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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS NEWS

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Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch wheelchair tennis ace launches biography ‘Fierce and Vulnerable’

Scotland's Neil Fachie and co-pilot Craig MacLean celebrate their para-cycling victory at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Goalball

Take a look back at what happened in global para-sport during July, a month that featured three World Championships, one European Championships, a World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.

Shingo Kunieda in a wheelchair plays a backhand with his tennis racket
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1 claims his fifth British Open title with convincing straight sets win in Nottingham

Japan's Yui Kamiji took the 2014 title after beating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1 claimed women's title whilst world No.4 took victory in the quads in Nottingham.

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Wheelchair Tennis

British world No.3 defeats Wagner for sixth time in his career to reach quads final.

Joachim Gerard
Wheelchair Tennis

Top four seeds in the men’s, women’s and quad singles all make the semi-finals in Nottingham

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Wheelchair Tennis

Great Britains Marc McCarroll and Japan’s Kanako Domori caused an upset on day two (16 July) at the 25th British Open

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Wheelchair Tennis

Defending champions claim the men’s title whilst Whiley and Kamiji win their third women’s Grand Slam title of 2014

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.
Wheelchair Tennis

The Dutch players are bidding to become Wimbledon champions for a third consecutive year, whilst Stephane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda will defend their title.

UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.
Wheelchair Tennis

UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) jointly announced that they have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.

The british doubles team (Shuker/Whiley) plays at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Wheelchair Tennis

Australian Open and Roland Garros champion Jordanne Whiley is among three Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Performance Programme set to contest the wheelchair tennis doubles event at Wimbledon this year after the British No. 1 and British No.2 Lucy Shuker gained direct entry for the women’s doubles with their respective partners.

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Wheelchair Tennis

The two world No.1's won both singles titles in Paris, whilst Kamiji also claimed the women's double to cap a memorable tournament.

France's Stephane Houdet, left, defeated Shingo Kunieda for the 2013 Roland Garros men's singles titles, and just hours later partnered with him to win the doubles title.
Wheelchair Tennis

Entering this week’s Roland Garros, wheelchair tennis players mark five years of Grand Slam events forming part of the top tier of the the sport.

Stephane Houdet
Wheelchair Tennis

Ahead of the French Open Grand Slam which starts at Roland Garros in Paris, France, on Wednesday (4 June), here are five storylines to follow.

German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock
Para dance sport

A jam-packed month in store for sports fans, highlighted by international competitions in fencing, shooting, athletics, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, goalball and para-triathlon.

Aled Davies throwing a discus
Boccia

Nominees include: Marieke Vervoort, Aled Davies, Yui Kamiji, Dariusz Pender, and Marco Dispaltro.

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.
Wheelchair Tennis

France won its sixth men’s World Group title, Netherlands clinched its 27th women’s World Group title and Great Britain won the quad event for the fourth time as the 2014 BNP Paribas World Team Cup drew to a close on Sunday (1 June).

A picture of a black woman in a wheelchair serving during a wheelchair tennis match.
Wheelchair Tennis

After reaching the semi-finals last year, Montjane is hoping for more success this year in Paris.

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.
Wheelchair Tennis

The ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis event will include five different events this season.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.
Wheelchair Tennis

Japan’s wheelchair tennis players showcased their top talent ahead of next month’s Roland Garros event.