2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters


The 2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters is a wheelchair tennis tournament played at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom, from 29 November to 3 December 2017. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis singles players on the 2017 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

Tournament

The 2017 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters took place from 29 November to 3 December at the Loughborough University Tennis Centre in Loughborough, United Kingdom. It was the 24th edition of the tournament. The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2017 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.
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 16 October 2017. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.

Qualified players

The following players qualified for the 2017 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
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Gustavo Fernández4,601
2 Stéphane Houdet3,678
3 Alfie Hewett3,642
4 Gordon Reid3,488
5 Nicolas Peifer3,120
6 Stefan Olsson2,931
7 Joachim Gérard2,590
8 Shingo Kunieda2,346

;Women's Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Yui Kamiji4,730
2 Diede de Groot3,545
3 Jiske Griffioen
4 Sabine Ellerbrock2,462
5 Marjolein Buis2,421
6 Aniek van Koot2,235
7 Lucy Shuker1,753
8 Kgothatso Montjane1,586
9 Katharina Krüger1,456

;Quad Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 David Wagner4,046
2 Andrew Lapthorne3,393
3 Dylan Alcott
4 Lucas Sithole2,278
5 Heath Davidson2,135
6 Sam Schroder
8 Antony Cotterill1,207
9 Ymanitu Silva1,002

Head-to-head

;2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Men's Singles
;2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Women's Singles
;2017 Wheelchair Tennis Masters – Quad Singles

Champions

Men's Singles

Alfie Hewett def. Gordon Reid, 6–3, 6–2

Women's Singles

Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 7–5, 6–4

Quad Singles

David Wagner def. Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–2