First 14 entries named for Roland Garros

The world’s top-ranked players Sabine Ellerbrock and Shingo Kunieda will both try to contest Roland Garros titles in June. 22 Apr 2014
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German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock

German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock won her first career singles Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in June 2013.

ⒸLuc Percival
By ITF

One wild card for the men's event and one wild card for the women's event, to bring the full field of wheelchair tennis players for the second Grand Slam of the year to 16, will be announced in due course.

The Federation Francaise de Tennis (FFT) has confirmed the 14 direct entries for the Roland Garros Wheelchair Tennis Event, a part of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which takes place in Paris from 4-6 June.

The top seven ranked men's and women's singles players at the entry deadline of 14 April have been named.

One wild card for the men's event and one wild card for the women's event, to bring the full field of wheelchair tennis players for the second Grand Slam of the year to 16, will be announced in due course.

World No. 1 ranked players Shingo Kunieda of Japan and Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany head the entries confirmed for the men's and women's singles events.

In the men's field, world No. 2 Stephane Houdet of France is the defending champion after beating Kunieda in the final for the last two years.

Ellerbrock will return to the scene of her maiden Grand Slam title, having beaten Dutchwoman Jiske Griffioen in last year's final to become only the second player to add her name to the women's roll of honour, alongside that of the now-retired Esther Vergeer.

Listed below are the full list of entrants minus the wild cards:

(Figures in brackets denote world ranking at entry cut-off of 14 April.)

Men

Shingo Kunieda, Japan (1)

Stephane Houdet, France (2)

Gordon Reid, Great Britain (3)

Joachim Gerard, Belgium (4)

Gustavo Fernandez, Argentina (5)

Maikel Scheffers, Netherlands (6)

Michael Jeremiasz, France (7)

*Wild card entry to be confirmed

Women

Sabine Ellerbrock, Germany (1)

Yui Kamiji, Japan (2)

Jiske Griffioen, Netherlands (3)

Aniek van Koot, Netherlands (4)

Jordanne Whiley, Great Britain (5)

Marjolein Buis, Netherlands (6)

Kgothatso Montjane, South Africa (7)

*Wild card entry to be confirmed