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ITF SINGLES WORLD CHAMPIONS Novak Djokovic (SRB) Djokovic is Men's World Champion for the fourth consecutive year. The 27-year-old won his seventh Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, and was also a finalist at Roland Garros and a semifinalist at the US Open. He won a total of seven titles during the year including the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals and reclaimed the No. 1 ranking. Serena Williams (USA) Williams is named Women's World Champion for the fifth occasion after maintaining the No. 1 ranking throughout the year. The 33-year-old captured her 18th Grand Slam title at the US Open to equal the achievements of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. She won six other titles during 2014, including the season-ending WTA Finals. ITF DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONS Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) The Bryans become Men's Doubles World Champions for the 11th time after capturing their 16th Grand Slam title and 100th title overall at the 2014 US Open. They won a total of ten titles during the year, including the ATP World Tour Finals, taking their total career titles to 103. They were also runners-up at Wimbledon. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (ITA) Errani and Vinci are the second pair to be named Women's Doubles World Champions on three occasions. The Italians completed the career Grand Slam with victory at Wimbledon, and were also champions at the Australian Open and runners-up at Roland Garros. They won a total of five titles during the year and finished 2014 co-ranked No. 1 on the WTA doubles rankings. ITF JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS Andrey Rublev (RUS) Rublev is the first Russian male in any category to be named ITF World Champion after achieving the year-end No. 1 boys' junior ranking. The 17-year-old won his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, and captured singles bronze and doubles silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. He reached a total of five singles finals during the year, winning two titles. Catherine Bellis (USA) Bellis is the second American in three years to become ITF Girls' World Champion. The 15-year-old won four singles titles during the year, sealing the year-end No. 1 ranking at the Orange Bowl. She also led the United States to victory in the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, one year after being a member of the USA's 14-and-under ITF World Junior Tennis winning team. ITF WHEELCHAIR WORLD CHAMPIONS Shingo Kunieda (JPN) Kunieda becomes Men's Wheelchair World Champion for the sixth time after retaining the year-end world No. 1 ranking. The 30-year-old only lost one match all year, winning 12 singles titles including all three Grand Slam singles events. He was also champion at the season-ending NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. Yui Kamiji (JPN) Kamiji is named Women's Wheelchair World Champion for the first time after dominating the Grand Slam tournaments. The 20-year-old captured her first two major titles at Roland Garros and the US Open, and was runner-up at the Australian Open. She also partnered Britain's Jordanne Whiley to the women's doubles Grand Slam. Kamiji won a total of eight singles titles during 2014 and is the first Asian woman to receive this honour. 2014 ITF WORLD CHAMPIONS 34 2014 ITF WORLD CHAMPIONS

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