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For the first time in U.S. Open history, wheelchair tennis was played in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday afternoon. In men's doubles, No. 2 seeds Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid of Great Britain Alfie Hewett defeated Japan's Shingo Kunedia and Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez 6-3, 6-2...
Brad Parks, the American founder of wheelchair tennis, will be presented with the ITF’s highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, at the 2016 ITF World Champions Dinner on Tuesday 31 May in Paris at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines.
Five different players or teams who were the top seeds in their respective events lifted U.S. Open trophies on Sunday. Novak Djokovic, of course, was the headliner.
The singles semifinals, of course, stole all the headlines (well, except this one!) on Thursday at the Australian Open. That was always going to be the case with a lineup featuring Serena Williams vs. Madison Keys, Andy Murray vs. Tomas Berdych, and Maria Sharapova also in action.
The ITF announced today that it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with NEC Corporation as title sponsor of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters and as an Official Partner of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour through 2017.
The ITF announced today that Serena Williams of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia are the 2014 ITF World Champions. Williams is named Women’s World Champion for the fifth time, while this is the fourth occasion that Djokovic has received the honour.
Shingo Kunieda and Aniek van Koot were crowned men’s and women’s singles champions at the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters on Sunday as the London 2012 gold and silver medallists completed victorious returns to the venue where they won their Paralympic medals two year ago.
Please find below the latest results from the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on 26-30 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair tennis event features eight men, eight women and four quad players.
Please find below the latest results from the 2014 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters taking place in Mission Viejo, California, USA on 5-9 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair doubles event features eight men’s pairs, six women’s pairs and four quad pairs.
Both of the U.S. Open junior singles titles were won by unseeded participants on Sunday. On the boys' side, Australian Omar Jasika overcame Quentin Halys of France 2-6, 7-5, 6-1. The Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova triumphed in the girls' event by holding off Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 7-6(5).
No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda booked his spot in the final of the U.S. Open men's wheelchair singles competition on Friday, but not before a serious fight. Kunieda, a four-time champion of this event, held off France's Nicolas Peifer 7-5, 7-6(5). The Japanese star will battle for the title against Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina, who upset second-seeded Frenchman Stephane Houdet 7-6(1), 6-1.
No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda advanced to the semifinals of the men's wheelchair singles draw with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over France's Michael Jeremiasz on Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Open
The USTA today announced the field for the 2014 US Open Wheelchair Competition. The event, in its eighth year, will be held Sept. 4-7, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
UNIQLO and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) today jointly announced that they have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for the ITF’s major wheelchair tennis properties.
The ITF announced today that Serena Williams of the United States and Novak Djokovic of Serbia are the 2013 ITF World Champions. Williams is named Women’s World Champion for the fourth time, while this is the third successive year that Djokovic has received the honor.
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