The biggest college tournament of the fall is taking place November 7-11. This is the Oracle/ITA Fall National Championships, and is located inin Surprise, Arizona this year. Titles are not the only thing on the line this week, as the singles winner will receive a main draw wildcard into an Oracle Challenger.

No doubt, most of college tennis’ biggest names are taking their talents to Arizona. I’ll give 3 favorites and 3 dark horses to watch out for in the men’s singles and doubles draws.

Singles Favorites

Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest)

He is the current top-ranked player in college tennis and has a current ATP ranking of 440. Chrysochos is also coming off a solid result in the Charlottesville Challenger, including a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Lloyd Harris (ATP #112).

He was tripped up in his only college tournament this year, losing to Jan Zielinski in Battle of the Bay. The 2018 NCAA singles champ is definitely playing well right now, however, and we all know the damage Chrysochos can do when playing at his best.

Brandon Holt (USC)

Currently ranked 4th in singles, Brandon Holt has been dealing with a few injuries lately. Despite that, he still has a futures title to his name this fall.

If Holt can stay healthy while competing in both singles and doubles draws, I expect him to be contesting for a singles crown late in the week.

Paul Jubb (South Carolina)

The South Carolina star had a solid summer, increasing his ATP ranking to 728. He also won a futures in the process.

Most recently, Jubb won the Carolina regional by defeating current Wake Forest star Bar Botzer in the final.

I expect Jubb to continue his high level this week.

Singles Darkhorses

Alexander Lebedev

Lebedev had a solid run in the ITA All-American, earning wins over Jake Van Emburgh, and Bar Botzer. He fell to eventual champion JJ Wolf 6-4, 7-6 in the quarterfinal. The ITA’s 19th ranked singles player has the potential to make another solid run this week.

Alex Brown (Illinois)

The Illinois Sophomore had a great run in the All-American, falling to the ITA’s 2nd ranked player Nuno Borges 7-6(4) in the third while having multiple match points. I expect Brown to outperform his ITA preseason rank of 50 this next week.

Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB)

The UCSB senior has had a great fall, making the final of the Oracle Masters and making the semifinal of the ITA southwest regional. With big wins over USC’s Daniel Cukierman and Florida’s Sam Riffice this fall, I’d expect Moreno to pick up some more big wins this fall.

Doubles Favorites

Riley Smith and Brandon Holt (USC)

Holt and Smith have had some big-time success in their careers. They’ve made the US Open Juniors final, have won futures titles, and are a staple for the Trojans at the top of the doubles lineup.

If Holt can hold up this week while competing in singles and doubles, the Trojans should be favorites to win the title.

Niclas Braun and Giovanni Oradini (Mississippi State)

Braun and Oradini are currently ranked 7th by the ITA, and made the finals of the back draw at the ITA All-American. The Bulldogs also had a great season last dual match season, and I expect their chemistry to carry them far this week.

Christian Sigsgaard and Harrison Scott (Texas)

Sigsgaard and Scott are currently ranked 11th by the ITA. They recently won the ITA Texas Regional and I expect the Longhorns to build off this momentum this week.

Doubles Darkhorses

Kyle Seelig and Alex Kobelt (Ohio State)

The Buckeyes made the final of the ITA All-American, falling to Baylor’s Bendeck and Lah in a tightly contested final. Kobelt’s big serve combined with Seelig’s consistency from the baseline make this duo a tough team to beat.

Jacob Brumm and Yuta Kikuchi (California)

The California Golden Bear duo took out the nation’s top-ranked doubles team of Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic at the ITA All-American after getting into the main draw as lucky losers. They have shown they can beat the top teams in the country and thus have the potential to make a solid run this week.

Jimmy Bendeck and Sven Lah

Although unranked by the ITA, the Baylor Bears won the ITA Al-American in Tulsa in October. With this national title to their name, I don’t see why they can’t earn another one this week.

Who are your picks to do well next week? Let us know in the comments below!