COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State secured spots at the NCAA Individual Championships later this fall for the doubles team of Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima as well as Preston Stearns in singles after the completion of the 2025 ITA Midwest Regional at the XS Tennis Center in Chicago Monday.
Kim and Nakashima defeated teammates Alexander Bernard and Alex Okonkwo in the doubles finals Monday, 6-2, 7-5 to take the regional title and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
Stearns advanced to the regional singles final with a win over fellow Buckeye Jack Anthrop, 6-2, 7-6(4), in the semifinals. Stearns and Michigan’s Max Dahlin did not contest the finals match with each already earning a spot in the NCAA Championships.
The two singles finalists and the doubles champion from each regional automatically qualified for the NCAA Individual Championships, set to take place at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 18-23, 2025.
Kim was the singles runner-up at the 2005 ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in September. He earned an automatic bid into the NCAA individual championships and will not compete in singles during the remaining fall collegiate schedule prior to the NCAA championships.
Midwest Regional Results
Singles
R64-Q Alexander Antonopoulos (WMU) def. JP Day (Ohio State), 1-6, 1-6
C-R32Q JP Day (Ohio State) def. Emil Dapcevic (UIC), 6-2, 6-3
R64 JP Day (Ohio State) vs. Chen Jui Ho (WMU), 5-7, 6-2, 11-9
R64 Nikita Filin (Ohio State) def. Oscar Corwin (WMU), 6-0, 6-2
R32 Nikita Filin (Ohio State) def. Mert Oral (MICH), 6-3, 6-3
R16 Sebastian Dominko (UND) def. Nikita Filin (Ohio State), 3-6, 2-6
R64 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Tomas Valencia (ILST), 6-3, 6-4
R32 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Blake Roegner (MARQ), 7-6(5), 6-3
R16 Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Vuk Radenovic (MSU), 6-1, 6-2
QF Sabastian Dominko (UND) def. Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State), 6(6)-7, 4-6
R64 Alexander Bernard (Ohio State) def. Matthew Fullerton (WIS), 6-1, 7-5
R32 Cyrus Mahjoob (NU) def. Alexander Bernard (Ohio State), 6-1, 3-6, 6(3)-7
R64 Max Dahlin (MICH) def. Brandon Carpico (Ohio State), 4-6, 2-6
C-R32Q Brandon Carpico (Ohio State) def. Hayden Jones (ILL), 7-6(4), 6-2
R64 Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. Adrian Dibildox (ILST), 6-3, 6-1
R32 Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. Artem Alekseychuk (UIC), 6-0, 6-1
R16 Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. Perry Gregg (UND), 6-4, 7-5
QF Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. Adam Jilly (ILL), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
SF Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Jack Anthrop (Ohio State), 6-2, 7-6(4)
R64 Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Nicholas Steiglehner (MICH), 7-5, 6-3
R32 Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Alejandro Gandini (DeP), 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
R16 Adam Jilly (ILL) def. Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State), 6(7)-7, 7-5, 2-6
R64 Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Giuseppe Cerasuolo (UND), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
R32 Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Simon Knevevic (UIC), 6-1, 6-3
R16 Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Michael Minasyan (WIS), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
QF Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Loren Byers (Ohio State), 6-3, 7-6(2)
SF Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Jack Anthrop (Ohio State), 6-2, 7-6(4)
F Preston Stearns (Ohio State) vs. Max Dahlin (MICH), Not contested
R64 Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Luis Llorens Saracho (UND), 6-4, 6-4
R32 Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Alexander Antonopoulos (WMU), 6-0, 6-0
R16 Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Sachiv Kumar (WIS), 6-2, 6-3
QF Preston Stearns (Ohio State) def. Loren Byers (Ohio State), 6-3, 7-6(2)
Doubles
R32 Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (Ohio State) def. Pablo Torres Almeida/Tobias Leitner (DePaul), 8-5
R16 Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (Ohio State) def. Michael Minasyan/Ferdinand Kloesters (WIS), 8-5
QF Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (Ohio State) def. Lincoln Battle/Carl Gedletschka (CSU), 8-7(3)
SF Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (Ohio State), 6-3, 3-6, 10-5
R32 Alexander Bernard/Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Finn Logue/Jett Leong (ISU), 8-2
R16 Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Nolan Balthazor/Nicholas Patrick (UND), 8-5
QF Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Vuk Radjenovic/David Saye (MSU), 8-1
SF Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State) def. Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (Ohio State), 6-3, 3-6, 10-5
F Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State), 6-2, 7-5
R64 Jack Anthrop/Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Evan Glebov/Luke Coppage (MARQ), 8-3
R32 Jack Anthrop/Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Nicholas Jamison/Devin Boyer (CSU), 8-0
R16 Jack Anthrop/Loren Byers (Ohio State) def. Danial Rakhmatullayev/Taym Alazmeh (MSU), 8-6
QF Saracho Llorens/Peter Nad (UND) def. Jack Anthrop/Loren Byers (Ohio State), 7(2)-8
R64 Preston Stearns/JP Day (Ohio State) def. Tomas Valencia/Adrian Dibildox (ISU), 8-2
R32 Hanamichi Carvajal/Poonthong Komolpisut (TOL) def. Preston Stearns/JP Day (Ohio State), 6-8
R32 Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def Dominik Vonbank/Matteo Ceradelli (YSU), 8-1
R16 Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Adam Jully/Sasha Colleu (ILL), 8-5
QF Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Drew Evans/Tim Riedel (WMU), 8-4
SF Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Saracho Llorens/Peter Nad (UND), 6-3, 6-4
F Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima (Ohio State) def. Alexander Bernard /Alex Okonkwo (Ohio State), 6-2, 7-5
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