Shingo Kunieda started competing competitively at the age of 17 and after a few years on tour soon found himself as World No.1 in 2006. The following year in 2007, Shingo became the first player in history to complete the Calendar Year Grand Slam in Men’s Wheelchair Singles. Since then, he has completed the feat an additional four times, in 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015, truly cementing himself as the world’s best in wheelchair tennis.