Wheelchair Tennis Masters

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The Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles^[1] was initiated in 1994 for the players who have shown professionalism and dedication to the sport. This masters is also an opportunity to show the public and the media that wheelchair tennis is a sport at a high level and great to watch.

In 2000 the first Wheelchair Tennis Masters for Doubles^[2] has taken place. After two years this Masters became a stand-alone tournament.

Since 2005 the Masters are part of the ITF Masters Series.

The top eight players (men and women) are invited to the Masters. The ranking is based on their ranking after the US Open is played. The round robin format works the same as by the ATP World Tour Finals and WTA Championships.

NEC Wheelchair Tennis Single Masters

From 1994 until 1999 the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place in the Indoor Sport Centre 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 Frans Otten Stadium in Amsterdam.^[3] 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 are scheduled to take place at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in Mission Viejo, California.^[4]

Results singles

Men

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
London	2015	Joachim Gérard	Shingo Kunieda	7-5, 2-6, 6-3
London	2014	Shingo Kunieda	Nicolas Peifer	6-1 6-1
Mission Viejo	2013	Shingo Kunieda	Joachim Gérard	6-0 7-6(9)
Mechelen	2012	Shingo Kunieda	Maikel Scheffers	6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Mechelen	2011	Stéphane Houdet	Maikel Scheffers	6-4, 7-6(2)
Amsterdam	2010	Stefan Olsson	Stéphane Houdet	6-4, 7-5
	2009	Maikel Scheffers	Robin Ammerlaan	2-6, 6-4, 6-2
	2008	Stefan Olsson	Robin Ammerlaan	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
	2007	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	7-6(8), 5-7, 6-0
	2006	Robin Ammerlaan	Shingo Kunieda	7-6(2), 7-6(5)
Amersfoort	2005	Robin Ammerlaan	Michaël Jeremiasz	6-2, 6-3
	2004	David Hall	Michaël Jeremiasz	6-2, 6-4
	2003	Robin Ammerlaan	Stephen Welch	6-3, 6-4
	2002	David Hall	Robin Ammerlaan	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
	2001	Ricky Molier	Robin Ammerlaan	6-0, 6-7(1), 6-1
	2000	Robin Ammerlaan	Ricky Molier	7-6(9), 6-1
Eindhoven	1999	Robin Ammerlaan	Martin Legner	7-5, 6-1
	1998	Ricky Molier	Laurent Giammartini	7-5, 7-5
	1997	Kai Schrameyer	Stephen Welch	4-6, 7-5, 6-0
	1996	Stephen Welch	Laurent Giammartini	6-4, 2-6, 6-4
	1995	Laurent Giammartini	Randy Snow	7-5, 4-6, 6-4
	1994	Randy Snow	Stephen Welch	6-2, 6-4

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Women

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
London^[6]	2014	Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Mission Viejo	2013	Yui Kamiji	Jiske Griffioen	7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4
Mechelen	2012	Jiske Griffioen	Aniek van Koot	6-2, 6-2
Mechelen	2011	Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	6-1, 6-2
Amsterdam	2010	Esther Vergeer	Daniela Di Toro	6-2, 6-1
	2009	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
	2008	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6-2, 3-6, 6-0
	2007	Esther Vergeer	Korie Homan	6-3, 6-4
	2006	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6-1, 6-2
Amersfoort	2005	Esther Vergeer	Florence Gravellier	6-4, 6-2
	2004	Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen	6-2, 6-0
	2003	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	6-1, 6-3
	2002	Esther Vergeer	Sonja Peters	4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3)
	2001	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6-2, 6-3
	2000	Esther Vergeer	Djoke van Marum	6-1, 6-3
Eindhoven	1999	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6-0, 6-1
	1998	Esther Vergeer	Maaike Smit	6-0, 7-6
	1997	Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman	6-3, 4-6, 7-5
	1996	Chantal Vandierendonck	Chantal Vandierendonck	6-1, 6-3
	1995	Monique Kalkman	Daniela Di Toro	6-1, 6-2
	1994	Monique Kalkman	Chantal Vandierendonck	6-1, 6-4

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Quads

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
London^[6]	2014	David Wagner	Dylan Alcott	6-4, 7-5
Mission Viejo	2013	David Wagner	Lucas Sithole	0-6, 6-2, 6-2
Mechelen	2012	David Wagner	Andrew Lapthorne	6-4, 6-2
Mechelen	2011	Noam Gershony	Andrew Lapthorne	0-6, 6-3, 7-5
Amsterdam	2010	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6-3, 7-6(3)
Amsterdam	2009	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6-2, 7-5
	2008	David Wagner	Peter Norfolk	6-4, 6-1
	2007	David Wagner	Johan Andersson	6-1, 3-6, 6-2
	2006	Peter Norfolk	David Wagner	6-2, 6-2
Amersfoort	2005	David Wagner	Nick Tayler	6-2, 6-1
Amersfoort	2004	David Wagner	Bas van Erp	6-2, 6-3

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Wheelchair Tennis 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 Invacare World Team Cup 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 Centro Sportivo Mario Mongodi 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.^[7] In 2013, the ITF Wheelchair Doubles Masters are scheduled to take place at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in Mission Viejo, California ^[8]

Results Doubles

Men

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Invacare Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2012	Stéphane Houdet Shingo Kunieda	Gordon Reid Ronald Vink	6-7(6), 6-1, 6-2
Amsterdam	2011	Tom Egberink Michaël Jeremiasz	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6-4, 6-2
Camozzi Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	7-6(2), 6-4
Camozzi Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2009	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Robin Ammerlaan Stéphane Houdet	6-1, 3-6, 6-0
	2008	Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	6-4, 2-6, 7-5
	2007	Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	2-6, 6-4, 6-2
	2006	Maikel Scheffers Ronald Vink	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6-2, 3-6, 6-3
	2005	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	6-1, 6-2
Brescia	2004	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Tremosine	2003	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	Michaël Jeremiasz Jayant Mistry	6-3, 7-6(5)
Tremosine	2002	Kai Schrameyer Stephen Welch	Martin Legner Satoshi Saida	3-6, 6-4, 6-2
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2001	Miroslav Brychta Martin Legner	Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Jayant Mistry	6-3, 6-2
Amersfoort	2000	Ricky Molier Stephen Welch	Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman	6-3, 6-1

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Women

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Invacare Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2012	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji	6-0, 6-3
Amsterdam	2011	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Camozzi Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Aniek van Koot Sharon Walraven	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	7-5, 6-3
Camozzi Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2009	Korie Homan Esther Vergeer
	2008	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer
	2007	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer
	2006	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer
	2005	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	Florence Alix-Gravellier Maaike Smit	6-1, 6-2
Brescia	2004	Jiske Griffioen Korie Homan	Brigitte Ameryckx Sharon Walraven	6-4, 6-2
Tremosine	2003	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Jiske Griffioen Sharon Walraven	6-2, 6-2
Tremosine	2002	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7-6(2), 6-3
NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Amersfoort	2001	Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Betty Klave Djoke van Marum	7-5, 7-5
Amersfoort	2000	Daniela di Toro Maaike Smit	Esther Vergeer Sonja Peters	6-4, 6-4

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Quad

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Invacare Doubles Masters
Amsterdam	2012	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Shraga Weinberg	6-1, 6-4
Amsterdam	2011	Nick Taylor David Wagner	Antonio Raffaele Dorrie Timmermans-Van Hall	7-5, 6-4
Camozzi Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2010	Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Nick Taylor David Wagner	4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Camozzi Wheelchair Tennis Doubles Masters
Bergamo	2009	Nick Taylor David Wagner
	2008	Johan Andersson Bas Van Erp
	2007	Nick Taylor David Wagner
	2006	Nick Taylor David Wagner
	2005	Nick Taylor David Wagner
Brescia	2004	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk
Tremosine	2003	Sarah Hunter Peter Norfolk

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References

↑ "NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
↑ Archived October 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Amsterdam Open". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
↑ "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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1 2 "Wheelchair Tennis Masters 2014". Lta.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150402133411/http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=22324. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "ITF Tennis – WHEELCHAIR". itftennis.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
↑ Archived February 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Invacare Doubles Masters home page

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