British Grass Court Wheelchair Tennis Tournament 2022 | ITF

British Grass Court Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Dates: 17 Jun - 25 Jun 2022
Host nation: Great Britain
Hospitality: Yes
Surface: Grass - O
Prize money: $22000
Date: 17 Jun, 2022
Host nation: Great Britain
Hospitality: Yes
Surface: Grass - O
Prize money: $22000

Overview

For the first time in 2022, three of the grass court tournaments organised by the LTA in Great Britain, will each include UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour events - one for men, one for women and one for quads - in the lead up to Wimbledon.

17-19 June  

cinch championships: Seven players lined up for the men's ITF 2 event at The Queen's Club in London, which had world ranking status for the third time in 2022.

World No.2 and 2019 Queen's Club champion Alfie Hewett, 2021 Wimbledon champion Joachim Gerard and world No.5 Stephane Houdet headed a field that also incuded Cruyff Foundation Junior Masters singles and doubes finalists Ben Bartram, Dahnon Ward and Andrew Penney.

Gerard extended his winning sequence on grass to six matches after the 2021 Wimbledon champion beat Houdet in the final to become the first non-British player on the men's wheelchair singles roll of honour, following Hewett's 2019 vicotry and Gordon Reid's win in 2021.

Recap the final day's action here.

Rothesay Classic Birmingham: Three players contested the ITF 2 quad event, which was the first grass court world ranking tournament for quad players outside of Wimbledon.

Andy Lapthorne became the inaugural quad singles champion at the Edgbaston Priory Club after straight sets wins in both his round-robin matches against fellow Brits Antony Cotterill and James Shaw.

23-25 June

Rothesay International Eastbourne: Eight players are entered for the ITF 2 women's event, which will be first wheelchair tennis world ranking tournament to take place at the Eastbourne International.

Five top 10 players head the field - world No. 1 Diede de Groot, world No. 2 Yui Kamiji, world No. 4 Kgothatso Montjane, world No. 7 Lucy Shuker and world No. 9 Zhenzhen Zhu.

Live scores

Live scores for the wheelchair tennis matches will be available here.