It was a great day all-around for calendar Grand Slams as France's Stéphane Houdet became the first male to complete the feat after securing a fourth doubles title and a third with partner Shingo Kunieda of Japan.

Kamiji and Whiley, the women's top seeds, capped off an incredible year at the majors by defeating second-seeded Dutchwomen Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

"I can't describe how I feel to make history," said Whiley, who, alongside Kamiji, becomes the first non-Dutch woman to complete the calendar Grand Slam.

"I'm so proud of achieving this for British tennis.

"I've been through a whole mixture of emotions today.

"I felt sick on court with the heat and all the nerves, but now I'm so happy and, as I said after Wimbledon, it's successes like this that help repay all the support of family and friends, and the support from the Tennis Foundation and UK Sport."

Stéphane Houdet made history at the US Open as he became the first male to record a calendar Grand Slam with victory alongside Shingo Kunieda ©Getty Images



In men's doubles, the duo of Houdet and Kunieda scored a hard fought 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(4) win over second seeds Gordon Reid of Great Britain and Maikel Scheffers of The Netherlands.

Reid and Scheffers had two match points at 6-5 in the third and deciding set.

However, having finished runners-up to Houdet and Kunieda in the Australian Open in January, the pair found their opponents to have the edge once again as Houdet and Kunieda secured the victory despite Reid and Scheffers saving three match points in the final set tie-break.

At Roland Garros, Houdet partnered Joachim Gérard of Belgium to defeat Argentina's Gustavo Fernández and France's Nicolas Peifer for the title.

In the quad singles there will be a new champion crowned tomorrow with defending champion Lucas Sithole of South Africa failing to reach this year's final.

The final will be contested by American David Wagner and Briton Andrew Lapthorne.

Wagner won back-to-back titles in 2010-2011 at the US Open, while Lapthorne will be in search of his first US Open title and first singles Grand Slam crown.

The pair met in the final round-robin match of the tournament, with the American strolling to a 6-3, 6-1 victory.

The finalists are determined by sets won versus sets lost with Wagner on 5-2, Lapthorne on 4-2, Sithole on 4-3 and Nick Taylor on 6-0.

If Wagner takes victory tomorrow it will be his second title of the weekend after securing quad doubles victory alongside compatriot Taylor today.

The pair defeated Lapthorne and Sithole 6-3, 7-5 to remain undefeated at their home Grand Slam.

They remain the only quad doubles partnership to have ever won the title following this sixth consecutive victory in New York.

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