2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
# 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters

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.

## Tournament

The 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.

### Format

The 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. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.

## Qualified players

The 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.

| Rank | Player | Total points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Gustavo Fernández | 4,601 |
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet | 3,678 |
| 3 | Alfie Hewett | 3,642 |
| 4 | Gordon Reid | 3,488 |
| 5 | Nicolas Peifer | 3,120 |
| 6 | Stefan Olsson | 2,931 |
| 7 | Joachim Gérard | 2,590 |
| 8 | Shingo Kunieda | 2,346 |
| Rank | Player | Total points |
| 1 | Yui Kamiji | 4,730 |
| 2 | Diede de Groot | 3,545 |
| 3 | Jiske Griffioen | |
| 4 | Sabine Ellerbrock | 2,462 |
| 5 | Marjolein Buis | 2,421 |
| 6 | Aniek van Koot | 2,235 |
| 7 | Lucy Shuker | 1,753 |
| 8 | Kgothatso Montjane | 1,586 |
| 9 | Katharina Krüger | 1,456 |
| Rank | Player | Total points |
| 1 | David Wagner | 4,046 |
| 2 | Andrew Lapthorne | 3,393 |
| 3 | Dylan Alcott | |
| 4 | Lucas Sithole | 2,278 |
| 5 | Heath Davidson | 2,135 |
| 6 | Sam Schroder | |
| 8 | Antony Cotterill | 1,207 |
| 9 | Ymanitu Silva | 1,002 |

## Head-to-head

### 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's singles

| | | Fernández | Hewett | Houdet | Reid | Peifer | Olsson | Gérard | Kunieda | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gustavo Fernández (ARG) | | 8–2 | 12–16 | 15–15 | 13–8 | 6–7 | 15–11 | 6–16 | 75–75 |
| 2 | Alfie Hewett (GBR) | 2–8 | | 0–9 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 5–1 | 4–7 | 2–2 | 23–42 |
| 3 | Stéphane Houdet (FRA) | 16–12 | 9–0 | | 22–13 | 27–12 | 26–14 | 24–13 | 11–38 | 135–102 |
| 4 | Gordon Reid (GBR) | 15–15 | 10–3 | 13–22 | | 14–10 | 18–7 | 11–10 | 5–16 | 86–83 |
| 5 | Nicolas Peifer (FRA) | 8–13 | 5–7 | 12–17 | 10–14 | | 8–12 | 14–18 | 2–25 | 59–106 |
| 6 | Stefan Olsson (SWE) | 7–6 | 1–5 | 14–26 | 7–18 | 12–8 | | 9–6 | 1–23 | 51–92 |
| 7 | Joachim Gérard (BEL) | 11–15 | 7–4 | 13–24 | 10–11 | 18–14 | 6–9 | | 3–13 | 68–90 |
| 8 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | 16–6 | 2–2 | 38–11 | 16–5 | 25–2 | 23–1 | 13–3 | | 133–30 |

### 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's singles

| | | Kamiji | De Groot | Ellerbrock | Buis | Van Koot | Shuker | Montjane | Krüger | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yui Kamiji (JPN) | | 11–3 | 13–3 | 13–4 | 17–15 | 16–0 | 13–4 | 10–0 | 93–29 |
| 2 | Diede de Groot (NED) | 3–11 | | 8–1 | 10–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 36–25 |
| 3 | Sabine Ellerbrock (GER) | 3–13 | 1–8 | | 27–6 | 9–25 | 18–4 | 16–7 | 22–1 | 96–64 |
| 4 | Marjolein Buis (NED) | 4–13 | 2–10 | 6–27 | | 5–19 | 16–9 | 26–1 | 8–4 | 67–83 |
| 5 | Aniek van Koot (NED) | 15–17 | 3–4 | 25–9 | 19–5 | | 22–8 | 16–2 | 26–1 | 126–46 |
| 6 | Lucy Shuker (GBR) | 0–16 | 4–5 | 4–18 | 9–16 | 8–22 | | 4–7 | 24–1 | 53–85 |
| 7 | Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) | 4–13 | 2–2 | 16–7 | 1–26 | 2–16 | 7–4 | | 12–5 | 44–73 |
| 8 | Katharina Krüger (GER) | 0–10 | 2–4 | 1–22 | 4–8 | 1–26 | 1–24 | 5–12 | | 14–106 |

### 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad singles

| | | Wagner | Lapthorne | Sithole | Davidson | Cotterill | Silva | Overall |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Wagner (USA) | | 36–13 | 31–8 | 6–2 | 14–0 | 3–0 | 90–23 |
| 2 | Andrew Lapthorne (GBR) | 13–36 | | 14–11 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 43–47 |
| 3 | Lucas Sithole (RSA) | 8–31 | 11–14 | | 1–1 | 15–0 | 3–0 | 38–46 |
| 4 | Heath Davidson (AUS) | 2–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–11 |
| 5 | Antony Cotterill (GBR) | 0–14 | 0–7 | 0–15 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–37 |
| 6 | Ymanitu Silva (BRA) | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–12 |

## Champions

### Men's singles

Alfie Hewett def. Gordon Reid, 6–3, 6–2

### Women's singles

Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4

### Quad singles

David Wagner def. Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–2

