2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters Explained

Date:29 November–3 December 2017
Edition:24th (men/women) / 14th (quad)
Category:ITF Masters Series
Draw:8M/8W/6Q
Venue:Loughborough University Tennis Centre
Location:Loughborough, United Kingdom
Surface:Hard / indoor
Champms: Alfie Hewett
Champws: Diede de Groot
Champqs: David Wagner

The 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters (also known as the 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom, from 29 November to 3 December 2017. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

Tournament

The 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place from 29 November to 3 December at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom. It was the 24th edition of the tournament (14th for quad players). The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championship for singles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.The eight players who qualify for the men's and women's events, and the six players who qualify for the quad event, are split into two groups of three or four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group).The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.[1]

Format

The Wheelchair Tennis Masters has a round-robin format, with six/eight players divided into two groups of three/four. The six/eight seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 16 October 2017.[2] All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.

Qualified players

The following players qualified for the 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, based upon rankings as at 16 October 2017. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Men's Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Gustavo Fernández4,601
2 Stéphane Houdet3,678
3 Alfie Hewett3,642
4 Gordon Reid3,488
5 Nicolas Peifer3,120
6 Stefan Olsson2,931
7 Joachim Gérard2,590
8 Shingo Kunieda2,346
Women's Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Yui Kamiji4,730
2 Diede de Groot3,545
3 Jiske Griffioen
4 Sabine Ellerbrock2,462
5 Marjolein Buis2,421
6 Aniek van Koot2,235
7 Lucy Shuker1,753
8 Kgothatso Montjane1,586
9 Katharina Krüger1,456
Quad Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 David Wagner4,046
2 Andrew Lapthorne3,393
3 Dylan Alcott
4 Lucas Sithole2,278
5 Heath Davidson2,135
6 Sam Schroder
8 Antony Cotterill1,207
9 Ymanitu Silva1,002

Head-to-head

2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's singles
2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's singles
2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad singles

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's singles. Alfie Hewett def. Gordon Reid, 6–3, 6–2 [7]

Women's singles

See main article: 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's singles. Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4 [8]

Quad singles

See main article: 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad singles. David Wagner def. Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–2 [9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 .
  2. Web site: NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters ranking qualification cut-off confirmed . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 29 September 2017.
  3. Web site: 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Entries Announced . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 20 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Antony Cotterill to contest second NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 11 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Meet the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Players . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018.
  6. Web site: NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Entries Updated . itftennis.com . 24 July 2018 . 23 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Hewett makes history with first NEC Masters men's title . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 3 December 2017.
  8. Web site: De Groot the latest Dutch player to win NEC Masters women's title . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 3 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Wagner nets unprecedented tenth NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters quad title . lta.org.uk . 24 July 2018 . 3 December 2017.