Draws announced for 2024 Wheelchair Tennis Masters events in Arnhem
The International Tennis Federation has announced the draws for the round-robin group phase of the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters, made today at Province House in Arnhem, ahead of next week’s tournament at Sportpark Molenbeke from 11-17 November.
The UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters finals for men, women, and quad events will be on Saturday, 16 November, with the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters finals in all divisions on Sunday, 17 November.
The order of play for Monday, 11 November, the first day of round-robin group matches is here.
Top players from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, including medallists Tokito Oda, Alfie Hewett, Yui Kamiji and Niels Vink, will all compete for the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters title.
Top seed and Paralympic women’s singles and doubles champion Kamiji aims for another major title, but the 2013 Singles Masters champion will face tough competition from local heroes and fellow former Masters champions Aniek van Koot and Jiske Griffioen as well as Paralympic medallist, Ziying Wang from China, P.R.
Find all the round-robin group draws for the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters here in PDF format.
Kamiji has been drawn in the same round-robin group as Wang, while Griffioen and Van Koot – who are also doubles partners - are drawn together in Group B for the women’s singles.
Sam Schroder, the 2022 champion, is top seed for the quad singles, with two-time champion Niels Vink seeded third. The Paris 2024 gold and silver medallists, who have contested the last three quad singles finals, will also team up to defend their Doubles Masters title. They face tough competition from Israel’s Paris 2024 bronze medallist Guy Sasson. Second seed for this year’s Singles Masters, Sasson claimed his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros this year.
As top seed, Schroder is drawn in Group A for the quad singles, alongside former Masters finalist Andy Lapthorne. Sasson and Vink feature in round-robin Group B with 11-time NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters quad champion David Wagner, who has replaced Australia’s world No. 8 Heath Davidson in the quad singles draw.
In the men’s singles, Oda and Hewett, both Masters champions, will be joined by former winners Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet, along with other strong contenders like Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Spain’s Martin de la Puente.
Paris 2024 gold medallist Oda is drawn in Group A for the men’s singles alongside Paris Paralympic bronze medallist Fernandez, with Hewett in Group B alongside Gerard.
At the end of the round-robin phase of the competition, the top two players in each group will go through to their respective knockout semi-finals in the men’s, women’s and quad singles.
First held in 1994, the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters is the ITF’s year-end championship featuring the world’s top eight men’s, women’s, and quad singles players. The UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters, first staged in 2000, serves as the ITF's flagship doubles event, showcasing eight top men’s doubles teams, six women’s doubles teams, and four quad doubles partnerships.
NEC has been the title sponsor of the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters since its inception in 1994, with 2024 marking the 30th anniversary of the prestigious event first being held in Eindhoven.
The Centre Court will have a full broadcast production for the duration of the event, with live streaming and live scores both available to fans. Live scoring from Monday, 11 November., the first day of round-robin matches, will be available here.