Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Date:		1 – 8 September 2012
Edition:		7th
Category:		Super Series
Location:		Eton Manor, London
Champions
Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Women's Singles
Esther Vergeer (NED)
Quad Singles
Noam Gershony (ISR)
Men's Doubles
Stefan Olsson (SWE) /  Peter Vikström (SWE)
Women's Doubles
Esther Vergeer (NED) /  Marjolein Buis (NED)
Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor (USA) /  David Wagner (USA)
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Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles		men		women		quad
Doubles		men		women		quad

Wheelchair tennis events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics were held between 1–9 September at Eton Manor, London.^[1][2]

Classification

Players were classified according to the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed players to compete against others with a similar level of function. To compete in wheelchair tennis, athletes must have a major or total loss of function in one or both legs. Quadriplegic class players compete in mixed events, while Paraplegic class players (with full use of their arms) competed in separate men's and women's events.

Events

Six events were contested:

• Men's singles
• Men's doubles
• Women's singles
• Women's doubles
• Quad singles
• Quad doubles

(Quadriplegic class players are not divided by gender)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Shingo Kunieda  Japan	Stéphane Houdet  France	Ronald Vink  Netherlands
Men's doubles	Sweden (SWE) Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	France (FRA) Frederic Cattaneo Nicolas Peifer	France (FRA) Stéphane Houdet Michael Jeremiasz
Women's singles	Esther Vergeer  Netherlands	Aniek van Koot  Netherlands	Jiske Griffioen  Netherlands
Women's doubles	Netherlands (NED) Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	Netherlands (NED) Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	Great Britain (GBR) Lucy Shuker Jordanne Whiley
Quad singles	Noam Gershony  Israel	David Wagner  United States	Nicholas Taylor  United States
Quad doubles	United States (USA) Nicholas Taylor David Wagner	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Lapthorne Peter Norfolk	Israel (ISR) Noam Gershony Shraga Weinberg

Source: Paralympic.org ^[3]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	2	2	6
2	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Israel (ISR)	1	0	1	2
4	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	2	1	3
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
Total		6	6	6	18

References

• Wheelchair Tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London) from the International Paralympic Committee

1. London 2012 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis guide www.telegraph.co.uk
2. http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-tennis
3. "Medallists, London 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-01.