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

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 taook 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. Esther Vergeer holds the record, having won 14 titles between 1998 and 2011, followed by David Wagner with 10.

Results singles

Men

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Loughborough	2017	Alfie Hewett	Gordon Reid	6–3, 6–2
London	2016	Joachim Gérard	Gordon Reid	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
	2015	Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
	2014	Shingo Kunieda	Nicolas Peifer	6–1 6–1
Mission Viejo	2013	Shingo Kunieda	Joachim Gérard	6–0 7–6(11–9)
Mechelen	2012	Shingo Kunieda	Maikel Scheffers	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
	2011	Stéphane Houdet	Maikel Scheffers	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Amsterdam	2010	Stefan Olsson	Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 7–5
	2009	Maikel Scheffers	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
	2008	Stefan Olsson	Robin Ammerlaan	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
	2007	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	7–6(10–8), 5–7, 6–0
	2006	Robin Ammerlaan	Shingo Kunieda	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Amersfoort	2005	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–3
	2004	David Hall	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–4
	2003	Robin Ammerlaan	Stephen Welch	6–3, 6–4
	2002	David Hall	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	2001	Ricky Molier	Robin Ammerlaan	6–0, 6–7(1–7), 6–1
	2000	Robin Ammerlaan	Ricky Molier	7–6(11–9), 6–1
Eindhoven	1999	Robin Ammerlaan	Martin Legner	7–5, 6–1
	1998	Ricky Molier	Laurent Giammartini	7–5, 7–5
	1997	Kai Schrameyer	Stephen Welch	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	1996	Stephen Welch	Laurent Giammartini	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
	1995	Laurent Giammartini	Randy Snow	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
	1994	Randy Snow	Stephen Welch	6–2, 6–4

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Women

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Loughborough	2017	Diede De Groot	Yui Kamiji	7–5, 6–4
London[7]	2016	Jiske Griffioen	Yui Kamiji	6–4, 6–4
	2015	Jiske Griffioen	Sabine Ellerbrock	6–2, 6–2
	2014	Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Mission Viejo	2013	Yui Kamiji	Jiske Griffioen	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–4
Mechelen	2012	Jiske Griffioen	Aniek van Koot	6–2, 6–2
	2011	Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	6–1, 6–2
Amsterdam	2010	Esther Vergeer	Daniela Di Toro	6–2, 6–1
	2009	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
	2008	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
	2007	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–3, 6–4
	2006	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–2
Amersfoort	2005	Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier	6–4, 6–2
	2004	Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen	6–2, 6–0
	2003	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–3
	2002	Esther Vergeer	Sonja Peters	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	2001	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–2, 6–3
	2000	Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	6–1, 6–3
Eindhoven	1999	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 6–1
	1998	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 7–6
	1997	Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
	1996	Chantal Vandierendonck	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–3
	1995	Monique Kalkman	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–2
	1994	Monique Kalkman	Chantal Vandierendonck	6–1, 6–4

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Quads

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Loughborough	2017	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–1, 6–2
London[7]	2016	David Wagner	Itay Erenlib	6–4, 6–1
	2015	David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	7–6(8–6), 6–4
	2014	David Wagner	Dylan Alcott	6–4, 7–5
Mission Viejo	2013	David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Mechelen	2012	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–2
	2011	Noam Gershony	Andrew Lapthorne	0–6, 6–3, 7–5
Amsterdam	2010	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Amsterdam	2009	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 7–5
	2008	David Wagner	Peter Norfolk	6–4, 6–1
	2007	David Wagner	Johan Andersson	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
	2006	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 6–2
Amersfoort	2005	David Wagner	Nick Taylor	6–2, 6–1
	2004	David Wagner	Bas van Erp	6–2, 6–3

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Wheelchair Doubles Masters

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, the event took place in Bemmel, Netherlands. As of 2017, Taylor and Wagner are the most successful partnership across all categories, with a total of 10 titles.^[10]

Results Doubles

Men

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bemmel	2017	Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Mission Viejo	2016	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Gustavo Fernández Joachim Gérard	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2015	Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 6–4
	2014	Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	6–4, 6–1
	2013	Stéphane Houdet Gordon Reid	Michaël Jeremiasz Nicolas Peifer	6–3, 6–3
Amsterdam	2012	Stéphane Houdet Shingo Kunieda	Gordon Reid Ronald Vink	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
	2011	Tom Egberink Michaël Jeremiasz	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 6–2
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	7–6(7–2), 6–4
	2009	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
	2008	Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
	2007	Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
	2006	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	2005	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	6–1, 6–2
Brescia	2004	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Tremosine	2003	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
	2002	Kai Schrameyer Stephen Welch	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2001	Miroslav Brychta Martin Legner	Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Jayant Mistry	6–3, 6–2
	2000	Ricky Molier Stephen Welch	Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman	6–3, 6–1

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Women

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bemmel	2017	Marjolein Buis Diede de Groot	Sabine Ellerbrock Aniek van Koot	6–2, 6–4
Mission Viejo	2016	Diede de Groot Lucy Shuker	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2015	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	7–6(7–1), 6–4
	2014	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Louise Hunt Katharina Krüger	6–2, 6–1
	2013	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Sabine Ellerbrock Kgothatso Montjane	6–4, 6–1
Amsterdam	2012	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji	6–0, 6–3
	2011	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Aniek van Koot Sharon Walraven	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	7–5, 6–3
	2009	Korie Homan Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	7–6(7–2), 6–4
	2008	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–0
	2007	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Maaike Smit	6–3, 6–3
	2006	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–3
	2005	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Maaike Smit	6–1, 6–2
Brescia	2004	Jiske Griffioen Korie Homan	Brigitte Ameryckx Sharon Walraven	6–4, 6–2
Tremosine	2003	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Sharon Walraven	6–2, 6–2
	2002	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7–6(7–2), 6–3
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2001	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7–5, 7–5
	2000	Daniela di Toro Maaike Smit	Esther Vergeer Sonja Peters	6–4, 6–4

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Quads

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bemmel	2017	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antony Cotterill Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–3
Mission Viejo	2016	Antony Cotterill Andrew Lapthorne	Nick Taylor David Wagner	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo	2015	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
	2014	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	2013	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Greg Hasterok Sarah Hunter	6–1, 6–3
Amsterdam	2012	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Shraga Weinberg	6–1, 6–4
	2011	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	7–5, 6–4
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Nick Taylor David Wagner	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
	2009	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Shraga Weinberg Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	6–1, 6–0
	2008	Johan Andersson Bas Van Erp	Nick Taylor David Wagner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
	2007	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Johan Andersson Christer Jansson	6–4, 7–6(9–7)
	2006	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Monique De Beer Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	6–2, 6–2
	2005	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Brescia	2004	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk	Giuseppe Polidori Antonio Raffaele	6–1, 6–3, default
Tremosine	2003	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk	Rick Draney David Wagner	6–4, 6–1

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References

External links

• NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters official website
• UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters official website
• NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters at itftennis.com
• UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters at itftennis.com