2009 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

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Wheelchair men's doubles
2009 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet
Flag of France.svg Michaël Jeremiasz
Runners-up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
Final score1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
  2008  · Wimbledon Championships ·  2010  

Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink were the defending champions but did not compete together. Vink partnered with Maikel Scheffers but they in the semifinal against Ammerlaan and Shingo Kunieda.

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Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jeremiasz defeated Ammerlaan and Kunieda in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the wheelchair men's doubles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

  1. Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet / Flag of France.svg Michaël Jeremiasz (champions)
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Vink (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet
Flag of France.svg Michaël Jeremiasz
7156
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Olsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Vikström
6131
1 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Houdet
Flag of France.svg Michaël Jeremiasz
1 677
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
64 63
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Ammerlaan
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Kunieda
6766
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maikel Scheffers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Vink
794 1

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