Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021.

Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Date27 August – 4 September 2021
Edition9th
CategorySuper Series
LocationAriake Tennis Park
Champions
Men's singles
 Shingo Kunieda (JPN)
Women's singles
 Diede de Groot (NED)
Men's doubles
 Stéphane Houdet (FRA) /  Nicolas Peifer (FRA)
Women's doubles
 Diede de Groot (NED) /  Aniek van Koot (NED)
Quad singles
 Dylan Alcott (AUS)
Quad doubles
 Sam Schröder (NED) /  Niels Vink (NED)
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The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Patrick Selepe became the first disabled umpire to officiate in a wheelchair Paralympic event.[3]

Qualification

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  • There are 56 male (singles and doubles), 32 female (singles and doubles) and 16 quad (singles and doubles).
  • The qualification slots are awarded to the individual athletes, not to the NPCs and they should not exceed the maximum total quota allocation of 11 qualification slots.[4]
    • A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively.
    • A maximum of three in the quads' class.
    • A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events.
    • One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles.
  • An athlete has to have an official ranking on the Wheelchair Tennis Singles World Ranking List dated 7 June 2021.
  • An athlete would be eligible to qualify if they have been in a final nominated team and was present in the World Team Cup events including qualifying and Junior World Team Cup for a minimum of two years between 2017 and 2020.
  • An athlete would have to fulfill the minimum requirements in the ITF's Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Tennis Regulations which will be published in late 2021.
  • The ITF and the IPC have to consider on bipartite commission invitation athletes who don't have an official ranking but as long as they have competed in one ITF Wheelchair Tennis competition between 1 January 2018 to 6 June 2021, they will be eligible to compete.
Means of qualification Date Venue Men Women Quads Totals
2018 Asian Para Games[5] 6–13 October 2018   Jakarta   Shingo Kunieda (JPN)   Yui Kamiji (JPN) 2
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019   Lima   Gustavo Fernández (ARG)   Angélica Bernal (COL) 2
Wheelchair tennis singles world rankings[6][7] as of 7 June 2021   Argentina
  Argentina
  Australia
  Austria
  Austria
  Austria
  Belgium
  Belgium
  Brazil
  Brazil
  Brazil
  Chile
  China
  France
  France
  France
  France
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Greece
  Israel
  Israel
  Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  Malaysia
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  Poland
  South Africa
  South Korea
  Spain
  Spain
  Spain
  Spain
  Sweden
  Thailand
  United States
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  China
  China
  China
  China
  France
  France
  Germany
  Great Britain
  Great Britain
  Italy
  Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  RPC
  South Africa
  Switzerland
  Thailand
  United States
  United States
  Australia
  Australia
  Brazil
  Canada
  Great Britain
  Japan
  Japan
  Netherlands
  Netherlands
  South Africa
  South Korea
  United States
  United States
74
Bipartite Commission invitation as of 18 June 2021   Australia
  Austria
  Brazil
  Chile
  Costa Rica
  Greece
  Morocco
  Poland
  Slovakia
  South Africa
  South Korea
  Sri Lanka
  Thailand
  United States
  Brazil
  Colombia
  France
  Morocco
  RPC
  South Africa
  Turkey
  United States
  Great Britain
  Israel
  Israel
  South Korea
26
Total 56 32 16 104[8]

Schedule

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R Qualifying rounds QF Quarterfinals SF Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Event 2021
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mon
30 Aug
Tue
31 Aug
Wed
1 Sept
Thu
2 Sept
Fri
3 Sept
Sat
4 Sept
Men's singles R64 R32 R16 QF SF B F
Men's doubles R32 R16 QF SF B F
Women's singles R32 R16 QF SF B F
Women's doubles R16 QF SF B F
Quads' singles R16 QF SF B F
Quads' doubles QF SF B F

Medal table

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RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands3227
2  Japan1124
3  Australia1102
4  France1001
5  Great Britain0224
Totals (5 entries)66618

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Shingo Kunieda
  Japan
Tom Egberink
  Netherlands
Gordon Reid
  Great Britain
Men's doubles
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  France
Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer
  Great Britain
Alfie Hewett
Gordon Reid
  Netherlands
Tom Egberink
Maikel Scheffers
Women's singles
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Diede de Groot
  Netherlands
Yui Kamiji
  Japan
Jordanne Whiley
  Great Britain
Women's doubles
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  Netherlands
Diede de Groot
Aniek van Koot
  Great Britain
Lucy Shuker
Jordanne Whiley
  Japan
Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani
Quad singles
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Dylan Alcott
  Australia
Sam Schröder
  Netherlands
Niels Vink
  Netherlands
Quad doubles
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  Netherlands
Sam Schröder
Niels Vink
  Australia
Dylan Alcott
Heath Davidson
  Japan
Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "'I never made it as a player, but now I can say I am a Paralympian'". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. 30 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". The Japan Times. 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Wheelchair Tennis World Rankings". International Tennis Federation. 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ "British wheelchair tennis players Hewett and Whiley qualify for Paralympics through rankings". insidethegames.biz. 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "ITF announces wheelchair entries for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1 July 2021.
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