Louisville Travels to Tar Heel State for Ranked Matchups

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - UofL men's tennis will head to North Carolina for another weekend of ranked conference matchups. The Cards will take on #14 Duke University in Durham on Friday at 5 p.m. and #24 UNC in Chapel Hill on Sunday at noon.

In the newest ITA Team Rankings, Louisville fell to #38 after a difficult 1-2 weekend, where they collected a win against Tennessee State but losses against #3 Wake Forest and #23 NC State. Louisville now owns a record of 13-8 and 2-4 in ACC play.

Star doubles duo, Etienne Donnet and Natan Rodrigues stay at #9 in the ITA Rankings. Donnet is also still ranked #45 in singles and is joined by sophomore Will Mayew, who stays at #90.

Cards vs. #14 Duke (13-7, 5-2 ACC)
Series Record: Duke leads all-time series 9-2
Last Meeting: April 21, 2023 | Duke won 4-0 to advance in ACC Championship
Scouting the Blue Devils: Duke has currently won three out of their last five ranked matchups, with a big win over Florida State on March 17. The Blue Devils have two individuals ranked in singles, Garrett Johns at #30 and Pedro Rodenas at #52. Johns and Rodenas are also the #6 doubles pairing in the country, one of three ranked pairings for the Blue Devils.

Cards vs. #24 UNC (11-5, 5-2 ACC)
Series Record: UNC leads the matchup 10-2
Last Meeting: March 5, 2023 | UNC won 4-0 in Louisville
Scouting the Tar Heels: The Tar Heels are coming off a clean sweep victory where they won 7-0 against Boston College last weekend. UNC has quite the number of individual rankings with four players ranked in singles and one doubles pair ranked. The duo of Phillip Jordan and Benjamin Kittay are ranked #61; individually, Jordan is ranked #101 in singles and Kittay comes in at #108.

Louisville Travels to Tar Heel State for Ranked Matchups

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Players Mentioned

Etienne Donnet

Will Mayew

Natan Rodrigues

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