WHEELCHAIR TENNIS NEWS

World’s best in California for Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Shingo Kunieda, Jiske Griffioen and David Wagner will try to defend their titles at the final major wheelchair tennis event of the year.

Top wheelchair tennis names head to Nottingham
Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne hope to win in front of their home crowds at the Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.

Parapan American Youth Games close in Buenos Aires
More than 600 athletes from 16 countries took part in the event which saw Brazil top the medals table.

Brazil top 2013 Parapan American Youth Games medals table
Rio 2016 hosts win 209 medals in Buenos Aires as 10 sport Games comes to a close in Argentina.

Powerlifting records fall at 2013 Parapan American Youth Games
Last day of powerlifting sees two junior world records broken in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Gordon Reid smashes world’s top three players
Great Britain’s Gordon Reid won his first ITF 1 Series men’s singles title, while the Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen claimed the women’s singles crown.

Shingo Kunieda demos wheelchair tennis in Tokyo
The Japanese public and 2020 Games host city got a glimpse of wheelchair tennis at the Davis Cup from Shingo Kunieda and Sabine Ellerbrock.

Houdet, van Koot, Sithole triumph at US Open
France’s Stephane Houdet beat the world’s No. 1 player and Lucas Sithole became the first African player to win a Grand Slam.

Tokyo to stage 2020 Paralympic Games
IPC sends congratulations to Tokyo 2020 bid team.
One year on: Kgothatso Montjane happy with ‘just being a Paralympian’
Since London 2012, South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane has established she’s on the international wheelchair tennis circuit to stay.

Entries announced for wheelchair tennis US Open
The top-eight ranked men’s and women’s players will all partake in the event in New York.

NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters moves to California
For the first time ever the USA will host the wheelchair tennis singles and doubles masters events in November.

Joachim Gerard upsets world No. 2 for British Open title
The world No. 6 from Belgium took the men’s singles title from France’s world No. 2 Stephane Houdet.

Ellerbrock beats van Koot, Sithole stumps Wagner
Germany's Sabine Ellerbrock defeated the Netherlands' Aniek van Koot and South Africa's Lucas Sithole slipped past the USA's David Wagner for British Open titles.

Wagner, Sithole to contest quads title at British Open
The 24th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships will conclude this weekend at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Wheelchair tennis stars head to British Open
Nine of the world’s top 10 men’s players will compete in the wheelchair tennis British Open from 16-21 July.

Top seeds claim Wimbledon titles
Stephane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda won the men’s doubles title, while Dutch duo Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot won the women’s crown.

Wimbledon wheelchair doubles underway
Dutch pair Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot are hoping to light up the Wimbledon courts in the wheelchair doubles competition.

Sabine Ellerbrock becomes new world No. 1
Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock took over the top spot from the Netherlands’ Aniek van Koot in the women’s wheelchair tennis singles rankings.

Kunieda, Kamiji, Wagner win in Paris
Japan won both the men’s and women’s singles titles at the BNP Paribas Open.