Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height, rackets, are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, and the ball may bounce up to two times, where the second bounce may also occur outside the court.
Esther Mary Vergeer is a retired Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 48 Grand Slam tournaments, 23 year-end championships and 7 Paralympics titles. Vergeer was the world number one wheelchair tennis player from 1999 until her retirement in February 2013. In singles matches, she was undefeated since January 2003 and ended her career on a winning streak of 470 matches. She has often been mentioned as the most dominant player in professional sports.
Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink successfully defended their title, defeating Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 6–7(8–10), 6–1, 6–3 to win the wheelchair men's doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.
Stéphane Houdet is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles world number one, and the current doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair doubles.
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.
Jiske Griffioen is a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player. Griffioen is a thirteen-time Grand Slam champion in doubles and a three-time Paralympic medalist. She is also a seven-time Masters doubles champion and a former world number one. Alongside Aniek van Koot, Griffioen completed the Grand Slam in doubles in the 2013 season. In singles competition Griffioen is the 2012 Masters champion and the 2015 Australian Open, French Open and Masters champion and a former world number one.
Aniek van Koot is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
Yui Kamiji is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. She has won multiple Grand Slam titles, as well as a silver medal in Woman's Singles, and a bronze medal in Women's doubles, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Gustavo Fernández and Nicolas Peifer were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Fernández played alongside Joachim Gérard, but lost in the semifinals to Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid.
Alfie Hewett is a British wheelchair tennis player, from Cantley in Norfolk. He is the current world No. 1 in doubles, and formerly held the top ranking in singles.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid successfully defended their title, defeating Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–3) to win the wheelchair men's doubles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
The 2018 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played at Melbourne Park between 15 and 28 January 2018, and was the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2018 season. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players compete in singles and doubles tournaments. Roger Federer was the defending champion in the men's singles event and successfully retained his title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, while Caroline Wozniacki won the women's title, defeating Simona Halep in the final to win her first Grand Slam.
The 2018 US Open was the 138th edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.
The 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters 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.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated the defending champions Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 to win the title.
Diede de Groot and Lucy Shuker were the defending champion but did not compete together this year. Shuker partnered with Dana Mathewson but lost in the semifinals to Sabine Ellerbrock and Aniek van Koot.
The 2016 Wheelchair Tennis Masters is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom, from 30 November to 4 December 2016. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
The 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters is a wheelchair tennis tournament played in Mission Viejo, California, United States, from 2 to 6 November 2016. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis doubles players on the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
Michaël Jeremiasz and Gordon Reid were the defending champions but withdrew in the round robin.
The 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters was a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, United States, from 28 November to 2 December 2018. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2018 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
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