Men's Tennis

African American student Irwin Holmes joined the men's tennis team making it the first integrated athletic team at State College.

Irwin Holmes became co-captain of the tennis team and first African American athletics team captain at NC State.

J. W. Isenhour coached the men's tennis team to two ACC Championships and guided seven doubles teams and nine singles players to ACC titles.

John Sadri was the ACC Champion in singles men's tennis in 1977 and 1978 as well as in doubles in 1976 and 1978. He was the 1978 NCAA Championship runner-up, losing to Stanford Freshman John McEnroe. He was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001.

During his time at NC State, Matt McDonald won two ACC team championships, three double ACC titles, and two ACC individual titles.

Andy Andrews earned five ACC individual titles over the course of his career at NC State. He took the No. 5 singles conference championship and the No. 2 singles ACC title. He also won back-to-back ACC doubles titles, winning with Matt McDonald in 1980 and Mark Dillon in 1981.

Roberto Bracone won back-to-back ACC individual titles in men's tennis. Bracone was named the ACC Player of the Year in 1998 and was the only player in program history to win the award.

The J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center was completed in 2004 in honor of previous men's and women's tennis head coach J.W. Isenhour, who coached from 1968 to 1981.

NC State advanced the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament, a first for Wolfpack men's tennis.