Summer Paralympics 2008 / wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Beijing People's Republic of China
Competition venue	Olympic Green tennis center
Athletes	112
date	September 13-15, 2008
decisions	6th
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , medals were awarded in six wheelchair tennis competitions. The decisions were made between September 13th and 15th, 2008 in the Olympic Green Tennis Center .

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.

procedure

A total of 112 athletes, including at least 64 male and at least 32 female, took part in the Paralympic tennis competitions. A singles and doubles were played for women and men as well as for quadriplegics .

Time schedule

2008 Summer Paralympic Games - wheelchair tennis
September			8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Men's singles			1 round	2nd round		Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
Men's doubles					1 round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
Ladies singles			1 round		Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
Ladies doubles					Round of 16	Quarter finals		Semifinals
Quadriplegic singles				Round of 16	Quarter finals		Semifinals
Quadriplegic double					Quarter finals	Semifinals

Competition days

Final days

Results

Men

singles

space	country	player
1	Japan	Shingo Kunieda
2	Netherlands	Robin Ammerlaan
3	Netherlands	Maikel Scheffers
4th	Netherlands	Ronald Vink
5	Japan	Satoshi Saida
	France	Michaël Jeremiasz
	Sweden	Stefan Olsson
	France	Stéphane Houdet

Date: September 15, 2008

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Double

space	country	player
1	France	Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz
2	Sweden	Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström
3	Japan	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
4th	Netherlands	Maikel Scheffer's Ronald Vink
5	South Korea	Lee Ha-gel Oh Sang-ho
	Austria	Thomas Mossier Martin Legner
	Netherlands	Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman
	Poland	Piotr Jaroszewski Tadeusz Kruszelnicki

Date: September 14, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

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Women

singles

space	country	Player
1	Netherlands	Esther Vergeer
2	Netherlands	Korie Homan
3	France	Florence Gravellier
4th	Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen
5	People's Republic of China	Hu Dandan
	United States	Beth Arnoult
	Netherlands	Sharon Walraven
	People's Republic of China	Dong Fuli

Date: September 14, 2008

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Double

space	country	Players
1	Netherlands	Korie Homan Sharon Walraven
2	Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer
3	France	Florence Gravellier Arlette Racineux
4th	United States	Beth Arnoult Kaitlyn Verfuerth
5	Japan	Mie Yaosa Yuko Okabe
	People's Republic of China	Hu Dandan Dong Fuli
	United Kingdom	Jordanne Whiley Lucy Shuker
	Japan	Kanako Domori Chiyoko Ohmae

Date: September 15, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

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Quadriplegic

singles

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Peter Norfolk
2	Sweden	Johan Andersson
3	United States	David Wagner
4th	United States	Nick Taylor
5	Netherlands	Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall
	Israel	Shraga vineyard
	Japan	Sadahiro Kimura
	Netherlands	Bas van Erp

Date: September 14, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

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Double

space	country	Players
1	United States	David Wagner Nick Taylor
2	Israel	Boaz Kramer Shraga Vineyard
3	United Kingdom	Peter Norfolk Jamie Burdekin
4th	Netherlands	Dorrie Timmermans-van Hall Bas van Erp
5	Sweden	Christer Jansson Johan Andersson
	Italy	Antonio Raffaele Giuseppe Polidori

Date: September 13, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

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Medal table

Medal table for wheelchair tennis
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	Netherlands	2	3	1	6th
02	France	1	-	2	3
03	Japan	1	-	1	2
	United States	1	-	1	2
	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
06th	Sweden	-	2	-	2
07th	Israel	-	1	-	1

Web links

• Results ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )