2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters


The 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters is a wheelchair tennis tournament played in Mission Viejo, California, United States, from 2 to 6 November 2016. It is the season-ending event for the highest-ranked wheelchair tennis doubles players on the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

Tournament

The 2016 Uniqlo Wheelchair Doubles Masters took place from 2 to 6 November in Mission Viejo, California, United States. It was the 17th edition of the tournament. The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2016 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The event takes place on hard courts. It serves as the season-ending championships for doubles players on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
The eight pairs who qualify for the men's event and six pairs who qualify for women's event are split into two groups of three or four. The four pairs who qualify for the quad event compete in one group. During this stage, pairs compete in a round-robin format.
In the men's and women's events the two pairs 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. In the quad event, the top two pairs progress to the final. This stage, however, is a knock-out stage.

Format

The Wheelchair Doubles Masters has a round-robin format, with eight men's pairs, six women's pairs and four quad pairs competing. The seeds are determined by the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as they stood on 26 September 2016. All matches are the best of three tie-break sets, including the final.

Qualified pairs

The following pairs qualified for the 2016 Wheelchair Doubles Masters, based upon rankings as at 26 September 2016.
;Men's Doubles
RankPlayerTeam
ranking
Total
points
Tourn
1 Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer
45485
5020
9
2 Michaël Jeremiasz
Gordon Reid
63989
5249
9
3 Gustavo Fernández
Joachim Gérard
192149
2989
9
4 Alfie Hewett
David Phillipson
283787
1163
9
5 Rafael Medeiros
Daniel Rodrigues
73808
836
9
6 Mauricio Pomme
Carlos Santos
89688
725
9
7 Antonio Cippo
Ivan Tratter
131446
520
9
8 Massimiliano Banci
Silviu Culea
140549
363
9

;Women's Singles
RankPlayerTeam
ranking
Total
points
Tourn
1 Diede de Groot
Lucy Shuker
152543
1897
8
2 Katharina Krüger
Michaela Spaanstra
221615
1870
8
3 Louise Hunt
Dana Mathewson
241754
1497
8
4 Giulia Capocci
Marianna Lauro
49835
731
8
5 Charlotte Famin
Emmy Kaiser
501435
514
8
6 Angelica Bernal
Francisca Mardones
58489
864
8

;Quad Singles
RankPlayerTeam
ranking
Total
points
Tourn
1 Nick Taylor
David Wagner
62331
3676
7
2 Antony Cotterill
Andrew Lapthorne
161176
3036
7
3 Greg Hasterok
Ymanitu Silva
231334
1302
7
4 Mika Ishikawa
Kim Kyu-seung
35420
1000
4

Champions

Men's Doubles

Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer def. Gustavo Fernández / Joachim Gérard, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Women's Doubles

Diede de Groot / Lucy Shuker def. Louise Hunt / Dana Mathewson, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Quad Doubles

Antony Cotterill / Andrew Lapthorne def. Nick Taylor / David Wagner, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4