The finalists of the 11 men’s singles classes and seven women’s single classes had an extra incentive at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, knowing that as well as being crowned continental champion they would secure an automatic place at next year’s Paralympics.

In class one, victory went to Hungary’s Endre Major who beat Britain’s Robert Davies 11-8, 4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-6 to book a place at a third Paralympics.

Major’s best Paralympic performance came at Rio 2016 when he was beaten in the bronze-medal match in the same class by Nam Kiwon of South Korea.

In class two, Poland’s Rafał Czuper also sealed a place at a third Paralympics after defeating France’s Fabien Lamirault 17-15, 11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 11-9.

Czuper won silver medals at both the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics, as well as a bronze in Tokyo.

Victory in men’s class three went to Germany’s Thomas Schmidberger, who defeated Florian Merrien of France 11-5, 11-6, 11-4.

Schmidberger has won three Paralympic silver medals in the class, in team competition at London 2012, and in team and individual at Rio 2016.

Turkey’s Abdullah Öztürk of Turkey claimed the class four title, overcoming Filip Nachazel of the Czech Republic 11-3, 11-8, 11-6.

Öztürk has won singles gold at the last two Paralympics in the class.

In class five, the title went to Germany’s Valentin Baus, who beat Britain’s Jack Spivey 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8.

Baus won a singles silver medal in this class at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

In men’s class six, Italian Matteo Parenzan won in straight games against Peter Rosenmeier of Denmark 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, to book a spot at a second Paralympics.

There were home celebrations in class seven as Britain’s Will Bayley won 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9 against Netherlands Jean-Paul Montanus.

Bayley has four Paralympic medals to his name, including a singles gold in this class at Rio 2016.

In class eight, an all-Ukrainian encounter went the way of Viktor Didukh who won in straight games against Maksym Nikolenko 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.

Didukh won singles silver in this class at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and will hope to upgrade his medal colour next year after booking a spot at a third Games.

In class nine, Belgium’s Laurens Devos ran out a straight games winner against Ukraine’s Ivan Mai by a comfortable scoreline of 11-6, 11-2, 11-2.

Devos has won singles golds in this class at the last two Paralympics and will hope to make it three in a row in Paris.

In class 10, Poland’s Patryk Chojnowski, who won gold in this event at the London 2012 Paralympics, ran out a straight games victor over Filip Radovic of Montenegro 11-6, 11-4, 11-8.

Belgium’s Florian Van Acker won men’s class 11, overcoming Hungarian Peter Palos of Hungary 11-4, 13-11, 11-8.

Van Acker has two Paralympic singles medals in this class to his name - a gold at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020.

In women’s class three, Croatia’s Anđela Mužinić overcame Italian Michela Brunelli 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 to win the title and a Paris 2024 spot.

Borislava Perić of Serbia won class four, defeating Alexandra Saint Pierre of France 11-2, 11-8, 11-4.

Perić has four Paralympic medals to her name, including singles gold in this class at Rio 2016.

In class six, the title went to Ukrainian Maryna Lytovchenko, a Rio 2016 singles bronze medallist in this event, who defeated Poland’s Katarzyna Marszal 11-5, 11-5, 11-3.      

There was a thrilling encounter in the class seven final, as Turkey’s Kübra Korkut, a three-time Paralympic medallist, overcame Kelly Van Zon of the Netherlands from two games down, winning 2-11, 6-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8.

Norway’s Aida Dahlen won the class eight category, in which she took a bronze medal during Tokyo 2020, coming from behind to beat Britain’s Grace Williams 6-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.

The class ten title went to Poland’s Natalia Partyka, who came from a game down to defeat Merve Demir of Turkey 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5.

Partyka has a formidable Paralympic record in this class winning singles gold at four consecutive Games between 2004 and 2016, as well as a bronze in the category at Tokyo 2020.

Finally in class 11, victory went to Ebru Acer of Turkey, who overcame Lea Ferney of France 13-11, 11-8, 15-13.

Competition in Sheffield also took place across men’s, women’s and mixed doubles categories.