David Wagner (wheelchair tennis player)

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David Wagner Tennis player
David Wagner
David Wagner at the US Open 2013
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: March 4th 1974
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career record: 738: 116
Highest ranking: 1 (April 7, 2003)
Current placement: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  5
Australian Open S (2011, 2013, 2014)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open S (2010, 2011)
Double
Career record: 485: 85
Highest ranking: 1 (October 14, 2002)
Current placement: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  14
Australian Open S (2008-2010, 2013-2016)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open S (2007, 2009-2011, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Paralympic Games
Paralympic Medals:
silver 2004 Athens singles
gold 2004 Athens Double
bronze 2008 Beijing singles
gold 2008 Beijing Double
silver 2012 London singles
gold 2012 London Double
silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro singles
bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double
Last update of the infobox:
January 22nd, 2018
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Wagner (born March 4, 1974 in Fullerton ) is an American wheelchair tennis player .

Career

At the age of 21, David Wagner had an accident playing Frisbee on the beach and has been dependent on a wheelchair ever since. A year later he came into contact with wheelchair tennis, where he played in the quadriplegic class from then on .

David Wagner is active in both singles and doubles and was already at the top of the world rankings in both disciplines. He succeeded in doubles for the first time in October 2002, in singles in April 2003. He won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in singles in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and from 2012 to 2015. He was in doubles from 2005 to 2007, in Victorious in 2009 and from 2011 to 2015. He won the Australian Open singles in 2011, 2013 and 2014, doubles from 2008 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2016. At the US Open in 2010 and 2011 he won the singles title and seven times between 2007 and 2017 the title in Double.

David Wagner has participated in the Paralympic Games four times since the quadriplegic class was first held in 2004 . In 2004, 2008 and 2012 he won the gold medal in doubles alongside Nick Taylor , and silver in 2016 . He won silver in singles in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008 and 2016.

Before his career as a wheelchair tennis player, David Wagner worked as a primary school teacher. However, he has not practiced his profession since 2004.

Web links

Commons : David Wagner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From ballgirl to Grand Slam champion, Azarenka makes it to top , usatoday.com, September 6, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wheelchair tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Fullerton , United States