The 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters (also known as the 2018 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, United States, from 28 November to 2 December 2018. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2018 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
Tournament The 2018 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place from 28 November to 2 December at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 25th edition of the tournament (15th for quad players). The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2018 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championship for singles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
The eight players who qualified for the men's and women's events, and six players who qualified for the quad event, were split into two groups of three or four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage.
Format The Wheelchair Tennis Masters has a round-robin format, with six/eight players divided into two groups of three/four. The six/eight seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 15 October 2018. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.
Qualified players The following players qualified for the 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, based upon rankings as at 16 October 2017. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.
Men's Singles RankPlayerTotal points1 Shingo Kunieda5,1182 Alfie Hewett3 Gustavo Fernández3,5744 Gordon Reid3,0515 Stéphane Houdet2,8836 Joachim Gérard2,8837 Stefan Olsson2,4908 Nicolas Peifer2,2469 Takashi Sanada2,006
Women's Singles RankPlayerTotal points1 Diede de Groot5,1552 Yui Kamiji3,9853 Aniek van Koot2,9484 Sabine Ellerbrock2,5615 Kgothatso Montjane1,8546 Giulia Capocci1,6097 Marjolein Buis1,6098 Lucy Shuker1,458
Quad Singles RankPlayerTotal points1 David Wagner4,2062 Dylan Alcott3,8693 Andrew Lapthorne3,0144 Koji Sugeno2,2115 Heath Davidson2,0626 Lucas Sithole1,645
Champions
Men's singles
Joachim Gérard def. Shingo Kunieda, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3
Women's singles
Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 7–5
Quad singles
Dylan Alcott def. Andy Lapthorne, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
See also ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour 2018 Wheelchair Doubles Masters
References
External links
ITF tournament profile