Since the closing of the Paralympics in Beijing the names of the players are known who qualified for the Masters 2008 based on their ranking since then. Please click on the icon "About...." to see the complete overview of the players. Once again the Masters 2008 are being held at the legendary Frans Otten Stadium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Individuals and businesses during the 2008 Ordina Open in Rosmalen, 15-21 June, decide to be a supporter of the Fund Gehandicaptensport may participate in a MasterClass in November during the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters will be given by Raemon Sluiter and John van Lottum.

During the Ordina Open 2008 will be launched with the promotion of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. This is a direct result of cooperation with the Fund Gehandicaptensport that a state has in the promotion village.

Visitors to the only international grass tennis event of the Netherlands will be informed about the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. The Fund Gehandicaptensport hopes new donors, both individuals and businesses to recruit. Benificiaries may during the Masters in November participate in a real (wheelchair) tennis MasterClass led by none other than Raemon Sluiter and John van Lottum.

The Ordina Open 2008 will take place from Sunday 15 until Saturday, June 21 at the grass courts of the Autotron in Rosmalen.

Click here to the website of the Ordina Open to visit.

Preparations for a new edition of the Amsterdam Open, back on the clay courts of ALTC DDV, were already in full swing. A financial setback, however, forced us to choose between a very "low profile" version of the tournament or to cancel the tournament. Because we have always strived  for a quality tournament, we unfortunately had to decide to skip a year.

Think of it as a 'sabbatical', because in 2009 we will be back on NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour!

 

Esther Vergeer and Robin Ammerlaan are the winners of the finals played today. Vergeer played against Korie Homan and Robin Ammerlaan won against Michael Jeremiasz from France.

Results:
Vergeer - Homan: 6-3, 6-4
Ammerlaan Jeremiasz: 7-6 (8) 5-7 6-0

A surprise in the first semi-final in the men's singles tournament. Michael Jeremiasz beated Shingo Kunieda, the Japanese number 1 in the world.

In the the first women's semi-final, Korie Homan progressed to the finals.

Ammerlaan - Houdet ended in 7-5 7-5, so the men's final will be Robin Ammerlaan - Michael Jeremiasz.

Esther Vergeer will play against Korie Homan in the final, she won against Jiske Griffioen with 6-1 6-3

David Wagner wins the Quads Masters. He defeated Peter Norfolk with 6-4 6-1

Do you know what this text means? If so, you could win one of three K-SWISS shirts, including one with an autograph of all three Japanese players. Send your answer to masters@wheelchairtennis-amsterdam.com , or give your answer at our MasterDesk in the stadium. Don't forget to mention your name. The prizegiving will be after the womens final.

The second day of the Masters is just begon. On day 1 we saw some very exciting matches. This looks promising for the rest of the week. We can expect some great matches today!
For more news, check MasterNews our daily newsletter which is printed and handed out every day in the stadium, but also available online.

Tonight, it was finally time: at 100 spots in Amsterdam, advertising posters with the ‘Golden Girl’ were placed. The success of ‘Golden Esther’ has made us decide to work with the number 1 in the world and with photographer Monique Velzeboer again.

At last, the website is updated. In the next few weeks we will be able to keep you informed about the upcoming NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters even better. The biggest advantage of this new website is that we can publish the results even faster during the event.

The Schipholfonds was founded in 1994 by the Schiphol Airport Amsterdam and supports many projects in their neighbourhood. Boardmember Ray van Loon handed a cheque to Marijke Ruiter and Rutger Boerboom, during a festive gathering in one of the hangars at the airport on October 10.

We know which players will participate in this year's NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. In order of ranking, the men's entries are: Shingo Kunieda, Robin Ammerlaan, Stefan Houdet, Michael Jeremiasz, Satoshi Saida, Maikel Scheffers, Ronald Vink en Tadeusz Kruszelnicki.

The women's entries are: Esther Vergeer, Sharon Walraven, Florence Gravellier, Korie Homan, Jiske Griffioen, Mie Yaosa, Annick Sevenans en Young-Suk Hong.
Esther Vergeer has a chance to win the World Championships for the tenth time!

The quad's entries are: David Wagner, Peter Norfolk, Nicholas Taylor en Sarah Hunter.