David Hall (wheelchair tennis player)

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David Hall Tennis player
David Hall
David Hall at the 2000 Paralympics
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: January 14, 1970
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career record: 632: 111
Highest ranking: 1 (October 17 1995)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  11
Australian Open S (2003-2005)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open S (1995, 1997, 1998, 2000-2004)
Double
Career record: 397: 89
Highest ranking: 1 (September 6 1994)
Paralympic Games
Paralympic Medals:
bronze 1996 Atlanta singles
silver 1996 Atlanta Double
gold 2000 Sydney singles
silver 2000 Sydney Double
silver 2004 Athens singles
bronze 2004 Athens Double
Last update of the infobox:
February 14, 2015
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Robert Hall , OAM (born January 14, 1970 in Sydney ) is a former Australian wheelchair tennis player .

Career

David Hall was hit by a car on October 11, 1986 and lost both legs in the accident. After a long period of rehabilitation, he first worked as an employee in a police station.

He began his career as a professional wheelchair tennis player in 1993 and was active as such until his retirement in 2006. As early as 1994 he was the world number leader in doubles for the first time, a year later he was also at the top of the rankings in singles for the first time. Between 1995 and 2005 he was number one for a total of eight years. His results are clearly positive with 632: 111 in singles and 397: 89 in doubles. The Australian Open he won between 1995 and 2005 a total of nine, the British Open seven times. However, the Australian Open was only included in the maximum rating category from 2002. He won eight titles at the US Open between 1995 and 2004, and at the Japan Open between 1994 and 2005 he also won eight titles. He won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in 2002 and 2004. From 1995 to 2000 he was a fellow of the Australian Institute of Sport .

The Paralympic Games David Hall participated four times. In 1992 he stayed in Barcelona without a medal before winning bronze singles and silver doubles in Atlanta in 1996 . In 2000 he won the gold medal in singles in Sydney , which was followed by another silver medal in doubles. In his last games in Athens , he won two medals with silver in singles and bronze in doubles.

David Hall received several honors for his constant success. For winning the gold medal in 2000, he received the Order of Australia medal in January 2001 . In 2010 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame , and at the Australian Open 2015 he was inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame . In the same year he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

Web links

Commons : David Hall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Honors: HALL, David Robert
  2. ↑ David Hall will be inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame during Australian Open 2015 ( Memento from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), paralympic.org. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Congratulations to the Class of 2015: Amelie Mauresmo, David Hall, Nancy Jeffett , tennisfame.com. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hall, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, David Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian wheelchair tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia