Melbourne, Australia, 26 November 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Australia’s leading players with an intellectual impairment (PWII) and players who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHoH) converged on Melbourne for the annual Australian Tennis Championships.
A total of 69 players competed for national titles at the four-day event, which was held at Tennis World Albert Reserve from 23-26 November.
Queensland’s Archie Graham reaffirmed his position as Australia’s leading PWII athlete, scooping the men’s singles and doubles titles in the II-1 division.
There was a changing of the guard in the II-1 women’s singles, with South Australia’s Andriana Petrakis defeating top-ranked Australian Kelly Wren, from New South Wales, to win the division one title.
Rhylee Jackson dominated the DHoH category, with the Queensland teen claiming three national titles.
| Australian Tennis Championships 2023 | ||
| Event | Champion | Runner-up |
| II-1 men’s singles division one | Archie Graham (Qld) | Mitchell James (Qld) |
| II-1 men’s singles division two | Alex Baker (Qld) | Senya Rudoy (Vic) |
| II-1 men’s singles division three | Andrew Bascetta (Vic) | Sai Aman Ramadani (Qld) |
| II-1 women’s singles division one | Andriana Petrakis (SA) | Kelly Wren (NSW) |
| II-1 women’s singles division two | Schapelle Conway (NSW) | Emma Mangan (Qld) |
| II-1 men’s doubles | Archie Graham (Qld)/Zarey Sou (NSW) | Joshua Holloway (Qld)/Mitchell James (Qld) |
| II-1 women’s doubles | Carla Lenarduzzi (Vic)/Kelly Wren (NSW) | Siobhan Johnson (Vic)/Andriana Petrakis (SA) |
| II-2 open singles | Timothy Gould (Qld) | Sai Aman Ramadani (Qld) |
| II-3 men’s singles division one | Hunter Thompson (Qld) | Hayden Ballard (Qld) |
| II-3 men’s singles division two | Nicholas Costa (SA) | Daniel Cross (Vic) |
| II-3 women’s singles | Amy Potts (Qld) | Lillie Eadie (Qld) |
| II-3 open doubles | Hunter Thompson (Qld)/Hayden Ballard (Qld) | Tom Collins (SA)/Simon Ma (NSW) |
| 18/u PWII boys’ singles division one | Hayden Ballard (Qld) | Simon Ma (NSW) |
| 18/u PWII boys’ singles division two | Orlando Thompson (Qld) | Toby Langford (Vic) |
| 18/u PWII girls’ singles | Amy Potts (Qld) | Chloe Dunn (Qld) |
| 18/u PWII open doubles | Orlando Thompson (Qld)/Ocean Lindner (Qld) | Jesse Howard (Qld)/Lillie Eadie (Qld) |
| DHoH men’s singles | Rhylee Jackson (Qld) | Justin Smith (Vic) |
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