2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters


The 2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters 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.

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. It will be the 25th edition of the tournament. The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2018 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 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
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Shingo Kunieda5,118
2 Alfie Hewett
3 Gustavo Fernández3,574
4 Gordon Reid3,051
5 Stéphane Houdet2,883
6 Joachim Gérard2,883
7 Stefan Olsson2,490
8 Nicolas Peifer2,246
9 Takashi Sanada2,006

;Women's Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 Diede de Groot5,155
2 Yui Kamiji3,985
3 Aniek van Koot2,948
4 Sabine Ellerbrock2,561
5 Kgothatso Montjane1,854
6 Giulia Capocci1,609
7 Marjolein Buis1,609
8 Lucy Shuker1,458

;Quad Singles
RankPlayerTotal points
1 David Wagner4,206
2 Dylan Alcott3,869
3 Andrew Lapthorne3,014
4 Koji Sugeno2,211
5 Heath Davidson2,062
6 Lucas Sithole1,645

Champions

Men's Singles

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

Women's Singles

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

Quad Singles

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