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Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg
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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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

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