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Men’s Tennis Prepares for ITA Regional Championship
10/13/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State men's tennis team will compete at the 2026 ITA Men's Southeast Regional Championship in Atlanta on October 14-19 at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
The 2026 ITA Regionals serve as a direct qualification for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. The two singles finalists from each region (26 total) and the doubles champion from each region (13 total) will earn an automatic qualification to the NCAA Individual Championships.
Each of the 2026 ITA men's and women's regional championships will have a draw size of the following: singles-64 main draw and 64 qualifying and doubles-64 main draw. Both singles finalists and the doubles champion will earn births into the NCAA Individual Championships.
The Seminoles are sending eight players to the tournament: Mikail Amili, Filip Apltauer, Seydina Andre, Oren Ezerzer, Gabor Horning, Justin Lyons, Azariah Rusher and Elias Sumann. Seven of the eight players will participate in both the singles and doubles brackets.
Florida State is coming off an impressive performance at the Bedford Cup in Orlando, Florida where Justin Lyons and Gabor Hornung reached the finals of doubles play. The duo opened the tournament with a 7-6 (7) quarterfinal victory over FAU's Simon Myslivec and Roman Venger. In the semifinals, Lyons and Hornung defeated UCF's Kai-Luca Ampaw and Nicolas Oliveira 6-4 to punch their ticket to the finals. In the championship match, Lyons and Hornung faced FAU's Mark Havlicek and Marek Pazdera, ultimately falling to the pair 6-4.
Last year, former Seminole Luis Felipe Miguel and Erik Schiessl capped off the 2025 ITA Southeast Regional Championship by claiming two NCAA Championship qualifying positions in singles and doubles. Miguel shared the regional singles co-champion title, while Schiessl paired with Miguel to be named the regional doubles champion.
Live stats and live video can be found on Seminoles.com.
For more information on the Florida State men's tennis program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at Florida State Men's Tennis (FB), FSUMTennis (IG and X).
The 2026 ITA Regionals serve as a direct qualification for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. The two singles finalists from each region (26 total) and the doubles champion from each region (13 total) will earn an automatic qualification to the NCAA Individual Championships.
Each of the 2026 ITA men's and women's regional championships will have a draw size of the following: singles-64 main draw and 64 qualifying and doubles-64 main draw. Both singles finalists and the doubles champion will earn births into the NCAA Individual Championships.
The Seminoles are sending eight players to the tournament: Mikail Amili, Filip Apltauer, Seydina Andre, Oren Ezerzer, Gabor Horning, Justin Lyons, Azariah Rusher and Elias Sumann. Seven of the eight players will participate in both the singles and doubles brackets.
Florida State is coming off an impressive performance at the Bedford Cup in Orlando, Florida where Justin Lyons and Gabor Hornung reached the finals of doubles play. The duo opened the tournament with a 7-6 (7) quarterfinal victory over FAU's Simon Myslivec and Roman Venger. In the semifinals, Lyons and Hornung defeated UCF's Kai-Luca Ampaw and Nicolas Oliveira 6-4 to punch their ticket to the finals. In the championship match, Lyons and Hornung faced FAU's Mark Havlicek and Marek Pazdera, ultimately falling to the pair 6-4.
Last year, former Seminole Luis Felipe Miguel and Erik Schiessl capped off the 2025 ITA Southeast Regional Championship by claiming two NCAA Championship qualifying positions in singles and doubles. Miguel shared the regional singles co-champion title, while Schiessl paired with Miguel to be named the regional doubles champion.
Live stats and live video can be found on Seminoles.com.
For more information on the Florida State men's tennis program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at Florida State Men's Tennis (FB), FSUMTennis (IG and X).
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