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.
| 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 November–3 December 2017 |
| Edition | 24th (men/women) / 14th (quad) |
| Category | ITF Masters Series |
| Draw | 8M/8W/6Q |
| Surface | Hard / indoor |
| Location | Loughborough, United Kingdom |
| Venue | Loughborough University Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Alfie Hewett | |
| Women's singles | |
 Diede de Groot | |
| Quad singles | |
 David Wagner | |
Tournament
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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]
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Head-to-head
edit| Fernández | Hewett | Houdet | Reid | Peifer | Olsson | Gérard | Kunieda | Overall | ||
| 1 |  Gustavo Fernández (ARG)
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8–2 | 12–16 | 15–15 | 13–8 | 6–7 | 15–11 | 6–16 | 75–75 | |
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| 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR)
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2–8 | 0–9 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 5–1 | 4–7 | 2–2 | 23–42 | |
| 3 |  Stéphane Houdet (FRA)
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16–12 | 9–0 | 22–13 | 27–12 | 26–14 | 24–13 | 11–38 | 135–102 | |
| 4 | Gordon Reid (GBR)
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15–15 | 10–3 | 13–22 | 14–10 | 18–7 | 11–10 | 5–16 | 86–83 | |
| 5 | Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
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8–13 | 5–7 | 12–17 | 10–14 | 8–12 | 14–18 | 2–25 | 59–106 | |
| 6 |  Stefan Olsson (SWE)
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7–6 | 1–5 | 14–26 | 7–18 | 12–8 | 9–6 | 1–23 | 51–92 | |
| 7 |  Joachim Gérard (BEL)
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11–15 | 7–4 | 13–24 | 10–11 | 18–14 | 6–9 | 3–13 | 68–90 | |
| 8 |  Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
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16–6 | 2–2 | 38–11 | 16–5 | 25–2 | 23–1 | 13–3 | 133–30 |
| Kamiji | De Groot | Ellerbrock | Buis | Van Koot | Shuker | Montjane | Krüger | Overall | ||
| 1 | Yui Kamiji (JPN)
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11–3 | 13–3 | 13–4 | 17–15 | 16–0 | 13–4 | 10–0 | 93–29 | |
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| 2 | Diede de Groot (NED)
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3–11 | 8–1 | 10–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 36–25 | |
| 3 |  Sabine Ellerbrock (GER)
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3–13 | 1–8 | 27–6 | 9–25 | 18–4 | 16–7 | 22–1 | 96–64 | |
| 4 | Marjolein Buis (NED)
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4–13 | 2–10 | 6–27 | 5–19 | 16–9 | 26–1 | 8–4 | 67–83 | |
| 5 | Aniek van Koot (NED)
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15–17 | 3–4 | 25–9 | 19–5 | 22–8 | 16–2 | 26–1 | 126–46 | |
| 6 | Lucy Shuker (GBR)
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0–16 | 4–5 | 4–18 | 9–16 | 8–22 | 4–7 | 24–1 | 53–85 | |
| 7 |  Kgothatso Montjane (RSA)
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4–13 | 2–2 | 16–7 | 1–26 | 2–16 | 7–4 | 12–5 | 44–73 | |
| 8 | Katharina Krüger (GER)
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0–10 | 2–4 | 1–22 | 4–8 | 1–26 | 1–24 | 5–12 | 14–106 |
| Wagner | Lapthorne | Sithole | Davidson | Cotterill | Silva | Overall | ||
| 1 | David Wagner (USA)
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36–13 | 31–8 | 6–2 | 14–0 | 3–0 | 90–23 | |
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| 2 | Andrew Lapthorne (GBR)
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13–36 | 14–11 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 43–47 | |
| 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA)
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8–31 | 11–14 | 1–1 | 15–0 | 3–0 | 38–46 | |
| 4 |  Heath Davidson (AUS)
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2–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–11 | |
| 5 | Antony Cotterill (GBR)
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0–14 | 0–7 | 0–15 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–37 | |
| 6 |  Ymanitu Silva (BRA)
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0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–12 |
Champions
editMen's singles
edit Alfie Hewett def. Gordon Reid, 6–3, 6–2 [7]
Women's singles
edit Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4 [8]
Quad singles
edit David Wagner def. Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–2 [9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "About the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters". lta.org.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters ranking qualification cut-off confirmed". lta.org.uk. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Entries Announced". lta.org.uk. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Antony Cotterill to contest second NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters". lta.org.uk. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Meet the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Players". lta.org.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters Entries Updated". itftennis.com. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Hewett makes history with first NEC Masters men's title". lta.org.uk. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "De Groot the latest Dutch player to win NEC Masters women's title". lta.org.uk. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Wagner nets unprecedented tenth NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters quad title". lta.org.uk. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2018.