The 2016 Wheelchair Tennis Masters (also known as the 2016 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom, from 30 November to 4 December 2016. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
Tournament The 2016 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place from 30 November to 4 December at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, United Kingdom. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament (13th for quad players). The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event takes place on indoor hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for singles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The eight players who qualify for the men's and women's events, and six players who qualify for the quad event, are split into two groups of three or four. During this stage, players compete in a round-robin format (meaning players play against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progress to the semifinals, where the winners of a group face the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.
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 10 October 2016. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. This year saw an increase in the number of players competing in the quad singles, with six players now completing for the title, up from four the previous year.
Qualified players The following players qualified for the 2016 Wheelchair Tennis Masters, based upon rankings as at 10 October 2016. Players whose names are struck out qualified but did not participate and were replaced by the next highest ranking player.
Men's singles RankPlayerTotal points1 Stéphane Houdet4,5812 Gordon Reid4,4873 Joachim Gérard4,2134 Gustavo Fernández3,3465 Nicolas Peifer3,0816 Stefan Olsson2,1337 Shingo Kunieda8 Maikel Scheffers3,6429 Alfie Hewett3,642
Women's singles RankPlayerTotal points1 Jiske Griffioen4,5882 Aniek van Koot2,9773 Yui Kamiji2,8774 Marjolein Buis2,8605 Jordanne Whiley2,5466 Sabine Ellerbrock2,5867 Diede de Groot2,3588 Lucy Shuker1,651
Quad singles RankPlayerTotal points1 Dylan Alcott2 David Wagner3,7743 Lucas Sithole4 Andrew Lapthorne2,3395 Itay Erenlib1,4046 Kim Kyu-seung1,29810 Shraga Weinberg96711 Antony Cotterill849
Champions
Men's singles
Joachim Gérard def. Gordon Reid, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles
Jiske Griffioen def. Yui Kamiji, 6–4, 6–4
Quad singles
David Wagner def. Itay Erenlib, 6–4, 6–1
See also ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters
References
External links
ITF tournament profile