History
The inaugural British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships was held in 1990 at Bishops Park in Fulham, London, where the tournament remained for two years before moving to Sheffield in 1992. In 1993, the British Open moved to the
Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre, which has been its home ever since. In 2023 the Lexus British Open marked 30 years of being held at Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre.
Having started its life as a satellite tournament on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, by 1995 the esteem in which the tournament was regarded was rewarded when the British Open became a Super Series tournament – one of just two tournaments in the world to have Super Series status, the highest tier of event on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in the days before wheelchair tennis became a part of the four majors, at that time.
In two of its first four years in Nottingham (1994 and 1997) the British Open week preceded the World Team Cup, the ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis team event. The British Open and the World Team Cup were both staged in successive weeks at Nottingham Tennis Centre for a third time in 2009.
Year |
Men's |
Women's |
Quads |
2022 |
Joachim Gerard (BEL) |
Aniek Van Koot (NED) | Andy Lapthorne (GBR) |
2021 |
|
Diede de Groot (NED) | Sam Schroder (NED) |
2020 |
Not held | Not held | Not held |
2019 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Diede de Groot (NED) | Niels Vink (NED) |
2018 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Diede de Groot (NED) | David Wagner (USA) |
2017 |
Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) | Yui Kamiji (JPN) | David Wagner (USA) |
2016 |
Stephane Houdet (FRA) | Jordanne Whiley (GBR) | Dylan Alcott (AUS) |
2015 |
Stephane Houdet (FRA) | Jordanne Whiley (GBR) | Lucas Sithole (RSA) |
2014 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Yui Kamiji (JPN) | Dylan Alcott (AUS) |
2013 |
Joachim Gerard (BEL) | Sabine Ellerbrock (GER) | Lucas Sithole (RSA) |
2012 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Noam Gershony (ISR) |
2011 |
Maikel Scheffers (NED) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Peter Norfolk (GBR) |
2010 |
Maikel Scheffers (NED) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Johan Andersson (SWE) |
2009 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | David Wagner (USA) |
2008 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Peter Norfolk (GBR) |
2007 |
Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | David Wagner (USA) |
2006 |
Robin Ammerlaan (NED) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Peter Norfolk (GBR) |
2005 |
David Hall (AUS) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Peter Norfolk (GBR) |
2004 |
David Hall (AUS) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Bas van Erp (NED) |
2003 |
Robin Ammerlaan (NED) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Peter Norfolk (GBR) |
2002 |
David Hall (AUS) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Nobuhiro Tachibana (JPN) |
2001 |
David Hall (AUS) | Esther Vergeer (NED) | Shraga Weinberg (ISR) |
2000 |
Ricky Molier (NED) | Sonja Peters (NED) | Rick Draney (USA) |
1999 |
David Hall (AUS) | Daniela Di Toro (AUS) | Rick Draney (USA) |
1998 |
David Hall (AUS) | Daniela Di Toro (AUS) | Rick Draney (USA) |
1997 |
Ricky Molier (NED) | Chantal Vandierendonck (NED) | Rick Draney (USA) |
1996 |
Laurent Giammartini (FRA) | Monique Kalkman (NED) | N/A |
1995 |
David Hall (AUS) | Monique Kalkman (NED) | N/A |
1994 |
Laurent Giammartini (FRA) | Daniela Di Toro (AUS) | N/A |
1993 |
Kai Schrameyer (GER) | Monique Van Den Bosch (NED) | N/A |
1992 |
Chip Turner (USA) | Monique Van Den Bosch (NED) | N/A |
1991 |
Chip Turner (USA) | Monique Van Den Bosch (NED) | N/A |
1990 |
Thierry Caillier (FRA) | Janet McMorran (GBR) | N/A |