Men's Tennis Tops FSU, 4-3, For Paul's 600th Career Win

Sunday, April 5

Tallahassee, Fla.

2 p.m.

North Carolina

Florida State

Junior Niels Ratiu reacts to a point against Clemson at the Chewning Tennis Center Friday.

Niels Ratiu won the clinching singles match on Sunday at FSU.

Photo by: DALTON WAINSCOTT

April 5, 2026 | Men's Tennis

Final Results (.pdf)

By: Matt Bowers

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.—North Carolina's men's tennis team beat Florida State, 4-3, to clinch head coach Sam Paul's 600^th career coaching win on Sunday afternoon at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.

Paul improved his head coaching record to 600-261, all at Carolina, extending his record as the winningest active head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Seminoles led, 3-1, before UNC roared back with three consecutive singles wins to seize the team victory.

UNC won the doubles point and picked up singles wins on courts three, four and five to grab the win. Niels Ratiu clinched the team victory with his three-set triumph on court four.

The Tar Heels won their second match in a row and improved to 13-9 overall and 6-6 in the ACC with the victory. It was Carolina's second road win of the weekend after also winning at Miami on Friday.

The Seminoles dropped to 12-13, 3-9.

Up Next
Carolina will conclude its regular season on Saturday April 11 at Duke.

How it Happened — Doubles
• Carolina grabbed doubles wins on courts one and two to take a 1-0 lead.
• Ratiu and Chris Xu started things off with a 6-2 win on No. 2 over Justin Lyons and Mohammad Alkotop.
• After FSU's Gabor Hornung and Luis Felipe Miguel topped Ian Mayew and Logan Zapp, 7-6 (5) on court three, the 34^th-ranked duo of Roan Jones and Anthony Wright beat Jan Sebesta and Erik Schiessl, 7-5 on court one to clinch the doubles point.

How it Happened — Singles
• The Seminoles tied the score at 1-1 when Miguel beat Xu, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 to start singles play.
• FSU took a 3-1 lead with wins by Corey Craig on court two over Jones and Hornung on six over freshman Kase Schinnerer.
• Constantinos Djakouris started the Tar Heel comeback with his 6-2, 6-4 win over Lyons on court five.
• Mayew followed with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Alkotop on court three to tie the score at 3-3.
• Ratiu won the clincher with his 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 triumph over Azariah Rusher on court four.

#51 UNC 4, #50 Florida State 3
Doubles
1. #34 Roan Jones/Anthony Wright (UNC) def. Jan Sebesta/Erik Schiessl (FSU) 7-5 (clinch)
2. Chris Xu/Niels Ratiu (UNC) def. Justin Lyons/Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) 6-2
3. Gabor Hornung/Luis Felipe Miguel (FSU) def. Ian Mayew/Logan Zapp (UNC) 7-6 (5)
(order of finish: 2, 3, 1)

Singles
1. #98 Luis Felipe Miguel (FSU) def. #117 Chris Xu (UNC) 6-0, 6-0
2. #120 Corey Craig (FSU) def. #58 Roan Jones (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
3. Ian Mayew (UNC) def. Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) 6-4, 7-5
4. Niels Ratiu (UNC) def. Azariah Rusher (FSU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 (clinch)
5. Constantinos Djakouris (UNC) def. Justin Lyons (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Gabor Hornung (FSU) def. Kase Schinnerer (UNC) 6-1, 6-4
(order of finish: 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4)

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6⃣0⃣0⃣!

Today's win at Florida State was the 600th in the storied career of head coach Sam Paul. 👏👏👏#GoHeels pic.twitter.com/7geRFaIdra
— Carolina Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) April 5, 2026