Champagne-loving Oda targets Calendar Grand Slam after Wimbledon title
It may have been the influence of champagne, but Japan’s Tokito Oda cut a relaxed – and for the first few minutes a giggling – figure during his post-match press conference after once again conquering Wimbledon.
Oda has had many titanic battles with Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett although this year’s men’s wheelchair singles final failed to live up to previous blockbusters as the 20-year-old prevailed 6-1 6-1.
Left-hander Oda is now the third wheelchair tennis player after Dutch pair Diede de Groot and Niels Vink to win three Wimbledon singles titles, having also won here in 2023 and 2025.
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After posting his 50th Grand Slam match-win, he is also the fourth player to record a streak of six consecutive Grand Slam wheelchair singles titles – after De Groot, Shingo Kunieda and Esther Vergeer.
That is something most certainly to mark and the celebratory mood was evident in the press room. Indeed, the laughter between Oda and his backroom team seemed to emanate from the Japanese haphazardly placing his newly acquired trophy on the interview desk.
“I just held my trophy here and then it fell down by accident,” said Oda. “But it’s okay, it looks like art right now and I’m really happy to get this kind of trophy and I am feeling amazing right now.
“In terms of celebrating, I have opened some champagne and shared it with my team. This year, I can drink finally [20 years of age is the legal drinking age in Japan]. It was a great moment to share with my team.
“Today, I did well. I feel like I could do anything on the court and I could put Alfie behind the court because I was trying to pressure him. I was trying to make it a special match, not just win. Playing my best tennis was my motivation. I gave everything out there.”
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Oda has achieved so much in the game and by winning the 2025 US Open it ensured he sealed the career Golden Slam – all four Grand Slam titles and a gold medal at the Paralympic Games – in wheelchair singles.
But aside from title tallies, one achievement for Oda still to target is the Calendar Grand Slam. Having won the men’s singles titles at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and now Wimbledon in 2026, the US Open can once again act as kingmaker.
“I still have one more thing to do – we have the US Open in a few months,” added Oda. “I have one thing left to do this year and I really feel as though I have confidence for the US Open and the hard courts over there.
“Of course, the likes of Alfie, Gustavo [Fernandez], Martin [de la Puente] and everyone else are going to try and kill me, but I am planning a little bit of a new style for myself, and I am going to go for it.”
A full list of results from the 2026 Wimbledon Wheelchair Championships can be found here