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Duke's Incoming Recruiting Class Ranked No. 6
1/26/2026 7:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke's incoming men's tennis recruiting class was tabbed the No. 6 class in the nation, according to rankings released by TennisRecruiting.net on Monday.
Sebastian Eie, Ludvig Hede and Jakub Smejcky make up the highly touted class after signing their National Letters of Intent in November. The trio will enroll in August of 2026 and join the Blue Devil squad for the 2026-27 season.
To compile the rankings, TennisRecruiting.net asked panelists to vote on the rankings. Each of the panelists submitted his/her take on the Top 25 recruiting classes. Schools received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 points for each second-place vote, on down to 1 point for each 25th-place vote. The panelists were told not to consider incoming transfer students in their voting, and also did not consider incoming freshmen who are competing this spring.Â
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A native of Oslo, Norway, Eie holds a current ITF singles ranking of his career high of No. 92. A proven winner, Eie owns three career ITF singles titles to go along with two ITF junior doubles championships. He made the singles final of the J200 Vigo and captured the doubles crown in the J200 Rakovnik.Â
Hede, a native of Gothenburg, Sweden, holds a current ITF ranking of No. 46 with a career high of No. 30. He has competed in all four junior grand slams, advancing to the second round in the Australian Open and US Open. He holds three career ITF junior singles titles and five career ITF junior doubles crowns.
From Prague, Czech Republic, Smejcky boasts a current ITF singles ranking of a career-high No. 67. Smejcky played exceptional tennis in late 2025, claiming the J200 singles title in Monterrey. The victory brought his career total to four ITF junior singles championships to go along with five ITF junior doubles crowns.Â
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Sebastian Eie, Ludvig Hede and Jakub Smejcky make up the highly touted class after signing their National Letters of Intent in November. The trio will enroll in August of 2026 and join the Blue Devil squad for the 2026-27 season.
To compile the rankings, TennisRecruiting.net asked panelists to vote on the rankings. Each of the panelists submitted his/her take on the Top 25 recruiting classes. Schools received 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 points for each second-place vote, on down to 1 point for each 25th-place vote. The panelists were told not to consider incoming transfer students in their voting, and also did not consider incoming freshmen who are competing this spring.Â
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A native of Oslo, Norway, Eie holds a current ITF singles ranking of his career high of No. 92. A proven winner, Eie owns three career ITF singles titles to go along with two ITF junior doubles championships. He made the singles final of the J200 Vigo and captured the doubles crown in the J200 Rakovnik.Â
Hede, a native of Gothenburg, Sweden, holds a current ITF ranking of No. 46 with a career high of No. 30. He has competed in all four junior grand slams, advancing to the second round in the Australian Open and US Open. He holds three career ITF junior singles titles and five career ITF junior doubles crowns.
From Prague, Czech Republic, Smejcky boasts a current ITF singles ranking of a career-high No. 67. Smejcky played exceptional tennis in late 2025, claiming the J200 singles title in Monterrey. The victory brought his career total to four ITF junior singles championships to go along with five ITF junior doubles crowns.Â
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To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMTEN".
#GoDuke
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