2015 BNP PARIBAS WORLD TEAM CUP WHEELCHAIR TENNIS EVENT, FULL LIST OF COMPETITORS AND COUNTRIES THEY REPRESENT

Written by: Staff on 23rd May 2015

2015 BNP PARIBAS WORLD TEAM CUP WHEELCHAIR TENNIS EVENT, FULL LIST OF COMPETITORS AND COUNTRIES THEY REPRESENT

epa04594986 Yui Kamiji (L) of Japan and Jordanne Whiley of Great Britain in action against Jiske Griffioen and Aniel Van Koot of the Netherlands in the womens wheelchair doubles final match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 30 January 2015. The Australian Open tennis tournament runs until 01 February 2015. EPA/Filip Singer |

Nominations announced for 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event

The ITF has announced the nominations for the 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event at the Club Ali Bey Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey on 25-31 May. Defending their 2014 titles are France men’s team, Netherlands women’s team, Great Britain quad team and Russia junior team.

A total of 52 teams from 28 countries are contesting five events: men’s World Group (12 nations), men’s World Group II (12 nations), women’s World Group (12 nations), quad event (eight teams) and junior event (eight teams). Regional qualifying events were held in Colombia, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey to determine six men’s and four women’s teams to join the direct entries.

The BNP Paribas World Team Cup, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2015, is the ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis event, often referred to as the Davis and Fed Cups of wheelchair tennis. The initial event took place in California in 1985 involving six men’s teams. The women’s competition began the following year, with quad and junior events introduced in 1998 and 2000 respectively. Due to the increased number of teams wanting to take part, the ITF introduced regional qualifying for the men’s and women’s events in 2012.

For the latest news from the event, visit www.itftennis.com/wheelchair

MEN’S WORLD GROUP

Japan (seed 1)

Shingo Kunieda

Takashi Sanada

Satoshi Saida

France (2)

Stephane Houdet

Nicolas Peifer

Michael Jeremiasz

Frederic Cattaneo

Netherlands (3)

Maikel Scheffers

Tom Egberink

Rody de Bie

Great Britain (4)

Gordon Reid

Marc McCarroll

Dave Phillipson

Alfie Hewett

Australia (5)

Adam Kellerman

Benjamin Weekes

Keegan Oh Chee

Argentina (6)

Gustavo Fernandez

Ezequiel Casco

Gustavo Ibañez

Korea, Rep. (7)

Ha-Gel Lee

Sang-Ho Oh

Ho-Won Im

Austria (8)

Martin Legner

Josef Riegler

Nico Langmann

Thomas Mossier

Poland (9)

Kamil Fabisiak

Tadeusz Kruszelnicki

Albin Batycki

Piotr Jaroszewski

USA (10)

Jon Rydberg

Steve Baldwin

Hunter Groce

Sweden (11)

Stefan Olsson

Dan Wallin

Peter Vikström

Belgium (12)

Joachim Gerard

Gert Vos

WOMEN’S WORLD GROUP

Netherlands (seed 1)

Jiske Griffioen

Aniek van Koot

Diede de Groot

Germany (2)

Sabine Ellerbrock

Katharina Krüger

Bianca Osterer

Japan (3)

Yui Kamiji

Kanako Domori

Miho Nijo

Great Britain (4)

Jordanne Whiley

Lucy Shuker

Louise Hunt

USA (5)

Emmy Kaiser

Kaitlyn Verfuerth

Dana Mathewson

Chile (6)

Francisca Mardones

Macarena Cabrillana

Maria Paz Diaz

France (7, Qualifier)

Charlotte Famin

Emilie Chene

Emmanuelle Morch

South Africa (8, Qualifier)

Kgothatso Montjane

Mariska Venter

Thondalwethu Hlatshwayo

Thailand (9)

Sakhorn Khanthasit

Wanitha Inthanin

Colombia (10, Qualifier)

Johana Martinez Vega

Angelica Bernal

Australia (11, Qualifier)

Sarah Calati

Janel Manns

Luba Josevski

Turkey (12)

Busra Un

Julide Yildiz

QUAD EVENT

USA (seed 1)

David Wagner

Nick Taylor

Greg Hasterok

Bryan Barten

Great Britain (2)

Jamie Burdekin

Antony Cotterill

James Shaw

Japan (3)

Mitsuteru Moroishi

Shota Kawano

Shinichi Hirata

South Africa (4, Wild Card)

Lucas Sithole

Bongani Dlamini

Danny Mohlamonyane

Israel (5)

Shraga Weinberg

Itay Erenlib

Boaz Kramer

Haim Lev

Korea, Rep. (6, Wild Card)

Deok-Gy Kim

Ho-Sang Wang

Myoung-Sic Nam

Italy (7)

Alberto Corradi

Alfredo di Cosmo

Marco Innocenti

Canada (8)

Gary Luker

Rob Shaw

Sarah Hunter

JUNIOR EVENT

Russia (seed 1)

Viktoriia Lvova

Artur Saitgareev

Vadim Obuhov

USA (2)

Christopher Herman

Conner Stroud

Casey Ratzlaff

Netherlands (3)

Mitchel Graauw

Sam Schröder

Ruben Spaargaren

Argentina (4, Wild Card)

Facundo Palacio

Antonella Pralong

Belgium (5, Wild Card)

Jef Vandorpe

Justin Peraux

Switzerland (6, Wild Card)

Nalani Buob

Angela Maria Grosswiler

Great Britain (7, Wild Card)

Luz Esperanza Merry

Josh Cooper

Ruairi Logan

Turkey (8, Wild Card)

Ayse Gul Zararsiz

Oğuzhan Gunes

MEN’S WORLD GROUP II

Brazil (seed 1)

Daniel Rodrigues

Carlos Santos

Rafael Medeiros

Mauricio Pomme

South Africa (2, Qualifier)

Evans Maripa

Leon Els

Marshall Marsh

Spain (3)

Daniel Caversaschi

Martin de la Puente

Roberto Chamizo

Françesc Tur

Italy (4)

Fabian Mazzei

Luca Arca

Ivan Tratter

Malaysia (5, Qualifier)

Abu Samah Borhan

Ariffahmi Zaquan Arrifin

Thailand (6)

Suthi Khlongrua

Wittaya Peem-Mee

Sri Lanka (7)

Gamini Dissanayake

Upali Rajakaruna

Germany (8)

Steffen Sommerfeld

Sven Hiller

Anthony Dittmar

Switzerland (9, Wild Card)

Herbert Keller

Daniel Pellegrina

Yann Jauss

Greece (10, Qualifier)

Stefanos Diamantis

Georgios Lazaridis

Epameinondas Stamatis

Colombia (11, Qualifier)

Eliecer Oquendo

Mauricio Vega

Pedro Julio Leon

Turkey (12, Wild Card)

Turan Akalin

Hakan Gungor

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