Britain selects players for World Team Cup
All British wheelchair tennis teams will compete in the highest tiers of the World Team Cup. 12 Apr 2013
Great Brtain's Gordon Reid playing a forehand in the men's singles wheelchair tennis quarterfinals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
“We have selected our strongest team again this year and we will use the fantastic efforts of the Aegon GB Davis Cup team this weekend as inspiration to challenge for even more medals in Antalya.”
Geraint Richards, the Tennis Foundation’s Head of Disability Player Performance, announced on Tuesday (9 April) the players selected to represent Great Britain in the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey, from 20-26 May.
“Last year was a memorable season for British wheelchair tennis and, after winning a silver medal in the quad event and bronze medals in the women’s and junior events at the World Team Cup, our players went on to win two medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games,” said Richards
“We have selected our strongest team again this year and we will use the fantastic efforts of the Aegon GB Davis Cup team this weekend as inspiration to challenge for even more medals in Antalya.”
Great Britain will be competing in the highest tiers across the competition with the squad including eight of the ten players selected to represent ParalympicsGB at London 2012.
The teams will be:
Men’s World Group 1 – captained by Karen Ross
- Gordon Reid
- Marc McCarroll
- David Phillipson
Women’s World Group – captained by Katie O’Brien
- Lucy Shuker
- Jordanne Whiley
- Louise Hunt
Quad Event – captained by Stuart Wilkinson
- Andrew Lapthorne
- Jamie Burdekin
- Antony Cotterill
Junior Event – captained by Ash Smith
- Alfie Hewett
- Lauren Jones
- A third player will be confirmed later in April
Great Britain won three medals at the 2012 BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Seoul, Korea.
The BNP Paribas World Team Cup is the wheelchair tennis equivalent of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup. There are divisions for men, women, quads and a junior event supported by the Cruyff Foundation. It is held annually with a different nation playing host each year.