2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters

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.

2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
Date	28 November–2 December 2018
Edition	25th (men/women) / 15th (quad)
Category	ITF Masters Series
Draw	8M/8W/6Q
Surface	Hard / indoor
Location	Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, United States
Venue	USTA National Campus
Champions
Men's singles
Joachim Gérard
Women's singles
Diede de Groot
Quad singles
Dylan Alcott

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[3]

Men's Singles Rank Player Total points 1 Shingo Kunieda 5,118 2 Alfie Hewett 3 Gustavo Fernández 3,574 4 Gordon Reid 3,051 5 Stéphane Houdet 2,883 6 Joachim Gérard 2,883 7 Stefan Olsson 2,490 8 Nicolas Peifer 2,246 9 Takashi Sanada 2,006

Women's Singles Rank Player Total points 1 Diede de Groot 5,155 2 Yui Kamiji 3,985 3 Aniek van Koot 2,948 4 Sabine Ellerbrock 2,561 5 Kgothatso Montjane 1,854 6 Giulia Capocci 1,609 7 Marjolein Buis 1,609 8 Lucy Shuker 1,458

Quad Singles Rank Player Total points 1 David Wagner 4,206 2 Dylan Alcott 3,869 3 Andrew Lapthorne 3,014 4 Koji Sugeno 2,211 5 Heath Davidson 2,062 6 Lucas Sithole 1,645

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's singles

Joachim Gérard def. Shingo Kunieda, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's singles

Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–3, 7–5

Quad singles

Main article: 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad singles

Dylan Alcott def. Andy Lapthorne, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4

See also

• ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour
• 2018 Wheelchair Doubles Masters