Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	ITF
Events	6 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 2)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Wheelchair tennis was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1988, with two events being held (men's and women's singles). It became an official medal-awarding sport in 1992 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Four events were held from 1992 to 2000, with quad events (mixed gender) in both singles and doubles added in 2004.

Summary

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
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8	1988	2	Netherlands
9	1992	4	Netherlands
10	1996	4	Netherlands
11	2000	4	Netherlands
12	2004	6	Netherlands
13	2008	6	Netherlands
14	2012	6	Netherlands
15	2016	6	Netherlands
16	2020	6	Netherlands

Events

Six events are contested at each Paralympic. Only men's and women's singles were held at the 1988 Paralympics, when it was a demonstration sport. These were joined by men's and women's doubles events four years later when the sport turned an official event. In 2004, two new events were added with quadriplegia (as such they are also known as "quad" events) and unlike the other events they are mixed. But until the 2020 Games, only two women competed in the event, the Dutch Monique de Beer and the Canadian Sarah Hunter, both competed in 2004 and 2008. However, the Dutch is still the only woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, a bronze in the doubles event in 2004.

Current events

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Quad singles
• Quad doubles

Historical medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	23	15	13	51
2	United States (USA)	6	7	6	19
3	France (FRA)	6	4	7	17
4	Australia (AUS)	5	7	3	15
5	Japan (JPN)	4	2	6	12
6	Great Britain (GBR)	3	9	8	20
7	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	0	3
8	Israel (ISR)	1	1	2	4
9	Germany (GER)	0	1	4	5
10	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		49	49	51	149

Medalists

Medal winners for every Summer Games since 1992 are as follows:

Men's singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul demonstration	Laurent Giammartini  France	Mick Connell  Australia	Chip Turner  United States Sasson Aharoni  Israel
1992 Barcelona	Randy Snow  United States	Kai Schramayer  Germany	Laurent Giammartini  France
1996 Atlanta	Ricky Molier  Netherlands	Stephen Welch  United States	David Hall  Australia
2000 Sydney	David Hall  Australia	Stephen Welch  United States	Kai Schramayer  Germany
2004 Athens	Robin Ammerlaan  Netherlands	David Hall  Australia	Michaël Jérémiasz  France
2008 Beijing	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Robin Ammerlaan  Netherlands	Maikel Scheffers  Netherlands
2012 London	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Stéphane Houdet  France	Ronald Vink  Netherlands
2016 Rio	Gordon Reid  Great Britain	Alfie Hewett  Great Britain	Joachim Gérard  Belgium
2020 Tokyo	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Tom Egberink  Netherlands	Gordon Reid  Great Britain

Women's singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul demonstration	Chantal Vandierendonck  Netherlands	Monique Van Den Bosch  Netherlands	Terry Lewis  United States Ellen de Lange  Netherlands
1992 Barcelona	Monique van den Bosch  Netherlands	Chantal Vandierendonck  Netherlands	Regina Isecke  Germany
1996 Atlanta	Maaike Smit  Netherlands	Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch  Netherlands	Chantal Vandierendonck  Netherlands
2000 Sydney	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Sharon Walraven  Netherlands	Maaike Smit  Netherlands
2004 Athens	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Sonja Peters  Netherlands	Daniela Di Toro  Australia
2008 Beijing	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Korie Homan  Netherlands	Florence Gravellier  France
2012 London	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Aniek van Koot  Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen  Netherlands
2016 Rio	Jiske Griffioen  Netherlands	Aniek van Koot  Netherlands	Yui Kamiji  Japan
2020 Tokyo	Diede de Groot  Netherlands	Yui Kamiji  Japan	Jordanne Whiley  Great Britain

Quad singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	Peter Norfolk  Great Britain	David Wagner  United States	Bas van Erp  Netherlands
2008 Beijing	Peter Norfolk  Great Britain	Johan Andersson  Sweden	David Wagner  United States
2012 London	Noam Gershony  Israel	David Wagner  United States	Nicholas Taylor  United States
2016 Rio	Dylan Alcott  Australia	Andrew Lapthorne  Great Britain	David Wagner  United States
2020 Tokyo	Dylan Alcott  Australia	Sam Schröder  Netherlands	Niels Vink  Netherlands

Men's doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	United States (USA) Brad Parks Randy Snow	France (FRA) Thierry Caillier Laurent Giammartini	Germany (GER) Stefan Bitterauf Kai Schramayer
1996 Atlanta	United States (USA) Stephen Welch Vance Parmelly	Australia (AUS) David Hall Mick Connell	Netherlands (NED) Ricky Molier Eric Stuurman
2000 Sydney	Netherlands (NED) Ricky Molier Robin Ammerlaan	Australia (AUS) David Johnson David Hall	United States (USA) Stephen Welch Scott Douglas
2004 Athens	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida	France (FRA) Michaël Jérémiasz Lahcen Majdi	Australia (AUS) Anthony Bonaccurso David Hall
2008 Beijing	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jérémiasz	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
2012 London	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	France (FRA) Frédéric Cattanéo Nicolas Peifer	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jérémiasz
2016 Rio	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Great Britain (GBR) Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid	Japan (JPN) Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
2020 Tokyo	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer	Great Britain (GBR) Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid	Netherlands (NED) Tom Egberink Maikel Scheffers

Women's doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Netherlands (NED) Monique van den Bosch Chantal Vandierendonck	United States (USA) Nancy Olson Lynn Seidemann	France (FRA) Oristelle Marx Arlette Racineux
1996 Atlanta	Netherlands (NED) Chantal Vandierendonck Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch	United States (USA) Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson	France (FRA) Oristelle Marx Arlette Racineux
2000 Sydney	Netherlands (NED) Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Australia (AUS) Branka Pupovac Daniela Di Toro	Germany (GER) Christine Otterbach Petra Sax-Scharl
2004 Athens	Netherlands (NED) Maaike Smit Esther Vergeer	Thailand (THA) Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat	Switzerland (SUI) Sandra Kalt Karin Suter-Erath
2008 Beijing	Netherlands (NED) Korie Homan Sharon Walraven	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer	France (FRA) Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux
2012 London	Netherlands (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
2016 Rio	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Netherlands (NED) Marjolein Buis Diede de Groot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
2020 Tokyo	Netherlands (NED) Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley	Japan (JPN) Yui Kamiji Momoko Ohtani

Quad doubles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004 Athens	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Mark Eccleston Peter Norfolk	Netherlands (NED) Monique de Beer Bas van Erp
2008 Beijing	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Israel (ISR) Boaz Kramer Shraga Weinberg	Great Britain (GBR) Jamie Burdekin Peter Norfolk
2012 London	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Israel (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg
2016 Rio	Australia (AUS) Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk
2020 Tokyo	Netherlands (NED) Sam Schröder Niels Vink	Australia (AUS) Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson	Japan (JPN) Mitsuteru Moroishi Koji Sugeno

Nations

Argentina (ARG)																	6
Australia (AUS)																	8
Austria (AUT)																	8
Belgium (BEL)																	7
Brazil (BRA)																	6
Canada (CAN)																	8
Chile (CHI)																	5
China (CHN)																	3
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																	3
Colombia (COL)																	3
Czech Republic (CZE)																	1
Denmark (DEN)																	1
Finland (FIN)																	2
France (FRA)																	7
Germany (GER)																	7
Great Britain (GBR)																	7
Greece (GRE)																	2
Hungary (HUN)																	6
Indonesia (INA)																	2
Iran (IRI)																	1
Iraq (IRQ)																	1
Israel (ISR)																	7
Italy (ITA)																	7
Japan (JPN)																	7
Malaysia (MAS)																	2
Mexico (MEX)																	2
Morocco (MAR)																	1
Netherlands (NED)																	7
New Zealand (NZL)																	4
Nigeria (NGR)																	2
Poland (POL)																	6
Romania (ROU)																	1
Russia (RUS)																	4
Slovakia (SVK)																	3
South Africa (RSA)																	4
South Korea (KOR)																	6
Spain (ESP)																	7
Sri Lanka (SRI)																	4
Sweden (SWE)																	6
Switzerland (SUI)																	6
Thailand (THA)																	6
Turkey (TUR)																	2
United States (USA)																	7
Zimbabwe (ZIM)																	1
Nations									16	24	24	32	35	31	29
Competitors									48	72	72	112	112	112	100
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

See also

In Spanish: Tenis en silla de ruedas en los Juegos Paralímpicos para niños

• Tennis at the Summer Olympics