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Hewett and Reid Reclaim Wimbledon Wheelchair Doubles as Oda Beats Hewett in Singles Final

A late comeback on No. 1 Court underlined Hewett and Reid’s doubles mastery, highlighting wheelchair tennis’s growing stage at Wimbledon.

Overview

  • On Saturday, July 11, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid came from a set down to beat Tokito Oda and Gustavo Fernandez 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 and win their seventh Wimbledon doubles title as a pair.
  • The British pair overturned the final by winning nine of the next 10 games after losing the first set, a run that secured their 25th Grand Slam doubles trophy together.
  • On Sunday, July 12, world number one Tokito Oda defeated Hewett 6-1, 6-1 to take the men's wheelchair singles title and extend his run of Grand Slam singles wins.
  • Hewett’s weekend combined a doubles triumph and a singles runner-up finish, adding to a season that included the French Open doubles win while Oda and Fernandez hold the other major doubles crowns.
  • The tournament also set the quad singles final after Sam Schroder beat Britain’s Andy Lapthorne 6-1, 6-1 to face top seed Niels Vink, in a year that marks major anniversaries for wheelchair tennis at Grand Slams.