Wheelchair tennis: More events to take place at WTA and ATP tournaments in 2026

More nonrecreational wheelchair tennis events volition instrumentality spot astatine ATP and WTA tournaments adjacent twelvemonth pursuing the support of a caller calendar operation by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

While the circumstantial events person not yet been confirmed, the ITF said a "significant number" of caller ones volition instrumentality spot astatine ATP and WTA tournaments, creating a calendar including "higher standards" and "elevated prize money".

BBC Sport understands determination volition beryllium astatine slightest 7 other integrated events successful 2026.

The 4 Grand Slams presently person some wheelchair and non-wheelchair events, successful summation to six ATP and and WTA tournaments.

Great Britain's Alfie Hewett - a 33-time Grand Slam champion crossed singles and doubles - said the enlargement presents a "great accidental for players to instrumentality their careers to the adjacent level".

World fig 2 Hewett, who was beaten by Tokito Oda successful the Wimbledon wheelchair singles final, added: "Now is the clip to instrumentality the accidental to turn our athletics adjacent further and marque integrated events the norm alternatively than the exception."

The ITF's president, David Haggerty, said the governing assemblage was "building connected the occurrence of the tiny fig of existing integrated events to make a circuit that is adjacent much effectual successful enhancing the careers of nonrecreational and aspiring players."

From 2026, the wheelchair tennis circuit volition beryllium divided into 3 tiers: Premier, International and Development.

The Premier Tier is the highest level, with tournaments to beryllium graded arsenic Grand Slam oregon Masters events, oregon 1000, 500 and 250 arsenic per ATP and WTA events.