Article 01 Nov 2024
01 Nov 2024
Wheelchair Singles Masters Wheelchair Doubles Masters
The International Tennis Federation has updated the entries for the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters. In this Paralympic year, the world’s top wheelchair tennis players will take to the courts in Arnhem, Netherlands, from 11-17 November, marking the first time Arnhem has hosted the prestigious event.
Star players from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, including medallists Tokito Oda, Alfie Hewett, and Niels Vink, are set to compete in Arnhem, vying to be crowned NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters champion across men’s, women’s and quad divisions.
With the absence due to injury of defending women’s NEC Singles Masters champion Diede de Groot from the line-up, Yui Kamiji, the women’s singles and doubles gold medallist from Paris 2024 and world number 2, will be determined to win the title this year but will have stiff opposition from two other former Masters champions, Dutch contenders Aniek van Koot and Jiske Griffioen. Kamiji remains the only non-Dutch player to have won the women’s singles at the year-end championship on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour following her 2013 triumph.
Dutchmen Vink and Sam Schroder head the quad singles and doubles entry, having dominated recent editions of both Masters events. The Paris 2024 gold and silver medallists have contested the last three Singles Masters quad finals, and they will team up again in their bid to win the Doubles Masters title for the fourth year in a row. Strong opposition will come from Israel’s Paris 2024 singles bronze medallist, Guy Sasson, who won his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros this year.
Tokito Oda became the youngest Paralympic men’s singles gold medallist in Paris, defeating Alfie Hewett in a record-breaking final. Both Oda and Hewett are the youngest winners of the men’s NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters title, and they will be joined this year by two former men’s Masters champions: Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet.
Other title contenders across the three divisions include Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez (men), who secured his country’s first Paralympic tennis medal, alongside other Paris 2024 medallists Wang Ziying from China P.R. (women), South Africa’s Donald Ramphadi (quad), and Spain’s Martin de la Puente (men).
Following the earlier addition of Italian duo Luca Arca and Silviu Culea, Andrew Penney (GBR) and Robin Groenewoud (NED) have now joined the men's doubles entries following the withdrawal of Japanese doubles partnership Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki.
In the quad doubles, Ahmet Kaplan (TUR) will now partner Greg Slade (GBR) following the withdrawal of David Wagner.
Arnhem will become the fifth Dutch city to host the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and the fourth Dutch city to stage the UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters, following Oss in 2022. The Dutch public will have the opportunity to cheer on local heroes such as Aniek van Koot, Jiske Griffioen, Sam Schroder, Niels Vink, Tom Egberink and Maikel Scheffers — all of whom are either reigning or former Masters champions or Paralympic medallists.
First held in 1994, the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters is the ITF’s year-end championship featuring the world’s top eight men’s, women’s, and quad singles players. The UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters, first staged in 2000, serves as the ITF's flagship doubles event, showcasing eight top men’s doubles teams, six women’s doubles teams, and four quad doubles partnerships.
NEC has been the title sponsor of the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters since its inception in 1994, with 2024 marking the 30-year anniversary of the prestigious event first being held in Eindhoven.
NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters Entries
Men
| PLAYER | RANK | |
| 1 | Tokito Oda (JPN) | 1 |
| 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 2 |
| 3 | Martin de la Puente (ESP) | 3 |
| 4 | Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) | 4 |
| 5 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 5 |
| 6 | Tom Egberink (NED) | 6 |
| 7 | Joachim Gerard (BEL) | 7 |
| 8 | Stephane Houdet (FRA) | 8 |
Women
| PLAYER | RANK | |
| 1 | Yui Kamiji (JPN) | 2 |
| 2 | Aniek van Koot (NED) | 3 |
| 3 | Ziying Wang (CHN) | 4 |
| 4 | Jiske Griffioen (NED) | 5 |
| 5 | Zhenzhen Zhu (CHN) | 6 |
| 6 | Angelica Bernal (COL) | 7 |
| 7 | Dana Mathewson (USA) | 8 |
| 8 | Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) | 9 |
Quads
| PLAYER | RANK | |
| 1 | Sam Schroder (NED) | 1 |
| 2 | Niels Vink (NED) | 2 |
| 3 | Guy Sasson (ISR) | 3 |
| 4 | Ahmet Kaplan (TUR) | 4 |
| 5 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) | 5 |
| 6 | Donald Ramphadi (RSA) | 6 |
| 7 | Robert Shaw (CAN) | 7 |
| 8 | Heath Davidson (AUS) | 8 |
UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters Entries
RANK in right hand column is combined doubles ranking.
Men
| PLAYERS | RANK | |
| 1 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) (1) | 3 |
| 2 | Tom Egberink (NED) (9) | 15 |
| 3 | Martin de la Puente (ESP) (7) | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Caverzaschi (ESP) (11) | 16 |
| 5 | Ruben Spaargaren (NED) (14) | 30 |
| 6 | Robin Groenewoud (NED) (27) Andrew Penney (GBR) (43) | 70 |
| 7 | Anthony Dittmar (GER) (47) | 93 |
| 8 | Luca Arca (ITA) (97) | 244 |
Women
| PLAYERS | RANK | |
| 1 | Yui Kamiji (JPN) (1) | 4 |
| 2 | Jiske Griffioen (NED) (7) | 11 |
| 3 | Dana Mathewson (USA) (10) | 15 |
| 4 | Ziying Wang (CHN) (11) | 17 |
| 5 | Jinte Bos (NED) (23) | 38 |
| 6 | Wendi Schutte (NED) (32) | 66 |
Quads
| PLAYERS | RANK | |
| 1 | Sam Schroder (NED) (2) | 3 |
| 2 | Heath Davidson (AUS) (6) | 10 |
| 3 | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) (3) | 11 |
| 4 | Ahmet Kaplan (TUR) (12) | 23 |
David Haggerty, ITF President, said, "As we look ahead to the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters in Arnhem, we are delighted to celebrate the pinnacle of wheelchair tennis in this Paralympic year. We extend our sincere gratitude to NEC for their unwavering support, which began 30 years ago in 1994, as well as UNIQLO for their continued dedication. Additionally, I would like to express my thanks to the KNLTB for their essential support in hosting this prestigious competition. With the world’s top men’s, women’s, and quad players competing, we can expect a lineup of exhilarating matches with the players’ world class skills and talent. Our elite athletes, including Paralympic medallists, will return to the court to defend their titles and to continue to inspire future generations."
Entries for the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters can be downloaded in PDF format here.
NEC WHEELCHAIR SINGLES MASTERS/ UNIQLO WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES MASTERS
