Consolation Round 16: Won vs. #43 Martin Katz (Miami), 6-1, 6-2
  - Consolation Quarterfinals: Loss vs. #14 Thomas Paulsell (UGA), 5-7, 5-7
- #81 Luciano Tacchi
  - Qualifying: Won vs. #107 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
  - Qualifying: Lost vs. #53 Sam Landau (Duke), 2-6, 6(4)-7
- #95 Luca Pow
  - Qualifying: Lost vs. #53 Adit Sinha (Cornell), 6(5)-7, 3-6, 6-4
  - Qualifying consolation: Won vs. Luis Felipe Miguel (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-2
- #97 Ioannis Xilas
  - Qualifying: Lost vs. Marko Miladinovic (Baylor), 4-6, 2-6
  - Qualifying consolation: Won vs. #63 Joan Torres Espinosa (Neb.), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Harry Thursfield
  - Pre-qualifying: Lost vs. Pierre Mouesca (Georgia Southern), 6-4, 4-6, 2-6
  - Pre-qualifying consolation: Lost vs. Alessio Basile (OSU), 4-6, 4-6
Doubles
- #49 Andrew Delgado/DK Suresh Ekambaram
  - Qualifying: Won vs. #68 Braswell/Bailly (Texas), 6-3, 6-4
  - Qualifying: Won vs. #26 Badenhorst/Velcz (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3 [10-6]
  - Round of 32: Lost vs. #1 Jovanovic/Sanchez Martinez (MSU), 7-6(1), 4-6 [7-10]
  - Round of 16 consolation: Won vs. #41 Rihane/Bulte (FSU), 6-4, 6-4
  - Consolation QF: Won vs. #8 Van Schalkwyk/Van Schalkwyk (ODU), 7-6, 6-4
  - Consolation SF: Won vs. #10 Bouchelaghem/Zharyn (UW), 2-6, 6-2 [10-5]
- #72 Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow
  - Pre-qualifying: Won vs. Hasson/Nhavene (OU), 7-6(6), 6-3
  - Pre-qualifying: Won vs. Short/Nidunjianzan (Princeton), 7-5, 6-3
  - Qualifying: Won vs. #56 Biagiotti/Arora (GT), 6-4, 6-4
  - Qualifying: Won vs. #74 Zapp/Schoen (UNC), 4-6, 6-3 [10-6]
  - Round of 32: Lost vs. No. 23 Tarvet/Klaassen (San Diego), 0-6, 4-6
  - Consolation Round of 16: Won vs. Okonkwo/Komagata (Tulsa), 7-5, 6-2
  - Consolation QF: Won vs. #18 Zimnokh/Foster (Alabama), 6-3, 7-6
  - Consolation SF: Won vs. #2 Ratiu/Blaydes (UGA), 7-5, 6-1

ITA Preseason Rankings
In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Preseason Rankings, Wake Forest had five singles players and two doubles pairs ranked.

Singles

3	DK Suresh Ekambaram
91	Kacper Szymkowiak
92	Luca Pow
100	Andrew Delgado
114	Charlie Robertson

Doubles

11	Pow/Szymkowiak
22	Suresh/Delgado

Up Next
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Players Mentioned

Andrew Delgado

Joaquin Guilleme

Luca Pow

Charlie Robertson

DK Suresh Ekambaram

Kacper Szymkowiak

Luciano Tacchi

Harry Thursfield

Ioannis Xilas

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