Men's Tennis Heading To Tulsa For ITA All-American Championships

Members of the University of North Carolina men's tennis team will take part in the ITA Men's All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. starting the weekend. The event begins on Saturday and runs through September 27.

The tournament, to be held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, serves as a primary route to qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in Orlando in November.

Tar Heels Niels Ratiu, Chris Xu, Ian Mayew, Will Mayew, Sebastian Sec, Lachlan Gaskell and Kase Schinnerer will take part in the qualifying singles draw. Schinnerer and Ian Mayew will play in the qualifying doubles draw with Ratiu and Xu in the doubles main draw.

The 2026 ITA Men's All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following singles: pre-qualifying (160), qualifying (64), main draw (64) and doubles: pre-qualifying (32), qualifying (32), main draw (32).

From these groups, 10 singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, five doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists, consolation champion).

The ITA All-American Championships have been a staple of the fall college tennis calendar for more than 40 years. Seeing the nation's best players compete for individual glory, the All-American Championships became a qualifying event for the NCAA Individual Championships in 2024 as part of a two-year pilot program that went into permanent effect before the 2026-27 season.

For the 21st straight season, The University of Tulsa will be hosting the ITA Men's All-American Championships.

SATURDAY'S TAR HEEL SCHEDULE (all times ET)
Singles Pre-Qualifying
10 a.m. - Niels Ratiu vs. Luca Bluett (Santa Clara)
10 a.m. - Ian Mayew vs. Ty Host (Florida)
10 a.m. - Kase Schinnerer vs. Peter Nad (Notre Dame)
10 a.m. - Lachlan Gaskell vs. Lenn Luemkemann (Cal)
11:30 a.m. - Will Mayew vs. Matei Cristian Onofrei (Louisville)
Noon - Chris Xu vs. Yazid Lahjomri (UNLV)
1:30 p.m. - Sebastian Sec vs. Cyrus Mahjoob (Northwestern)

Doubles Pre-Qualifying
4 p.m. - Ian Mayew/Kase Schinnerer vs. Jan Klimas/Nikola Djosic (Arizona State) - R32

FULL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Pre-Qualifying

Saturday, Sept. 19 – Singles 256, Doubles R32
Sunday, Sept. 20 – Singles R80, Singles Cons. R80, Singles R40, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16

Qualifying

Monday, Sept. 21 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
Tuesday, Sept. 22 – Singles R32, Singles Cons. R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16

Main Draw

Wednesday, Sept. 23 – Singles R64, Doubles R32
Thursday, Sept. 24 – Singes R32, Singles Cons. R32a, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons. R16
Friday, Sept. 25 – Singles R16, Singles QF, Singles Cons. R32b, Singles Cons. R16a, Doubles QF, Doubles Cons. QF
Saturday, Sept. 26 – Singles Semifinals, Singles Cons. R16b, Singles Cons. QF, Doubles Semifinals, Doubles Cons. Semifinals
Sunday, Sept. 27 – Singles Final, Singles Cons Semifinals, Doubles Final, Doubles Cons. Final