Stanford won its first-ever ACC Men’s Tennis Championship on April 20, 2025, defeating Virginia 4-2 in the final at Cary Tennis Park in North Carolina. Stanford improved to 22-5 on the season with this victory, matching its most wins since 2018. Max Basing was named the ACC Championships Most Valuable Player after clinching all three matches in the tournament for the Cardinal.
The path to the championship was full of unexpected surprises and provided a glimpse into the overall strength of the conference.
In the semifinals, No. 5-seed Virginia upset No. 1-seed Wake Forest, handing the Demon Deacons their first loss of the season, while No. 3-seed Stanford defeated No. 7-seed Duke to advance to the championship match.
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Wake Forest had an impressive regular season, going 33-0 overall and 13-0 in ACC play before their first loss in the ACC tournament semifinals. They captured the ACC regular season title with a 4-2 victory over NC State. This was Wake Forest’s first regular-season crown since they won three consecutive titles from 2017-2019.
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Virginia had an impressive tournament run, defeating SMU in the second round, California in the quarterfinals, and top-seeded Wake Forest in the semifinals before falling to Stanford in the championship match.
Virginia’s semifinal win over previously undefeated Wake Forest was particularly dramatic, with junior Mans Dahlberg clinching the victory on court six, coming from behind in the third set to secure the 4-3 win and send Virginia to its sixth straight ACC Men’s Tennis Championship match.
Stanford showed remarkable resilience throughout the tournament, coming back from deficits in all three of their matches. They defeated Florida State 4-3 in the quarterfinals and Duke 4-2 in the semifinals before overcoming Virginia in the final.
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The 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship is now underway:
The NCAA tournament qualifiers were revealed on April 28, 2025, with first round play today and tomorrow, May 2-3, followed by Super regionals May 9-10, and the final rounds scheduled for May 15-18 at Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
Wake Forest, TCU, Texas, and Stanford are the top four seeds in the 64-team field with Virginia, NC State, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Florida State and Miami rounding out the men’s tennis teams from the ACC.
Key first-round matchups involving ACC teams include:
- No. 1 Wake Forest vs. Gardner-Webb
- No. 7 Virginia vs. Bucknell
- No. 9 NC State vs. South Carolina St.
- Duke vs. Middle Tennessee
- Clemson vs. Quinnipiac
- Florida State vs. Samford
- Miami (FL) vs. No. 15 UCF
