Hewett and Reid Reclaim US Open Wheelchair Doubles Title
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid dragged themselves from the brink to reclaim the US Open men’s wheelchair doubles crown, sealing a sixth title in New York and reminding the sport why they remain the gold standard of their era.
They beat 2025 Wimbledon champions Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren 2-6, 6-3, 10-7, a scoreline that barely hints at the turbulence beneath it. Up 2-0 early, then suddenly staring at a seven-game landslide against them, the British pair looked as if a third Grand Slam doubles title of the season might just slip away under the lights.
The momentum swung hard. From a set and a break down, the world No.1 team dug in, changed the tempo and ripped off the last four games of the second set. The belief returned. So did the bite on the return and the authority at the net.
By the time the deciding match tie-break reached its second half, Hewett and Reid were dictating everything that mattered, tightening their patterns while De la Puente and Spaargaren, so sharp early on, began to feel the weight of the occasion.
For Hewett, this first US Open doubles title since 2021 carries extra significance. All 26 of his Grand Slam doubles trophies have come alongside Reid, a partnership that has defined wheelchair doubles for more than a decade. He spoke of how desperate and driven they had been to reclaim this particular title, and of how many more doubles campaigns he believes still lie ahead for the pair.
Reid’s numbers are even more staggering. Friday’s victory marked his seventh US Open doubles crown and the 30th Grand Slam doubles title of his career. Thirteen years and counting with the same partner, still collecting majors, still feeding off big crowds on the biggest courts. He paid tribute to Hewett and to the atmosphere that turned another New York night into a stage worthy of their rivalry and resilience.
The timing of their triumph feels fitting. Wheelchair tennis is marking its 50th year, and here were two of its standard-bearers producing exactly the sort of fluctuating, high-quality contest that shows how far the sport has travelled.
Hewett’s week is far from done.
He will chase a fifth US Open singles title on Sunday, when he faces top seed Tokito Oda of Japan in the men’s final. Hewett advanced in ruthless fashion, leading 2025 runner-up Gustavo Fernandez 6-0, 3-0 before the Argentine was forced to retire. It was a statement, even if it ended prematurely: the four-time champion is in form, and Oda will know it.
The British success story in New York did not stop with the seniors.
In the juniors, Matthew Knoesen added his name to a growing list of emerging talents from Great Britain, becoming the third Brit since 2022 to win the US Open boys’ wheelchair singles title. The Kent youngster dominated Australian Sonny Renison 6-0, 6-2 in the final, then returned to court later in the day and picked up a second trophy.
Partnering Japan’s Hirofumi Inoue, Knoesen swept to the boys’ doubles title as well, dismantling fellow Brit Will Barton and Italy’s Lorenzo Politano 6-1, 6-0. One day, two titles, and a clear signal that the next generation is already pushing at the door that Hewett and Reid have held open for so long.
On a landmark year for wheelchair tennis, New York once again found itself at the centre of both its history and its future – with Britain right in the thick of it.
