Men’s/Women’s Tennis: Cavaliers set to compete in Friday’s ACC quarterfinals

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team and the No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team are set to compete in the 2026 ACC Championships, being held at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C., from Friday through Sunday.

Each team received a double bye. The two-seeded men’s team (20-3, 12-1 ACC) will take on No. 10 seed California (16-12, 6-7) on Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals, while the top-seeded women’s team (19-4, 12-0) will face No. 9 seed Stanford (13-9, 7-5) on Friday at 3:30 p.m. See full brackets and updated results below.

MATCH INFORMATION

Live streaming and live scoring will be available for all matches.
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Friday’s matches will be streamed through PlaySight. The semifinals match with the highest remaining seed will be broadcast on ACCNX and the other will remain on PlaySight. Sunday’s championship match will be on ACCNX.
Tickets for the 2026 ACC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships are on sale now. Admission is free for children eight and under. Youth 17 and under and college students with a valid school ID are $10. Adults are $15 per day. Full tournament passes are $30.

VIRGINIA MEN IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

Virginia finished ACC play as conference regular-season co-champion, along with Wake Forest.
The Cavaliers recorded a 12-1 mark in ACC play, earning the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
The Cavaliers are looking for their 16th overall ACC title.
Virginia won its last ACC title in 2023.
The Cavaliers won three straight ACC titles from 2021-2023.
Last season, Virginia fell to Stanford 4-2 in the championship match.

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VIRGINIA WOMEN IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

The Cavaliers went 12-0 in ACC play, earning the No. 1 seed in the championship.
Virginia is looking for its third ACC title. UVA won back-to-back titles in 2014-15.
Virginia has made four trips to the finals since 1990 (the present format for the championship) winning the title in 2014 and 2015.
UVA was the runner-up in 2022 and 2025.
The Cavaliers also have two runner-up finishes in previous tournament formats in 1978 and 1989.

MEN’S TEAM NOTES

Virginia came in at No. 4 in this week’s ITA team rankings. The Cavaliers have been ranked in the top five all season.
Keegan Rice leads the team with a 29-4 record, going 15-1 in the dual match season. He finishes the dual match regular season with wins in his last 11 completed matches and has not lost a match since February 7.
Måns Dahlberg has reached the 20-singles victory mark for the second straight year, finishing the regular season with a 21-11 record. He compiled a 10-5 dual match record playing on courts four through six.
Sophomores Stiles Brockett (21-11) and Jangjun Kim (20-8) as well as junior Dylan Dietrich have also hit the 20-win mark.
Dietrich reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the ITA singles rankings as of last Tuesday (April 7) and finishes his regular season with a 16-1 mark on the top court.
Stiles Brockett went 10-6 in the spring playing on courts four through six.
Jangjun Kim went 11-5 in the spring playing on courts two through four.
Kim and Dahlberg were named ACC Doubles Team of the Week on March 17 following wins over Duke and North Carolina’s No. 34 pair.
Andres Santamarta Roig was named ACC Freshman of the Week on Tuesday (April 14) after going 13-2 in the spring season with four wins over ranked opponents. He enters the ACC Championship with wins in his last eight completed matches.
Senior Douglas Yaffa compiled a 12-5 record, going 4-1 in dual matches on six.
The Cavaliers have three other players appearing in the latest ITA singles rankings: Rice at No. 15, Santamarta Roig at No. 48 and Kim at No. 124.
As for doubles, Dahlberg and Dietrich are No. 8, Dietrich and Brockett are No. 15 and Dahlberg and Kim are No. 45.

MEN’S BRACKET

WOMEN’S TEAM NOTES

The Cavaliers moved up to No. 7 in the latest ITA Team Rankings after defeating Wake Forest and No. 14 NC State over the weekend.
Virginia was crowned outright ACC regular-season champions for the first time in program history following a 12-0 run in conference play.
Vivian Yang and Melodie Collard were named ACC Doubles Team of the Week after notching wins over Wake Forest’s No. 87 pair and NC State’s No. 2 tandem. They finish the spring regular season with a 17-5 mark on the top court.
Freshman Kaitlyn Rolls leads the Cavaliers with a 15-5 record in dual matches along with a 26-9 record overall. She was named the ACC Freshman of the Week for three consecutive weeks spanning from March 24-April 7.
Melodie Collard is 13-2 in dual matches in the spring and has won her last nine completed matches.
Isabelle Lacy is 11-3 playing on three and four this spring.
Vivian Yang reached the 20-win mark, finishing the spring regular season with a 20-10 record and going 9-8 in dual matches. She was named ACC Player of the Week on March 17 following two instrumental singles victories at Clemson and Georgia Tech.
Senior Annabelle Xu wraps up the regular season with a 17-8 record, going 8-5 in dual matches on courts one and two. She was named ACC Player of the Week on March 31 following wins over Duke and North Carolina’s No. 26 Tatum Evans. Her win over Evans clinched the Cavaliers’ 4-3 upset victory over the then-No. 5 Tar Heels.
Sophomore Martina Genis Salas went 8-6 this spring on courts two through six. After enduring a four match losing streak in late January and early February, Genis Salas has bounced back and won five of her last six completed matches, including a key win over No. 14 NC State’s Victoria Osuigwe in the ACC regular-season championship-clinching match.
Senior Meggie Navarro has gone 3-3 in doubles matches in the spring season, playing with both Kaitlyn Rolls and Isabelle Lacy. In her last match, she and Rolls defeated Wake Forest’s Krystal Blanch and Aubrey Nisbet on the third court.
Junior Blanca Pico Navarro comes into the postseason with a perfect 5-0 mark playing on court six. She has completed and won all four of her appearances in ACC play.
Freshman Blair Gill has a 12-1 overall record, going 2-0 in dual match play on courts five and six. She went 7-3 in doubles in the fall with Rolls and Collard.
The Cavaliers have five players appearing in the latest ITA singles rankings: Annabelle Xu at. No. 29, Vivian Yang at No. 61, Kaitlyn Rolls at No. 83, Isabelle Lacy at No. 114 and Martina Genis Salas at No. 122.
Virginia also has two ranked doubles pairings: Collard and Yang at No. 8 and Xu and Genis Salas at No. 27.

WOMEN’S BRACKET

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