Mees Rottgering

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Wanssum, Netherlands

2025-26 (Freshman): Helped lead Wake Forest to ACC Regular Season and ACC Championship titles... Earned ACC Freshman of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and ITA Carolina Regional Rookie of the Year honors... Named All-ACC Second Team Singles and All-ACC Third Team Doubles... Finished the season ranked No. 24 nationally in singles and No. 51 in doubles with Kacper Szymkowiak... Became the sixth Demon Deacon to earn ACC Freshman of the Year honors and the third-consecutive Wake player to earn ITA Carolina Regional Rookie of the Year... Posted an 18-3 singles record with eight ranked victories, including wins over No. 15 and No. 21 Keegan Rice and No. 25 Sebastian Eriksson... Went 8-1 against ranked opponents... Captured the ACC Tournament MVP after leading Wake to the conference title before winning the M25 Xalapa professional tournament the following week... Made his ATP Tour debut... Compiled a 21-2 overall doubles record, including a perfect 16-0 spring mark alongside Szymkowiak... Earned ACC Freshman of the Week honors four times.

Background
Rottgering first gained national attention in 2023 when, at just 16 years old, he reached the semifinals of the Dutch Senior National Championships, going toe-to-toe with top professional Gijs Brouwer.

He followed that performance with a historic 2024 campaign on the international stage. In February 2024, Rottgering advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open Boys’ Singles and reached a Futures final in Sharm El Sheikh, becoming the only 16-year-old ranked inside the ATP Top 1000 that season. That run also made him the youngest Dutch man ever to appear in an ITF World Tennis Tour singles final.

Rottgering continued his ascent at Wimbledon, where he defeated top seed and French Open junior champion Kaylan Bigun in the quarterfinals before advancing to the championship match. He finished runner-up to Nicolai Budkov Kjær after a remarkable two-week run on the grass courts of London.

Capping off his junior career, Rottgering claimed the prestigious 2024 ITF Junior Finals title in October, defeating Spain’s Rafael Jódar (Virginia) in straight sets.

Rottgering officially made his ATP Tour debut in February 2025 at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, receiving a main-draw wildcard in front of his home crowd. The appearance marked the next step in a promising career trajectory that now continues in collegiate tennis with the Demon Deacons.