UNIQLO WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES MASTERS, MISSION VIEJO, CA, USA
RESULTS – 6 NOVEMBER 2014
Please find below the latest results from the 2014 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters taking place in Mission Viejo, California, USA on 5-9 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair doubles event features eight men’s pairs, six women’s pairs and four quad pairs.
The UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters was first held alongside the NEC Masters in 2000, and became a standalone event in 2003. In the men’s event, eight pairs compete in two round-robin groups, with the top two pairs in each group reaching the semifinals. In the women’s event, six pairs compete in two round-robin groups, with the top two pairs in each group contesting the semifinals. In the quad event, four pairs compete in one round-robin group, with the top two pairs contesting the final.
Results
Men’s Doubles Pool 1
(1) Joachim Gerard (BEL)/Stephane Houdet (FRA) d. (4) Shingo Kunieda (JPN)/Evans Maripa (RSA) 63 64
Tom Egberink/Maikel Scheffers (NED) d. Rafael Medeiros/Daniel Rodrigues (BRA) 62 62
Men’s Doubles Pool 2
(2) Michael Jeremiasz (FRA)/Gordon Reid (GBR) d. (3) Gustavo Fernandez (ARG)/Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 60 36 62
Marc McCarroll/David Phillipson (GBR) d. Steve Baldwin/Stephen Welch (USA) 63 63
Women’s Doubles Pool 1
(3) Marjolein Buis/Michaela Spaanstra (NED) d. (1) Yui Kamiji (JPN)/Jordanne Whiley (GBR) 26 76(7) 76(5)
Women’s Doubles Pool 2
(2) Sabine Ellerbrock (GER)/Lucy Shuker (GBR) d. (4) Louise Hunt (GBR)/Katharina Kruger (GER) 63 60
Quad Doubles Round Robin
(1) Nicholas Taylor/David Wagner (USA) d. (2) Antony Cotterill (GBR)/Greg Hasterok (USA) 75 60
Jamie Burdekin/Andy Lapthorne (GBR) d. David Buck (USA)/Antonio Raffaele (ITA) 61 62
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