List of Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
The list of Paralympic medal winners in wheelchair tennis includes all winners as well as the second and third placed in the competitions in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympic Games , broken down according to the individual competitions. The following section lists the most successful Paralympic medalists. The nation ranking concludes with a medal table .
It was held as an unofficial demonstration sport as early as 1988 , with four men and four women competing against each other in an individual competition. Wheelchair tennis has been part of the official competition program since 1992 . A total of four competitions were held with a single and double competition for men and women. All participants competed in the paraplegic class . In 2004 a single and a double competition for quadriplegics were added, in which men and women start together.
With seven gold medals and one silver medal, Esther Vergeer is the most successful player in four appearances. The most successful participant in the quadriplegic class is David Wagner with eight medals: he won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
Paraplegic
Men
singles
Double
Women
singles
Double
Quadriplegic
singles
| Paralympics | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |
 Peter Norfolk
|
 David Wagner
|
 Bas van Erp
|
| 2008 |
Peter Norfolk
|
 Johan Andersson
|
David Wagner
|
| 2012 |
 Noam Gershony
|
David Wagner
|
Nick Taylor
|
| 2016 |
 Dylan Alcott
|
Andrew Lapthorne
|
David Wagner
|
Double
The ten most successful participants
The - by far - most successful participant is Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands with seven gold medals and one silver medal. The other women, who won more than one gold medal in Paralympic wheelchair tennis, all come from the Netherlands: Monique van den Bosch and Maaike Smit won three, Chantal Vandierendonck and Jiske Griffioen won two gold medals. All five won their medals in the paraplegic class. Among the men, David Wagner , who started in the quadriplegic class, is the most successful athlete and is the second most successful participant after Esther Vergeer. He won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Other male players who won gold three times, among others, are Shingo Kunieda and Nick Taylor .
- Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
- Name: gives the name of the athlete.
- Country: Name the country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
- Class: Name the division in which the athlete started (P = paraplegic; Q = quadriplegic).
- By: Calls the year in which the athlete won the first Paralympic medal.
- Until: Name the year in which the athlete won the last Paralympic medal.
- Gold: states the number of gold medals won.
- Silver: states the number of silver medals won.
- Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won.
- Total: states the number of all medals won.
| space | Surname | country | class | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esther Vergeer |
Netherlands
|
P | 2000 | 2012 | 7th | 1 | - | 8th |
| 2 | David Wagner |
United States
|
Q | 2004 | 2016 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8th |
| 3 | Nick Taylor |
United States
|
Q | 2004 | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | Monique van den Bosch |
Netherlands
|
P | 1992 | 1996 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
| 5 | Shingo Kunieda |
 Japan
|
P | 2004 | 2016 | 3 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 6th | Maaike Smit |
Netherlands
|
P | 1996 | 2004 | 3 | - | 1 | 4th |
| 7th | Jiske Griffioen |
Netherlands
|
P | 2008 | 2016 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Peter Norfolk |
Great Britain
|
Q | 2004 | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | Stéphane Houdet |
 France
|
P | 2008 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| Chantal Vandierendonck |
Netherlands
|
P | 1992 | 1996 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
Nations ratings
With 17 gold medals, the Netherlands leads the nation ranking, which comprises twelve nations, by a large margin. In addition, with 36 medals it has more than twice as many as the nation with the second most medals, the United States in second place with 17 medals. The third most successful nation is Great Britain with three gold, five silver and four bronze medals. Germany ranks ninth in the national ranking with one silver medal and four bronze medals, while Switzerland ranks eleventh with one bronze medal. So far, a total of 44 nations have taken part in the Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitions.
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Netherlands
|
17th | 11 | 8th | 36 |
| 2 |
United States
|
6th | 7th | 4th | 17th |
| 3 |
Great Britain
|
3 | 5 | 4th | 12 |
| 4th |
Australia
|
3 | 4th | 3 | 10 |
| 5 |
Japan
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 6th |
| 6th |
France
|
2 | 4th | 7th | 13 |
| 7th |
Sweden
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8th |
Israel
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |
 Germany
|
0 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
| 10 |
 Thailand
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |
 Belgium
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
