No. 20 Duke Defeats Men's Tennis, 4-0, In Regular Season Finale

Saturday, April 12

Chapel Hill

4 PM

North Carolina

Duke

Senior Day festivities prior to the match

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

No. 20 Duke Defeats Men's Tennis, 4-0, In Regular Season Finale

April 12, 2025 | Men's Tennis

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By: Matt Bowers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The 20th-ranked Duke's men's tennis team defeated No. 48 North Carolina, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Chewning Tennis Center in the final regular season match of the 2025 season for both teams.

The match marked the final home appearance for Tar Heel seniors and departing graduate students Diego Jarry, Vladislav Melnic, Dennis Perumov and Logan Zapp.

Continuing to play without injured veterans Zapp and Patrick Schoen, the Tar Heels lost their fourth consecutive match and fell to 12-10 overall this season, 6-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Duke improved to 16-7 overall, 9-4 in the ACC with the victory.

The Blue Devils won the doubles point after Andreja Petrovic and Pedro Rodenas beat Jarry and Anthony Wright, 6-4, at No. 2, and Gerar Planelles Ripolll and Remy Dugardin beat Constantinos Djakouris and Nick Mangiapane, 7-5, at No. 3.

Melnic and Chris Xu played well and hung tough at No. 1 doubles against the 16th-ranked duo of Cooper Williams and Theo Winegar before that match went unfinished with Duke leading, 2-0, in the tiebreaker.

In singles action, Duke took a 2-0 lead with Williams' 6-1, 6-1 win over Djakouris at No. 2. Connor Krug followed with a come-from-behind, 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 over Jarry at No. 5 to take a 3-0 advantage. The 36th-ranked Rodenas beat Melnic in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 1 position to finish the match.

Up Next
• The Tar Heels will move on to postseason play when they take part in next week's ACC Championship in Cary, N.C., at the Cary Tennis Park. Ninth-seeded Carolina will open play in the first round on Wednesday against No. 16 seed Boston College at 3:30 p.m.

FINAL SCORE: No. 20 Duke 4, #48 North Carolina 0

Saturday, April 12, 2025
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Match Results
Doubles
1.#15 Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke) led Vladislav Melnic/Chris Xu (UNC), 6-6 (2-0) (unfinished)
2.Pedro Rodenas/Andreja Petrovic (Duke) def. Diego Jarry/Anthony Wright (UNC), 6-4
3.Remy Dugardin/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Constantinos Djakouris/Nick Mangiapane (UNC), 7-5
(Order of finish: 2,3)

Singles
1.#36 Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. Vladislav Melnic (UNC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2.#62 Cooper Williams (Duke) def. Constantinos Djakouris (UNC), 6-1, 6-1
3.#117 Chris Xu (UNC) led Andreja Petrovic (Duke), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 1-0 (unfinished)
4.Remy Dugardin (Duke) vs. Anthony Wright (UNC), 6-4, 5-7, 1-1 (unfinished)
5.Connor Krug (Duke) def. Diego Jarry (UNC), 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
6.Jake Krug (Duke) led Nick Mangiapane (UNC), 3-6, 6-1, 5-3 (unfinished)
(Order of finish: 2, 5, 1)

Time of match: 2:54

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