MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Charlotte, UTSA and Wichita State came away with first-round wins Thursday on the opening day of competition at the American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship at the Leftwich Tennis Center.
 
The higher-seeded teams all won their respective first-round matches Thursday as the 49ers and and Shockers scored comfortable victories while the Roadrunners survived an upset bid with a 4-3 decision.
 
The top four seeds in the tournament begin play Friday. 
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. 
 
 
Charlotte 4, Temple 1
Records: Charlotte (12-10), Temple (11-9)
 
Charlotte won four singles matches in straight sets as the No. 7-seeded 49ers began defense of their American Athletic Conference title with a 4-1 win against No. 10-seeded Temple Thursday morning.
 
Charlotte’s Vasco Prata, who was the Most Outstanding Player of last year’s American Championship, continued his winning ways in the tournament with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles as the 49ers won at the Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 6 positions after Temple had taken the doubles point.
 
Ivan Dreycopp, Frederic Schlossmann and Lance Cochran also won in straight sets to send Charlotte on to a quarterfinal match against No. 2-seeded Memphis Friday. The match will be a rematch of last year’s championship final, when Prata helped the 49ers overcame a 3-0 deficit by fending off championship point and allowing Charlote to take a 4-3 win.
 
Dreycopp and Cochran were winners in both singles and doubles Thursday.
 
 
 
UTSA 4, Tulane 3
Records: UTSA (12-10), Tulane (5-17)
 
Oskar Grzegorzewski won a three-set battle at No. 3 singles to send No. 6-seeded UTSA past upset-minded Tulane Thursday in a first-round match.
 
Grzegrozewski broke a 3-3 tie against the No. 11-seeded Green Wave with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win to send the Roadrunners on to a quarterfinal matchup against No. 3-seeded Florida Atlantic Friday.
 
Tulane, which had dropped its last eight matches entering the conference tournament, claimed an early 1-0 lead after the Green Wave took 6-4 victories at the top two doubles positions. 
 
But UTSA tied the score as No. 105-ranked Tiago Torres won an efficient 6-3, 6-0 decision at No. 1 singles. The Green Wave gained a 2-1 lead on Alec Gaudin’s 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles, but again, the Roadrunners had an answer with Danijal Muminovic’s straight-set decision at No. 2 (6-1, 7-6 (4)).
 
The remaining three singles matches all went to three sets as Steven Rice put Tulane on the precipice of a win with a 6-1, 2-6 win at No. 6. But UTSA bounced back to close the match with Miguel Alonso’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory at No. 5 before Grzegorzewski’s clincher at No. 3.
 
 
 
Wichita State 4, UAB 0
Records: Wichita State (12-12), UAB (8-14)
 
No. 8-seeded Wichita State took the doubles point and won three singles matches in straight sets to take a 4-0 win against No. 9-seeded UAB Thursday afternoon.
 
The Shockers move on to a quarterfinal match against top-seeded South Florida Friday at 2 p.m. CT. 
 
Vanja Hodzic won in both singles and doubles for the Shockers as he helped stake Wichita State to a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles after he clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 3 alongside Luke Bracks.
 
Alejandro Jacome made it 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles before Bracks ended the match with a 6-0, 7-5 victory at No. 6. Jacome and Bracks also were winners in singles and doubles for the Shockers, who improved to 12-12.
 
 

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. 7 Charlotte (12-10) vs. No. 2 Memphis (14-11)	10 a.m.
Match 5: No. 6 UTSA (12-10) vs. No. 3 Florida Atlantic (10-8)	10 a.m.
Match 6: No. 8 Wichita State (12-12) vs. No. 1 South Florida (19-3)	2 p.m.
Match 7: No. 5 Rice (13-9) vs. No. 4 Tulsa (14-13)	2 p.m.
Semifinals | Saturday, April 19
Match 8: Match 4 winner vs. Match 5 winner	10 a.m.
Match 9: Match 6 winner vs. Match 7 winner	10 a.m.
Final | Sunday, April 20 | ESPN+
Semifinal winners	10 a.m.
all times Central