Jiske Griffioen

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Jiske Griffioen Tennis player
Jiske Griffioen
Nation: NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Birthday: April 17, 1985
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Dennis van Scheppingen
singles
Career record: 490: 170
Highest ranking: 1 (June 8, 2015)
Current placement: 1
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  4
Australian Open S (2015, 2016)
French Open S (2015)
Wimbledon S (2016)
US Open -
Double
Career record: 392: 88
Highest ranking: 1 (July 25, 2005)
Current placement: 2
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  14
Australian Open S (2006-2008, 2013, 2017)
French Open S (2008, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon S (2012, 2013)
US Open S (2006, 2007, 2013, 2015)
Paralympic Games
Paralympic Medals:
silver 2008 Beijing Double
bronze 2012 London singles
silver 2012 London Double
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro singles
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double
Last update of the infobox:
September 12, 2016
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jiske Griffioen (born April 17, 1985 in Woerden ) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player .

Career

Jiske Griffioen was born with spina bifida and has been living with walking difficulties since childhood . Before her sporting career in wheelchair tennis, she was already a member of the Dutch national wheelchair basketball team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney at the age of 14 .

Since 2001 she has been practicing wheelchair tennis as a competitive sport . In 2003 she played her first international tournament. In July 2005, Jiske Griffioen was first in the world rankings in doubles, and in singles she did so for the first time in June 2015. Together with Esther Vergeer , she won the silver medal in doubles at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing . In 2012 she won the bronze medal in singles and silver in doubles. At the 2016 Games , she secured the gold medal in singles after a three-set win over Aniek van Koot . With van Koot she also won gold in the doubles competition.

She won the Wheelchair Tennis Masters in singles for the first time in 2012 and again in 2015, and in doubles she has won the tournament seven times since her first title in 2004.

Web links

Commons : Jiske Griffioen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CenterCourt.de sponsors Jiske Griffioen
personal data
SURNAME Griffioen, Jiske
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch wheelchair tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Woerden , Netherlands