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Wheelchair Tennis Masters

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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

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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

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Men

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

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Women

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

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Quads

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

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Wheelchair Doubles Masters

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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

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Men

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

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Women

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

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Quads

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

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References

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