Lexus British Open Roehampton 2026: Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid claim doubles title as singles champions are crowned
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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid claimed their third WC1000 men’s doubles title of 2026 today after the top seeds claimed the Lexus British Open Roehampton doubles trophy.
Hewett and Reid recovered from 7-2 down in the match-deciding tie-break to defeat second seeds and reigning Wimbledon champions Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren 6-4, 4-6, (11-9).
World No.1 pairing and 24-time Grand Slam champions Hewett and Reid, who won 6-2, 6-0 against the Spanish, Dutch duo in the title decider at the Lexus British Open Roehampton 12 months ago, faced a much toucher assignment this year.
However, Reid produced some outstanding tennis in the closing moments as the reigning Paralympic champions claimed their fifth British Open title since 2015.
He said, “We know what these guys can do, they beat us last year at Wimbledon and pushed us all the way today. We know we have to be at our best against such a strong team and I’m sure we are going to have many more battles against them. We’re really looking forward to next week now.”
Hewett’s hopes of retaining his men’s singles title came to an end, however, as the LTA’s premier grass court wheelchair tournament came to a close with Tokito Oda of Japan winning the men’s singles title.
World No.1 Oda was able to frustrate Hewett with his early returns and served twice as many aces as the British No.1 to claim his first men’s singles title in Roehampton, 6-3, 6-1.
Hewett, who had beaten Oda in the final of the Japan Open in April, said, “I felt like I had been playing well leading into this match, but Tokito’s all-round game was on point today and it was a strong serving performance from him today, But I’ll keep strong and next week (at Wimbledon) is the perfect time to bounce back from this result.”
In this 50th Anniversary year for wheelchair tennis, Hewett was among the finalists to receive their trophies from Brad Parks, the founder of wheelchair tennis in 1976 in California.
China’s Wang Ziying, the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam wheelchair singles title when she triumphed at the All England Club in 2025, claimed the women’s singles title.
Wang led top seed Diede de Groot of the Netherlands 7-5, 3-1 in the final when De Groot was forced to retire with injury. De Groot’s retirement subsequently resulted in a walkover in the women’s doubles final, with Li Xiaohui and Wang taking the Lexus British Open title for the first time.
In the Quad division, third seed Guy Sasson of Israel claimed his first grass court quad singles title, ending 17-year-old Australian Jin Woodman’s hopes of securing back-to-back grass court titles in successive weeks, defeating last week’s Lexus Eastbourne Open champion 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the final.
Sasson left Roehampton with singles and doubles titles after partnering Niels Vink of the Netherlands to retain their Lexus British Open title. Britain’s Paris 2024 Paralympic quad doubles silver medallists Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade were unable to produce the kind of tennis that saw them recover from a set and 4-2 down in the semi-finals against second seeds Sam Schroder and Woodman, as Sasson and Vink prevailed 6-0, 6-1.
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