2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters

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2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Date29 November–3 December 2017
Edition24th (men/women) / 14th (quad)
CategoryITF Masters Series
Draw8M/8W/6Q
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Loughborough, United Kingdom
VenueLoughborough University Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfie Hewett
Women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot
Quad singles
Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner
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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.

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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]

Head-to-head

2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's singles
  Fernández Hewett Houdet Reid Peifer Olsson Gérard Kunieda Overall
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Gustavo Fernández  (ARG)8–212–1615–1513–86–715–116–1675–75
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alfie Hewett  (GBR)2–80–93–107–55–14–72–223–42
3Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Houdet  (FRA)16–129–022–1327–1226–1424–1311–38135–102
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gordon Reid  (GBR)15–1510–313–2214–1018–711–105–1686–83
5Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Peifer  (FRA)8–135–712–1710–148–1214–182–2559–106
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Olsson  (SWE)7–61–514–267–1812–89–61–2351–92
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joachim Gérard  (BEL)11–157–413–2410–1118–146–93–1368–90
8Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Kunieda  (JPN)16–62–238–1116–525–223–113–3133–30
2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's singles
  Kamiji De Groot Ellerbrock Buis Van Koot Shuker Montjane Krüger Overall
1Flag of Japan.svg  Yui Kamiji  (JPN)11–313–313–417–1516–013–410–093–29
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Diede de Groot  (NED)3–118–110–24–35–42–24–236–25
3Flag of Germany.svg  Sabine Ellerbrock  (GER)3–131–827–69–2518–416–722–196–64
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marjolein Buis  (NED)4–132–106–275–1916–926–18–467–83
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Koot  (NED)15–173–425–919–522–816–226–1126–46
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lucy Shuker  (GBR)0–164–54–189–168–224–724–153–85
7Flag of South Africa.svg  Kgothatso Montjane  (RSA)4–132–216–71–262–167–412–544–73
8Flag of Germany.svg  Katharina Krüger  (GER)0–102–41–224–81–261–245–1214–106
2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad singles
Wagner Lapthorne Sithole Davidson Cotterill Silva Overall
1Flag of the United States.svg  David Wagner  (USA)36–1331–86–214–03–090–23
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andrew Lapthorne  (GBR)13–3614–113–07–06–043–47
3Flag of South Africa.svg  Lucas Sithole  (RSA)8–3111–141–115–03–038–46
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Heath Davidson  (AUS)2–60–31–10–10–13–11
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Antony Cotterill  (GBR)0–140–70–151–00–11–37
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Ymanitu Silva  (BRA)0–30–60–31–01–02–12

Champions

Men's singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfie Hewett def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Reid, 6–3, 6–2 [7]

Women's singles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot def. Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4 [8]

Quad singles

Flag of the United States.svg David Wagner def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–2 [9]

See also

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References

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