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Lexus Eastbourne Open 2026: Gordon Reid becomes second Brit to win men's wheelchair singles
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Top seed Gordon Reid became the second Brit to win the Lexus Eastbourne Open men's wheelchair singles title after beating his countryman Ben Bartram 6-0, 6-3 in today’s WC500 title decider at Devonshire Park.
Diede de Groot of the Netherlands earned her third women’s singles title in Eastbourne, while Australia’s Jin Woodman completed a victorious grass court tournament debut in the quad singles final.
With world No.5 Reid having beaten defending champion Ruben Spaargaren in Friday’s semi-finals and Bartram defeating world No.8 Takuya Miki of Japan to equal his career-best win by ranking, the first game of Saturday’s final promised a thrilling encounter as Reid finally earned the first service break after a 13-minute game.
Thereafter, Reid went on to claim the first nine games of the contest before British No.3 Bartram broke the world No.5’s serve twice to level the second set.
However, almost 10 years on from winning the inaugural men’s wheelchair singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Reid finally sealed the third grass court title of his career and his first singles title of 2026.
“It was crazy tough conditions and after a bit of a thunderstorm last night it was pretty soft and challenging," he said. "I think Ben felt it, too, but I was just trying to keep my focus and concentrate on what I was doing, and I’m really happy with the result.
“Any chance we get to be integrated with the ATP and WTA tournaments is great and, obviously. For us as British players to have as many tournaments on home soil as we can is really important. I’ve really enjoyed it this week, it seems like it's growing every year, so hopefully we can keep that momentum going.”
While Reid added his name to the Eastbourne roll of honour two years on from Alfie Hewett being victorious at Devonshire Park, world No.2 De Groot added to her 2022 and 2023 titles after defeating second seed Li Xiaohui of China 6-4, 7-5.
Meanwhile, 17-year-old world No.5 Woodman claimed his maiden grass court title after defeating world No.4 Kaplan 7-6(2), 6-4.
With the first of the LTA’s two grass court tournaments on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour now ending today, the world’s top wheelchair players move on to the Lexus British Open Roehampton.
One of six elite WC1000 wheelchair tournament this year, and a World Tennis Junior J300 level event, the Lexus British Open Roehampton begins tomorrow (Sunday) with the opening day of junior tournament action before the wheelchair tournament begins on Tuesday.
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