By Duncan MackayJuly 29 - Mission Viejo in California will host both of the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) year-end wheelchair events after the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion was selected as the venue for the 2013 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

singles players.Its role of honour includes all the wheelchair tennis stars led by 14-time champion Esther

Vergeer of Netherlands, who has now retired.Shingo Kunieda (pictured top) of Japan, Jiske Griffioen

By James CrookJune 4 - An action-packed programme is expected on the first day of the wheelchair tennis event at Roland Garros in Paris tomorrow, with the world's second and fourth best ranked players facing off in the opening round of both the men's and women's singles events.

world number four Marjolein Buis, the opponent that defeated Griffoen with the legendary now-retired Esther

Vergeer in the final of the women's doubles at London 2012 to take gold.Their fellow Dutchwoman and

By James CrookMay 26 - France and the Netherlands have retained their respective men's and women's BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis men's and women's World Group titles in Turkey, and there was also success for Great Britain and the United States in the junior and quad events.

play-off.In the women's event, the Netherlands continued their dominance even in the absence of the legendary Esther

Vergeer, who went a decade undefeated before retiring earlier this year, to claim their 26th women's

By James CrookMay 19 - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced the nominations for the 2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event at the Club Ali Bey Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey, which starts tomorrow.

and the Federation Cup - as the men's and women's top seeds, but they will be without the now-retired Esther

Vergeer, who quit the game in February this year after a decade without defeat.The women's team will

Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has paid tribute to wheelchair tennis player Esther

Vergeer following her retirement, calling the Dutch superstar one of the greatest athletes of all time

On behalf of the entire Paralympic Movement, I would like to congratulate Esther on her unparalleled

During her career, Esther has given a face to the sport of wheelchair tennis and helped increase awareness

Esther Vergeer won her third consecutive Paralympic gold medal at London 2012 Vergeer, who retires with

Throughout the entire duration of her career, Esther has embodied the Paralympic Spirit, and it has been

world championsSeptember 2012: Vergeer confirms wheelchair tennis queen status with London 2012

By James CrookFeburary 12 - Dutch wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has announced her retirement

Over the course of her career, Vergeer dominated wheelchair tennis, winning 21 Grand Slam titles, three

the Cruyff Foundation, set up by Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff, and with her own foundation, The Esther

in sport.Wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has retired, weeks after celebrating an incredible 10

ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti paid tribute to Vergeer and her achievements, saying: "Esther Vergeer

Cruyff Foundation director, Carole Thate, said: "Esther Vergeer is a role model not only as an athlete

By Tom DegunFebruary 2 - Japan's wheelchair tennis star Shingo Kunieda (pictured) heads the five athlete shortlist for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for January after claiming his sixth Australian Open title in Melbourne.

title at the Australian Open to take the number one spot on the world rankings list ahead of compatriot Esther

Vergeer, who did not compete.Next on the list is visually impaired skier Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia

By James CrookJanuary 22 - The 2013 Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships get underway in Melbourne tomorrow, with five-time champion Shingo Kunieda of Japan facing defending champion Maikel Scheffers of Holland in the pick of the first round ties.

won the tournament in 2006, in the first round.In the women's tournament, the absence of Dutchwoman Esther

Vergeer, who has won an incredible 470 consecutive games and has not experienced defeat for a decade

Wheelchair tennis will see a changing of the guardWith Esther Vergeer nearing the end of her career,

  Dutch wheelchair tennis queen Esther Vergeer is close to retirement having completely dominated

By Emily GoddardDecember 12 - Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands and France's Stéphane Houdet have been

Claiming the title for an astonishing 13th successive year, Vergeer (pictured top) enjoyed another remarkable

Again I am very proud to be the year-end number one," Vergeer said."

By Emily GoddardDecember 3 - Bibian Mentel, the Dutch snowboarder who has won the first IPC-sanctioned event in the sport since it was accepted onto the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games programme on her home course in Landgraaf, joins compatriot wheelchair tennis player Jiske Griffioen on the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) shortlist for the Athlete of the Month title.

champion and three-time Paralympic medallist made the most of the absence of 14-time Masters champion Esther

Vergeer at the competition in Mechelen, Belgium, as she added her name to the list of five Dutchwomen

By Tom Degun November 15 - Japan's Shingo Kunieda proved the star at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Mechelen, Belgium, as he claimed the men's singles title in the final ITF Wheelchair Tennis Championship.

medal at London 2012 made the most of the absence of 14-time NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters champion Esther

Vergeer as she added her name to the list of five Dutchwomen who have now won the NEC Masters women's

I think it's good that we have a new winner even though Esther [Vergeer] isn't here and I'm so pleased

Tom DegunOctober 15 - United States handcycling star Muffy Davis has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) female athlete of the month for August-September after storming to three gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

equestrian rider Sophie Christiansen, British cyclist Sarah Storey and Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther

Vergeer were also finalists for the award but finished well behind Davis.Unlike the usual system where

By Tom DegunOctober 15 - Andre Cats, the Chef de Mission of the Netherlands team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games has presented International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven with a €20,000 (£16,140/$25,920) donation.

with 10 golds and 39 overall medals.Two of the gold medals came at the hands of wheelchair tennis star Esther

Vergeer, one of the greatest Dutch Paralympians ever.Wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer, who won

By Tom DegunOctober 10 - Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands, the most dominant sportswoman in the world

has won an astonishing 470 matches in a row in an unprecedented streak that goes back to January 2004.Vergeer

I think the Games were so well organised as never before," Vergeer said."

Vergeer will be joined at the event by London 2012 men's singles champion Shingo Kunieda of Japan, as

silver medal at the London 2012 Paralympics when she was beaten in the wheelchair singles final by Esther

If all unfolds as many anticipate in Belgium, expect to see Vergeer and Van Koot face off in the women's