WHEELCHAIR TENNIS NEWS
![Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.](/sites/default/files/images/151109011828546_ARC_10114.jpg)
Recapping the month in para-sport: November 2015
A recap of all major para-sport events that took place in November 2015.
![Gordon Reid and Shingo Kunieda with their trophies at Roland Garros.](/sites/default/files/images/150608124922139_kuneida.jpg)
Reid says winning NEC Masters ‘would mean a lot’
The Great British wheelchair tennis star is among the top-eight men’s singles players to compete for the title.
![Logo_International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID)](/sites/default/files/images/161010105910538_Inas_logo_large.jpg)
USA to host two INAS World Championships in 2016
The World Tennis Championships will come to the Delaware in June.
![USA wheelchair tennis](/sites/default/files/images/120905183543307_USA%2Bwheelchair%2Btennis_0.jpg)
Taylor and Wagner on cloud nine at Doubles Masters
The US wheelchair tennis players beat Jamie Burdekin and Andy Lapthorne to win the quad doubles title for the ninth time.
![Nicolas Peifer of France and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina pose with the winners trophy](/sites/default/files/images/150713104528672_28.jpg)
Grand Slam champions head UNIQLO Doubles Masters
The tournament is the ITF’s year-end championship for the top wheelchair doubles players.
![Woman in wheelchair celebrates after wheelchair tennis point](/sites/default/files/images/151026095723473_Jordanne%2BWhiley%2B2014%2BNEC%2BWheelchair%2BTennis%2BMasters.jpg)
Reid, Whiley look for home support at NEC Masters
The British wheelchair tennis players will hit the courts in December for the last singles tennis championship of 2015.
![Man in wheelchair returns a tennis ball](/sites/default/files/images/151023145142841_ldn12_wt_JDembe_training_mm_01.jpg)
Joel Dembe to retire from wheelchair tennis
Canada’s top wheelchair tennis player played his last competitive match at Toronto 2015, where he won bronze in the men’s doubles.
![Woman with a cup, sitting in a wheelchair](/sites/default/files/images/151013140401126_Aniek%2BVan%2BKoot%2B2014%2Bwomens%2Bchampion.jpg)
Stars return to London for 2015 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
The top singles players from around the world will close their seasons at the tournament in London.
![Sabine Ellerbrock](/sites/default/files/images/130721095126829_Sabine%2BEllerbrock%2BBritish%2BOpen%2B2013_0.jpg)
Ellerbrock works around financial challenges
Germany’s top wheelchair tennis player has juggled teaching and her athletic career but has found it harder with Rio 2016 nearing.
![Six para-athletes have been nominated for the Allianz Athlete of the Month for September.](/sites/default/files/images/151002110920421_FotorCreated.jpg)
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – September 2015
The public has until 9 October to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.
![Jordanne Whiley](/sites/default/files/images/150914102059415_Jordanne%2BWhiley.jpg)
Recapping the month in para-sport: September 2015
Five World Championships wrapped up this month. Here is a quick rundown of what happened.
![Two men shaking hands](/sites/default/files/images/150930133450808_215164_bigpicture.jpg)
David Haggerty elected ITF President
The USA native will succeed outgoing president Francesco Ricci Bitti.
![Man in wheelchair serves a ball on a tennis court.](/sites/default/files/images/140711092236905_LON_0509_5872_0.jpg)
Ticket2Tokyo inspires new wheelchair tennis players
The initiative saw 80 young wheelchair tennis players attend festivals around Great Britain and meet some of the country’s top athletes.
![Jordanne Whiley](/sites/default/files/images/150914102059415_Jordanne%2BWhiley.jpg)
Whiley, Kunieda win US Open singles titles
Whiley becomes the first British woman to capture a wheelchair tennis Grand Slam singles win; Kunieda clinches his 20th singles title.
![David Wagner](/sites/default/files/images/130802161247793_151273907_0.jpg)
Wagner hopes to lift US Open title
The quads division has only two Grand Slam events, and the American wants to close 2015 with at least one.
![Shingo Kunieda](/sites/default/files/images/120908213845314_Shingo%2BKunieda_0.jpg)
Kunieda not far from Paralympic three-peat
One year from now, the Japanese wheelchair tennis player can add to his reign in the sport at Rio 2016.
![A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forhand during a wheelchair tennis match.](/sites/default/files/images/130130144516104_151447991_0.jpg)
Paralympic powerhouses look to extend dominance at Rio 2016
Dutch tennis players and Brazilian footballers among those who have stayed atop the podium – for a long time.
![The USA's Jarryd Wallace after breaking the 100m T44 world record at Toronto 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/150812035254472_smNSD115.jpg)
Recapping the month in para-sport: August2015
The month was packed with three World Championships and the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
![Montage with two photos, one showing a woman playing wheelchair tennis, one a woman in a wheelchair in a dress, posing with a man](/sites/default/files/images/150826140920555_Esther%2BVergeer%2Btbt.jpg)
#ThrowbackThursday: Esther Vergeer
Already firmly etched in the wheelchair tennis record books, the Dutch sensation is now making a business career for herself.
![Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne (L) celebrates with the 2014 US Open trophy after defeating the USA's David Wagner (R) during the men's wheelchair quad singles final.](/sites/default/files/images/140908091717881_454872694_0.jpg)
Jeremiasz, Verfuerth, Taylor receive US Open wild cards
The three wheelchair tennis players landed spots in the final Grand Slam competition of the year.