University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, November 5
Charlottesville, Va.
North Carolina
vs
ITA East Sectionals
Senior Niels Ratiu
Photo by: DALTON WAINSCOTT
November 4, 2026 | Men's Tennis
Members of the University of North Carolina men's tennis team will head to Charlottesville, Va., this weekend for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Sectional Championships, set to begin on Thursday. The weekend's event constitutes the final opportunity for singles players and doubles teams to qualify for the 2026 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, to be held November 17-22 in Athens, Ga.
Tar Heels Chris Xu and Ian Mayew have qualified for sectionals in singles, with a pair of UNC doubles teams also qualifying in Xu and Niels Ratiu and Mayew and Kase Schinnerer. Singles play will start at 10 a.m. with doubles play in the afternoon.
The ITA East Sectional will include players from the ITA Atlantic, Carolina, New England and Northeast regions.
Tar Heels Chris Xu and Ian Mayew have qualified for sectionals in singles, with a pair of UNC doubles teams also qualifying in Xu and Niels Ratiu and Mayew and Kase Schinnerer. Singles play will start at 10 a.m. with doubles play in the afternoon.
The ITA East Sectional will include players from the ITA Atlantic, Carolina, New England and Northeast regions.
The sectional championships will have a draw size of 32 players in the singles main draw and 16 doubles teams in the main draw. From this field, 24 singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship. Meanwhile, 12 doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship.
2026 ITA East Sectional Schedule & Results (Charlottesville, Va.)
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5
Singles
Chris Xu vs. Ty Switzer (Virginia), 10 a.m.
Ian Mayew vs. Mitchell Lee (Harvard), noon
Doubles
Ian Mayew/Kase Schinnerer vs. Lucas Kimelman/Tej Bhagra (Brown), 4 p.m.
Chris Xu/Niels Ratiu vs. Roy Horovitz/Stefan Regalia (Virginia), 4 p.m.
Players Mentioned
Thursday, November 05
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Tuesday, November 03