Hewett & Reid Reclaim US Open Men’s Wheelchair Doubles Title
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid dug themselves out of a deep hole to reclaim the US Open men’s wheelchair doubles crown, then watched Hewett book yet another shot at singles glory on a landmark day for British wheelchair tennis in New York.
Hewett & Reid’s great escape
For a pair chasing a sixth US Open title together, the opening act was a mess.
Up 2-0 in the first set against 2025 Wimbledon champions Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren, Hewett and Reid suddenly lost their grip. Seven games in a row went the other way. The set disappeared 6-2, the break went with it, and so did any sense of control.
For the world No.1 team, this was not part of the script. A third Grand Slam doubles trophy of the season looked to be slipping away under the lights.
Then the fightback started.
From a set and a break down, the British pair tightened everything: returns bit harder, serves found their spots, the errors dried up. They surged through the final four games of the second set to take it 6-3, dragging the final into a deciding match tie-break.
The pressure finally told. In the second half of that breaker, Hewett and Reid imposed themselves, closing out a 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 victory to lift their sixth US Open men’s wheelchair doubles title and their third major of 2026.
For Hewett, every one of his 26 Grand Slam doubles titles has come alongside Reid. This one clearly meant plenty.
“This is something we’ve been desperate and highly motivated for,” he said, savouring a first US Open doubles crown since 2021. “Thank you to Gordon for an incredible week. It won't be the last, we’ve got plenty more doubles to play in the future.
“These are the sorts of matches we want to play, especially in front of such an incredible crowd. It’s obviously a big year for wheelchair tennis, with it being 50 years, and it’s so amazing to see how far it’s come.”
Reid, now a seven-time US Open doubles champion with 30 Grand Slam doubles titles in total, reflected on a partnership that has defined an era.
“Thank you Alfie,” he said. “It’s been more than 13 years we’ve been playing together and hopefully we’ve still got a few more years left in us.
“It’s always an honour to play on these courts, especially when we have a great crowd like you guys tonight to make a great atmosphere for us.”
Hewett into another New York final
The doubles trophy was only half of Hewett’s workload.
Earlier, he had marched into his eighth US Open men’s singles final in nine appearances, underlining his status as one of the dominant forces in the sport.
Facing 2025 runner-up Gustavo Fernandez, the four-time US Open singles champion came out blazing. He raced through the first set 6-0 and led 3-0 in the second when the Argentine was forced to retire, sending Hewett through with a commanding scoreboard and plenty left in the tank.
Waiting for him on Sunday is top seed Tokito Oda of Japan, the latest chapter in a growing rivalry that sits at the very top of the men’s game. Another US Open title would add yet more weight to Hewett’s already imposing New York record.
Knoesen headlines next British wave
The day also belonged to the next generation.
Matthew Knoesen, from Kent, became the third Brit since 2022 to win the US Open boys’ wheelchair singles title, then doubled up with the boys’ doubles crown to stamp his name firmly on the junior event.
He dismantled Australian Sonny Renison 6-0, 6-2 in the singles final, a dominant performance that left little room for nerves or doubt. Later, he returned to court alongside Japan’s Hirofumi Inoue and was just as ruthless, beating fellow Brit Will Barton and Italy’s Lorenzo Politano 6-1, 6-0 to complete a flawless day.
On a night when Hewett and Reid reminded everyone why they have defined an era, Knoesen offered a glimpse of what might come next. For British wheelchair tennis, the present looks powerful. The future might be even stronger.
