Seeding confirmed for 2024 Wheelchair Tennis Masters events in Arnhem
The seeding has been updated and confirmed for the 2024 NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters ahead of the draw for the ITF’s year-end wheelchair championships taking place on Friday in Arnhem.
Play will then take place from Monday, 11 November to Sunday, 17 November at the Sportpark Molenbeke in Arnhem with the UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters men’s, women's and quad finals on Saturday, 16 November and the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters men’s, women’s and quad finals all on Sunday, 17 November.
While the qualification and entries for both year-end championships are based on the rankings of Monday, 30 September, the seeding is based on the rankings of Monday, 4 November.
With the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the top eight men’s and quad singles players at the entry cut-off on 30 September still occupy the top eight players in the rankings and, therefore, the tournament seeding.
Men’s top seed Tokito Oda and second seed Alfie Hewett, the Paris Paralympic men’s singles gold and silver medallists, have won the last three NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters men’s titles between them.
As with Oda and Hewett in the men’s singles, Sam Schroder and Niels Vink have won the last three NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters men’s titles between them.
Schroder, the champion in 2022, when the Masters was last held in Netherlands, is top seed for the quad singles this year, while two-time champion Vink will begin his quest for a third title as third seed after Guy Sasson moved up to a career-best world No. 2 in this week’s rankings.
The quad singles and doubles seeding was updated on 8 November following the withdrawal of Australia's Heath Davidson. Eleven-time NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters champion David Wagner of the USA has subsequently been added to the quad singles entry as eighth seed. Wagner will also now partner Sasson in the quad doubles and their combined doubles ranking makes them the second seeds for the quad doubles.
With the absence due to injury of defending women’s NEC Singles Masters champion Diede de Groot from the line-up, Yui Kamiji, the women’s singles and doubles gold medallist from Paris 2024 and world No. 2, is top seed for the women’s singles.
The next seven players in the women’s rankings at the entry cut-off maintain their places inside the world’s top nine. Kamiji and second seed Aniek van Koot are both former NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters champions, having earned their titles in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Daily coverage of the NEC Wheelchair Singles Masters and UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters will be available across the ITF website and ITF digital channels throughout the tournament, starting with news from the draw on Friday, 8 November.
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 will be available here.