Stars return to London for 2015 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters

The top singles players from around the world will close their seasons at the tournament in London. 14 Oct 2015

Woman with a cup, sitting in a wheelchair

The Netherlands’ world No. 2 Aniek van Koot won her first NEC Masters title in 2014 after beating fellow Dutchwoman and 2012 champion Jiske Griffioen in the final

ⒸTennis Foundation

By International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the entries for the 2015 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

The ITF's season-ending Championships for the world's top singles players will be held on 2-6 December. For the second successive year, the prestigious tournament will be staged at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Great Britain. The top eight men's and women's players and the top four quad players at the ranking cut-off date of 5 October qualify for the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, which is this year part of UK Sport’s National Lottery funded #EveryRoadtoRio series.

After winning his third successive NEC Masters title in 2014, Japan’s Shingo Kunieda is one of three past champions in the men’s field, alongside French world No. 2 Stephane Houdet and Dutch world No. 7 Maikel Scheffers.

The world’s current top three in the women’s singles rankings are all previous champions; the Netherlands’ world No. 2 Aniek van Koot won her first NEC Masters title in 2014 after beating fellow Dutchwoman and 2012 champion Jiske Griffioen in the final.

Japan’s No. 3 ranked Yui Kamiji won the 2013 title to become the first non-Dutch winner of the women's singles at the NEC Masters.

The USA’s David Wagner is the only one of the four players at the top of the quad singles rankings to have previously won the NEC Masters title. However, 2014 runner-up Dylan Alcott has won both Grand Slam quad singles titles this year at the Australian Open and the US Open and has swapped the world No. 1 quad singles ranking with Wagner since the summer.

South Africa’s No. 3 Lucas Sithole and Great Britain’s No. 4 Andy Lapthorne have also both finished runner-up to seven-time champion Wagner in the last three years.

Rankings and ranking points totals as at 5 October 2015

Men's entries

1 Shingo Kunieda (JPN)

2 Stephane Houdet (FRA)

3 Nicolas Peifer (FRA)

4 Joachim Gerard (BEL)

5 Gordon Reid (GBR)

6 Gustavo Fernandez (ARG)

7 Maikel Scheffers (NED)

8 Takashi Sanada (JPN)

Women's entries

1 Jiske Griffioen (NED)