The Emory University men's tennis team put together another NCAA Quarterfinal run in 2026-27 while finishing the season with an overall record of 14-11.
The Eagles were led by a trio of Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Americans as Emory advanced to the national quarterfinals for the 34th consecutive season. The Eagles added eight ranked victories and finished third at the University Athletic Association Championships for the fourth straight season.
Sophomore Ruilin Feng bolstered the Eagles' singles lineup with his All-America campaign and formed one of Emory's most formidable doubles pairings of the season. Feng tied for second on the team with 19 singles victories while posting a 10-1 record in tournament play. In the fall, Feng became the fourth player in team history to win the ITA Division III national title as he ran through the South Regional and ITA Cup competitions. Feng also qualified for the NCAA Individual Championships for the second straight year.
For doubles, sophomore Ajay Kartik and freshman Matthew Johnstone excelled for the Eagles as they joined Feng with ITA All-America recognition in doubles. The season began with Kartik and Johnstone joining Feng as ITA Division III national champions as they became the third Emory duo to win the ITA doubles national crown. In the spring, Kartik teamed with Feng to go 14-5 including a 12-4 mark at the No. 1 position in the lineup, and advanced to the national semifinals at the NCAA Championships in May. In total, Kartik went 30-7 in doubles action as he became the fourth player in Emory history to reach 30 or more wins in a single season for doubles and the first player to do so since the 2010-11 campaign.
Feng and Kartik added All-UAA acclaim alongside Dean Kamenev and newcomer Daniel Kim. Kamenev joined Feng and Kartik on the All-Association First Team in his final season as a Eagles while Kim made a name for himself as part of the Emory lineup, totaling a team-leading 21 singles victories en route to landing on the All-UAA Second Team and becoming the latest Eagle to be chosen as the league's Rookie of the Year.
Following the individual success of the fall schedule, the Eagles started the spring with a 4-5 record, albeit playing stingy competition, with notable wins coming against NAIA's Tennessee Wesleyan, No. 21 Gustavus Adolphus and No. 33 Washington & Lee.
Emory saw its record dip to 4-8 following a spring break trip to Florida where the Eagles played some of the best Division II had to offer. The Eagles rattled off four wins in a row following the trip to Florida and went to Ohio with top-10 matchups on deck. Emory collected one of its signature wins with a 6-1 rout of No. 6 Case Western Reserve before taking No. 5 Denison down-to-the-wire in a 4-3 defeat.
The Eagles' tough slate continued with three top 25 matchups at the Battleground Invitational at Mary Washington and a meeting with NAIA powerhouse Georgia Gwinnett as Emory headed into the UAA Championships with a record of 7-9.
Needing to make a move ahead of the NCAA tournament selections, the Eagles delivered with a strong showing at the UAA Championships, taking down No. 10 WashU in the first round before adding a win over No. 5 Carnegie Mellon in the league's third place match.
The Eagles qualified for the NCAA postseason and headed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina for the opening rounds. Emory blanked Stevens to begin their NCAA run prior to knocking off No. 6 Johns Hopkins the following afternoon in the regional final. Later in May, Emory went up against No. 2 CMS in the quarterfinals. The Eagles claimed the doubles point to open its upset-bid but the Stags turned the tides in singles to thwart Emory's upset attempt and close out the Eagles' slate.
The Eagles earned the following awards during the 2025-26 season.Â
