Results: Illinois Men's Tennis Competes at Harvard Chowderfest, ITA All-American Championships

Included below are the Fighting Illini men's tennis team's results at the Harvard Chowderfest (Sept. 18-20) and ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 19-27) to begin their 2026 fall schedule.

HARVARD CHOWDERFEST

Friday, Sept. 18

Singles
Jon Gamble (Illinois) def. Felipe Pinzon (Cornell), 6-3, 6-2
Tej Baghra (Brown) def. Colson Wells (Illinois), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Nicholas Mekhael (Illinois) def. Greg Bernadsky (Cornell), 6-4, 6-4
Rushil Khosla (Cornell) def. David Bakonyi (Illinois), 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-5

Doubles
#67 Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar/Rushil Khosla (Cornell) def. Jon Gamble/Nicholas Mekhael (Illinois), 7-6(8)
David Bakonyi/Colson Wells (Illinois) def. Felipe Pinzon/Jack Casciato (Cornell), 6-4

Saturday, Sept. 19

Singles
Edward Liao (Yale) def. Jon Gamble (Illinois), 6-3, 6-2
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Colson Wells (Illinois), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Nicholas Mekhael (Illinois) def. Kornel Halmos (Dartmouth), 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Elliot Wasserman (Brown) def. David Bakonyi (Illinois), 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
Jon Gamble/Nicholas Mekhael (Illinois) def. Edward Liao/Jim Ji (Yale), 7-6(6)
Colson Wells/David Bakonyi (Illinois) def. Luis Flores/Sasa Markovic (SMU), 6-3

ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, Sept. 19

Singles Prequalifying - First Round
Jeremy Zhang (Illinois) def. [20] Alejandro Arcila (Arizona), 6-4, 7-5
Hank Trondson (Oklahoma State) def. [19] Zach Viiala (Illinois), 6-4, 7-5

Sunday, Sept. 20

Singles Prequalifying - Second Round
Jeremy Zhang (Illinois) vs. Ferran Redza (Santa Clara) - 11:30 a.m. CT

Singles Prequalifying - Consolation
Zach Viiala (Illinois) vs. Dani Szabo (Tulsa) - 1:30 p.m. CT

Schedule