WHEELCHAIR TENNIS NEWS

Houdet hopes it will be fourth time lucky against Kunieda
Frenchman who came within two points of winning five years ago hopes to beat the Japanese world No.1 in Saturday’s Australian Open final.

Griffioen hunts first Grand Slam singles title in Melbourne
Opening day of Australian Open competition sees no major shocks as big names make progress.

Kunieda, Ellerbrock, Lapthorne claim Melbourne Open titles
Kunieda and Ellerbrock warm-up for the defence of their Australian Open titles with wins in Melbourne.

Hall inducted into Australian Tennis Hall of Fame
Former world No.1 and Sydney Paralympic champion joins existing inductees Rod Laver, Margaret Court and Ken Rosewall

NEC extends sponsorship of wheelchair tennis for three years
Company has been a sponsor of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour since its inception in 1992.

Kunieda, Kamiji and Alcott lift Sydney titles
In winning his fourth Sydney International Open, Kunieda extended his unbeaten run to 53 matches.

USTA awards grants record funds to wheelchair tennis projects
The money will be invested in 20 grassroots wheelchair tennis programmes across the USA.

Entries for Australian Open announced
The players who will compete in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of the year have been named with Japan’s Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji the headliners.

BNP Paribas World Team Cup dates confirmed
The event which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2015 will stage its finals in Antalya, Turkey between 25-31 May.

Rio 2016: the qualifiers so far
In 2014, 271 Paralympic places were decided for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in 10 sports.

Wagner, Kunieda and Kamiji top world rankings
American and Japanese duo finish 2014 atop the wheelchair tennis world rankings.

No 10. Japan’s year to remember in wheelchair tennis
Kunieda and Kamiji finished the year as World No. 1’s in the men’s and women’s singles but also enjoyed great success in the doubles too.

USTA to stage high performance wheelchair tennis camp
Camp set to feature 14 top US wheelchair tennis players, including nine Paralympians.

Bayley, Whiley and Etherington up for British award
Para-athletes from table tennis, wheelchair tennis and alpine skiing nominated.

Kunieda and Van Koot claim NEC Masters titles
Japan’s World No.1 a straights sets winner in London whilst Van Koot was taken to three sets in all Dutch final.

Wagner in seventh heaven at NEC Masters
Wagner wins the quads title, whilst the finalists in the men's and women's singles were decided on Saturday.

South African handcyclist Ernst van Dyk up for two awards
World champion handcyclist is shortlisted on Sunday for Sports Star of the Year and Sportsman of the Year with a Disability at the SA Sport Awards.

David Wagner sets up Masters final with Dylan Alcott
Third day of action decided the quads final and determined which players made it through to the semi-finals in the men's and women's competition.

Alcott books wheelchair tennis final place in London
Kunieda, Griffioen and Whiley all progressed to the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters semi-finals with wins on Thursday.

Big shock as Whiley defeats Kamiji at wheelchair tennis masters
Shock on the first day of the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, as Japan’s defending champion Yui Kamiji slips to defeat in the opening game