The 2018

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(also known as the 2018

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Wheelchair Tennis Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament played at the USTA National Campus in

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, 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

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Tournament

The 2018 NEC

took place from 28 November to 2 December at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 25th edition of the tournament (15th for quad players). The tournament was run by the

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(ITF) and was part of the 2018

. 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.

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. 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. ;Men's Singles ;Women's Singles ;Quad Singles

Champions

Men's singles

Joachim Gérard Joachim Gérard (born 15 October 1988) is a Belgian wheelchair tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in singles. Gérard has won two Grand Slam singles titles (2021 Australian Open, 2021 Wimbledon Championships) and four doubles titles ...

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Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is ...

, 6–1, 6–7(5), 6–3

Women's singles

Diede de Groot Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 31-time major champion, having won 16 titles in singles, and 15 titles in doubles. In 2021, she ...

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Yui Kamiji is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. She has won 26 major titles, as well as a Paralympic silver and bronze medal in singles and doubles, respectively, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She also won a bronze medal in singles at the 2016 Rio ...

, 6–3, 7–5

Quad singles

Dylan Alcott Dylan Martin Alcott, (born 4 December 1990) is an Australian former wheelchair tennis player, former wheelchair basketball player, radio host and motivational speaker. Alcott was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball te ...

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Andy Lapthorne Andrew David Lapthorne (born 11 October 1990) is a British wheelchair tennis player. He took up wheelchair tennis in 2005, and entered the quad division in 2008. He is active in both singles and doubles tournaments, and has 13 multiple grand sl ...

, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4

References

External links

* {{official website, https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-tennis-events/nec-wheelchair-masters.html
ITF tournament profile
Masters, 2018

Tournament

Format

Qualified players

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Quad singles

See also

References

External links