Andrew Lapthorne

Andrew Lapthorne
Andrew Lapthorne in 2013
Nickname:	Andy
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	October 11, 1990
1st professional season:	2005
Playing hand:	Left
singles
Career record:	214: 100
Highest ranking:	2 (August 16, 2010)
Current placement:	2
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	133: 54
Highest ranking:	1 (January 31, 2011)
Current placement:	2
Grand Slam record
Paralympic Games
Last update of the infobox: January 22nd, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andrew David Lapthorne (born October 11, 1990 in Middlesex ) is a British wheelchair tennis player .

Career

Andrew Lapthorne suffers from infantile cerebral palsy and began wheelchair tennis full-time in 2005. He starts in the quadriplegic class .

In 2012 in London he took part in his first Paralympic Games . In doubles, he won the silver medal with Peter Norfolk after losing to David Wagner and Nick Taylor in the final . In the individual, he was eliminated in the first round.

So far, he has won a title at the Wheelchair Tennis Masters . In 2010 he prevailed with Peter Norfolk in the double final against David Wagner and Nick Taylor. A second finals in doubles followed in 2014. In singles he was in the finals in 2011 and 2012: In 2011 he lost to Noam Gershony in three sets, in 2012 he lost to David Wagner in two sets. At Grand Slam tournaments , he has so far won one title in singles and seven more in doubles. In singles he won the US Open in 2014 , in doubles he won the Australian Open five times from 2011 to 2017, the French Open in 2012 and the US Open in 2017 .

In the world rankings, he achieved his best placement in singles with second place on August 16, 2010 and first place in doubles on January 31, 2011.

Web links

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• ITF profile Andrew Lapthorne (English)
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