Invacare Doubles Masters wheelchair tennis event – 14 November results

Written by: Staff on 14th November 2012

Invacare Doubles Masters wheelchair tennis event - 14 November results

epa000282586 France's Michael Jeremiasz competes in an Athens 2004 Paralympic Games wheelchair men's singles tennis match against USA's Steve Welch (not in photo) on Saturday, 25 September 2004. EPA/Christina Zouka |

Please find below the latest results from the 2012 Invacare Doubles Masters taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 14-18 November. Eight men’s teams, six women’s teams and four quad teams are competing in the ITF’s year-end wheelchair tennis doubles championship.

The Invacare Doubles Masters was first played in 2000 alongside the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles players. It became a standalone event in 2003 and was held in Italy from 2003 until 2010. In 2011, the event moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the most prestigious doubles event on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour which in 2012 featured over 170 events in more than 40 countries.

In the men’s event, teams compete in two round-robin groups, with the top two teams in each group reaching the semifinals. In the women’s event, there are also two round-robin groups, but the top team in each group advances to the final. In the quad event, four teams compete in one round-robin group, with the top two teams contesting the final.

INVACARE DOUBLES MASTERS, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Men Pool 1

(1) Michael Jeremiasz (FRA)/Stefan Olsson (SWE) d. Martin Legner (AUT)/Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 60 75

(4) Stephane Houdet (FRA)/Shingo Kunieda (JPN) d. David Dalmasso/Lahcen Majdi (FRA) 60 60

Men Pool 2

(2) Gordon Reid (GBR)/Ronald Vink (NED) d. Frederic Cattaneo (FRA)/Joachim Gerard (BEL) 64 60

(3) Tom Egberink/Maikel Scheffers (NED) d. Tadeusz Kruszelnicki (POL)/Marc McCarroll (GBR) 61 61

Women Pool 1

(1) Jiske Griffioen/Aniek van Koot (NED) d. Katharina Kruger (GER)/Jordanne Whiley (GBR) 61 61

Women Pool 2

Annick Sevenans (BEL)/Lucy Shuker (GBR) d. (2) Marjolein Buis (NED)/Louise Hunt (GBR) 64 62

Quad Round Robin