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No. 1 Demon Deacons Set to Host ITA Kickoff Weekend
1/22/2026 4:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest will begin its defense of the national team indoor crown Friday night against Virginia Tech.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Less than a year removed from winning its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team will look to book its ticket back to Texas, as it hosts ITA Kickoff Weekend at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center beginning Friday.
The Demon Deacons will open the weekend with Virginia Tech on Friday and, with a win, will face the winner of North Carolina and Vanderbilt on Saturday for a spot in the championships next month.
Due to anticipated weather, times for the four matches have shifted and can be found below:
Match Schedule
With a 2-0 weekend, the Demon Deacons would reach the ITA National Team Indoor Championships for the fourth-consecutive season. The event is once again being hosted by Baylor and SMU and will run from Feb. 13-17.
The Demon Deacons will take a 30-match home winning streak into Sunday following a perfect 2025 campaign at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. Since 2013, Wake Forest has the most home wins (226) in the county and the second-most overall wins (360).
Wake Forest will look to begin the season 5-0 for the second-consecutive season and for the third time in four years with a win over the Hokies on Friday.
Click here for more information on ITA Kickoff Weekend across the country.
How To Follow
The live stream for all 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
The Demon Deacons have opened the 2026 campaign with a combined 16-2 record in singles and 7-2 mark in doubles. Junior Luca Pow and sophomore Joaquin Guilleme lead the team with three singles wins apiece. Additionally, 10 different Wake Forest players have already recorded at least one win.
Last Time Out (at Texas)
Marking the 400th career win for head coach Tony Bresky, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up its first ranked victory of the season as it defeated No. 4-ranked Texas on the road inside the Weller Tennis Center Wednesday evening.
Already the winningest coach in program history, Bresky now has 374 victories at Wake Forest, in addition to a 26-win season at Cornell in 2010.
Wake Forest continued its dominance against the nation's elite, building on a historic 2025 season that featured a perfect 7-0 mark against top-five opponents. The Demon Deacons also finished that campaign with a program-record 25 wins over ranked opponents, a standard they carried into Wednesday's statement road victory against the Longhorns.
The Demon Deacons dropped the opening point for the first time this season, as the Longhorns took courts one and three. Freshmen Kacper Szymkowiak and Aryan Shah earned a 6-2 victory over Brown/Braswell on court two for their first win together as a pair.
Despite going into singles down 1-0, Wake Forest battled back and secured the top-five victory with wins on courts two, three, four and five.
Shah continued the impressive start to his Wake Forest career with his first collegiate singles victory as he cut the deficit to 2-1 with a straight-set win (6-4, 6-3) on court two over Kalin Ivanovski. Not long after, junior standout Luca Pow leveled the match with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Abel Forger on court three and improved to 3-0 on the year.
Pow is now 82-16 in singles and 76-18 in doubles as a Demon Deacon over the last three years. Additionally, he has now won eight-consecutive dual matches and 29 of his last 30.
On court five, sophomore Charlie Robertson picked up where he left off after a stellar freshman campaign with his first win of 2026, as he downed Jonah Braswell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to move the Deacs to within one win away from clinching.
After picking up his first collegiate victory on Sunday against Tennessee, freshman Mees Rottgering came up clutch for Wake Forest against the Longhorns. The Dutchman battled back in the second-set tiebreak against No. 25 Sebastian Eriksson (6-3, 7-6[3]) and clinched the top-five win for the Deacs.
Also with the win, the Demon Deacons earned just their second victory all-time in Austin and first since 2017. While Texas still holds the overall edge in the all-time series, Wake Forest has now claimed five of the last eight meetings dating back to 2017.
Wake Forest also extended its remarkable road form, pushing its away winning streak to 17 matches following a flawless 10-0 record in true road contests during the 2025 season. Since 2013, the Demon Deacons own the second-most overall wins in the nation (360), further cementing their place among college tennis' most successful programs.
Number One
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll after spending most of last season in the top spot, and is one of eight ACC teams ranked inside the top 25 to open the year. Individually, Wake Forest has two singles players and three doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
Doubles
The Bresky Era
Since arriving at Wake Forest, head coach Tony Bresky has enjoyed a highly-decorated career, winning ITA National Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2025, along with garnering ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2013, 2016 and 2025.
Bresky led Wake Forest to its first-ever national title in 2018, after accumulating a 33-2 mark and most recently led one of the most dominant seasons in collegiate tennis history as the Deacs won 40 matches en route to capturing the ACC regular season title, ITA Indoor Title and NCAA Championship.
Individually, Bresky has coached two ACC Players of the Year (Noah Rubin and Melios Efstathiou), along with 40 All-ACC selections and 12 ITA Singles All-Americans.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, Bresky has amassed 374 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. Most recently against Texas, he reached the 400-career win mark.
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 27 All-ACC Academic Team honorees and an ACC Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Next Up
After this weekend, the Demon Deacons will have a week off before hitting the road for another tough matchup against No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus on Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.
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The Demon Deacons will open the weekend with Virginia Tech on Friday and, with a win, will face the winner of North Carolina and Vanderbilt on Saturday for a spot in the championships next month.
Due to anticipated weather, times for the four matches have shifted and can be found below:
Match Schedule
- Friday, Jan. 23
- 12 p.m. - North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt
- 4 p.m. - Virginia Tech at Wake Forest
- Saturday, Jan. 24
- 11 a.m. - Consolation
- 3 p.m. - Winners
With a 2-0 weekend, the Demon Deacons would reach the ITA National Team Indoor Championships for the fourth-consecutive season. The event is once again being hosted by Baylor and SMU and will run from Feb. 13-17.
The Demon Deacons will take a 30-match home winning streak into Sunday following a perfect 2025 campaign at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. Since 2013, Wake Forest has the most home wins (226) in the county and the second-most overall wins (360).
Wake Forest will look to begin the season 5-0 for the second-consecutive season and for the third time in four years with a win over the Hokies on Friday.
Click here for more information on ITA Kickoff Weekend across the country.
How To Follow
The live stream for all 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
The Demon Deacons have opened the 2026 campaign with a combined 16-2 record in singles and 7-2 mark in doubles. Junior Luca Pow and sophomore Joaquin Guilleme lead the team with three singles wins apiece. Additionally, 10 different Wake Forest players have already recorded at least one win.
Last Time Out (at Texas)
Marking the 400th career win for head coach Tony Bresky, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up its first ranked victory of the season as it defeated No. 4-ranked Texas on the road inside the Weller Tennis Center Wednesday evening.
Already the winningest coach in program history, Bresky now has 374 victories at Wake Forest, in addition to a 26-win season at Cornell in 2010.
Wake Forest continued its dominance against the nation's elite, building on a historic 2025 season that featured a perfect 7-0 mark against top-five opponents. The Demon Deacons also finished that campaign with a program-record 25 wins over ranked opponents, a standard they carried into Wednesday's statement road victory against the Longhorns.
The Demon Deacons dropped the opening point for the first time this season, as the Longhorns took courts one and three. Freshmen Kacper Szymkowiak and Aryan Shah earned a 6-2 victory over Brown/Braswell on court two for their first win together as a pair.
Despite going into singles down 1-0, Wake Forest battled back and secured the top-five victory with wins on courts two, three, four and five.
Shah continued the impressive start to his Wake Forest career with his first collegiate singles victory as he cut the deficit to 2-1 with a straight-set win (6-4, 6-3) on court two over Kalin Ivanovski. Not long after, junior standout Luca Pow leveled the match with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Abel Forger on court three and improved to 3-0 on the year.
Pow is now 82-16 in singles and 76-18 in doubles as a Demon Deacon over the last three years. Additionally, he has now won eight-consecutive dual matches and 29 of his last 30.
On court five, sophomore Charlie Robertson picked up where he left off after a stellar freshman campaign with his first win of 2026, as he downed Jonah Braswell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to move the Deacs to within one win away from clinching.
After picking up his first collegiate victory on Sunday against Tennessee, freshman Mees Rottgering came up clutch for Wake Forest against the Longhorns. The Dutchman battled back in the second-set tiebreak against No. 25 Sebastian Eriksson (6-3, 7-6[3]) and clinched the top-five win for the Deacs.
Also with the win, the Demon Deacons earned just their second victory all-time in Austin and first since 2017. While Texas still holds the overall edge in the all-time series, Wake Forest has now claimed five of the last eight meetings dating back to 2017.
Wake Forest also extended its remarkable road form, pushing its away winning streak to 17 matches following a flawless 10-0 record in true road contests during the 2025 season. Since 2013, the Demon Deacons own the second-most overall wins in the nation (360), further cementing their place among college tennis' most successful programs.
Number One
The Demon Deacons were tabbed as the best team in the nation in the latest ITA poll after spending most of last season in the top spot, and is one of eight ACC teams ranked inside the top 25 to open the year. Individually, Wake Forest has two singles players and three doubles pairs ranked.
Singles
| DK Suresh Ekambaram | #12 |
| Luca Pow | #15 |
| Kacper Szymkowiak | #64 |
| Andrew Delgado | #96 |
Doubles
| Suresh/Delgado | #4 |
The Bresky Era
Since arriving at Wake Forest, head coach Tony Bresky has enjoyed a highly-decorated career, winning ITA National Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2025, along with garnering ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2013, 2016 and 2025.
Bresky led Wake Forest to its first-ever national title in 2018, after accumulating a 33-2 mark and most recently led one of the most dominant seasons in collegiate tennis history as the Deacs won 40 matches en route to capturing the ACC regular season title, ITA Indoor Title and NCAA Championship.
Individually, Bresky has coached two ACC Players of the Year (Noah Rubin and Melios Efstathiou), along with 40 All-ACC selections and 12 ITA Singles All-Americans.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, Bresky has amassed 374 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. Most recently against Texas, he reached the 400-career win mark.
Wake Forest's Team Success Under Bresky
- NCAA Championship: 2018, 2025
- 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 27 All-ACC Academic Team honorees and an ACC Men's Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Next Up
After this weekend, the Demon Deacons will have a week off before hitting the road for another tough matchup against No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus on Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.
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