The N.C. High School Athletic Association individual boys tennis championships are this weekend.

For most classes, the first and second round are on Friday with semifinals and finals scheduled for Saturday morning (1A, which has half as many players, only needs to play a state title on Saturday).

Enjoy the predictions and links to our coverage below:

Favorite, Contenders, and Dark Horses for Singles and Doubles

The favorites

• 4A singles — Kai Villagomez, Butler
• 4A doubles — Luke Thompson & Connor Yett, South Mecklenburg
• 3A singles — Drew Hedgecoe, Terry Sanford
• 3A doubles — James Dover & Rex Dover, South Point
• 2A singles — Alphonso Sison, Franklin Academy
• 2A doubles — Derek Shute & Nick Delisio, Franklin Academy
• 1A singles — Luke Ansari, Bishop McGuinness
• 1A doubles — Connor & Aidan Ballard, Elkin

The contenders

• 4A singles — Ashish Nadkarni, Enloe; Rishit Sharma, Green Level; Eshaan Dabadghav, Northwest Guilford; Isaac Lewis, T.C. Roberson
• 4A doubles — Cameron Lange & Kyle Lange, Leesville Road; Ved Chotalia & Max Gao, Panther Creek
• 3A singles — Shaw Akula, South Central; Graham Powers, Hickory, Luke Durham, Western Alamance
• 3A doubles — Theo Buchholtz & Kai Spira, Carrboro; Carson Brown & Lawson Miller, East Lincoln
• 2A singles — Jackson Grathwohl, Pine Lake Prep; Luke Borders, East Burke; Lex Gu, Raleigh Charter; Rex Wang, North Stanly
• 2A doubles — Alfred Ye & Nimish Kandekar, NCSSM-Durham; A.J. Jarrell & Gray Davis, Salisbury
• 1A singles — Eli Edwards, Eno River; Tyler Hinshaw, Voyager
• 1A doubles — Nate Bermeo & Jack Kroothoep, Eno River

The dark horses

• 4A singles — Bryant Ross, Jordan; Ryan Hilbert, Wake Forest; Zack Plyer, Myers Park
• 4A doubles — James Barrow & Devak Coltrane, Jordan; Yash Nain & Hudson Spencer, Grimsley
• 3A singles — Tejas Sridhar, Lake Norman Charter; Shiv Patel, South Point; Anthony Vucinovic, First Flight
• 3A doubles — Lucas Miyagawa & Max Costant, Carrboro; Sohan Sagar & Bradley Swayne, Atkins
• 2A singles — Joaquin Hernandez-Gonzalez, Seaforth; Bryant Davis, Salisbury
• 2A doubles — Sam Avent & Nick Avent, Greene Central; Rafael Kohn & Blake Bradley, Owen
• 1A singles — Grant Ballard, Elkin
• 1A doubles — Prahalad Srinivasan & Cooper Fielding, Triangle Math & Science