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.
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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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