ITF World Summer 2023 29
CHATRIER AWARD
Groot collected the women's
wheelchair honour for the fourth
successive time, and went home
from London with the Wimbledon
wheelchair singles title too,
extending her winning streak
111 matches.
Newcomer Niels Vink attended
event with his proud parents,
received the wheelchair
quad award for the first time.
20-year-old Dutchman's
breakthrough success has continued
2023 – he bookended the awards
ceremony with a second Roland
Garros title and a first-time triumph
Wimbledon.
for the legendary Shingo
Kunieda, there was one final sign-
from his amazing career, as he
received his trophy as ITF World
Champion in the men's wheelchair
division for the tenth and last time
following his retirement in January.
Returning to London evoked
memories for the Japanese player
one of his most treasured
victories – clinching the singles
at the All England Club a year
earlier to complete a full set of
Grand Slam singles titles, and
his career haul to 28 major
singles crowns.
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The full interview with Justine Henin
C L I C K H E R E TO WATC H
Clockwise
from right:
Rafael Nadal
accepted
his World
Champions
trophy in
Mallorca; Shingo
and Ai Kunieda
at the ITF World
Champions
Awards; Belgian
junior winner
Gilles Arnaud
Bailly; Diede
de Groot; Niels
Vink; Barbora
Krejcikova and
ITF President
David Haggerty
