MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Three of the top four seeds advanced to the semifinal round of the 2025 American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship Friday at the Leftwich Tennis Center.
 
Top-seeded South Florida rolled to a 4-1 win against No. 8-seeded Wichita State, sending the Bulls to the semifinals for the ninth time in tournament history. No. 2-seeded Memphis won a rematch of last year’s championship final as the Tigers got past Charlotte 4-2.
 
No. 3-seeded Florida Atlantic is in the American Championship semifinals for the first time after a 4-2 win against UTSA, while No. 5 Rice, the only lower seed to win in the tournament so far, took a 4-1 win against Tulsa to reach the semifinals for the second straight year.
 
The two semifinal matches will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. CT at the Leftwich Tennis Center. The winners will advance to Sunday’s championship final at 10 a.m. on ESPN+.
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. 
 
 
Memphis 4, Charlotte 2
Records: Memphis (15-11), Charlotte (12-11)
 
Memphis’ Conor Gannon won a three-set battle at No. 1 singles to give the No. 2-seeded Tigers a 4-2 win against No. 7-seeded Charlotte Friday morning in a quarterfinal match.
 
Gannon battled back after dropping the first set to send Memphis to a semifinal match against Florida Atlantic Saturday morning. Gannon won a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 decision against Charlotte’s Vasco Prata, almost one year after Prata had defeated Gannon in the 2024 championship final.
 
Pablo Alemany and Sam Reeve won in straight sets for Memphis (15-11), while Luis Sandoval Carvalho won in three set for the Tigers.
 
Charlotte’s points came from the doubles round and from Ivan Dreycopp’s three-set win at No. 3 singles.
 
The Tigers will be looking for their third trip to the American Championship Final in four years when they face No. 3-seeded Florida Atlantic Saturday at 10 a.m. CT.
 
 
 
Florida Atlantic 4, UTSA 2
Records: Florida Atlantic (11-8), UTSA (12-11)
 
Simon Myslivec and Marek Pazdera both won second-set tiebreakers to help close out Florida Atlantic’s 4-2 win against UTSA in Friday’s quarterfinal round.
 
Myslivec won a tight battle at No. 5 singles to end the match as he took a 6-4, 7-6 (10) decision. 
 
Pazdera had given Florida Atlantic a 3-1 lead with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win at No. 6, but the Roadrunners’ Tiago Torres won a matchup of nationally ranked players at the top of the ladder with a 7-5, 6-4 win against the Owls’ John Bernard to cut the deficit to 3-2. Torres is ranked No. 105 in singles by the ITA, while Bernard is at No. 109.
 
Segundo Goity Zapico scored a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles, which gave Florida Atlantic a 2-0 lead after the Owls had taken the doubles point.
 
The win sends the No. 3-seeded Owls (11-8) to the semifinals of the American Championship for the first time. Florida Atlantic will meet No. 2-seeded Memphis at 10 a.m. CT.
 
 
 
South Florida 4, Wichita State 1
Records: South Florida (20-3), Wichita State (12-13)
 
Top-seeded South Florida took straight-set singles wins at the bottom four positions on the ladder to score a 4-1 win against No. 8-seeded Wichita State Friday afternoon.
 
The win sends the Bulls to the semifinal round of the American Championship for the ninth time overall and the first time since 2022. South Florida improved to 24-5 all-time in the conference tournament.
 
The Bulls had to come from behind to get the win Friday as Wichita State scored quick wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to claim the first team point. But the singles round belonged to South Florida as Elijah Cham put the Bulls on the board with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 3 before Ettore Danesi gave USF the lead for good with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 5. 
 
Gughi Verdese added a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4 and Toto Llanes ended it with a 6-3, 6-2 decision at No. 6.
 
South Florida will face No. 5-seeded Rice Saturday at 10 a.m. CT in the semifinals.
 
 
Rice 4, Tulsa 1
Records: Rice (14-9), Tulsa (14-14)
 
Santiago Navarro and Kabeer Kapasi were winners in both singles and doubles as No. 5-seeded Rice reached the semifinals of the American Championship for the second consecutive year with a 4-1 win against No. 4-seeded Tulsa Friday afternoon.
 
Navarro scored a three-set win at No. 3 singles and paired with Petro Kuzmenok for a 7-5 victory at No. 1 doubles. 
 
Kapasi won his singles match in straight sets with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) decision at the No. 6 position. He added a 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles alongside Arthus de la Bassetiere. 
 
The match was tied at 1-1 after Tulsa’s Alex Okonkwo scored a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 1 singles position, but Emir Sendogan gave Rice a lead it would not relinquish with a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 4 singles to put the Owls ahead 2-1.
 
Kapasi’s win was quickly followed by Navarro’s as the Owls improved to 14-9 on the year.
 
Rice will face top-seeded South Florida at 10 a.m. CT in Saturday’s semifinals.
 
 

2025 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-20 | Leftwich Tennis Center | Memphis, Tennessee
 

First Round | Thursday, April 17
Match 1: No. 7 Charlotte 4, No. 10 Temple 1
Match 2: No. 6 UTSA 4, No. 11 Tulane 3
Match 3: No. 8 Wichita State 4, No. 9 UAB 0
Quarterfinals | Friday, April 18
Match 4: No. 2 Memphis 4, No. 7 Charlotte 2
Match 5: No. 3 Florida Atlantic 4, No. 6 UTSA 2
Match 6: No. 1 South Florida 4, No. 8 Wichita State 1
Match 7: No. 5 Rice 4, No. 4 Tulsa 1
Semifinals | Saturday, April 19
Match 8: No. 3 Florida Atlantic (11-8) vs. No. 2 Memphis (15-11)	10 a.m.
Match 9: No. 5 Rice (14-9) vs. No. 1 South Florida (20-3)	10 a.m.
Final | Sunday, April 20 | ESPN+
Semifinal winners	10 a.m.
all times Central