Summer Paralympics 2016 / wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Olympic tennis center
Nations	29
Athletes	100
date	9-16 September 2016
decisions	6th
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At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , medals were awarded in a total of six competitions in wheelchair tennis . The decisions were made between September 9 and 16, 2016 in the Olympic Tennis Center .

A total of 100 athletes from 29 countries competed against each other.

Classes

In the Paralympic tennis competitions, athletes had to have massive functional restrictions in at least one leg. Athletes with three or four limbs (quadriplegics) started mixed.

Results

Men

singles

space	country	player
1	Great Britain	Gordon Reid
2	Great Britain	Alfie Hewett
3	Belgium	Joachim Gérard
4th	France	Stéphane Houdet
5	Japan	Takuya Miki
	Argentina	Gustavo Fernández
	Sweden	Stefan Olsson
	Japan	Shingo Kunieda

Date: September 16, 2016

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Double

space	country	player
1	France	Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer
2	Great Britain	Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid
3	Japan	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
4th	Japan	Tayuka Miki Takashi Sanada
5	France	Frédéric Cattaneo Michaël Jeremiasz
	Netherlands	Tom Egberink Maikel Scheffers
	Argentina	Gustavo Fernández Agustín Ledesma
	Spain	Daniel Caverzaschi Martín de la Puente

Date: September 15, 2016

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Women

singles

space	country	Player
1	Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen
2	Netherlands	Aniek van Koot
3	Japan	Yui Kamiji
4th	Netherlands	Diede de Groot
5	Netherlands	Marjolein Buis
	China	Huang Huimin
	Great Britain	Jordanne Whiley
	China	Zhu Zhenzhen

Date: September 15, 2016

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Double

space	country	Players
1	Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot
2	Netherlands	Marjolein Buis Diede de Groot
3	Great Britain	Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
4th	Japan	Yui Kamiji Nijo Miho
5	United States	Shelby Baron Emmy Kaiser
	Chile	Macarena Cabrillana Francisca Mardones
	China	Huang Huimin Zhu Zhenzhen
	United States	Dana Mathewson Kaitlyn Verfuerth

Date: September 16, 2016

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Quadriplegic

singles

space	country	player
1	Australia	Dylan Alcott
2	Great Britain	Andrew Lapthorne
3	United States	David Wagner
4th	South Africa	Lucas Sithole
5	United States	Nick Taylor
	Brazil	Ymanitu Silva
	Australia	Heath Davidson
	Japan	Mitsuteru Moroishi

Date: September 14, 2016

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Double

space	country	player
1	Australia	Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson
2	United States	David Wagner Nick Taylor
3	Great Britain	Jamie Burdekin Andrew Lapthorne
4th	Israel	Itay Erenlib Shraga Vineyard
5	Brazil	Rodrigo Oliveira Ymanitu Silva
	Japan	Shota Kawano Mitsuteru Moroishi

Date: September 13, 2016

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Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	Netherlands	2	2	-	4th
02	Australia	2	-	-	2
03	Great Britain	1	3	2	6th
04th	France	1	-	-	1
05	United States	-	1	1	2
06th	Japan	-	-	2	2
07th	Belgium	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results
• Official page for the competition on rio2016.com (English)