Gordon Reid became the first British player to win the International Tennis Federation's Male Player of the Year Award for players on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, after the ITF presented him with the trophy at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Tournament Dinner.
The British No. 1 and world No. 7 won the award, which is presented annually to a player acknowledged because of his fair play, sportsmanship, on court and off court behaviour and contribution towards the development of wheelchair tennis on a national and international level, after an initial nomination process and subsequent public poll.
Reid gained more than three times as many votes as world No. 1 Shingo Kunieda of Japan, the runner-up, in the poll.
"After a memorable 2012 on the court for me, this is a great honour to be named Male Player of the Year in the ITF poll, particularly because it is an award voted for by other players in the sport, as well as tournaments and members of the public," said Reid. "I'm very grateful to everyone who has voted for me and I feel like I'm building on the success of last year in 2013 reaching no.6 in the world for the first time."
Reid became the first British player to reach the men's singles quarter-finals at a Paralympic Tennis Event at London 2012 and ended the year as only the second Brit to gain a top 10 men's singles world ranking and earn qualification for the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters. He also reached his first Super Series final at the British Open in Nottingham last season.
Meanwhile, Martin McElhatton, chairman of the National Wheelchair Tennis Association and a past World Team Cup captain for Great Britain, received the prestigious Brad Parks Award at the dinner for his outstanding contribution to wheelchair tennis on a national and international level since 1986.
Great Britain ended the 2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup having won the junior title for the second time and also finished as silver medallists in the women's World Group for the second time.
Look back at the World Team Cup 2013 here.
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