Summer Paralympics 2008 / wheelchair tennis / men's doubles

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Men's wheelchair tennis doubles at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
winner FranceFrance Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz
FranceFrance 
Final opponent SwedenSweden Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström
SwedenSweden 
Final result 6: 1, 7: 6
Competitions
singles Ladies Men's Quad
Double Ladies Men's Quad

Men's wheelchair tennis doubles at the 2008 Summer Paralympics .

The defending champions were Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida , who won the bronze medal this time. The game was played from September 10th to 15th, 2008. A total of 50 players took part in this tournament.

Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jeremiasz won the tournament and thus the gold medal after a 6: 1, 7: 6 win over Stefan Olsson and Peter Vikström .

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. JapanJapan Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
JapanJapan 
bronze
02. FranceFrance Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz
FranceFrance 
gold
03. NetherlandsNetherlands Maikel Scheffer's Ronald Vink
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Semifinals
04th SwedenSweden Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström
SwedenSweden 
silver
No. pairing Round reached
05. PolandPoland Piotr Jaroszewski Tadeusz Kruszelnicki
PolandPoland 
Quarter finals

06th FranceFrance Lahcen Majdi Nicolas Peifer
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

07th NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Ammerlaan Eric Stuurman
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Quarter finals

08th. Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Ha-gel Oh Sang-ho
Korea SouthSouth Korea 
Quarter finals

Results

Explanation of symbols

  • INV = Tripartite Invitation
  • IP = ITF place
  • ALT = replacement (alternate)
  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walk over

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
  1  JapanJapan Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
 JapanJapan 
6th 6th 2      
4th  SwedenSweden Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström
 SwedenSweden 
7th 3 6th  
4th  SwedenSweden Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström
 SwedenSweden 
1 6th  
 
  2  FranceFrance Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz
 FranceFrance 
6th 7th  
3  NetherlandsNetherlands Maikel Scheffer's Ronald Vink
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
3 1  
 
2  FranceFrance Stéphane Houdet Michaël Jeremiasz
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th    
  3rd place match
 
1  JapanJapan Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida
 JapanJapan 
3 6th 6th
3  NetherlandsNetherlands Maikel Scheffer's Ronald Vink
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 0 2

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
           
  1  JapanJapan S. Kunieda S. Saida
 JapanJapan 
6th 6th
 SpainSpain A. Illobre F. Tur
 SpainSpain 
6th 6th      SpainSpain A. Illobre F. Tur
 SpainSpain 
1 1  
 HungaryHungary L. Farkas C. Prohászka
 HungaryHungary 
2 2     1  JapanJapan S. Kunieda S. Saida
 JapanJapan 
6th 6th
 AustriaAustria M. Legner T. Mossier
 AustriaAustria 
6th 6th      AustriaAustria M. Legner T. Mossier
 AustriaAustria 
2 1
 AustraliaAustralia M. Dobbie B. Weekes
 AustraliaAustralia 
4th 1    AustriaAustria M. Legner T. Mossier
 AustriaAustria 
6th 6th  
    6th  FranceFrance L. Majdi N. Peifer
 FranceFrance 
3 4th  
   

Upper half 2

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
           
  4th  SwedenSweden S. Olsson P. Vikström
 SwedenSweden 
6th 6th
 United StatesUnited States L. Hinson P. Moran
 United StatesUnited States 
7th 3 6th      United StatesUnited States L. Hinson P. Moran
 United StatesUnited States 
1 4th  
 CanadaCanada L. Carter Y. Mathieu
 CanadaCanada 
6th 6th 4th     4th  SwedenSweden S. Olsson P. Vikström
 SwedenSweden 
7th 6th
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom D. Phillipson G. Reid
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2 2     7th  NetherlandsNetherlands R. Ammerlaan E. Stuurman
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 4th
 SlovakiaSlovakia J. Felix M. Gergely
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
6th 6th    SlovakiaSlovakia J. Felix M. Gergely
 SlovakiaSlovakia 
2 2  
    7th  NetherlandsNetherlands R. Ammerlaan E. Stuurman
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 6th  
   

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round   Second round   Round of 16
           
  5  PolandPoland P. Jaroszewski T. Kruszelnicki
 PolandPoland 
6th 6th
 ItalyItaly M. Gatelli F. Mazzei
 ItalyItaly 
6th 6th      ItalyItaly M. Gatelli F. Mazzei
 ItalyItaly 
0 0  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Jewitt K. Simpson
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
4th 4th     5  PolandPoland P. Jaroszewski T. Kruszelnicki
 PolandPoland 
0 1
 United StatesUnited States J. Rydberg S. Welch
 United StatesUnited States 
6th 6th 6th     3  NetherlandsNetherlands M. Scheffers, R. Vink
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 6th
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China B. Li Y. Shi
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
4th 7th 1    United StatesUnited States J. Rydberg S. Welch
 United StatesUnited States 
3 1  
    3  NetherlandsNetherlands M. Scheffers, R. Vink
 NetherlandsNetherlands 
6th 6th  
   

Lower half 2

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
8th  Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-g. Lee S.-h. Oh
 Korea SouthSouth Korea 
6th 6th            
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland D. Pellegrina K. Schmäh
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
0 1   8th  Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-g. Lee S.-h. Oh
 Korea SouthSouth Korea 
6th 6th
 ThailandThailand S. Khulongrua S. Kruamai
 ThailandThailand 
6th 6th      ThailandThailand S. Khulongrua S. Kruamai
 ThailandThailand 
2 3  
 ChileChile F. Cayulef R. Mendez
 ChileChile 
0 2     8th  Korea SouthSouth Korea H.-g. Lee S.-h. Oh
 Korea SouthSouth Korea 
0 0
 BrazilBrazil M. Pomme C. Santos
 BrazilBrazil 
2 7th 1     2  FranceFrance S. Houdet M. Jeremiasz
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th
 JapanJapan Y. Fujimoto T. Ikenoya
 JapanJapan 
6th 5 6th    JapanJapan Y. Fujimoto T. Ikenoya
 JapanJapan 
2 2  
    2  FranceFrance S. Houdet M. Jeremiasz
 FranceFrance 
6th 6th  
   

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