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 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 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[]

Men[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Lake Nona		Joachim Gérard	Alfie Hewett	6–3, 6–2
Lake Nona	2018	Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loughborough	2017	Alfie Hewett	Gordon Reid	6–3, 6–2
London	2016	Joachim Gérard	Gordon Reid	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
		Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
		Shingo Kunieda	Nicolas Peifer	6–1 6–1
Mission Viejo		Shingo Kunieda	Joachim Gérard	6–0 7–6^(11–9)
Mechelen		Shingo Kunieda	Maikel Scheffers	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Mechelen		Stéphane Houdet	Maikel Scheffers	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Amsterdam		Stefan Olsson	Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 7–5
	2009	Maikel Scheffers	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
		Stefan Olsson	Robin Ammerlaan	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
		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		Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–3
		David Hall	Michaël Jeremiasz	6–2, 6–4
		Robin Ammerlaan	Stephen Welch	6–3, 6–4
		David Hall	Robin Ammerlaan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
		Ricky Molier	Robin Ammerlaan	6–0, 6–7^(1–7), 6–1
		Robin Ammerlaan	Ricky Molier	7–6^(11–9), 6–1
Eindhoven		Robin Ammerlaan	Martin Legner	7–5, 6–1
		Ricky Molier	Laurent Giammartini	7–5, 7–5
			Stephen Welch	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
		Stephen Welch	Laurent Giammartini	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
		Laurent Giammartini	Randy Snow	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
		Randy Snow	Stephen Welch	6–2, 6–4

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Women[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Lake Nona		Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–2, 6–3
Lake Nona	2018	Diede de Groot	Yui Kamiji	6–3, 7–5
Loughborough	2017	Diede De Groot	Yui Kamiji	7–5, 6–4
London^[7]	2016	Jiske Griffioen	Yui Kamiji	6–4, 6–4
		Jiske Griffioen	Sabine Ellerbrock	6–2, 6–2
		Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Mission Viejo		Yui Kamiji	Jiske Griffioen	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–4
Mechelen		Jiske Griffioen	Aniek van Koot	6–2, 6–2
Mechelen		Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	6–1, 6–2
Amsterdam		Esther Vergeer	Daniela Di Toro	6–2, 6–1
	2009	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
		Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
		Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6–3, 6–4
	2006	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–2
Amersfoort		Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier	6–4, 6–2
		Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen	6–2, 6–0
		Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6–1, 6–3
		Esther Vergeer	Sonja Peters	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
		Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–2, 6–3
		Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	6–1, 6–3
Eindhoven		Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 6–1
		Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6–0, 7–6
		Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
		Chantal Vandierendonck	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–3
		Monique Kalkman	Daniela Di Toro	6–1, 6–2
		Monique Kalkman	Chantal Vandierendonck	6–1, 6–4

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Quads[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Lake Nona		David Wagner	Niels Vink	6–3, 6–4
Lake Nona	2018	Dylan Alcott	Andrew Lapthorne	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loughborough	2017	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–1, 6–2
London^[7]	2016	David Wagner		6–4, 6–1
		David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
		David Wagner	Dylan Alcott	6–4, 7–5
Mission Viejo		David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Mechelen		David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–2
Mechelen		Noam Gershony	Andrew Lapthorne	0–6, 6–3, 7–5
Amsterdam		Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Amsterdam	2009	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 7–5
		David Wagner	Peter Norfolk	6–4, 6–1
		David Wagner		6–1, 3–6, 6–2
	2006	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6–2, 6–2
Amersfoort		David Wagner	Nick Taylor	6–2, 6–1
Amersfoort		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 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 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[]

Men[]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Orlando		Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson	6-1, 6-2
Bemmel		Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
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		Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 6–4
		Joachim Gérard Stéphane Houdet	Michaël Jeremiasz Gordon Reid	6–4, 6–1
		Stéphane Houdet Gordon Reid	Michaël Jeremiasz Nicolas Peifer	6–3, 6–3
Amsterdam		Stéphane Houdet Shingo Kunieda	Gordon Reid Ronald Vink	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
Amsterdam		Tom Egberink Michaël Jeremiasz	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–4, 6–2
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo		Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
		Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
		Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
		Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
		Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
		Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	6–1, 6–2
Brescia		Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Tremosine		Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Tremosine		Stephen Welch	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort		Martin Legner	Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Jayant Mistry	6–3, 6–2
Amersfoort		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
Orlando		Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	6-2, 6-2
Bemmel		Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot	Louise Hunt Dana Mathewson	6–3, 6–1
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		Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
		Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Louise Hunt Katharina Krüger	6–2, 6–1
		Yui Kamiji Jordanne Whiley	Sabine Ellerbrock Kgothatso Montjane	6–4, 6–1
Amsterdam		Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji	6–0, 6–3
Amsterdam		Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo		Aniek van Koot Sharon Walraven	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	7–5, 6–3
		Korie Homan Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
		Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–0
		Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Maaike Smit	6–3, 6–3
		Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan Lucy Shuker	6–3, 6–3
		Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier Maaike Smit	6–1, 6–2
Brescia		Jiske Griffioen Korie Homan	Sharon Walraven	6–4, 6–2
Tremosine		Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Sharon Walraven	6–2, 6–2
Tremosine		Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort		Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	7–5, 7–5
Amersfoort		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
Orlando		Heath Davidson Niels Vink	Koji Sugeno	4-6 7-5 6-2
Bemmel		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Andy Lapthorne	6–4, 7–6(6)
Bemmel	2017	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 6–3
Mission Viejo	2016	Andrew Lapthorne	Nick Taylor David Wagner	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Invacare Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Mission Viejo		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Sarah Hunter	6–1, 6–3
Amsterdam		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Shraga Weinberg	6–1, 6–4
Amsterdam		Nick Taylor David Wagner		7–5, 6–4
Camozzi Wheelchair Doubles Masters
Bergamo		Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Nick Taylor David Wagner	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
		Nick Taylor David Wagner	Shraga Weinberg	6–1, 6–0
		Bas Van Erp	Nick Taylor David Wagner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
		Nick Taylor David Wagner		6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
		Nick Taylor David Wagner		6–2, 6–2
		Nick Taylor David Wagner		6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
Brescia		Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk		6–1, 6–3, default
Tremosine		Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk	Rick Draney David Wagner	6–4, 6–1