ELON – The Elon University men's tennis team begins its fall season this weekend as it hosts the Elon Invitational at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The tournament will begin on Friday and run through Sunday.

Elon Invitational Briefing
Match Details: Sept. 12-14, 2025 | Elon, N.C. | Jimmy Powell Tennis Center 
Admission: Free  
Draws: Not yet available Elon Links: News | Roster | Schedule

Tournament Information

• The tournament will begin on Friday at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday will feature a 9 a.m. start.
• Friday's schedule will include two rounds of doubles and a round of singles. There will be two rounds of singles Saturday before play concludes Sunday with the final round of both singles and doubles.
• Live scoring will not be available, but results will be provided at the conclusion of play each day. 
• Other teams participating in the tournament include Campbell, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, East Tennessee State, Furman, Georgia Southern, South Carolina, UNCG, UNCW, VCU and Virginia Tech.

 
About The Phoenix

• Elon is coming off an 11-8 season in the spring which included a fourth straight trip to the CAA championship match.
• The Phoenix went 4-1 against CAA opponents in the spring, with the lone loss coming to top-seeded UNCW in the title match.
• Veljko Krstic earned All-CAA honors in both singles and doubles. He went 10-6 playing the No. 1 position for the Phoenix and added seven doubles victories.
• Rafael Ymer and Jack Curtis also picked up All-CAA recognition in both singles and doubles. Ymer led the Phoenix as a freshman with 11 singles victories and tied for a team-best 10 doubles wins. Curtis also reached double figures in both singles (10) and doubles (10) victories.
• Oskar Antinheimo rounded out Elon's postseason honorees, landing on the All-CAA Second Team in doubles. Antinheimo won seven matches alongside Krstic at the No. 1 spot and added six singles triumphs.
• Elon returns three more players from last season – Luke Forester, Charles Pilet and Alonso Roca. Pilet delivered 10 victories as a freshman across singles and doubles, while Roca notched a pair of singles wins in the spring.
• The Phoenix welcomes three newcomers in 2025-26. Nick Fisk and Sibby Rodi join Elon as freshmen, while sophomore Nikola Parichkov comes to Elon after being a part of Wake Forest's national championship team in the spring.
• Maciek Sykut is entering his second year at the helm of the Phoenix.
   

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