14 April 2023 | Tennis Victoria

The ITF Melbourne Wheelchair Classic returns to Melbourne from 14 – 16 April with more junior entrants than ever before.

 

Twelve junior wheelchair tennis players will participate in the tournament, across the three days.

 

“This year’s tournament has the highest number of junior wheelchair participants that we have ever seen at an ITF Futures level before,” said Tournament Director Daniel O’Neill.

 

“This is reflective of the great role models we’ve had in the sport in recent times like Dylan Alcott, Heath Davidson and Ben Weekes. Their success has inspired a noticeable amount of junior players to join the sport.”

 

“The tournament will also be played on clay courts for the first time ever, which will be a great lead in for our players headed to Europe for tournaments on the clay courts.”

 

The ITF event will see Men, Women and Juniors compete on court.

 

ITF Melbourne Wheelchair Classic media opportunity

 

Date: 14 – 16 April

Location: National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park, Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne

 

RSVP: Please RSVP attendance and requests to Kayla Millhouse, +61 466 432 683,  [email protected]

 

Draws and entry lists available here.

 

Additional information on upcoming wheelchair tennis events

 

The ITF Melbourne Wheelchair Classic will be followed by the Greg Crump Cup, an Australian event which will see teams across all age groups play together on April 17 and 18 at the National Tennis Centre.

This event will then be followed by the team announcement of the Australian junior wheelchair World Team Cup on Wednesday 19 April.

 

Future ITF wheelchair events in Australia include the Queensland Wheelchair Open from June 26-28, 2023.