2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
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The 2006 Wheelchair Tennis Masters
was held in the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam
, Netherlands
between November 14 and November 19, 2006.
Wheelchair Tennis Masters
The Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles was initiated in 1994 for the players who have shown professionalism and dedication to the sport. This masters is also an opportunity to show the public and the media that wheelchair tennis is a sport at a high level and great to watch.In 2000 the first...
was held in the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
between November 14 and November 19, 2006.
Contenders
| # | Rank* | Player | Country |
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| 1. | 1 | Shingo Kunieda Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese number one singles wheelchair tennis player. Kunieda is a right-hander whose favorite surface is hard court. His coach is Hiromichi Maruyama. His training base is the Tennis Training Center in Kashiwa.... |
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| 2. | 2 | Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan is a professional, former world number one in singles and doubles, wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. Ammerlaan is also champion of many grand slam titles since 2000. The right-handed player's favorite surface is carpet, and he is coached by Gert Bolk. His wheelchair is... |
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| 3. | 3 | Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz is a professional wheelchair tennis player from France. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008. Jeremiasz has been World Number 1 for doubles and singles on the wheelchair circuit. Jeremiasz, as of 19 May 2007, is 4th for singles... |
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| 4. | 4 | Satoshi Saida Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist .Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of illness. At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends... |
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| 5. | 5 | Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Tadeusz Kruszelnicki is a professional wheelchair tennis player from Poland. Currently residing in Ziębice, Kruszelnicki has been ranked as high as World Number 3 in singles on April 10, 2006, and World Number 5 on June 23, 2003 in the wheelchair rankings... |
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| 6. | 6 | Ronald Vink Ronald Vink Ronald Vink is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where he competed in singles and doubles... |
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| 7. | 7 | Martin Legner Martin Legner Martin Legner is a professional Austrian wheelchair tennis player who has been ranked number one for wheelchair doubles. Legner has won the Australian Open doubles title four times with Robin Ammerlaan since 2000, and has won eight doubles titles. Six of them are Australian Open Titles, the other... |
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| 8. | 8 | Maikel Scheffers |
Group A
| Robin Ammerlaan | (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) | Tadeusz Kruszelnicki |
| Satoshi Saida | (6-0, 6-0) | Martin Legner |
| Tadeusz Kruszelnicki | (6-4, 6-4) | Martin Legner |
| Robin Ammerlaan | (6-4, 6-1) | Satoshi Saida |
| Satoshi Saida | (6-2, 6-4) | Tadeusz Kruszelnicki |
| Robin Ammerlaan | (6-2, 6-1) | Martin Legner |
| # | Seed | Player | Matches W - L | Sets W - L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 | Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan Robin Ammerlaan is a professional, former world number one in singles and doubles, wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. Ammerlaan is also champion of many grand slam titles since 2000. The right-handed player's favorite surface is carpet, and he is coached by Gert Bolk. His wheelchair is... |
3 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
| 2. | 4 | Satoshi Saida Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist .Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of illness. At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends... |
2 - 1 | 4 - 2 |
| 3. | 5 | Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Tadeusz Kruszelnicki Tadeusz Kruszelnicki is a professional wheelchair tennis player from Poland. Currently residing in Ziębice, Kruszelnicki has been ranked as high as World Number 3 in singles on April 10, 2006, and World Number 5 on June 23, 2003 in the wheelchair rankings... |
1 - 2 | 3 - 4 |
| 4. | 7 | Martin Legner Martin Legner Martin Legner is a professional Austrian wheelchair tennis player who has been ranked number one for wheelchair doubles. Legner has won the Australian Open doubles title four times with Robin Ammerlaan since 2000, and has won eight doubles titles. Six of them are Australian Open Titles, the other... |
0 - 3 | 0 - 6 |
Group B
| Shingo Kunieda | (6-2, 6-0) | Ronald Vink |
| Michaël Jeremiasz | (6-1, 6-1) | Maikel Scheffers |
| Shingo Kunieda | (6-3, 6-1) | Michaël Jeremiasz |
| Ronald Vink | (7-6, 6-1) | Maikel Scheffers |
| Shingo Kunieda | (6-1, 6-4) | Maikel Scheffers |
| Michaël Jeremiasz | (6-3, 6-3) | Ronald Vink |
| # | Seed | Player | Matches W - L | Sets W - L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | Shingo Kunieda Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese number one singles wheelchair tennis player. Kunieda is a right-hander whose favorite surface is hard court. His coach is Hiromichi Maruyama. His training base is the Tennis Training Center in Kashiwa.... |
3 - 0 | 6 - 0 |
| 2. | 3 | Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz Michael Jeremiasz is a professional wheelchair tennis player from France. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008. Jeremiasz has been World Number 1 for doubles and singles on the wheelchair circuit. Jeremiasz, as of 19 May 2007, is 4th for singles... |
2 - 1 | 4 - 2 |
| 3. | 6 | Ronald Vink Ronald Vink Ronald Vink is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where he competed in singles and doubles... |
1 - 2 | 2 - 4 |
| 4. | 8 | Maikel Scheffers | 0 - 3 | 0 - 6 |
7th/8th place match
| Maikel Scheffers | (6-3, 6-3) | Martin Legner |
5th/6th place match
| Tadeusz Kruszelnicki | (3-6, 4-6) | Ronald Vink |
Semi finals
| Robin Ammerlaan | (6-7, 6-1, 6-2) | Michaël Jeremiasz |
| Shingo Kunieda | (1-6, 6-4, 6-1) | Satoshi Saida |
3rd/4th place match
| Michaël Jeremiasz | (6-3, 6-3) | Satoshi Saida |
Contenders
| # | Rank* | Player | Country |
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| 1. | 1 | Peter Norfolk Peter Norfolk Peter Robert Norfolk OBE is a British wheelchair tennis player.Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He subsequently became a Paralympian, and was the first person ever to win a Paralympic medal for Britain in tennis when he took gold in the quads singles... |
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| 2. | 2 | David Wagner David Wagner (tennis) David Wagner is an American wheelchair tennis player. Paralyzed from the mid-chest down and with thirty percent function in his hands, he competes in the quadriplegic division of that sport. He plays by taping the tennis racket to his hand... |
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| 3. | 3 | Nicholas Taylor | |
| 4. | 4 | Giuseppe Polidori |
Group stage
| Peter Norfolk | (6-3, 6-1) | Nicholas Taylor |
| David Wagner | (6-2, 6-2) | Giuseppe Polidori |
| Peter Norfolk | (6-2, 6-2) | David Wagner |
| Nicholas Taylor | (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) | Giuseppe Polidori |
| David Wagner | (6-2, 6-1) | Nicholas Taylor |
| Peter Norfolk | (6-2, 6-2) | Giuseppe Polidori |
| # | Seed | Player | Matches W - L | Sets W - L |
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| 1. | 1 | Peter Norfolk Peter Norfolk Peter Robert Norfolk OBE is a British wheelchair tennis player.Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He subsequently became a Paralympian, and was the first person ever to win a Paralympic medal for Britain in tennis when he took gold in the quads singles... |
3 - 0 | 6 - 0 |
| 2. | 2 | David Wagner David Wagner (tennis) David Wagner is an American wheelchair tennis player. Paralyzed from the mid-chest down and with thirty percent function in his hands, he competes in the quadriplegic division of that sport. He plays by taping the tennis racket to his hand... |
2 - 1 | 4 - 2 |
| 3. | 3 | Nicholas Taylor | 1 - 2 | 2 - 5 |
| 4. | 4 | Giuseppe Polidori | 0 - 3 | 1 - 6 |
3rd/4th place match
| Nicholas Taylor | (7-6, 3-6, 4-6) | Giuseppe Polidori |
Contenders
| # | Rank* | Player | Country |
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| 1. | 1 | Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 39 Grand Slams, 22 year-end championships and 5 Paralympics titles. Vergeer has been the world number one wheel chair tennis player since 1999. In singles, she has not been beaten since January 2003 and... |
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| 2. | 2 | Florence Gravellier | |
| 3. | 3 | Sharon Walraven | |
| 4. | 4 | Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She was born with Spina bifida. Before she started her career as a wheelchair tennis player, she was a member of the national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney at the age of 14.In 2001 she decided to give... |
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| 5. | 5 | Korie Homan Korie Homan Korie Homan is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Homan won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2009 she completed the doubles Grand Slam by winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and US titles with Esther Vergeer. In addition Homan has also had success in Grand Slams... |
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| 6. | 6 | Maaike Smit | |
| 7. | 7 | Hong Young-suk | |
| 8. | 8 | Karin Suter-Erath |
Group A
| Esther Vergeer | (6-0, 6-3) | Korie Homan |
| Sharon Walraven | (6-4, 6-3) | Hong Young-suk |
| Esther Vergeer | (6-1, 6-4) | Sharon Walraven |
| Korie Homan | (6-0, 6-1) | Hong Young-suk |
| Esther Vergeer | (6-0, 6-1) | Hong Young-suk |
| Sharon Walraven | (2-6, 6-4, 6-2) | Korie Homan |
| # | Seed | Player | Matches W - L | Sets W - L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer Esther Vergeer is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 39 Grand Slams, 22 year-end championships and 5 Paralympics titles. Vergeer has been the world number one wheel chair tennis player since 1999. In singles, she has not been beaten since January 2003 and... |
3 - 0 | 6 - 0 |
| 2. | 3 | Sharon Walraven | 2 - 1 | 4 - 3 |
| 3. | 5 | Korie Homan Korie Homan Korie Homan is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Homan won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2009 she completed the doubles Grand Slam by winning the Australian, French, Wimbledon and US titles with Esther Vergeer. In addition Homan has also had success in Grand Slams... |
1 - 2 | 3 - 4 |
| 4. | 7 | Hong Young-suk | 0 - 3 | 0 - 6 |
Group B
| Florence Gravellier | (6-3, 6-2) | Maaike Smit |
| Jiske Griffioen | (7-5, 7-6) | Karin Suter-Erath |
| Florence Gravellier | (3-6, 6-3, 6-0) | Jiske Griffioen |
| Maaike Smit | (6-4, 6-2) | Karin Suter-Erath |
| Jiske Griffioen | (6-4, 7-5) | Maaike Smit |
| Florence Gravellier | (6-3, 6-1) | Karin Suter-Erath |
| # | Seed | Player | Matches W - L | Sets W - L |
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| 1. | 2 | Florence Gravellier | 3 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
| 2. | 4 | Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen Jiske Griffioen is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. She was born with Spina bifida. Before she started her career as a wheelchair tennis player, she was a member of the national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney at the age of 14.In 2001 she decided to give... |
2 - 1 | 5 - 2 |
| 3. | 6 | Maaike Smit | 1 - 2 | 2 - 4 |
| 4. | 8 | Karin Suter-Erath | 0 - 3 | 0 - 6 |
7th/8th place match
| Hong Young-suk | (7-6, 6-4) | Karin Suter-Erath |
Semi finals
| Esther Vergeer | (6-3, 6-0) | Jiske Griffioen |
| Florence Gravellier | (4-6, 4-6) | Sharon Walraven |
3rd/4th place match
| Jiske Griffioen | (6-3, 7-5) | Florence Gravellier |