Men’s Tennis Opens Fall Season at ITA All-American Championships

Saturday, September 19

Tulsa, Okla.

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Ohio State

Intercollegiate Tennis Association

Men’s Tennis Opens Fall Season at ITA All-American Championships

9/17/2026 3:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

The Ohio State men’s tennis team kicks off their fall season at the ITA All-American Championships, with all 11 athletes competing across singles and doubles.

TULSA, Okla. – The Ohio State men's tennis team heads to the ITA All-American Championships hosted by the University of Tulsa from Sept. 19-27. The tournament will be held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, with some pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds being played at the Case Tennis Center in La Fortune Park.

All 11 Buckeyes will compete across the three different draws in singles and doubles. There will be a pre-qualifying, qualifying and main draw, with draw size varying for singles and doubles. Twenty athletes from pre-qualifying will advance to qualifying, and 16 athletes will advance from qualifying to the main draw for singles. Eight doubles pairs will advance from pre-qualifying and eight from qualifying.

Competing in the ITA All-American Championships offers an opportunity for athletes to qualify for NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in November. The main draw quarterfinalists and two feed-in consolation finalists will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship, while the main draw semifinalists and consolation champion will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship.

Buckeyes in the Rankings
The Buckeyes open their fall season with a nation leading eight players in the preseason singles rankings and five pairings in the preseason doubles pairings. Ohio State is one of two schools to have two players ranked in the preseason top 10 for singles and is only Big Ten school to have a doubles pairing ranked in the top 10. In addition to the preseason rankings, Denis Petak and Victor Lilov were both listed in the newcomer rankings with Petak at No. 11 and Lilov at No. 19.

ITA All-American Selections

Draw: Dates	Singles	Doubles
Pre-Qualifying: Sept. 19-20, 2026	No. 124 Victor Lilov	N/A
	Ilija Palavestra
	Brandon Carpico
Qualifying: Sept. 21-22, 2026	No. 97 Denis Petak	No. 37 Okonkwo/Forbes
		No. 44 Petak/Palavestra
		No. 51 Stearns/Fuchs
Main: Sept. 23-27, 2026	No. 7 Aidan Kim	No. 3 Filin/Carpico
	No. 10 Matthew Forbes	No. 15 Kim/Nakashima
	No. 12 Preston Stearns
	No. 27 Alex Okonkwo
	No. 51 Nikita Filin
	No. 58 Bryce Nakashima