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ITF CIRCUITS AND PROFESSIONAL TENNIS EVENTS • ITF WHEELCHAIR TENNIS CIRCUIT I 19 Griffi oen and fellow Dutchwoman Aniek van Koot sealed their second UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters title together, having also won the women's doubles at Roland Garros and the US Open. Griffi oen subsequently became women's doubles year-end No.1 for the fi fth time. Wagner and Nick Taylor kept the Doubles Masters quad title in USA after their ninth trophy together, with Wagner earning the year-end No.1 quad doubles award for the 12th time. After his fi rst Grand Slam titles partnering Shingo Kunieda at Roland Garros and Stephane Houdet at the US Open, Gordon Reid partnered Michael Jeremiasz to win the Doubles Masters, with victory earning Reid his fi rst year-end No.1 doubles award. A memorable year for Brits also included Jordanne Whiley's fi rst Grand Slam singles title in New York. At the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey, Great Britain made history by winning the men's trophy for the fi rst time. Netherlands won a 28th women's title and USA regained the quad title as well as winning the junior competition. Spain won men's World Group II to earn promotion to the World Group for 2016. With the continued and invaluable support of the Johan Cruyff Foundation, the Wheelchair Tennis Development Fund (WTDF) had seen 42 projects initiated by 2015, with new projects launched in Vietnam, Morocco and Brazil. In partnership with the Agitos Foundation, projects focusing on developing wheelchair tennis in the Caribbean involved visits to Haiti and Cuba and a project promoting coach education within South America was also started. The WTDF was also shortlisted at the Beyond Sports Awards. Six-time ITF World Champion David Hall of Australia was named winner of the Brad Parks Award during a year when the six-time Paralympic medallist also became the latest wheelchair tennis player to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. VICTORIES FOR NETHERLANDS IN THE WOMEN'S EVENT AT THE WORLD TEAM CUP VICTORIES FOR NETHERLANDS 28

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