The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com Houdet, Vergeer and Gershony prevail in Mechelen Stephane Houdet (FRA) and Noam Gershony (ISR) won their first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters men’s and quad singles titles in Mechelen, Belgium on Sunday, while Esther Vergeer clinched the women’s singles title for a 14th successive year. Maikel Scheffers and world No. 3 Houdet completed the round-robin phase of the competition undefeated to progress to the semifinals where they faced Ronald Vink (NED) and Robin Ammerlaan (NED) respectively. Scheffers then overcame the world No. 6 63 62, while Houdet fought back from a set down to defeat the six-time former champion Ammerlaam 06 63 63. The Frenchman made a better start in the final, securing a straight sets victory over Scheffers 64 76(2). Vergeer expended little energy in extending her singles winning streak to 434 matches. She eased through her round-robin group for the loss of just six games before defeating compatriot Stephane Houdet (FRA) 14 November 2011 Issue 46 and world No. 4 Marjolein Buis 60 60 in the semifinals. Aniek van Koot upset world No. 2 Jiske (Photo: Imagellan) Griffioen 63 64 in the other all-Dutch semifinal to reach her first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters final, where she fell to the imperious Vergeer 61 62. “After winning 14 NEC Masters titles I really feel like this is my tournament as I’ve won it so many times in the Netherlands so I’m very happy to win the first one here in Belgium,” said Vergeer. World No. 3 Gershony bounced back from a set down to take the title on his debut at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. Britain’s Andrew Lapthorne made a sensational start to the final, claiming the first set 60, but couldn’t maintain his high level, eventually falling to Gershony 06 63 75. “This is all new to me as it is my first win in a major final outside of the Super Series events and my first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, so to be champion feels quite strange, but I am very, very happy,” said Gershony. For more information, results and photos, visit itftennis.com/wheelchair. 2012 Davis Cup Zone Group III and IV venues The ITF has announced the list of venues for the 2012 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group III and IV events. Americas Zone Groups III and IV have been merged for 2012, with the venue still to be confirmed. For more information visit www.daviscup.com or www.copadavis.com: Europe Zone Group III National Tennis Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria w/c 30 April Clay (O) Africa Zone Group III Cite Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia w/c 23 April Hard (O) Americas Zone Group III tbc tbc tbc Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran w/c 23 April Hard (O) Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex w/c 16 April Hard (O) Doha, Qatar Inside Worldwide Coaches Conference Rankings/Results News in Brief This Week Next Week The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com Wayne Black to speak at Worldwide Coaches Conference The theme of this year’s ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas is the long-term development of a high performance player and features keynote speakers including two-time Grand Slam men’s doubles champion Wayne Black and Andy Murray’s former coach, Miles Maclagan. The five-day biennial event, which has been organised by the ITF in conjunction with the Egyptian Tennis Federation, takes place in Port Ghalib, Egypt from Sunday 20 November. The programme consists of lecture room and on-court presentations, as well as some shorter sessions, involving four presentations taking place simultaneously. Topics during the Conference include: Guiding principles for developing juniors; Tactical Planning; Long-term development of emotional control; and Working with top female players on tour. Other confirmed speakers include Bruce Elliott, world-renowned biomechanist; Carl Maes, former coach of Kim Clijsters and Mark Kovacs, Senior Manager of Sport Science/Strength and Conditioning and Coaching Education for the USTA. For more information on the Conference visit www.itfcoachesconference.com/2011. 14 November 2011 Issue 46 NEWS IN BRIEF National Association updates GER - Germany Deutscher Tennis Bund EV New President: Dr. Karl Altenburg 20-24 Nov: ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference by BNP Paribas, Port Ghalib, Egypt 21 Nov-10 Dec: ITF East African 18&U Circuit, PHI - Philippines Burundi & Rwanda Philippine Tennis Association 24 Nov-15 Jan: ITF/Grand Slam International 18&U New email: team to North, Central and South America, USA, [email protected] Mexico, Costa Rica & Venezuela British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands LTA New General Secretary: Selina O’Neal New email: [email protected] [email protected] Page 2 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com South African Airways ATP Rankings WTA Singles Rankings Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) 13475 1st WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 7485 2nd NADAL, Rafael (ESP) 9375 2nd KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) 7370 3rd MURRAY, Andy (GBR) 7380 3rd AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) 6520 4th FEDERER, Roger (SUI) 6670 4th SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) 6510 5th FERRER, David (ESP) 4480 5th LI, Na (CHN) 5720 6th TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 3535 6th STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) 5585 7th BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) 3300 7th ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) 5435 8th FISH, Mardy (USA) 2965 8th RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) 5250 9th TIPSAREVIC, Janko (SRB) 2395 9th BARTOLI, Marion (FRA) 4710 10th ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP) 2380 10th PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER) 4580 ITF Wheelchair Rankings ITF Junior Rankings 14 November 2011 Issue 46 (7 November 2011) MEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR BOYS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st KUNIEDA, Shingo (JPN) 5809 1st VESELY, Jiri (CZE) 1462.50 2nd SCHEFFERS, Maikel (NED) 5077 2nd SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) 1258.75 3rd HOUDET, Stephane (FRA) 4237 3rd GOLDING, Oliver (GBR) 1151.25 4th OLSSON, Stefan (SWE) 3111 4th FRATANGELO, Bjorn (USA) 983.75 5th PEIFER, Nicolas (FRA) 3103 5th DELLIEN, Hugo (BOL) 958.75 6th VINK, Ronald (NED) 2957 6th MONTEIRO, Thiago (BRA) 936.25 7th AMMERLAAN, Robin (NED) 2800 7th HORANSKY, Filip (SVK) 878.75 8th SAIDA, Satoshi (JPN) 1961 8th MORGAN, George (GBR) 861.25 9th CATTANEO, Frederic (FRA) 1537 9th THIEM, Dominic (AUT) 836.25 10th KRUSZELNICKI, Tadeusz (POL) 1472 10th BROADY, Liam (GBR) 742.50 WOMEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR GIRLS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st VERGEER, Esther (NED) 5974 1st KHROMACHEVA, Irina (RUS) 1315.00 2nd GRIFFIOEN, Jiske (NED) 3216 2nd MESTACH, An-Sophie (BEL) 1247.50 3rd VAN KOOT, Aniek (NED) 3193 3rd BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS) 1105.00 4th BUIS, Marjolein (NED) 2709 4th MIN, Grace (USA) 1062.50 5th DI TORO, Daniela (AUS) 2315 5th BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) 975.00 6th ELLERBROCK, Sabine (GER) 2094 6th GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) 835.00 7th WALRAVEN, Sharon (NED) 1855 7th KOVINIC, Danka (MNE) 782.50 8th SEVENANS, Annick (BEL) 1792 8th GONZALEZ, Montserrat (PAR) 773.75 9th KAMIJI, Yui (JPN) 1521 9th PUIG, Monica (PUR) 767.50 10th SHUKER, Lucy (GBR) 1221 10th DE VROOME, Indy (NED) 737.50 QUAD SINGLES RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st WAGNER, David (USA) 4686 EDITOR: Emily Bevan 2nd NORFOLK, Peter (GBR) 4634 THIS WEEK IS PRODUCED BY: 3rd GERSHONY, Noam (ISR) 2371 ITF Communications Department 4th LAPTHORNE, Andrew (GBR) 2078 Tel: +44 20 8878 6464; Fax: +44 20 8392 4747 5th TAYLOR, Nicholas (USA) 1681 Email: [email protected] Page 3 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com Results week commencing 7 November 2011 ITF MEN’S CIRCUIT RWANDA F1 FUTURES, KIGALI Doubles ($10,000) Mailen Auroux/Maria Irigoyen (ARG) d. BRAZIL F38 FUTURES, SALVADOR Singles Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)/Andrea Gamiz (VEN) ($10,000) Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Karim- 61 26 [10-5] Singles Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 63 62 Thiago Monteiro (BRA) d. Alexandre Doubles $10,000 LOUGHBOROUGH, GREAT Schnitman (BRA) 76(2) 64 Gerald Melzer (AUT)/Ruan Roelofse BRITAIN Doubles (RSA) d. Omar Hedayet/Karim-Mohamed Singles Giammarco Micolani/Giorgio Portaluri Maamoun (EGY) 67(1) 76(4) [10-8] Tara Moore (GBR) d. Myrtille Georges (ITA) d. Raul Francisquiny/Pedro (FRA) 76(5) 57 64 Sakamoto (BRA) 61 61 THAILAND F5 FUTURES, PHUKET Doubles ($10,000) Tara Moore/Francesca Stephenson CHILE F12 FUTURES, TEMUCO Singles (GBR) d. Malou Ejdesgaard (DEN)/ ($10,000) Laurent Rochette (FRA) d. Jimmy Wang Amanda Elliott (GBR) 36 62 [10-3] Singles (TPE) 64 76(4) Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan (CHI) d. Doubles $10,000 MANILA, PHILIPPINES Giulio Torroni (ITA) 62 75 Zhe Li (CHN)/Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) Singles Doubles d. Weerapat Doakmaiklee/Kirati Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) d. Jia Xiang Lu 14 November 2011 Issue 46 Federico Coria/Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo Siributwong (THA) 64 46 [10-3] (CHN) 63 63 (ARG) d. Filippo Leonardi/Giulio Torroni Doubles (ITA) 62 75 TURKEY F31 FUTURES, ANTALYA Luksika Kumkhum/Peangtarn Plipuech ($10,000) (THA) d. Yi-Jing Zhao/Jun-Yi Zheng (CHN) CHINESE TAIPEI F3 FUTURES, Singles 63 60 TAINAN ($15,000) Stefan Seifert (GER) d. Dominic Thiem Singles (AUT) 36 75 63 $10,000 MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Victor Baluda (RUS) d. Dario Perez (ESP) Doubles Singles 63 63 Andrei Ciumac/Maxim Dubarenco Lenka Broosova (SVK) d. Nadia Doubles (MDA) d. Alexander Lobkov (RUS)/Vaja Echeverria Alam (USA) 63 62 Liang-Chi Huang/Chu-Huan Yi (TPE) d. Uzakov (UZB) 75 64 Doubles Alexander Lazov (BUL)/Nikolaus Moser Patricia Ku Flores/Katherine Gabriela (AUT) 63 64 USA F30 FUTURES, PENSACOLA, FL Miranda-Chang (PER) d.