2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters
# 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters

The 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters (also known as the 2017 Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Sportcentrum de Schaapskooi in Bemmel, Netherlands, from 22 to 26 November 2017. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis doubles players on the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

## Tournament

The 2017 Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters took place from 22 to 26 November at the Sportcentrum de Schaapskooi in Bemmel, Netherlands. It was the 18th edition of the tournament (15th 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 championships for doubles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The eight pairs who qualify for the men's event and six pairs who qualify for women's event are split into two groups of three or four. The four pairs who qualify for the quad event compete in one group. During this stage, pairs compete in a round-robin format (meaning pairs play against all the other players in their group). In the men's and women's events the two pairs 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. In the quad event, the top two pairs progress to the final. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.

### Format

The Wheelchair Doubles Masters has a round-robin format, with eight men's pairs, six women's pairs and four quad pairs competing. The seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 9 October 2017. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.

## Qualified pairs

The following pairs qualified for the 2017 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, based upon rankings as at 9 October 2017. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.

| Rank | Player | Team ranking | Total points | Tourn |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 3 | 5850 5850 | 9 |
| 2 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 7 | 5018 5210 | 9 |
| 3 | Gustavo Fernández Maikel Scheffers | 12 | 3237 2693 | 9 |
| 4 | Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson | 16 | 3216 2144 | 9 |
| 5 | Takuya Miki Takashi Sanada | 17 | 2536 2228 | 9 |
| 6 | Frédéric Cattanéo Evans Maripa | 23 | 1706 1863 | 9 |
| 7 | Daniel Caverzaschi Martín de la Puente | 30 | 1682 1354 | 9 |
| 8 | Kamil Fabisiak Martin Legner | 41 | 1122 1091 | 9 |
| 9 | Carlos Anker Ruben Spaargaren | | | |
| Rank | Player | Team ranking | Total points | Tourn |
| 1 | Marjolein Buis Diede de Groot | 3 | 4380 4250 | 8 |
| 2 | Dana Mathewson Lucy Shuker | 11 | 3064 2547 | 8 |
| 3 | Sabine Ellerbrock Aniek van Koot | 15 | 3615 1745 | 8 |
| 4 | Charlotte Famin Kgothatso Montjane | 16 | 2062 1883 | 8 |
| 5 | Giulia Capocci Katharina Krüger | 23 | 2033 1300 | 8 |
| 6 | Louise Hunt Michaela Spaanstra | 26 | 1566 1521 | 8 |
| Rank | Player | Team ranking | Total points | Tourn |
| 1 | Antony Cotterill Andrew Lapthorne | 5 | 3425 4277 | 7 |
| 2 | Nick Taylor David Wagner | 8 | 1790 4509 | 7 |
| 3 | Heath Davidson Lucas Sithole | 11 | 2282 2518 | 7 |
| 4 | Greg Hasterok Kim Kyu-seung | 12 | 2758 1664 | 7 |

## Champions

### Men's doubles

Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 1–6, 6–4, 7–5

### Women's doubles

Marjolein Buis / Diede de Groot def. Sabine Ellerbrock / Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–4

### Quad doubles

Nick Taylor / David Wagner def. Antony Cotterill / Andrew Lapthorne, 6–4, 6–3

