Andy Lapthorne, Jordanne Whiley and Marc McCarroll all added to their respective trophy cabinets over the weekend as Hillingdon’s trio of world class wheelchair tennis players completed back-to-back tournaments at the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lapthorne won the quad doubles in Baton Rouge after partnering fellow Brit Jamie Burdekin to a memorable win over the world’s top partnership, David Wagner and Nick Taylor, whilst Whiley made it three finals from four events as she finished runner-up in the women’s singles and doubles and McCarroll brought two weeks in the USA to a successful end as he won the men’s consolation singles.

Lapthorne and Burdekin had finished runners-up to the American top seeds and three-time Paralympic champions Taylor and Wagner in the quad doubles at the Pensacola Open, but reversed that result in Baton Rouge with a stunning 6-3 3-6 (11-9) victory in Saturday’s final.

It was the second big win for world No.3 Lapthorne in successive days in Baton Rouge after he gained only his second career win over world No. 2 Dylan Alcott in Friday’s quad singles semi-finals to avenge his semi-final loss to Alcott in Pensacola. Lapthorne beat Alcott 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 for his first victory since his first ever match against the Australian in January 2014. He went on to finish runner-up to Wagner in Saturday’s final after the world No. 1 earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory.

“I’m thrilled me and Jamie could pull off another win over the world’s top pair to take down another title,” said Lapthorne after claiming one of two titles in Louisiana for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme. “It’s always tough to play them and it was a big performance after the disappointment of my singles final a few hours earlier. David was the better player on the day, but to beat Dylan in the semis was an important win for me and there’s plenty to build on now for the rest of the season.”

After ending the Pensacola Open with the women’s doubles titles and a place in the women’s singles semi-finals, Whiley reached two finals in Baton Rouge. She defeated fellow Brit and world No. 10 Lucy Shuker 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the last four of the singles before a fine effort to land the title ended in a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 loss to German world No. 4 and top seed Sabine Ellerbrock.

Having partnered Shuker to win the women’s doubles in Pensacola, Whiley partnered Dutchwoman Marjolein Buis to the doubles final for the loss of just one game in Baton Rouge. However, a second title proved elusive, with Ellerbrock and Shuker winning the decider 6-3, 7-6(5).

“It was a really close fight against Sabine and I know what I did wrong, but Sabine played well today,” said Whiley afterwards. “I'm proud of my spirit and I'll just work harder on things in training. I also had a little shoulder niggle in the final which prevented me from serving as I’d have liked to, so I think I did well considering that and all in all it’s been a good two weeks.”

McCarroll had the misfortune of being drawn against former world No. 1 Michael Jeremiasz in his opening matches in both Pensacola and Baton Rouge. After taking Jeremiasz to three sets in Pensacola, McCarroll lost out in straight sets last week to the in-form Frenchman, who went on to win the title. However, British No. 2 McCarroll, a double semi-finalist in doubles in the USA, ensured he left Louisiana on a winning note after dropping a total of just three games in his next three matches to win the men’s consolation singles event.