Wheelchair Tennis Masters

The Wheelchair Tennis Masters refers to a pair of end of year tennis events for wheelchair athletes held on an annual basis under the jurisdiction of the International Tennis Federation.

The Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles^[1] is an end-of-year wheelchair tennis tournament, broadly analogous to the ATP Tour and WTA Championship finals. Initiated in 1994 for men and women's singles, and 2004 for quad players (quad tennis being a mixed gender sport) both genders compete at the same event.^[2]

The top eight players (men and women), and the top six quad players, are invited to the Masters. The ranking is based on their ranking after the US Open is played. The round robin format is comparable to that which operates at the ATP World Tour Finals and WTA Championships. The Masters is described as the official ITF year-end singles championship.

Separately, the Wheelchair Tennis Masters for doubles performs a similar function for men's, women's and quad doubles players. Initiated in 2000 (2003 for quad players), each year the top eight men’s pairings, top six women's pairings and top four quad pairings are accepted into the draw in which all three events follow a round-robin format.^[3]

NEC Wheelchair Tennis Single Masters edit

From 1994 until 1999 the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place in the Indoor Sport Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands. From 2000 until 2005 the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place in Amersfoort, Netherlands. From 2006 through 2010, the singles tournament took place in the Frans Otten Stadium in Amsterdam.^[4] The tournament was renamed the NEC Singles Masters in 2010, and moved to Mechelen, Belgium from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, the NEC Singles Masters took place at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in Mission Viejo, California.^[5] From 2014 to 2016 the NEC Singles Masters were held in London, UK, while in 2017 the tournament moved to Loughborough, UK. From 2018 the Masters is held in Orlando, Florida. Esther Vergeer holds the record, having won 14 titles between 1998 and 2011, followed by David Wagner with 11.

Results singles edit

Men edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Eindhoven
	1994	Randy Snow	Stephen Welch	6–2, 6–4
	1995	Laurent Giammartini	Randy Snow	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
	1996	Stephen Welch	Laurent Giammartini	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
	1997	Kai Schrameyer	Stephen Welch	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	1998	Ricky Molier	Laurent Giammartini	7–5, 7–5
	1999	Robin Ammerlaan	Martin Legner	7–5, 6–1
Amersfoort	2000	Robin Ammerlaan	Ricky Molier	7–6^(11–9), 6–1
	2001	Ricky Molier	Robin Ammerlaan	6–0, 6–7^(1–7), 6–1
	2002	David Hall	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2003	Robin Ammerlaan	Stephen Welch	6–3, 6–4
	2004	David Hall	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–4
	2005	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–3
Amsterdam	2006	Robin Ammerlaan	Shingo Kunieda	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–5)
	2007	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	7–6^(10–8), 5–7, 6–0
	2008	Stefan Olsson	Robin Ammerlaan	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
	2009	Maikel Scheffers	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
	2010	Stefan Olsson	Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 7–5
Mechelen	2011	Stéphane Houdet	Maikel Scheffers	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Mechelen	2012	Shingo Kunieda	Maikel Scheffers	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Mission Viejo	2013	Shingo Kunieda	Joachim Gérard	6–0 7–6^(11–9)
London	2014	Shingo Kunieda	Nicolas Peifer	6–1 6–1
	2015	Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
	2016	Joachim Gérard	Gordon Reid	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loughborough	2017	Alfie Hewett	Gordon Reid	6–3, 6–2
Lake Nona	2018	Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
	2019	Joachim Gérard	Alfie Hewett	6–3, 6–2
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Alfie Hewett	Gustavo Fernandez	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–4
Oss	2022	Tokito Oda	Alfie Hewett	6–4, 6–3
Barcelona	2023	Alfie Hewett	Gustavo Fernandez	4–6, 6–1, 6–3

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Women edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Eindhoven
	1994	Monique Kalkman	Chantal Vandierendonck	6–1, 6–4
	1995	Monique Kalkman	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–2
	1996	Chantal Vandierendonck	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–3
	1997	Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
	1998	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 7–6
	1999	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 6–1
Amersfoort	2000	Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	6–1, 6–3
	2001	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–2, 6–3
	2002	Esther Vergeer	Sonja Peters	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	2003	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–3
	2004	Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen	6–2, 6–0
	2005	Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier	6–4, 6–2
Amsterdam	2006	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–2
	2007	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–3, 6–4
	2008	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
	2009	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
	2010	Esther Vergeer	Daniela Di Toro	6–2, 6–1
Mechelen	2011	Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	6–1, 6–2
Mechelen	2012	Jiske Griffioen	Aniek van Koot	6–2, 6–2
Mission Viejo	2013	Yui Kamiji	Jiske Griffioen	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–4
London^[7]	2014	Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
	2015	Jiske Griffioen	Sabine Ellerbrock	6–2, 6–2
	2016	Jiske Griffioen	Yui Kamiji	6–4, 6–4
Loughborough	2017	Diede De Groot	Yui Kamiji	7–5, 6–4
Lake Nona	2018	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–3, 7–5
	2019	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–2, 6–3
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Oss	2022	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–2, 6–2
Barcelona	2023	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	1–6, 6–1, 6–4

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Quads edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Amersfoort	2004	David Wagner	Bas van Erp	6–2, 6–3
Amersfoort	2005	David Wagner	Nick Taylor	6–2, 6–1
Amsterdam	2006	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 6–2
	2007	David Wagner	Johan Andersson	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
	2008	David Wagner	Peter Norfolk	6–4, 6–1
	2009	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 7–5
	2010	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Mechelen	2011	Noam Gershony	Andrew Lapthorne	0–6, 6–3, 7–5
Mechelen	2012	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–2
Mission Viejo	2013	David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
London^[7]	2014	David Wagner	Dylan Alcott	6–4, 7–5
	2015	David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
	2016	David Wagner	Itay Erenlib	6–4, 6–1
Loughborough	2017	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–1, 6–2
Lake Nona	2018	Dylan Alcott	Andrew Lapthorne	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
	2019	David Wagner	Niels Vink	6–3, 6–4
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Niels Vink	Sam Schroder	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Netherlands	2022	Sam Schroder	Niels Vink	6–3, 6–0
Barcelona	2023	Niels Vink	Sam Schroder	6–4, 6–2

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Wheelchair Doubles Masters edit

From 2000 until 2001 the Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters took place alongside the singles event in Amersfoort. From 2002 until 2003 the Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters took place at the Invacare World Team Cup by Camozzi in Tremosine, Italy. From 2003 until 2004 the Camozzi company became sponsor of this tournament and it took place in Brescia, Italy. Since 2005 the event took place in the Centro Sportivo Mario Mongodi close to Bergamo, Italy. In 2011 the title sponsorship was taken up by Invacare in a two-year deal and the 2011 tournament was held in the Frans Otten stadium in Amsterdam.^[8] From 2013 to 2016, the ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters took place at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in Mission Viejo, California^[9] In 2017 and 2018, the event took place in Bemmel, Netherlands. As of 2018, Taylor and Wagner are the most successful partnership across all categories, with a total of 11 titles.^[10]^[11]

Results doubles edit

Men edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2000	Ricky Molier Stephen Welch	Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman	6–3, 6–1
Amersfoort	2001	Miroslav Brychta Martin Legner	Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Jayant Mistry	6–3, 6–2
Tremosine	2002	Kai Schrameyer Stephen Welch	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Tremosine	2003	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Brescia	2004	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2005	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	6–1, 6–2
	2006	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	2007	Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
	2008	Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
	2009	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
	2010	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2011	Tom Egberink Michaël Jeremiasz	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 6–2
Amsterdam	2012	Stéphane Houdet Shingo Kunieda	Gordon Reid Ronald Vink	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
Mission Viejo	2013	Stéphane Houdet Gordon Reid	Michaël Jeremiasz Nicolas Peifer	6–3, 6–3
	2014	Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	6–4, 6–1
	2015	Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 6–4
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2016	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Gustavo Fernández Joachim Gérard	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Bemmel	2017	Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Bemmel	2018	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson	1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Orlando	2019	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson	6–1, 6–2
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	6–4, 6–1
Oss	2022	Martín de la Puente Gustavo Fernández	Tom Egberink Ruben Spaargarent	6–1, 6–2

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Women edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2000	Daniela di Toro Maaike Smit	Esther Vergeer Sonja Peters	6–4, 6–4
Amersfoort	2001	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7–5, 7–5
Tremosine	2002	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Tremosine	2003	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Sharon Walraven	6–2, 6–2
Brescia	2004	Jiske Griffioen Korie Homan	Brigitte Ameryckx Sharon Walraven	6–4, 6–2
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2005	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Maaike Smit	6–1, 6–2
	2006	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–3
	2007	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Maaike Smit	6–3, 6–3
	2008	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–0
	2009	Korie Homan Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
	2010	Aniek van Koot Sharon Walraven	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	7–5, 6–3
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2011	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Amsterdam	2012	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji	6–0, 6–3
Mission Viejo	2013	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Sabine Ellerbrock Kgothatso Montjane	6–4, 6–1
	2014	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Louise Hunt Katharina Krüger	6–2, 6–1
	2015	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2016	Diede de Groot Lucy Shuker	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Bemmel	2017	Marjolein Buis Diede de Groot	Sabine Ellerbrock Aniek van Koot	6–2, 6–4
Bemmel	2018	Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot	Louise Hunt Dana Mathewson	6–3, 6–1
Orlando	2019	Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	6–2, 6–2
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Momoko Ohtani Zhu Zhenzhen	6–3, 6–3
Oss	2022	Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen Momoko Ohtani	6–0, 6–4

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Quads edit

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Tremosine	2003	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk	Rick Draney David Wagner	6–4, 6–1
Brescia	2004	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk	Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele	6–1, 6–3, default
Bergamo	2005	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
	2006	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Monique De Beer Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	6–2, 6–2
	2007	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Johan Andersson Christer Jansson	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
	2008	Johan Andersson Bas van Erp	Nick Taylor David Wagner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
	2009	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Shraga Weinberg Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	6–1, 6–0
	2010	Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Nick Taylor David Wagner	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2011	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	7–5, 6–4
Amsterdam	2012	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Shraga Weinberg	6–1, 6–4
Mission Viejo	2013	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Greg Hasterok Sarah Hunter	6–1, 6–3
	2014	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	2015	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2016	Antony Cotterill Andrew Lapthorne	Nick Taylor David Wagner	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Bemmel	2017	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antony Cotterill Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–3
Bemmel	2018	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antony Cotterill Andy Lapthorne	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Orlando	2019	Heath Davidson Niels Vink	Kim Kyu-seung Koji Sugeno	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
	2020	no competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	Sam Schröder Niels Vink	Nick Taylor David Wagner	6–0, 6–1
Oss	2022	Sam Schröder Niels Vink	Heath Davidson Robert Shaw	6–1, 6–0

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References edit

^ "NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ Singles. Overview itftennis.com ^{[dead link]}
^ Doubles itftennis.com ^{[dead link]}
^ "Amsterdam Open". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ITF Tennis - Wheelchair Tennis - ITF Wheelchair Tennis Home Page". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Wheelchair Tennis Masters 2014". Lta.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}
^ "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Taylor and Wagner seal unprecedented 10th Doubles Masters quad title – Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters". wheelchairdoublesmasters.com.
^ "Nick Taylor and David Wagner clinch 11th Masters crown".
^ "ITF Tennis - Wheelchair Tennis - ITF Wheelchair Tennis Home Page". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011.

External links edit

[1] "NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[2] Singles. Overview itftennis.com ^{[dead link]}

[3] Doubles itftennis.com ^{[dead link]}

[wheelchairtennis-amsterdam-4] "Amsterdam Open". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[itftennis-5] "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[itftennis.com-6] "ITF Tennis - Wheelchair Tennis - ITF Wheelchair Tennis Home Page". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011.

[Masters2014-7] "Wheelchair Tennis Masters 2014". Lta.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[8] Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

[itftennis2-9] "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[10] "Taylor and Wagner seal unprecedented 10th Doubles Masters quad title – Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters". wheelchairdoublesmasters.com.

[11] "Nick Taylor and David Wagner clinch 11th Masters crown".

[12] "ITF Tennis - Wheelchair Tennis - ITF Wheelchair Tennis Home Page". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011.

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